The Broncos headed back to INVESCO Field at Mile High Friday morning for a practice closed to the public.
Just a quick note — all practice times are subject to change, and some sessions next week have been shuffled around. Be sure to check the Fan Information Guide for the full schedule, or call the training camp hotline — (720) 258-3709.
Eddie Royal and Marquez Branson were among the players back at practice after sitting out Thursday’s afternoon session. Despite wearing full pads, the team practiced at a walkthrough speed. For that reason, the majority of the highlights Friday morning came on the offensive side of the ball.
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE
In the first play of 11-on-11s, Mario Haggan pushed his blocker into the backfield to stop a run by Bruce Hall behind the line of scrimmage.
Later in practice, Kevin Alexander sprinted into the backfield for what would’ve been a sack on Brady Quinn.
Brandon Stokley got involved throughout the session, catching a screen pass for big yardage during 11-on-11s, hauling in deep passs from Kyle Orton and Quinn during 7-on-7s and punching it into the end zone during a red-zone drill, rolling over the goal-line after hauling in a pass.
Hall found the corner on a run during 11-on-11s thanks to a block by Spencer Larsen.
Lance Ball cut his run through a hole on the right side of the line, sprinting into the defensive secondary. Richard Quinn limped over to Head Athletic Trainer Steve Antonopulos after the play.
Tim Tebow tossed a screen pass to Toney Baker, who sprinted his way for another big gain. Tebow spoke with Offensive Coordinator Mike McCoy afterwards.
QUICK HITS
The team kicked off this morning’s session by running through pregame drills, focusing on their gameday routine that will go into effect Saturday at Cincinnati.
At the start of practice, tight ends caught passes from position coach Bob Ligashesky as their teammates hit them with blocking pads to simulate tight coverage.
During special teams drills, Britton Colquitt worked on punting from the back of his own end zone. He boomed it past the 50-yard line on each attempt.
Toward the end of the session, the offense worked on starting a drive at its own 1-yard line. After two plays, Colquitt once again punted from the back of his end zone — this time to the opposite 37-yard line, where Perrish Cox was back deep to receive. On the next play, the team threw in a fake punt to make sure everyone was prepared.
Below are pictures from the session. The team travels to Cincinnati tomorrow.
-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Brandon Stokley, Britton Colquitt, Training Camp
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Well no more info on our team till the pre-season game. Very eager to get this started. Sunday cant get here fast enough, LOL.
Here’s hoping , safe trip, stay healthy, and execute each play up to your ability. Looking forward to the Broncos dominating ESPN because of the way the team played, big hits, big plays. No injuries and I’m wanting to see Ayers dominate in place of Doom, 2 sacks, 3 almosts and a few hurries. I want to see big plays out of Orton, passes complete over 25 yards. Big runs of over 10 yards and an o-line that dominates in the run game and keeps all our QBs upright. I want to see the run defense hold up the whole game and I want a few big plays from the special teams, mainly runbacks over 10 yards and some huge hits. I will except three (3) picks on “D”, Cox, Phonzy and of course McBath.
This is my Cincy check list.
Go McGenius, Go Broncos!!!
Ready for Sunday!
Walkthroughspeed practice again…
Glad to see Branson’s leg injury was not as serious as reported.
Never seen so many scheduling changes in TC that I can remember.
Stokley is really putting the pedal to the metal of late because he is feeling the pressure from Lloyd and Willis as far as making the team.
weareamr, you don’t ask much for the first pre season game, LOL.
I know preseason games mean absolutely nothing BUT I am anxious to get this started! Injuries and all I expect the Broncos to have a good season and I hope there will be NFL football in 2011!
I was waitung for u Bay. I know you got somrthing your looking for and that is……..
Go McGenius, Go Broncos!!!
I think tebow will have a great game
Guys, don’t get your hopes up, this game is going to be very vanilla, McD himself said he wouldn’t have a game plan against the Bengals, just a plan to work on things he feels they need to work on, that is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT, and Cinci has already played against Dallas last week, it’s not like we are going to light it up and look all world, just saying.
weareamr, mainly I want to see how Orton has progressed under pressure and how the new O line can manage, that is mainly what will decide our fate this year, not so worried about the D, they are pretty stout everywhere even without Doom. Gonna keep it simple for the first game, I would imagine McD might too.
Klis is reportig that the loss of Doom has caused Vegas to drop the line on how many games we will win by half a game, now if you ask me that’s pretty good news that losing Doom is only viewed as a half game, they must like some of the other stuff we are doing because I would think a game or two drop would of made sense for losing Doom, the NFL reigning sack leader:
It has been widely surmised that the pectoral injury to NFL sack king Elvis Dumervil would lower expectations for the Broncos this season. Now there’s proof. Entering training camp, the Hilton Sports Book _ the largest in Las Vegas _ placed the Broncos’ over/under season win total at 7 1/2. In recent days, that win total slipped to 7.
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Glad to hear they practiced against a fake punt, Redskins anyone? LOL.
LOL … definitely not second. blogs clearly hadnt loaded up all the comment ambiguous lol. Blogs been acting up
Branson comes back in, Quinn limps off. Just great
Anyway, looking forward to the first preseason game.
Base offense – on change there from previous years.
Base offense – no change there from previous years.
Quinn was seen running after the injury, so he is good TRB.
Here’s hoping Quinn’s injury isn’t serious.
For those of you that think you’re special because you posted first or second…can you at least put a little more to your note than that?!?!
I seriously picture a five year old sitting at the computer all day waiting for the blog to be posted, just so they can be first.
Thanks for pointing to someones maturity level “Chronic_toker” LMAO! I’m just saying is that the “Pot” calling the cettle black!
I agree with you bay, but what our backs can do is also important. Not being able to do long drives last season hurt our defense. We can’t just be a one dimension team!!! I just can’t wait for sunday that will be one game down 3 to go!!!
60 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL GO BRONCOS!!!
I have read many blogs as soon as they were posted and had no comments and have yet to see the fascination in saying first without there being any relevence to what is going on
whats up broncos buds…. preseason is here! well.. in 2 days that is. lol anyway im with you bay, i want to see how our O line looks, orton too but im more concerned with how our backfield plays! hope fargas can get it done back there for a bit. also, i would really like to see who coach has in the starting line up for WR’s. the D im not too worried about either! frankly i dont even care if jamal takes a snap on sunday. rather save him for the regular season!
Go Broncos
“THE BATTLE IS WON IN THE TRENCHES”
Glad to see Stokely doing well,and Larsen making blocks,and Damn sure glad to hear Colquitt punting from the back of the endzone past the 50 yard line EVERYTIME !! that’s 60 yards,one even went to the opposite 37 yard line,that’s 73 yards,a Helluva lot better than Berger’s 20 & 30 yard shanks,I told you guys that Tennessee Boy can flat out kick,if nothing else,Colquitt and Cox should make our ST way better than last year,hey field position is everything !!
BFE
rj26…I agree bro,Williams should sit it out the whole preseason as long as he’s training to stay in shape,he knows what to do when Sundays roll around !!
I’ll be happy this year if our Defense plays tough,and we can POUND-POUND-POUND the rock,amazing how running the ball opens up a few passing lanes !!
it is interesting to see that most of the people that you guys are looking to be “successful” Sunday are not startes. Besides Orton. I think, and this may be a ridiculous opinion of someone who never liked the Moreno draft choice, that if Fargas looks good, that is a big problem. Most of you have felt that Fargas is just “training camp fodder” unfortunately, I feel he is a better back for our system than Moreno. I think the signing of he and White cause a RBQ (a play on the QQ). Nonetheless…it is going ot be hard for us to be more vanilla than the play calling of last year. I am going to actually pay attention to the calls, because if anyone remembers last year, all they did in the preseason was throw screens and hitches and although McD said they were just being “vanilla” it turned out to be the offense we ran all year. Hopefully we come out of this encouter uninjured. Let’s GO BRADY!!! (figured someone has to root for him)
Ray and Manny, I’m with you about watching the running game, but not in this game, as I posted in the previous blog, the running game being as depleted as it is right now will offer me very little answers this Sunday, in a couple of games when players are back, yes, now, premature, that’s why Orton and O line will be the thing to watch for me after tomorrow. Of course the O line will give me a little insight as how the running game will play out when RB’s return, I just don’t put much weight in watching Fargas and Ball tearing it up now, if you know what I mean….
And for everyone who puts huge hopes in Fargas, the guy has the upper body of a wrestler with matchsticks legs, his knee injuries have been a big issue in his career, the one last year had the Raiders cutting him loose and three teams passed on him, two because he didn’t pass their physicals I believe, I am not placing my hopes in that guy’s hands is my point, like I don’t place it in Bucky’s, and I’m not crazy about Moreno either, so far White is the only back who tickles my fancy, but that’s not until the 5th game….And with a new interior O line, OH MY, I expect a rough start of the season at RB’s, sorry to put it that way.
I sure am glad to see stokes playin so well, I didn’t think he had a chance after the first two practices!
I wouldn’t mind Williams to sit out the first game (Both of them for that matter) Dawk too, I know Moreno is supposed to be out three weeks but I think we should give him 5-7 runs in the last pre-season game and call it good!
I should of said in that guy’s legs, LOL.
BFE, I did post a link to Kyle’s e-mail for you in the previous blog.
thanks Baylin.
What’s up my Broncos family! I yelled and screamed while at the Denver airport last week and this week! Did any of you in Denver hear me saying hello to yall?? Hahaha, man I’m so ready for Sunday night and my Tebow and Dawkins Jerseys just came in last night! I haven’t been on in a few weeks but I’ve been tryng to follow along via cell phone since I was away from the computer.
I think we really will be bonded together as a team this year. Though we might not make alot of noise as many people would like. I think our future is looking very bright. On another note people( mostly our own Broncos Family) have been saying we are the New England West well looking at the Redskins I guess they should be called Denver East. Ryan Torrain is the #2 or #3 RB along with the other ex Broncos they have over there. I’m sure someone has already said what I just did so forgive me for the repeat.
Broncos Bucking! All Day-Every Day!!
No, caramello, that’s a first here and I oughta know, since I’m always here, did you hear that they also have brought in Atwater, TD, Beuerlein and Pittman to some capacity on their coaching staff? Denver East in DC, doesn’t make me like them pigs any better though, LOL.
What’s up caramello!!!
Didn’t realize Vonnie Holiday also signed with the Redskins.
Yeah, that was one of the first move they made.
baylin – I don’t like TD being over there bc I’ve been wondering where he was, and why he wasn’t in Denver trying to help. Wait it just dawned on me….. Shanny is TD’s guy so that calms me down a bit. Doesn’t make me like the Shins anymore either. I thought Pitman was playing with that UFL League or whatever that “I can play on the NFL so I’m gonna play in this unknown wanna be NFL League!
What up royal, how are you bro? Damn Holiday is still in the league? Learn something new everyday.
If I wanted to change my name to cajunbroncos would I have to make a new account?
Damn Glen Coffee is gonna retire after one year in the league?! That’s crazy! I guess some guys just can’t handle competition!!
They say he is headed to the ministry, that he has a higher calling. If thats the case much respect for him.
caramello- haven’t attempted to change my username but I believe you would have to set up a knew acct.
Where the heck is Monodono ???? Still up in Glenwood Springs???
Orton’s gonna have a big season. Quinn ain’t even being recognized the media or the team’s website. I ain’t seen
oops. …I ain’t seen or heard from him much lately too bad.
Orton for president! Whaaooooooooo!
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KnowshonForSure if that’s the case then I surely can’t knock the man for that!
royalbroncofan1 thanks bro. Now I have to decide if I want to do that. If I do change then I’ll be cajunbronco so people would know that I’m in the middle of Saints country bleeding and screaming Orange and Blue!
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I agree with you bay, but the lack of long drives killed our defense last season. If we can’t get the running game going, it’s going to be a very long season. I feel orton will give us a great season, but with no help in the running game. That can be difficult for almost any qb to do. That is something that only top of the line qb can do in this league.That’s just my opinion. I can’t wait for sunday one game down 3 to go!!!
60MINUTES OF FOOTBALL GO BRONCOS!!!
Orton is looking good! Even though we lost Marshall I think our receiving core as a whole has improved. Hopefully our passing game will be solid. I agree with you guys though that we need to get the running game up to speed and suck those defenders into the middle. Then Orton can pass all day and Eddie Roy and Demarius work the field.
Wow this new set up for the iPod/phones is phenomenal! Kudos to the techs!
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!!! Crush Cincy (even if it’s just pretend)