Broncos deal Trinity Benson, acquire LB Jonas Griffith in two trades ahead of today’s cutdown deadline, sources say

Ahead of today’s 2 p.m. deadline to acceptable their archetypal 53-man roster, the Broncos swung 2 trades.

Confirmed by league sources, the Broncos:

Traded receiver Trinity Benson and a 2023 sixth-round prime to Detroit for fifth- and seventh-round picks successful 2023.

Traded a 2022 sixth-round prime and a 2023 seventh-round prime to San Francisco for linebacker Jonas Griffith and a 2022 seventh-round pick.

By dealing Benson, it’s an denotation helium wasn’t going to marque the Broncos’ roster arsenic the sixth receiver and besides is simply a archer that the Broncos whitethorn support lone 5 receivers (Courtland Sutton, Jerry Jeudy, KJ Hamler, Tim Patrick and returner Diontae Spencer).

Griffith (6-foot-4, 250 pounds) has not appeared successful a regular play crippled and is apt an summation to bolster the Broncos’ peculiar teams.