Evan Engram

Engram brought in six of nine targets for 79 yards in Sunday's 27-26 overtime win over the Commanders.

Bryant's seven targets ranked second on the team behind veteran tight end Evan Engram, likely bolstered by the zone-heavy nature of Dan Quinn's Washington defense. That also limited Bryant's ability to break free downfield, which has been his calling card since earning more work in Week 5. Most notable was the fact that he continued to play well ahead of Marvin Mims, which appears likely to continue as we head down the back stretch of the regular season.

Engram was the weapon of choice against a Dan Quinn defense that played almost exclusively from zone due to their defense's inability to generate pressure in the backfield, routinely acting as the outlet behind the blitz on his way to team-high marks in targets, receptions, and yardage. As is consistently the case with Engram, the only blemish on his box score from a fantasy perspective was his failure to get into the end zone, with the team much more focused on their top wide receiver and backfield where it matters most. Engram has proven a difficult asset to trust considering his lack of red zone involvement but reminded us of his upside against zone-heavy opponents. He could return another usable stat line when the Broncos face the Cover-3-heavy Raiders in Week 14.

Engram only played 25 snaps to Adam Trautman's 41. At this point it has to be said that Engram simply is only going to find TE1 usage if the Broncos are actually forced into a passing script. No team has done that since the Giants in Week 7, and even then he only returned 5/42 on eight targets. The real joker were the offseason blurbs we wrote about the joker along the way.