{"id":39404,"date":"2018-03-12T14:35:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T18:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=39404"},"modified":"2018-03-12T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T18:35:05","slug":"shaquil-barrett-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/12\/shaquil-barrett-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Broncos Place Second-Round Tender on Shaquil Barrett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Broncos are placing a second-round tender on outside linebacker <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BarrSh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaquil Barrett<\/a><\/strong>, ESPN&#8217;s <strong>Adam Schefter<\/strong> is reporting. Barrett came into this season as a restricted free agent. What the move means is that teams wanting to sign Barrett will have to give up a second-round pick if the Broncos decide not to match the offer sheet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Broncos placed a 2nd round tender on Shaq Barrett, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/973262249690320896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Denver Broncos Place Second-Round Tender on Shaquil Barrett<\/h1>\n<p>Barrett was\u00a0a young and somewhat inexperienced\u00a0linebacker in this year&#8217;s free agent\u00a0class.\u00a0With that said, he has shown some flashes and has been an often good\u00a0(if not critical) part of the stout <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a> defense over the last few years. It is quite possible that he still has better days ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett&#8217;s 2017 season was his third one as a full member of the Broncos. He played in all 16 games and had nine starts. He\u00a0put\u00a0up 37 tackles and four sacks. The latter number was\u00a0actually third\u00a0on the team overall behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HarrSh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shelby Harris<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MillVo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Von Miller<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett played college football initially at Nebraska-Omaha in 2010 until the football program there was removed. He then transferred to Colorado State and played there through 2013. He went undrafted the following year and was signed eventually by the Broncos. He spent that season entirely on the practice\u00a0squad. In 2015 he made the final roster after a strong preseason.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett had his best season in 2015 on the Broncos team that would eventually become Super Bowl 50 champions. In that season, he had five and a half sacks (also tied for third that year)\u00a0and\u00a050 tackles. He also forced five\u00a0fumbles (and recovered two), which was the most on the entire defense. He played in the Super Bowl but only had one tackle on special teams. This was due in part to being evaluated for a concussion at one point. He returned to the game but did not contribute much.<\/p>\n<p>His 2016 season was less flashy, although he started zero games that year and was thus buried on the depth\u00a0chart. Still, he has not missed a game since getting signed to the active roster back in 2015. In three seasons so far, he has accumulated 123 tackles, 11 sacks and eight forced fumbles with three recoveries.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"xlnJ_oGNRn1IsblMUuiB9Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/851439064\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xlnJ_oGNRn1IsblMUuiB9Q',sig:'5SEWBKyJR1UN55KxzzNO4BcVLDhuz7wQg7qAg15DOFk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'851439064',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaquil Barrett is a young linebacker who has played for the Denver Broncos the last few seasons. 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