Editor’s note: Welcome into one of many, many BSN Denver observation pieces to come this offseason. A fan favorite in the past, these stories will be posted after each and every training camp practice. Who is standing out, who is lagging behind and who is looking like the favorite in each of the position battles? Those questions and many more will be answered right here.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In every camp I’ve covered, at every level, there has been a moment in the early days in which the coach had to get on his guys.

Maybe he’d stop the practice altogether, maybe he’d order the music be cut, maybe he’d just unleash the fury, but in one way or another, it happened. And for the same reason, every time. Energy.

For whatever reason, on one of those early days, it seems the players hit a wall. The coach does his best to rally the troops but in the end the practice just sort of drags along.

The Denver Broncos have now made it through five days of practice in a row, their longest stretch of camp, without having one of those days.

BSN Denver was on hand for the entirety of the fifth-consecutive energy-filled practice, here’s what we saw.

“Roofin’ a napkin”

Yesterday, we detailed Case Keenum’s pocket manipulation, as the quarterback has shown an innate ability to move around efficiently between the tackles while also keeping his eyes downfield.

Today, we need to talk about another trait that Keenum has been flashing on a daily basis. The trait that has me ready to give the green light to the Case Keenum hype train—ball placement.

Throughout every practice, Keenum’s ball placement has been on point, whether it’s the five-yard out, the post or on corner throws, the Broncos’ new quarterback has put pinpoint accuracy on display consistently.

Remember, while Courtland Sutton is making the headlines with his fantastic catches, it’s Keenum—most of the time—who is putting the ball in a place where Sutton can use his elite leaping ability to make a play that nobody else can.

Of course, his receivers have been taking notice,  but it’s the defenders who have been paying the ultimate respect.

On Tuesday, Keenum dropped a ball perfectly over the outstretched arms of cornerback Chris Harris and into the bread basket of Emmanuel Sanders on a corner route about 25 yards down the field.

Mic’d up for DenverBroncos.com during the day, Harris can be heard afterward on the sideline stating, “If he’s throwing like this, we’re gonna win.”

On Wednesday, after another extremely accurate day for the quarterback, I asked safety Will Parks just how good his ball placement is.

“His corner routes are insane. It’s like roofin’ a napkin,” he said.

I furled my brow and responded, “It’s like what?”

“It’s like throwing a napkin on the roof… and that’s impossible to do,” he said, clarifying another fantastic Parks-ism and sending me into a fit of laughter. “He makes some throws that are impossible to make. Impossible.”

With five practices now in the books, Keenum still has not thrown a single interception, a stark contrast from what we’ve seen in the last two Denver Broncos training camps.

Return of the Swag

On the very first play of live action on the day, Case Keenum settled in under center Matt Paradis, looked both ways and unleashed his cadence.

“Huthut huuuuuuuut,” he hollered, but the offense remained still.

The same, though, could not be said for the defense, who fell for the hard count and jumped offside.

The second, and I mean the second the whistle blew, Matt Paradis picked the ball up, paced off five yards before the defense even moved, and demonstratively slammed the ball down in the center of the field.

Later on, after yet another touchdown catch for Courtland Sutton, the former basketball player—with the midsection of his jersey tucked under his shoulder pads—ran over to the goalpost, elevated and slammed the ball over the crossbar.

The offense has their swagger back.

For the last two years, as the ‘O’ was constantly “getting sauced on,” as the kids say, by the defense, there was no room for celebrations or signs of attitude. You don’t celebrate when you figuratively down by 30.

Now, behind the arm of Case Keenum, the offense is doing a little of the saucing themselves, and having a ton of fun while doing it.

Top Five

In an effort to break the daily routine, we decided to spend some time ranking which five players have had the best camps up to this point.

Here’s what we came up with:

5) Connor McGovern

Having come into camp in what was labeled as a position battle, McGovern has held down the right guard spot nicely. The third-year man has given no reason to think he won’t be the day-one starter at the position.

(Read more on McGovern’s day today here)

4) Bradley Roby

After hardly garnering any targets across the first two days of camp, Roby’s workload has increased over the last three practices, and he’s shined.

During a 1-on-1 drill this morning, Roby matched up with Emmanuel Sanders four times in a row and did not allow one reception. In his last matchup, he drew Courtland Sutton and broke up that pass, as well.

3) Emmanuel Sanders

Spending his entire summer break in Colorado appears to have paid off so far for the 31-year-old receiver, who worked with Keenum during that time.

The two seem to have built a nice connection as Keenum has targeted Sanders early and often in camp, connecting countless times in the middle of the field.

2) Case Keenum

As detailed above, the Broncos new quarterback appears to be just what the doctor ordered for the ailing offense. If he can play the way he has in camp when the live bullets start flying, this team will be quite alright.

1) Courtland Sutton

How could you not make the rookie No. 1?

After being labeled a raw prospect coming out of the draft, even within his own organization, the SMU product has made a slew of incredible catches and has already proven that he will be a big-time contributor for the Denver offense this year.

Play of the Day

The play of the day went to Paxton Lynch—who had his best day of camp—and DaeSean Hamilton.

During a team period, Lynch dropped back, got great protection and hit Hamilton streaking down the sidelines. Hamilton made a diving catch for what was around a 50-yard gain.

Injury and Availability Notes

• As has been the case day for the last several days, Kenny Bell (Hamstring), Josey Jewell (Hamstring) and Philly Brown (Concussion) did not practice on Wednesday.
• Tramaine Brock (Hamstring) did not practice Wednesday; he’s expected to miss around a week of time.
• After leaving practice on Tuesday before eventually coming back, Derek Wolfe was a full participant on Wednesday.
• Domata Peko was held out of team drills. Vance Joseph called it a “vet day” for the big man in the middle.
• Su’a Cravens and Jeff Heuerman both missed practice with sore knees. Joseph said the team is just being cautious in both cases.
• Corner Marcus Rios was back on the field Wednesday.

Other Notes

• Filling in for the injured Heuerman, tight end Matt LaCosse had a great day on the field.
  • LaCosse, who stands at 6-foot-5 and 251 pounds, has all the tools to be an NFL tight end. He’s one to keep an eye on if Heuerman’s injury persists.
• For the second straight day, Issac Yiadom had a very nice practice. It appears the constant matchups with Courtland Sutton, which is not exactly a favorable matchup for the 6-foot-1, 190-pound corner, are helping him improve.
  • Yiadom has received many reps with the ones since Tramaine Brock went out.
• De’Angelo Henderson had a nice practice that included a touchdown run.
  • He drew serious praise from OC Bill Musgrave after practice. When asked about the running backs, No. 33 was the only player Musgrave mentioned by name.
  • “The guy who looks really good, I think initially, is De’Angelo. His nickname is ‘Hop.’ He’s come back a little bit lighter than in the spring. He’s gone five or six weeks, and I feel like he’s really done a nice job. He was doing a good job in the spring too.”
• At the very end of practice, Vance Joseph gave the first second and third teams all a chance from inside the 10. After the first team defense won the battle, the second team offense tied things up. It all came down to the third teamers. The defense got the win, giving them two out of three and forcing the offense to drop down for pushups.
  • As the offense performed their chore, Von Miller and Chris Harris Jr. demonstratively celebrated in between their parallel-to-the-ground bodies.