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The Broncos wanted to re-sign tight end Jacob Tamme, but the veteran is moving on to Atlanta.

The Falcons announced Thursday that they have signed Tamme after a Wednesday visit. Atlanta didn’t announce any terms of the deal.

Tamme will join Levine Toilolo at tight end in Atlanta and will likely be expected to provide Matt Ryan with a reliable target in the passing game. Tamme has been that throughout his career, although Julius Thomas’s emergence over the last two seasons meant that Tamme caught just 34 passes for 293 yards and three touchdowns.

The Broncos lost Thomas to Jacksonville as a free agent, but signed Owen Daniels and re-signed Virgil Green to shore up the position. Tamme’s departure will end a long working relationship with Peyton Manning, who was the quarterback in Indy when Tamme was a fourth-round pick in 2008 and has been the starter for all of Tamme’s teams except for the 2011 Colts.