After last night’s “opportunity” practice, the team was back on the field Wednesday morning in full pads. Several veterans, including Champ Bailey and Brian Dawkins, were given the morning off.
The team worked extensively in 11-on-11 drills, working through a variety of scenarios on a steamy morning at Dove Valley.
This morning’s session was a private practice, but the team will be back at it at 5:30 p.m. MDT and that session is open to the public. For dates and times to all practices, visit our training camp fan information page.
RUNNING BACK ROULETTE
With Knowshon Moreno and Correll Buckhalter still sidelined, the team’s other four running backs continue to get their chance to shine. During Wednesday morning’s 11-on-11 drills, Kolby Smith, Lance Ball, Bruce Hall and Toney Baker got opportunities to run with each quarterback in various situations.
Smith, who spent the opening special teams walk-through talking through his assignments on given plays with position coach Eric Studesville, started several drills as the top back. But Lance Ball took first reps during a hurry-up offense series and a red zone drill. Bruce Hall was the first running back in during the closing two-minute drill scenario.
FIRST TEAM OPPORTUNITIES
With Bailey, Dawkins and D.J. Williams sitting out the session, Perrish Cox, Darcel McBath and Wesley Woodyard got a chance to run with the first-team defense.
Cox took advantage with a pair of interceptions and several nice pass break-ups.
Throughout the morning, Nate Jones and Nick Greisen also got reps with the first-team defense.
11-ON-11 HIGHLIGHTS
During a hurry-up drill simulating the last 1:20 of the first half, Kyle Orton led a drive that stalled at the opponent’s 42-yard line. Matt Prater stepped up and made a 59-yard field goal, drawing applause from the Broncos’ VIP guests in attendance.
Orton hit Royal down the sideline for a long TD after the receiver beat Andre’ Goodman over the top. Quarterbacks coach Ben McDaniels punched the air in celebration, while Goodman took off on a lap after the lapse. The defense struck back on the next play when Cox grabbed an INT on an underthrown ball in front of Brandon Lloyd, earning the youngster a congratulatory headbutt from Elvis Dumervil.
The 11-on-11 portion ended with Orton and Brady Quinn leading two-minute drills from their own 20, in a scenario where they need a touchdown at the end of the fourth quarter to win. Orton started his drive by hitting Daniel Graham for a big chunk of yardage, but the march quickly ended with a Jones interception. Quinn’s drive seemed like it would stall early against the second-team defense, but on a 4th and 10, Demaryius Thomas drew pass interference on Syd’Quan Thompson trying to chase down a deep ball. That put the offense into the red zone, but the defense dug in thanks to pass break-ups by Alphonso Smith and Cassius Vaughn and avoided surrendering the score.
QUICK HITS
Jamal Williams, still on the team’s Active/PUP list, walked out of the facility early in practice and headed to the weight room for an individual workout. After practice, Head Coach Josh McDaniels said the defensive lineman might be back as early as tomorrow. “He’s getting closer,” McDaniels said. “Hopefully tomorrow might be D-Day for that. We’re excited about that and I think he is, too. I don’t want to put any guarantee on that, but it’s definitely getting closer.”
During drills, each defensive position group spent time doing a drill to simulate fumbles near the sideline. Players either scooped up the ball before going out of bounds or batted the ball to a teammate to save it from the sideline.
During an early period, Woodyard and Devin Bishop went through a drill separate from the other linebackers under the direction of defensive assistant Craig Aukerman. In the drill, operations staffers acted as the offensive line and the players had to react to their assignments.
The special teams drills today focused on kick coverage. Jones, Greisen, Smith, Vaughn, Woodyard, Jarvis Moss, Spencer Larsen, Matthew Willis, David Bruton and Akin Ayodele comprised the first-team coverage unit along with the kicker, Prater.
One of the plays of the day came during 7-on-7 drills when Goodman ripped a pass out of Jabar Gaffney’s hands and tapped his feet down in the corner of the endzone for an interception.
TRAINING CAMP JUKE BOX
Offseason champion Willis picked today’s warm-up songs.
The wide receiver’s mix led off with Young Jeezy’s “Put On.” “Regulate” by Warren G featuring Nate Dogg, “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” by Kanye West and Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story” closed the song list.
During several drives, the music returned to simulate crowd noise. The defense’s new favorite jam, Rick Ross’ “B.M.F,” kicked off the list, getting several defenders bouncing to the rhythm for the second straight day. Eminem’s “Not Afraid,” Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana” and Pearl Jam’s “Alive” also came booming out of the large speaker beside the practice field.
- Eric Detweiler, DenverBroncos.com
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Maybe I’m out of the loop on this one but who is Mike Florio? lol
LENDALE WHITE!!! haha talk about a power back but we waived kolby! why?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/04/lendale-white-lands-in-denver/
we just signed lendale white
we cut Kolby Smith
Man. You get your info quick florio. It just popped up the the web site. You were right. I really hope he doesn’t turn into a drama queen.
But he is a definate upgrade as a power back.
Camp fodder or are we gonna really give him a chance?
LOL. I get twitter updates from Mike Florio on my blackberry.
I saw that and made it known here. haha
LenDale is a TD machine and should be able to help our short yardege problem.
Only problem is that he is suspended 4 games and he is a baby.
Just remember Florio since he stopped drinking tequilla he lost all that weight not sure he is still that big bruising back. None the less I think he can be a good addition if our 2 backs get hurt. Also read somewhere Bucky will visit a back speciqalist next week, and that he is now week to weeek, instead of day to day. not sure whats up? i believe Lendale needed a slap in the @ss, hope his suspension and being cut from the Seahawks gives him that push to be a better player.
here is where i read the bucky quote from Vic lombardi
RT @thegarymiller: Correll Buckhalter will see a specialist for his back next week. Consider him week to week rather than day to day.
about 4 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Hey! Now we have our own earth, wind and fire!
LOL
And you guys said I was dreaming and Lendale would not be a Bronco.
Minus the suspension I think this will be excelent for us.
It will humble him and I think he will perform with a chip on his shoulder.
Plus he is a home town boy! I hope I’m not worng on this!
This is BRONCOS Country!!!
Wildman, I agree if he stays humble and performs like he has something to prove, this move could be good. If he continues to act like the NFL owes him something he will be camp fodder, IMO.
Bayli where are you, I want to hear your thoughts on this.
Lendale White played his High School football down the road in Littleton at Chatfield High School. Great news to hear his coming back! I for one was pulling for this kid to get a 2nd chance or a 3rd with us. I know it met some resistance when I posted my thoughts a couple of months ago when he was released by Seattle.
Sure, he’s had some concerns, but he more than anyone else should realize what a great opportunity he has in front of him. If he doesn’t work his tail off and put TEAM first, he will not be here. I’m sure that has been made clear.
Let’s hope he makes the best of his new opportunity !!!
GO BRONCOS!!
Wow, we signed Lendale White. I like It.
The more I think of this, the more I like it. I think that if lenDale can get all his ducks in a row we can have a solid running game.
Like I said, now we have an earth(White), wind(Moreno) in fire(Bucky). It will give us a change of pace. Now we just gotta get wind and fire healed up and we should have a great running game this year.
I like this signing and if he gives any trouble McD will not hesitate to ship him out
On 850 KOA Dave Logan said he love`s the pick up of Lendale. Logan said I coached him for 2 years in high school and that I had no problems at all and that he was a good kid. He also said that the one thing that I Liked about his play is that he had great hands in the back field. Nice.
strandoftds: Yeah, I heard it as well…..Logan had some great props for White !!!
we signed lendale white to a 2 yeah contract which means he is here for the long run.
RBF1, I like the signing. I just think Lendale has to grow up a bit. He`ll be fine. He`s been humbled. Also on top of that I`m a die hard USC fan. GO LENDALE!!!
Even though we signed Lendale White did anybody else hear about how Ladell Betts turned down our offer…
Doom got hurt
http://blogs.denverpost.com/broncos/2010/08/04/dumervil-leaves-practice-early/4256/
According to Josina Fox 31, Greek went to McDaniels, he didnt like the news and went staright to talk to Xanders. Whatever that means, but it might not be good.
NOOO!
Im afraid so.
Hopefully its just a strain. Or something….. not bad…… (gulp)
The first thing I would like to point out is the following guy is the only guy who mentioned the possibility of us getting LenDale White in the last couple of days, sure when we were in the free agency period bloggers like BFE and I kept bringing up LenDale as a possible upgrade for our running game, but of late this dude really read the Broncos management right and if I remember correctly a day later or so BFE brought that up also, so kudos to him too. Anyhow, this blogger is named calabose and this is what he said two days ago:
calabose says:
August 2, 2010 at 10:10 am
lendale white back in Denver? might like to see that, and with a chip on his shoulder,hometown boy to boot. we need some size/power at that position.
That being said all the bloggers who thought we were just fine and dandy at the RB position can just kiss my you know what, McD himself saw that this position was nowhere close to comfortable, hence he signed some insurance for two years.
Now you may not think the guy fits the McD’s character mold, but it goes to show McD got caught between a rock and a hard place, and just like I, he realized we were in a heap of trouble as far as RB’s. I realized that way back in the beginning of the year but McD had to wait until now to get to the same findings. Better late than never seems to be McD’s motto, that’s fine with me as long as we get it done.
And funny thing is LenDale IS a power back, even so some argue we don’t really need one, I just hope he along with losing the 20 lbs, he has learned some lesson in humility and like BFE said hopefully he doesn’t feel like he needs to be the starting RB anymore. That being said, if Moreno is bothered by his hamstring and whatever else he might be faced with, LenDale will sure be more than glad to take over the starting spot, because with our current stable of backs, I think he can be the guy if Moreno is down.
Bottom line in my mind is this is a good move but unorthodox for McD because LenDale’s character goes against his beliefs, but he was caught with his pants down since he didn’t address the situation in free agency or the draft, so now that’s the best he can get, so let’s make the best of it, doesn’t make McD a genius but hey, who is?
On my post back in June, it was not well received, as he was critiqued for attitude, work ethic, being lazy etc… also a blogger posted something to the effect of “if his former college coach doesn’t want him, that’s saying something”.
At any rate I’m glad Lendale in back here in Denver!
GO BRONCOS!!
And here is to hope Doom is ok.
And Kolby Smith, who was just cut, was reported as the #1 RB after Moreno and Bucky went down, according to the media that is…
testing, testing, check two check two. two!two!two! whats the deal with this blog site?
I hope Doom is fine?
This blog is probably abandoned but…
Hey baylin.. It was me that brought Lendale a few days ago.
calabose was responding to this post from me.
wildman347 says:
August 1, 2010 at 9:22 pm
What does every one think about bringing in Lendale White?
Home town boy who could use a chance to show every one that he can be part of a team.. Just a thought since we look to running low in the back field.
This is BRONCOS COUNTRY!!!
Anyways we both agree that our backfield need help and now there is a great chance we have a running threat.
is anyone else having a problem viewing the previous comments?
I couldnt view any of them untill after I posted a comment? I dont get it
Another preseason injury? Hopefully Doom is ok…
For the past TEN years the Broncos have had lot of preseason injuries and then simply worn down at mid-season. How does Rich Tuten keep his job as Broncos strength & conditioning coach??? Every year I hope they fire this guy…but EVERY YEAR since 1996 he’s never had to take some of the blame for these mid-season wearouts and preseason injuries! Whatever he’s doing…it doesn’t work!
It seems to me Tuten doesn’t get this team ready in the RIGHT WAY to play a full NFL season….for THAT reason….let the AX FALL!
GET RID OF RICH TUTEN!!!
PLEASE!
Wildman, thanx for the correction, kudos to you, you the man.
Go Broncos
I think that if White can keep his nose clean and perform well he can put the past behind him. When he was with the Titans I thought he was a good runner…good power also. I’m kind of excited to see if he can come through in the abscense of Buck and Moreno, who know’s if they all perform well we could have our own 3 back roation like the Cowboys last season, although I think it is really hard to do that effectively but who knows. Honestly I think that if White does well for us, it could be Moreno and White getting most of the carries this season. Call me a pessist but I just don’t see Buck staying healthy all season long.
Go broncos!!!!
Testing
@ brian ya im with you. i think if lendale plays well, has a good camp and preseason then he could be looking at some significant carries this season. i think bucky is on his way out!
@ bay… man you should coach or something. youve got all the answers all the time! lmao.. if only we were all as wise as you my friend. life would be so simple. just jazzin ya man!
Go Broncos
“THE BATTLE IS WON IN THE TRENCHES”
Ray, you’ve seen nothing yet, go to the next blog, LMAO.