ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — One more day… The Broncos held their penultimate training camp practice on Wednesday, with the finale scheduled for Thursday afternoon. For the team, not much will change over the next couple of weeks except for the lack of fans in attendance. They’ll bring in the Los Angeles Rams for a pair of practices next week, and then…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The final week of training camp is underway… The Denver Broncos took the field on Tuesday for their 15th of 17 training camp practices. They’ll be back in action on Wednesday and Thursday to close out camp, before heading to Santa Clara to take on the San Francisco 49ers in their second preseason game Saturday night. The…
Game Grades are back! The Broncos played their first preseason game Friday night in Arizona agains the Cardinals. Denver lost the game by allowing a touchdown drive in the final two minutes, and a two-point conversion with two seconds to go. The final score was 18-17. If you’re new to Game Grades, don’t expect them to be this bulky all…
The Broncos are back! In their first action of the preseason, the Denver Broncos fell on the road in Arizona to the Cardinals 18-17. The game came down to the final seconds, when Arizona quarterback David Blough hit Brian Cobbs in the end zone for an 18-yard touchdown, and the Cardinals converted the game-winning two-point conversion. The Broncos’ defensive starters…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Justin Strnad remembers watching a video in a team meeting at the Denver Broncos’ facilities. The ball floated across the screen, high above the NFL logo and down the field. The ball nearly reached the endzone, but dropped into Tyrone Drakeford’s hands just in front of the goal line. The second-year returner took a few steps forward…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Preseason football is hours away. The Broncos are on their way to Arizona to take on the Cardinals Friday night at 8 p.m. EST. The game will be broadcast in Denver on 9News and can be watched out-of-market through NFL+, which offers a free seven-day trial. DNVR will be live from The DNVR Bar on YouTube with…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The next time we see the Broncos, they’ll be taking the field in Arizona for a real football game. (Well, at least as real as August football can be.) The Broncos held their final practice on Wednesday before they take on the Cardinals in a preseason bout at 8 p.m. MDT on Friday. Starters are expected to…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos released their first depth chart of the 2023 season on Wednesday. The league mandates that all teams release a depth chart before each game, including for preseason games, like the one the Broncos will play Friday night in Arizona. The game will be broadcast in Denver by 9News, and out-of-market viewers can tune in with…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Russell Wilson is officially turning heads. One potential reason… Justin Simmons’ absence. Early last week, Simmons picked Wilson off in three consecutive practices. With Simmons dealing with a tweaked groin, Wilson has put together his three best days of practice. For the first time all camp, deep balls are possible. Given that it’s Simmons’ job to take…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — We’re less than one week from preseason Broncos football, and head coach Sean Payton will be putting his starters on the field. “I haven’t shelled it out yet, but they’re going to play,” Payton said after Saturday’s practice. “We’ll figure out how many snaps. We typically break a game into three phases—first, second, third phase. And then special…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos have hit the halfway point in training camp. “You come in off the drills and you say, ‘What are we doing well? What aren’t we doing well?’” head coach Sean Payton said after practice. “That’s every period, and specifically, when it gets to the preseason and you’re playing a game. I think the easier thing…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Wednesday was red zone day at Centura Training Center. The Broncos held their first red-zone drills of training camp and plan to do the same on Thursday. “We went through the Top 10 teams last year, both offensively and defensively, in the red zone,” Payton said after practice. “It’s a pretty important and special situation in our game.…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos’ new coaching staff is still learning about their roster. “A lot of these guys I didn’t know a lot about,” head coach Sean Payton said after Tuesday’s practice. Without much prior knowledge, Payton is starting his players out on equal footing and letting them prove themselves. “We’re going to go by what we see,” he…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Tim Patrick is done for the season. Patrick, 29, tore his Achilles during seven-on-sevens. He took the first two steps of a wheel route before his calf gave out, and he sat on the field until the play was over. Trainers took a peek at his left leg as the cart drove in from the sideline to…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos had a special guest roaming the sidelines on Saturday. Let’s see if you can guess who it was… “It was the first time I met him,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton said of his guest. “Really, it was fantastic. I didn’t realize his history here in Denver and in Colorado, but [Vice President of Player Development]…
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos are BACK! Well, they’ve actually been back for a few days, but on Friday, they took the field for their first training camp practice in front of fans and their third practice overall. “It kind of feels like our second first day with the fans being here,” head coach Sean Payton said after practice. The…
The Broncos announced three roster moves on Tuesday: They signed kicker Brett Maher and wide receiver Nick Williams.They released quarterback Jarrett Guarantano. Following Eyioma Uwazurike’s suspension on Monday, the Broncos had one open spot on their 90-man roster. After the three moves on Tuesday, their roster is full. Nick Williams, 23, is now in his second stint with the Broncos.…
The first Bronco was busted for sports betting. The NFL announced Monday afternoon that it is suspending Broncos defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike, 25, for the duration of the 2023 season. He will be eligible to apply for reinstatement next summer. “We were informed by the NFL today that Eyioma Uwazurike has been suspended by the league indefinitely for violating its…
Javonte Williams is back. The Broncos announced four transactions on Sunday: They placed outside linebacker Baron Browning and wide receiver Kendall Hinton on the Physically Unable to Perform list.They placed wide receiver KJ Hamler and nose tackle Mike Purcell on the Non-Football Injury list. The PUP and NFI lists mean players can’t participate in on-field practices but can attend meetings…
The Broncos selected Montrell Washington in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft to serve as their kick and punt returner. Through four weeks, Washington looked like the perfect man for the job, and if he’d played at the same level there would be no debate about who should be the Broncos’ returner in 2023. But after averaging 15.2…