Mile High Report
On the final day of Broncos training camp (with fans at least), they hosted Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison Jr., and the Arizona Cardinals for their second joint practice of camp ahead of their preseason game on Saturday. It was a solid back-and-forth practice for both teams, and the Broncos saw their franchise quarterback, Bo Nix, bounce back from some struggles and have his best practice of the summer when it mattered the most. On the defensive side, they had some issues with tight end Trey McBridge, who is one of the best tight ends in the league, who had multiple big plays against the Broncos’ defense.
After practice, Head Coach Sean Payton told reporters that neither the Broncos nor the Cardinals will play their starters in Saturday’s preseason game. That means today was essentially the preseason game for the starters and a very important joint practice for them. Thankfully for the Broncos, Bo Nix saved the best for last.
In today’s loaded camp report, we have Bo Nix dealing throughout practice, the defense having issues covering Trey McBride, lots of injury updates, loaded news and notes, tweets from camp, notable quotes, and more!
After a lackluster preseason opener and arguably his worst practice of camp on Tuesday, Broncos quarterback Bo Nix bounced back in a big way in what may have been the most important training camp practice of the summer. He was dealing all practice, made good decisions, made plays down the field, and even had a 70+ yard touchdown pass during today’s practice. On top of that, he led the Broncos offense into makeable field goal range in the final move the ball period to end practice.
He did this against an opposing defense and impressed everyone in attendance.
Nix started out hot in 7-on-7s with only one incompletion during two periods, which included a 20-yard strike to rookie wide receiver Pat Bryant. In team drills, it did start out slowly. The pass protection was not great early on and derailed the first team period. In the next team period, Bo hits Dobbins for a checkdown, followed by a jet sweep to Mims, and then Nix hits Vele for a 15-yard gain. In the third period, Nix really started to heat up and hit Mims for 15 yards and then found Vele for a 70-yard touchdown, which ended up being the play of practice. It was a missed assignment by the Cardinals’ defense, and Nix hit Vele for 40 yards, and he would run the extra 30 for a 70-yard touchdown.
Following that, he hits Krull for a short gain and then finds Franklin for 20 yards down the right sideline. In the next team period, Nix has time, steps up, and finds Mims for 25 yards, and then has a short incompletion to Sutton, who seemed hurt after the play, but was just dealing with a groin injury for a few moments. Sutton would bounce back later during a red...
