The grind of training camp has officially begun as the Broncos took to the Dove Valley practice field Monday for their second consecutive day of full-squad workouts.
A crowd of 1,679 gathered to watch the Broncos’ two-hour afternoon session. Spectators benefitted from cooling temperatures as the day progressed, while the team continued working toward the 2010 season with a spirited practice period.
A LITTLE COMPETITION
There were several drills Monday designed to spark the competitive juices between the offense and defense.
One drill was designed to simulate the moment an offensive player breaks into the open field. Linebackers matched up against running backs and tight ends, while defensive backs went after wide receivers. Most players simply rode the ball carrier out of bounds during the minimal contact drill. A notable exception was when Alphonso Smith dropped Kenny McKinley to the ground in mid cut, drawing an approving gasp from the crowd.
Later, wide receivers and quarterbacks were tested in a drill pitting them against a cornerback and a safety. Champ Bailey reeled in a bobbling interception on the first play of the drill and Perrish Cox snared a finger-tip pick a few plays later.
The offense soon caught up with Tim Tebow lofting a perfect deep ball to Demaryius Thomas for a score and Brandon Lloyd and Alric Arnett coming up with big catches.
In the drill, Eric Decker showed the ability to fix mistakes that Head Coach Josh McDaniels prizes in young players. On one play, Decker dropped a catchable ball, leading to push-ups. On his next turn, the third-round pick turned to his back shoulder to snare a nifty one-handed catch from Kyle Orton.
The defense clearly won the 11 on 11 portion of the practice. At one point, coaches sent the entire offense for a lap around the field, drawing a polite applause from the crowd.
“False start, not enough (men) in the huddle — sloppy,” McDaniels said of the reasons for the lap. “(There were) too many mistakes late in practice. When you get tired, things like that can happen, and we certainly can’t allow it to. It’s just a reminder that that’s the kind of stuff that gets you beat.”
Before resuming with a two-minute drill, Orton gathered the offense in a short huddle to regroup.
PLAYMAKERS
QUICK HITS
TRAINING CAMP JUKEBOX
Graham, an offseason champion, controlled the tunes on Day 2 of training camp.
The tight end’s selections for warm-ups included The Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” Run-D.M.C’s version of the Aerosmith classic “Walk This Way” and Whodini’s “Friends.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Today is Pro Scouting/Director of Special Services Fred Fleming’s birthday.
Be sure to check out the DenverBroncos.com training camp page for all camp-related links.
- Eric Detweiler, DenverBroncos.com
Below are some photos from the workout:
I finally found out why Jamal Williams is being held out of practice, it’s because he has a sore knee, nothing related to last year injury.
Whats up Bay? Where you get the info on Jamal Williams bud.
Jeff Legwold reported it in the footnotes of the article about Broncos Willis shine, here is what he said:
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said he still has no timetable for when nose tackle Jamal Williams will join the team’s practices. Williams is being held out because of a sore knee. “Hopefully not too far off into the future. . . . We’re eager to have him out here too, but we’re going to be smart and make sure we do the right thing.”
Thanks for the great updates guys! Keep up the good work.
Anyone know when we cut down to the 53 man roster??
BFE, August 31st cut to 75 players, September 4th cut to 53.
BTW, two practices today, the first one over in a half hour, the second one starts at 5:30 pm.
Hey guys, check out the details of Tebow’s contract in the DP, the unusual huge incentives are basically right in line with what I said back when he signed it, he gets to 33 mil if he wins superbowls and the accolades that go with it like MVP etc… Tebow must really think the world of his abilities to have had his agent fighting for all these very incredibly high to reach goals, the proof is right here that the guy is truly confident, it’s still better odds than winning the lottery so I can see why he asked for all those incentives in there, but it’s a wild contract to say the least. Now they say it’s worth truly only 9 and some mil with incentives to take it to 33 mil, just weird, you make 9 mil but could make 33, that still floors me.
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thanks for the info Baylin on Williams.
Man I really do wish I can get the old site back…..im tired of seeing the Texans and Andre Johnson at the top of the screen..am I the only one seeing that??
Thanks bay for the clarification on why Jamal Williams is being held out, figured it was something to that affect just get him rested for the regular season when we need him.
No Bronco Aussie had that also but he said it went away back to normal, they need to overhaul this thing now that they’ve done maintenance on it, LOL.
Yeah you guys are welcome always my pleasure, it’s something we have to do, gather up some of the news ourselves since the site is not always right on with it.
Hmmmm I wonder whats on Sports Center? Hmmmmm oh I know, Brett Farve tributes, ESPN analyst debating if he comes back, Brad Childress doing phone interviews, Farve interviews, former coaches weigh in on Farve retiring, and finally tonight we get to see Farve cry again at a press conference.
New blog, Day 3 TC.
My guess is Jamal Williams will be ‘hurt’ most of training camp then miraculously ‘heal’ in time for the 1st game. Or not.
Barring an injury, I definitely believe Stokely will be gone. Lloyd might survive.