The Broncos moved to fortify their offensive line Wednesday by agreeing to terms on a contract with tackle Matt Peart, the team announced Wednesday.
Peart spent the first four seasons of his career with the New York Giants. He’s signing a one-year deal with Denver.
Peart, listed at 6-foot-7 and 315 pounds, played in 43 games over four years in New York and served mostly as a back-up. He started seven games overall — including five in 2021 and one this past year — and can potentially play either tackle spot.
Peart, 26, was a third-round draft pick of the Giants in 2020. He adds a bit of a midpoint to a group of tackles that includes veteran starters Mike McGlinchey and Garett Bolles and then otherwise mostly features a young group of undrafted prospects like Alex Palczewski and Trey Jacobs.
Denver, of course, has not drafted a true offensive tackle since selecting Bolles in the first round of the 2017 draft.
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In that way, signing Peart continues a trend this offseason of the Broncos finding players who are relatively young, entering their second contract and who are not particularly expensive.
In fact, three of Denver’s four outside free agency signings — Peart, safety Brandon Jones and defensive tackle Malcolm Roach — were in the 2020 class and linebacker Cody Barton was 2019.
Peart should get a chance to prove he’s a capable swing tackle in Denver. Coach Sean Payton late in the season pegged it as a key spot late in the year before Cam Fleming made his first start of the year in Week 18 in place of McGlinchey.
“Tackle three … I think it’s extremely important,” Payton said. “… When the offseason came and we were looking at who tackle three is, that is an important position.”
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