Mile High Report
Today, the Denver Broncos returned to the practice field, but this time, not in Denver, but in Santa Clara California to take part in a joint practice with the San Francisco 49ers. Two teams will have their preseason opener on Saturday night, but today, the two teams had one of their most important training camp practices of the summer. After practicing against itself for the first week and a half, the two-teams, for the first time this summer, were able to go up against someone else. This a good test to see where everyone is at, if players continue to breakout, and if the narratives being built continue to be true. Well, for the Broncos, it was a lot of what we have seen, heard, and read about throughout training camp. The defense was dominant, they forced turnovers, the pass rush was constant, and for the most part, they dominated today’s practice. The 49ers did have some success late in the practice, but overall, the Broncos defense won the day. As for the offense, they made plenty of plays and were likely relieved that they did not have to face their own defense for the first time. Nix and company made plays and had an overall good day against the 49ers.
In today’s piece, we’ll talk about how the Broncos offense and defense did during the joint practice, injury updates, news and notes, tweets from camp, quotes, and a lot more in today’s jam packed news and notes post.
The Broncos defense looked as advertised to start practice. The pass rush was dominant throughout, they were able to force some turnovers, and held the 49ers offense in check throughout the first part of the practice. This was great to see and the Broncos defense looked a legit and potentially elite defense. Now, the 49ers did have some success later, including a would-be game-winning touchdown in a move the ball period, but overall, the Broncos defense looked great.
As KOA’s Benjamin Allbright mentioned above, multiple 49ers beat writers took notice of the Broncos defense today and mentioned how they look a bit better than what they have seen from the 49ers defense this summer. We have all heard about how well the Broncos defense has looked throughout camp, and it’s encouraging to see them continue to play well against another team.
Keep in mind, they did well without linebacker’s Dre Greenlaw and Alex Singleton as well as safety Brandon Jones who all did not practice today. So, the 49ers didn’t even see the Broncos defense at its strongest.
After practice, safety Talanoa Hufanga was asked if this defense reminds him of the defense he was a part of that made it to the Super Bowl a few years backs. He told reproters “most definitely” and mentioned how they are “very ferocious guys” that are willing to attack and compete every day.
“Most definitely. I think obviously schematically it...
