Mile High Report
They’re officially back! News and notes from day 1 of Broncos Camp.
Day 1 of Broncos camp is officially here!
The acclimation practices are old news, the fans were in the bleachers, and the Broncos hit the practice field to open up Broncos camp earlier today. With construction ongoing, the team limited it to just roughly 800 fans, but they showed up and were loud and proud for their Broncos.
Today was a non-padded practice, but still had some action during team drills, including wide receivers Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant making plays, Bo Nix looked crisp, Jeremy Crawshaw showing off his leg strength, injury updates, a bunch of news and notes, quotes, and more!
The Broncos second-year quarterback is looking like a legitimate starter so far in the early portions of training camp. He looks smooth, in control, making quicker decisions, looks comfortable in the offense and made the play of the day today during team drills.
On a play action play, Bo Nix was on a bootleg and running towards the sideline, and threw a potentially no-look crossbody throw to rookie wide receiver Pat Bryant. He did this with a blitzing Alex Singleton chasing him down, made a difficult throw, and threw an accurate strike to Bryant, who had room to run to the end zone.
It was a play-action heavy practice, and Nix, who plays at his best on the move, had a very good practice today. Unfortunately, the Broncos do not allow any recording, we do not have any videos of this play, but the media covering practice have all been raving about it.
After practice, tight end Evan Engram was asked about Bo Nix’s quarterback craft and had some high praise for the Broncos' starting quarterback.
“Attention to detail, his focus, his drive to get one percent better every day and his comradery with his teammates. He’s not afraid to speak up, he’s not afraid to challenge you and he challenges himself at the highest level. That gives some ground to challenge others. I’m very impressed with him, very blessed to be a part of his team and be his teammate. The sky’s the limit with that type of mentality. With the way he works, the talent will take care of itself.”
Nix has looked confident and in charge of the offense all offseason, according to reports, and is continuing that high level of play in the early parts of Broncos Camp. He is also continuing to impress his teammates and coaches with the work he puts in behind the scenes.
The future is very bright.
The Broncos' wide receiver room is deep and looking for someone to fully break out behind Courtland Sutton. We saw Marvin Mims Jr. have a strong second half last year, but needed at least one more to step up to feel really good about this room.
Well, after one practice, the Broncos saw two...
