Brother of Denver Broncos TE Nate Adkins dreamed of his first NFL TD coming true

Sunday was National Tight End Day and Denver Broncos did everything possible to honor him. In the team’s 28-14 victory over the carolina panthersTight ends accounted for 106 of Bo Nix’s 284 passing yards.

Two of Nix’s three touchdown passes also went to tight ends: one to Nate Adkins and another to Adam Trautman. It was the first NFL touchdown of Adkins’ career.

After the game we learned that there may have been more to Adkins’ first professional score than just National Tight End Day; Something, dare I say, mystical was afoot.

“It’s actually a funny story,” Adkins said after the game. “I was talking to my brother last night and he told me he had a dream that I was going to catch a touchdown today. So it’s cool.”

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As you can see from the replay above, it was not an easy match for Adkins. The angle of his body in relation to Nix’s throw and the amount of ground available in the end zone made it a very incomplete three-yard throw and catch. But Adkins rescued him.

“I think we all had a pretty good day today,” Adkins said. “I think every time the ball was in the air, everyone was trying to come out and make a play and it ended up being a good day for us.”

It was definitely cool to see Denver’s tight ends have a considerable impact in the passing game. The Broncos’ offense clicked in the first half, despite an early fumble lost by receiver Lil’Jodan Humphrey.

The second half wasn’t as prolific, but the Broncos still put an extra touchdown on the board and finished the day with 400 net yards. The Broncos improved dramatically on third down and in the red zone, going 11 of 17 (65%) and 4 of 5 (80%), respectively.

It was a humble, floundering Panthers team, yes. But a good team must dominate such a rival.

Looking ahead to the next three games, perhaps Adkins can pester his brother to come up with even more tight end production.

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