Welcome to Day 13 of Denver Broncos training camp. This is the last day of regular public practices as the final day tomorrow will be a joint practice session with the Arizona Cardinals ahead of the second preseason game on Saturday. Hopefully somewhere in between there will be news breaking of a new mega deal for Nik Bonitto — who has emerged as one of the league’s premier pass rushers.

Broncos training camp Day 13 live updates

The Broncos have been given a ton of hype so far this offseason and into the beginning of training camp. Having that held up against the performance of the starters in their first preseason game has many of us in Broncos Country scratching our heads.

I try not to knee-jerk quite too much during the preseason. I also don’t take the hype from our local media too seriously. Instead, I like to wait until we get to see more of the team play.

In today’s NFL, that means week 1 in all honesty. Teams just don’t play the starters very...

The Broncos returned to their practice field today after their 30-9 victory over the 49ers in the preseason opener. Today’s practice was a non-padded ramp-up practice before they have a padded practice tomorrow and another joint practice with the Cardinals on Thursday.

In today’s news and notes, we have Bo Nix and the first-team offense continuing to struggle(still too early to panic), Payton praises rookie running back R.J. Harvey, A.T. Perry is removed from the PUP, Bonitto misses practice (he’s fine), news and notes, more injury updates, tweets from camp, quotes, and more!

Nix and the first-team offense continue...

Last season with the Denver Broncos, outside linebacker Nik Bonitto embarked on a breakout campaign. It was one of the biggest storylines and highlights for the franchise who finally made the postseason after nearly a decade drought.

There is absolutely no doubt the Broncos’ defense was a big reason for the team’s overall turnaround. Setting a franchise record and leading the National Football League with 63 sacks, Vance Joseph’s aggressive defense routinely caused havoc for opposing quarterbacks and offensive lines. Numerous players played a key role in that, but the former Oklahoma Sooners’ standout certainly stood out above the rest....

Welcome to Day 11 of Denver Broncos training camp. We’ve only got three more practice sessions open to the public left for this offseason. After the next preseason game on Saturday, it’ll be all business all the time in Denver. It might be a quiet week on the news side of things, but we’ll keep the updates coming through to the end.

Fresh off their 30-9 win over the San Francisco 49ers, it seemed like Sean Payton wasn’t pleased with the first-team effort. That could be something that is worked on ahead of this weekends’ game.

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Good morning, Broncos Country! ESPN writers yesterday posted a “future power rankings” list, projecting where teams would be ranked over the next three seasons (2025-27) taking into consideration the QB, head coach, full roster and, of course, the front office.

In the final calculations, the Broncos ended up looking pretty good — No. 7, with a total score on their system of 85 (B, good).

But the commentary from the participating analysts — Ben Solak, Louis Riddick, Aaron Schatz and Seth Walder — was more nuanced and a little less flattering overall; yet it’s still interesting for discussion (even if...

RJ Harvey had a very showing game against the 49ers in the first week of the NFL Preseason, showing us flashes of his speed and agility. He proved that he has the potential to be a game changer in Denver and that he could/ should take the title of starting running back this year.

But his performance did not come without criticism. Most of his reps included him bouncing the run to the outside rather than hitting the intended gap. The bounces weren’t always his fault though. The offensive line did not give Harvey that good of a look, so...

RJ Harvey had a very showing game against the 49ers in the first week of the NFL Preseason, showing us flashes of his speed and agility. He proved that he has the potential to be a game changer in Denver and that he could/ should take the title of starting running back this year.

But his performance did not come without criticism. Most of his reps included him bouncing the run to the outside rather than hitting the intended gap. The bounces weren’t always his fault though. The offensive line did not give Harvey that good of a look, so...

Denver Broncos rookie punter Jeremy Crawshaw averaged 37.0 and netted 27.7 on his three punts.

• 4-3-DEN 49 (6:31) J.Crawshaw punts 36 yards to SF 15, Center-M.Fraboni. J.Bergen pushed ob at SF 43 for 28 yards (T.Badie).
• 4-11-SF 45 (11:15) J.Crawshaw punts 25 yards to SF 20, Center-M.Fraboni, fair catch by A.Abdullah.
• 4-6-DEN 22 (13:26) J.Crawshaw punts 50 yards to SF 28, Center-M.Fraboni, downed by DEN-J.Pickett.

He punted three times, two short-field punts and one long-field punt. Neither of his short-field punts were downed inside the 20. That’s bad. Let’s use my punt percentage metric which looks at...

It wasn’t pretty, but the Denver Broncos got through their first preseason game with a win.

I can’t help but be at least a little concerned given how poorly the Broncos’ starters performed against mostly the San Francisco 49ers’ backups.

We can rest easy with the idea that this was a much-needed time for the starters to knock the rust off in preparation for the season.

Offense

I usually like to talk here about the offensive game plan and play calling, but I don’t know how much that really serves us fans for a preseason game.

The only real...

One of the biggest surprises from the Denver Broncos 30-9 preseason victory over the San Francisco 49ers was how the running back usage played out. I am confident most of us had the depth chart a little different than what we ended up seeing in that game.

The presumptive starter in JK Dobbins had zero carries, but did pick up a reception. It was rookie RJ Harvey who received a lion’s share of the snaps early in the game with the first-team. Head Coach Sean Payton noted that and said the script will likely flip next week where we’ll see...

One of the bigger winners from the Broncos’ preseason opening victory over the 49ers was veteran wide receiver/special teamer Trent Sherfield. He finished the night with 3 receptions for 73 yards, which included a long touchdown reception from Jarrett Stidham, where Sherfield needed some fancy footwork to complete the catch.

It was a breakout game from a player most have overlooked, but after the game, Head Coach Sean Payton made it clear that they have a vision for Sherfield Sr. moving forward.

Payton was asked if the vision for Sherfield was purely special teams or did they believe he could...