Britton Colquitt has a pretty good vantage point to watch Broncos games on the sidelines.

And he’s OK with staying a spectator as much as possible this season.

“You kind of wonder that,” Colquitt said. “But when you start thinking about that, then you’re not as mentally prepared. I would love to start out maybe one punt in the first half because we’re scoring. If I’m just out there holding, that’d be awesome, because we’re winning. But I like punting. That’s my job. I feel like God has blessed me with that. Anything I can do to help.”

Colquitt punted three times or fewer in seven of Denver’s 16 regular-season games last year and the team went 6-1 in those contests.

That includes Denver’s 37-6 win over Oakland in Week 3, where Colquitt didn’t have to punt a single time.

On Tuesday, punter Britton Colquitt signed his restricted free agent tender.

The fifth-year punter is the franchise career leader in gross and net punting average with a minimum of 100 punts.

In 2012, he set a new franchise record with a 42.1 net punting average, which ranked third in the NFL. He also held opponents to an average of just 6 return yards, which ranked second in the league.

He is one of five Broncos who have signed their tenders, joining Tony Carter, Mitch Unrein, Chris Clark and Lance Ball.

For his career, Colquitt has played in 48 regular-season games and punted 254 times for 11,717 yards (46.1 avg.) with 18 touchbacks and 79 kicks placed inside the 20 (39.5 net). In three career playoff contests, he has punted 16 times for 680 yards (42.5 avg.) with zero touchbacks and five kicks placed inside the 20 (39.4 avg.).

Last week, Andrew Mason wrote that Colquitt is a crucial part of a special teams unit that one could argue is near the top of the entire league.