The team jogged back onto the practice field this morning for the first of two sessions. The sun came out in full force to greet the club, heating up the field and forcing onlookers to fan themselves throughout the two-hour period.
ROLL CALL
D.J. Williams was active on the practice field but still sporting an orange jersey to let his teammates know to avoid contact with him.
Veterans Champ Bailey, Brandon Stokley and Brian Dawkins sat out the practice, while a newly acquired Bronco stepped in between the lines for his first practice with the club.
Former Oakland Raiders running back Justin Fargas wore a No. 42 jersey and jumped right in with the rest of his position group through agility and blocking drills. Fargas took a handoff up the left side of the line for a short gain in an 11-on-11 drill from the 20-yard line.
PLAYMAKERS
Brandon Lloyd produced at wide receiver all morning. He turned a short pass in the flat into a long gain by spinning backwards and turning the corner up the sideline. Lloyd’s biggest highlight of the day came when the receiver made an adjustment on a Kyle Orton pass in the end zone, turning away from the cornerback, backpedaling and reaching above his head to snag the touchdown.
Andre’ Goodman shined in coverage during team drills. He nudged Jabar Gaffney in the back right as the ball arrived to force an incompletion on one play and deflected several other passes.
Daniel Graham made himself a go-to target in red zone drills. He caught a touchdown a piece from Kyle Orton and Brady Quinn in a 7-on-7 drill at the goal line, and he caught another six points from Orton in short yardage team drills.
Wesley Woodyard crashed the backfield throughout team drills to stop Lance Ball and Toney Baker at the line of scrimmage
QUICK HITS
Running backs coach Eric Studesville tweaked a daily drill with the one-man blocking sled. He had his pupils carry footballs and attack the sled like they were trying to run over a linebacker instead of set a block.
Nate Jones worked with the second-team defense at safety during team drills, forcing a fumble and picking off Kyle Orton from his spot in the defensive backfield.
In punt return drills Eddie Royal fielded the last few reps after Perrish Cox caught the majority of the punts.
Cox ended the practice by picking off Orton on the last play. Head Coach Josh McDaniels sent the defense off the field and told the offense to run sprints.
JUKEBOX
A mix full of fast-paced, lyrical rap boomed out of the speakers and had the players dancing in warm-ups. Here’s a sample of the playlist.
Lupe Fiasco – I’m Beamin
Waka Flaka Flame – O Lets Do It
Backbone – 5 Deuce 4 Trey
B.O.B. – Past My Shades
SOUNDS FROM THE FIELD
“I think the offense is coming along. We’re having some really good days, then coming out like this morning — we were flat and didn’t play as well as we should’ve. That’s got to be everybody’s goal, just to play at a consistently high level, and really until we do that we’re going to struggle to be the great offense that we want to be.”
-Kyle Orton on the offense’s performance in the early practice.
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-Gabe Hiatt, DenverBroncos.com
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im first and it looks like their having fun
Wow fargas got #42 and it looks like he bulked up a little bit..
but this pick up makes me wonder about Bucky and if he will make it to the 53 man roster
Time will tell, I think the pic of Fargas, looks like he has some skinny legs’ I hope he is fast and strong.
So ayers and Branson hurt today.
Yeah, Fargas is no Earl Campbell.
Not good news coming from the DP about Ayers and Branson being injured now…Branson had to be carted off…ugh.
Gafney also injured. WOW.
Report is Ayers is fine, according to DP.
Hey Bay what should be our new nickname,
The MASH unit, or the Replacements
testing 123
I guess everyone left
wow!! More good news all the time.
To tell you the truth, I dunno how we can tame this bad luck or bad karma, guess we just have to let it run its course. Branson and Now Ayers. Branson not important cuz we rarely use TEs and have 2 others. For a second round pick, I need Richard Quinn to start working more on the recieving aspect of a TE instead of just blocking. Who drafts a blocking TE in the 2nd round?
The injuries to Thomas and Decker were my biggest concerns when they were drafted. Easy to say its a one time thing and hope they never get injured again, but injuries linger and reinjury increases. Sigh, hope they do better. I think they should just spend the majority of the next couple of weeks on conditioning cuz at this pace anyway, they wont be the starting WRs. We still got Royal, Willis, lloyd, and stokely (since gaf is hurt now too). They can do the work while the other WRs condition and rehab better or something.
PS: on the bright sight, way to go Cox, Returning and intercepting. Excited to see that kid play. So far in my mind, he is our best pick up. No disrespect to the other draft picks but Thomas and Decker get injured and Tebow is a work in progress.
Interesting to see how today’s injuries weren’t even mentioned here. Glad to hear about Ayers, with Doom down he is obviously key now. Lloyd asserting himself is great to see. Good to hear Woodyard stuffing the line of scrimmage, horrible to hear we are still consistently getting stuffed at the line of scrimmage still unable to do anything on short yardage.
Now Gaffney hurt would be a MAJOR BLOW to Orton since he is his go to guy now, don’t even want to think about that.
The replacements brings back memories of the strike season when they were actually all replacement players, so no, MASH unit is adequate, but the bad luck kids is probably how McD would rather call it, I declare Dove Valley a pre season disaster area and order immediate relief from the National Guards, haha, a la Shannon Sharpe, kind of…
KOA850 reported the injury to Gaffney, but absolutely no details or anything else about it I can find, maybe the reason this site is not talking about today’s injuries, it’s because they aren’t worth mentioning, just bumps and bruises, as was the case for Ayers, just hit his funny bone in his elbow on a helmet.
I understand the concern but let’s not confuse the word “injury”…It seems whenver a bumped up Bronco get’s a scrape, or bruise we get to excited.
GO GET EM’ BOYS!
I agree with you Bay!
In my opinion, if they won’t miss regular season….I don’t want to hear about it! LOL!
If someone’s hurt great! wonderful! my question is can they play the first game of the season? LOL! if so…..don’t report it!
wishful thinking i guess!
GO GET EM’ BOYS!
just like reading the post’s
1nOnly on Cox, I agree with you 100% I’ll keep my fingers crossed that he can be as effective in games as he is in practice, but as of now IMO he is the brightest spot of our 2010 draft class, how is syd doin? anyone know?
On Fargas, That boy looks big! if he can come in and run like he did in Oakland then we will have yet another weapon in the backfield! (Pending Injury)
Bay, I know you are on top of things and you act as my broncos insider so will you be sure to post the injury status of all the players as soon as you know! haha Thank you!
GO BRONCOS 2010!!!
Hey Bay, whats your take about Fargas? Got to give McGenius some credit for answering your request for a powerback.
Go McGenius, Go Broncos!!!
TRB, I like Cox, but what about Beadles and Walton? How about the whole roster for that matter,lol. I sure like the roster up to now that McGenius has put together.
Go McGenius, Go Broncos!!!
Yovi
Yea, Cox is defintiely the best out of the draft class in my eyes, so far. And the only reason we got him is because he had character question marks cuz of missing curfew on 2 occasions and getting suspended from a game. Prolly didnt help either that his 40 speed wasnt as good as expected cuz when he is on the field the boy moves. Its always the knuckle heads that have the most talent lol. Taking a risk pays off sometimes. Cuz technically he is not a McD guy. But the character question isnt serious tho. He is a college kid, missing curfew may not be proffesional but thats kinda of no surprise of a young person in college. I understand the discipline aspect tho.
Weareamr
Didnt include beedles and Walton cuz they are oline and its hard to gauge them until real game experience but I am sure they are holding it down as well. And when I named cox I was just refering to this 2010 draft class.
I think when all the Backs get healthy Moreno,White,Larsen,and Fargus will be standing with Buck sh*t outta luck!
That would be a good solid RB group.IMO.you got slashing/speed in Moreno,and grinding up the gut in Fargus,and both in White with Larsen leading the way,sounds good to me,I just hope the Oline can open up some holes,if they can,look out we might just get back on track in a lacking part of our Offense we missed badly last year.I like it POUND!POUND!POUND! that’s my kinda football!
BFE
Fargas says he’s played for the Raiders for 7 years,but he’s glad that chapter is over,and he’s looking forward to playing in Denver,I think he can help us tremendously.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d819ac1bc/article/broncos-add-fargas-to-help-depleted-running-back-corps?module=HP_headlines
weareamr, about my thoughts about Fargas, I posted about four or five posts about it on the previous blog this morning. Touched on about the power backs thing and EVERYTHING in between, haha, check it out. I’ve been a busy boy today as usual.
BFE, glad to see you read something about Fargas, you finally got his name right, LOL.
Thanks for the site, BFE. A true Bronco Bro.
Go McGenius, Go Broncos!!!
maybe with the schedule we have, just maybe this injuries won’t hunt us in the beginning of the season that much. Then with any luck we can win games at end of the season. then go in a losing streak and get kicked out of the playoffs. The football gods can’t hate us this much!!!
60 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL GO BRONCOS!!!
Hey wereamr, you who always love the positive side of life, you are gonna love this BIG TIME, it’s about what Bailey and Dawkins think of McD as reported by Mortensen:
“If we don’t win with this guy … I mean, he’s doing everything possible to get us ready,” Bailey said. “I give this coach credit. I’ve learned so much from this guy and I’m in my 13th year. We know we are going to be a prepared football team the way he coaches us to be smart, tough, physical, and [McDaniels] knows everything about different game situations.”
Dawkins loves that McDaniels has not allowed the distractions of trades and injuries to become an excuse in 2010. The Broncos have suffered a rash of injuries, including losing standout defensive end Elvis Dumervil (17 sacks in 2009) to a torn pectoral muscle.
“Other people talk about this rebuilding stuff, but Coach is talking about winning right now, and he is very, very passionate about winning right now,” Dawkins said. “He is consistent with his message. It’s team first, period. He is consistent with his preparation and what he expects of us. What you do in the meeting rooms, what you do in practice, what you do on and off the field will define what you’re going to mean to this football team.”
And that above article starts by Bailey not mincing his words about Cutler and Marshall’s time in Denver, and I just LOVE THAT TOO, here it goes:
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Champ Bailey has been around the Denver Broncos long enough to see stunning changes. Mike Shanahan, fired. Jay Cutler, traded. Brandon Marshall, traded. Of those three events in the past two years, Bailey cites Shanahan’s firing as the most shocking to him “because he had been here 14 years and won two Super Bowls. The other two guys [Cutler and Marshall] really hadn’t done anything here.”
HAHAHA, can you take it TRB? LOL.
there is a new blog Bay
And Williamson reports this wild wild thing coming out of the Baltimore Sun, hopefully it’s just wishful thinking:
The Baltimore Sun suggests perhaps the cornerback-hungry Baltimore Ravens will pursue Denver starting cornerback Andre’ Goodman. The Broncos would likely ask for a decent return for Goodman, who played well last year. If Denver was to deal Goodman, veteran Nate Jones and rookie Perrish Cox, who has been outstanding in camp, would take on increased roles.
That would tick me off since I have been in Goodman’s corner ever since he got here, that being said with the injuries we got mounting at other positions, if we can really improve one of those I guess taking a player away from the secondary where we are healthiest and deepest would make some kind of sense. Still… Just a rumor from the rumor mill most likely, interesting though.
I know I was the first one to post on it, just kept rambling here because I don’t like stepping on Mr. Saccomano’s story, he is my elder and I respect that, haha.
Well Baylin I dont think that statement by champ reflects what he thinks of Marshall as a player or person. Some might say Champ hadnt really done anything with the redskins before he became a bronco except establish himself as one of the best cornerbacks jus tlike marshall has as a WR. Dont think it was meant to be disrespectful, quite frankly, if you havent won a superbowl or played here the majority of your career, u havent done much in that sense. But one of the few players in the history of the NFL to record 2 back to back to back seasons of 100 or more catches, record for most catches in a game, on par to be the best WR the Broncos had ever had. Id say he did something. But making the superbowl is not a WRs job. He has no impact unless the QB decides the ball goes to him. That is why QBs and Coaches are credited for superbowl cuz the always have a hand in everything and the QB is the only guy always touchign the ball besides the center. Champ also said he wouldnt be surprised if Marshall gets traded because he has seen the best traded. He should know, he is one of those bests
Anyway, its good, as long as the players are still drinking McDs koolaid thats all that matters. The moment the stop drinking or buying into it is the moment we are in deep doo doo. and we already about ankle deep init already. TRB out…
Hey, TRB, I was just giving you a shot at talking about your boy Marshall and it worked great, haha.
LMAO Baylin. It is appreciated. No one else gives me the opportunity to talk about Marshall, I feel like the only one that hasnt moved on T_T lol. Thx for entertaining my limitless Marshall Fanaticism that some call a “man crush” LOL
hey everyone,
there is soon gonna be an opening in the nfl.com fantasy league that some of us are in. One of our fellow bloggers is gonna be deployed oversees and has to drop out. So we will need one replacement as soon as he deletes his team. Any takers??? The draft is on Aug. 21st.
Great getting Fargas he killed us.Very impressed with Jamal Williams, Justin Bannon, J.D. Walton,Matthew Willis,Perrish Cox(he should be a little higher). I haven’t seen it but from reading it sounds like Kyle Orton is never looked better,he was a little hurt before plus another year in system.What about we could (or will) get DOOM back?!Please make all the injuries stop. We need to pray for better luck as these things are mostly random.GO BRONCOS!!
I forgot to add; good on McD for making O line better they had great protection but run blocking not so good,Beadles and Walton will be big step up. How can people be down on Buck?We better hope he recovers as he was the most productive back. I think KM and Buckhalter will benifit from the improved line; look for Knowshaun to have a big year.(I didn’t jinx him did I?).I thought Alphonso would be a terrific nickel back but don’t hear much positive news about him. GO BRONCOS!!
all I can say about phonsy is he looks better, he is making plays in practice but we will see during pre-season! I want to hear more about Bucky because last I heard they weren’t sure of the severity of his injury, I hope not but I heard it could be so bad it might decide if he even comes back to football!
On another note I wouldn’t be upset with a backfield made up Moreno, White, and Fargas! Denver has brought in alot of talent for this backfield and I think it should show this season!
GO BRONCOS 2010!!!
Yovi, I heard somewhere that Bucky might be flying back East to get a second opinion on his condition with a specialist, back/neck nerve problems, tingling, nothing to mess with.
Phonsy is still half pint, if he is progressing he is not doing it a great rate of speed or accomplishments since I’ve only heard his name mentioned a couple times in TC, and not necessarily for good stuff. One thing we pretty much should know by now, he was not first round material, just my opinion.
agreed
still not fixed!
Posting to read the comments guys!
man this site needs fixing badly