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Jon Heath

Saints have 2 ex-Broncos set to face their former team on ‘TNF’

The Denver Broncos have eight former New Orleans Saints players on their roster going into a Thursday Night Football showdown with Sean Payton’s old team.

The Saints, meanwhile, have a pair of former Broncos on their own roster in backup offensive lineman Connor McGovern and fullback Adam Prentice.

McGovern, 31, (not to be confused with the 26-year-old Connor McGovern who plays for the Buffalo Bills) entered the league as a fifth-round pick out of Missouri in 2016. He spent the first four years of his career in Denver, starting 36 games while moving between guard and center. McGovern is now a backup center in New Orleans.

Prentice, 27, signed with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent out of South Carolina in 2021. After failing to make Denver’s 53-man roster as a rookie, he was picked up by the Saints. He has spent the last four years in New Orleans, serving primarily as a blocking fullback and special teams player.

McGovern and Prentice will face off against their former team when the Saints host the Broncos on TNF on Oct. 17.

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