Mile High Report
News and notes from day 2 of Broncos Camp.
Day two of Broncos camp is in the books, and it is the last one before a day off on Sunday. When they return to practice on Monday, they will have their first fully padded practice of camp, which are the most important practice of camp.
Today, we have linebacker Drew Sanders being carted off and undergoing an MRI. Bo Nix speaks with the media, and we'll have more updates on Monday’s padded practice. We'll also cover injury updates, news and notes, notable tweets from camp, quotes, and more!
Late in practice, linebacker Drew Sanders needed to be carted to the locker room after suffering a lower leg injury. After practice, Sean Payton told the media that Sanders did not hurt his Achilles, which he injured last year, but will be receiving an MRI.
This would be a major blow to Sanders, who missed the majority of last season due to an achilles injury. He worked his way back from that injury and was on the field for the final few games of last season. Sanders made it through the offseason without any setbacks and was even a standout player during these first few training camp practices, but now he’s dealing with this injury.
“We don’t have any update. We don’t have any information yet, so we’ll give it to you. It’s not his Achilles, but I want to wait and see once the doctors do the MRI.”
The Broncos’ linebacker room was already a question mark with Dre Greenlaw and Alex Singleton coming off major injuries. Losing Sanders for an extended time would be a blow to their depth at that position. On the other hand, it does give the Broncos’ linebackers lower on the depth chart an opportunity to make the team. Second-year linebacker Levelle Bailey has been having a strong start to camp and could benefit from Sanders’ unfortunate injury if he is sidelined for an extended period of time.
Hopefully, Sanders avoided a major injury, but either way, this opens up an opportunity for someone else to potentially make the team.
Bo Nix met with the media today and had a lot to say. I won’t touch on it all in here (more coming on Nix’s comments later), but it’s hard not to be fired up after listening to our Franchise QB speak.
Nix was asked about his teammates' calling him the leader of the team, and he downplayed it a bit. He said it comes with the territory of being the quarterback and that he just wants to continue to show the guys that he is willing to work and always trying to find a way to get better. He continued and said, “Being the quarterback of a team like this, it’s what you live for.”.
*“I think most of it is the position, and then I guess it’s what’s done after you...
