The Broncos concluded training camp with a roughly two-hour practice session on Thursday afternoon at Dove Valley.
For the last day of camp, the team couldn’t have asked for better weather as temperatures stayed in the mid-70′s for most of the practice — getting a bit warmer at the conclusion of the session — and there wasn’t a cloud in sight.
Donning shorts and shells for its final practice before departing for Seattle, the club worked extensively on 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 situations.
Here are some other quick hits from the session:
ROLL CALL: After missing yesterday evening’s practice, Casey Wiegmann, Wesley Woodyard, D.J. Williams, Daniel Graham and Jack Williams all participated in Thursday’s session.
Not on the practice field were Matt Prater, Brandon Lloyd and Knowshon Moreno.
POSITIONING: During red zone 11-on-11s, the first team defensive unit featured a front seven of Kenny Peterson, Ronald Fields, Ryan McBean, Elvis Dumervil, D.J. Williams, Mario Haggan and Andra Davis, accompanied by a secondary consisting of Andre’ Goodman and Champ Bailey at the cornerback spots and Renaldo Hill and Darcel McBath manning the safety positions with Brian Dawkins also seeing time.
During nickel packages, a host of players including Alphonso Smith, Wesley Woodyard, Robert Ayers and Darrell Reid saw time with the first team.
On the other side of the ball, Chad Jackson spent a good deal of time working with the first unit offense, playing alongside Eddie Royal, Jabar Gaffney and Brandon Stokley in four wide-receiver sets.
Matthew Willis was back deep returning punts, rotating the duties with Smith and, on occasion, Nate Swift.
DRILLS: Working with linebackers and defensive backs on coverage situations, defensive coordinator Mike Nolan took a hands-on approach, occasionally acting as a wide receiver and zigzagging his way through the defense as he explained different circumstances the unit might encounter.
During an offensive line drill in which technique was stressed, offensive line coach Rick Dennison emphatically let his unit know they “can’t afford to be lazy” with their footwork.
After Orton threw a perfect pass to Scheffler during a one-on-one drill, the tight end turned to his quarterback and told him to remember that play, saying “put that one in the bank.”
PLAYMAKERS: All three quarterbacks looked sharp during red zone 11-on-11s. First, Chris Simms found Scheffler streaking to the left corner of the end zone. A few plays later, Orton found Stokley — running a similar route — for the score. Meanwhile, Tom Brandstater may have made the best pass of the series — firing a pass in back of the end zone right between David Bruton and Jack Williams and connecting with his intended target, Willis.
Stokley was active all afternoon, hauling in pass after pass. During one set of 11-on-11s, he tipped the ball to himself, regained possession and headed down the field.
The defense made its share of plays during the session, too. Smith recorded an interception during one 7-on-7 session. A few plays later, Andra Davis almost had a pick in his possession but couldn’t hold on. After the play, Head Coach Josh McDaniels said “squeeze it.”
During 11-on-11s, Vernon Fox got his hand on the ball to break up a pass intended for Peyton Hillis. A bit later, Dawkins used his non-wrapped left hand to break up a pass near the sideline intended for Scheffler.
Woodyard made arguably the play of the day for the defensive unit, intercepting a Brandstater pass during 11-on-11s and then lateraling the ball to Williams, who proceeded up field.
QUICK HITS: Former Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith was on hand for the team’s training camp finale. After practice, Smith and Eddie Royal chatted for a bit and Smith worked with Royal on his technique.
Prior to practice, offensive linemen Seth Olsen, Stanley Bryant and Clint Oldenburg played catch with the quarterbacks, apparently trying to showcase their perfect spirals.
Filling in for Prater, Britton Colquitt handled kickoff duties during practice. He also attempted four lengthy field goal attempts at the conclusion of the session. While his first one hit the crossbar and his next two landed short, Colquitt drilled his final attempt through the uprights — immediately drawing praise from his teammates as practice came to a close.
DAILY JUKEBOX: The hits kept coming on the team’s final day of training camp, as a plethora of mainstream songs boomed through the speakers. Here’s a sample of camp’s concluding playlist:
T.I. – “My Life, Your Entertainment”
Bruce Springsteen – “The Rising”
Jay-Z – “Heart of the City”
MGMT – “Electric Feel”
Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
Outkast – “Hey Ya”
Young Jeezy – “Bottom of the Map”
Aerosmith – “Dream On”
Tom Petty – “American Girl”
Michael Jackson – “Beat It”
Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
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– Zach Eisendrath, DenverBroncos.com
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My bad, that post is still there, so I’m not sure what happened to your last post? I thought you were referring to the post to Olap? I have had posts removed that were perfectly fine. Hard to say what they were thinking when they do that.
Oh is that it, I didn’t tell anyone on here to you know what.
It’s Saturday. Hard to say what people have on their agenda. I was to go out today with my dad, but we had a change in plans so I’m staying home. Counting the hours till gametime….
Well that just sucks cause I had a great post that would have got the people in here excited about the Broncos and it would have also proved my worth at trying to make Invesco like the old Mile High. Well damn!!!
So, is Brandon on his way out? I say yes.
DD,
I believe dear sir that is a possibility.
i say yes,
and starting today, I am changing my place on the whole situation. I did say, just keep for cheap if you can give him special treatment and get him to play, but he is actually starting to get on my nerves. Shut up and play! I say trade him away for some picks, trade up next year to get sam bradford. And way to go eddie royal. you are a class act. I love how you are a true football player.
To make Mile High (Invesco, I still hate that name) worthy of old glory, it starts with the fans. The booing and turning on the players at the games has to stop. Boo the opposing team, not the Broncos. It is self defeating. Cheer as loud as you can, stomp your feet as hard as you can. The positive energy that we produce, moves to the team, just as negative energy does the same.
AMEN DD,
Well said!
Me too Dave me too. I am stuck at work its freakin slow and I just want someone to talk to about the Broncos.
So, the media seems to think that the 1st string may play more than a half? I say they will play no more than 1/2 of the game.
And season ticket holders need to quit selling their tickets to visiting team fans, thats gets annoying. Like have you ever been to a steelers/broncos game there is more black and yellow than there is orange and blue. WTF?!!
I’m also glad they chose to rest Dawkins. Each week that Dawkins gets to heal the hand, the sooner he will get the wrap off. I want Moreno healthy for the regular season. I still question their decision of releasing Torain? Why release him for a sprained knee? Oh well, it’s done and I sure hope they know what they’re doing?
DD,
Could not agee more with you about Torain, he can alwaqys sign back to our team once he gets healthy, but who knows. I also say our starters play 1/2 the game. Unless they look great3 series, maybe McD will take them out on a high note.
Like I said earlier, it’s these younger fans who just don’t seem to get it. Most of the older fans (70′s and 80′s) kept the stands filled with orange jerseys. Remember the day when the stands were pure orange? But having all the “transients” move in to Colorado, you get too many fans of other teams showing up at the games.
Jazzy,
Ready for that draft. Also to those who jioned the orange colored glasses league, get ready for it is almost here.
I was reading about the Seaslugs injury report. They are pretty beat up. Many of their starters (both sides of the ball) are not going to play. Jones won’t play. Curry won’t play. There are others too. This is a chance for the Broncos to win (although I would prefer that they truly earn it).
Speaking of fantasy drafts I have got a bunch of room available in the league I commish. Trying to get 20 teams so it will be a deep league, its a $40 buy in so there is a lot of room for payouts, we are drafting next sunday at the Old Chicago in Westminster on 88th and Wadsworth if anyone is interested please let me know A.S.A.P.
Oh call me or text me if you want to join our league I am not on here all the time so I might not see that your interested, 720-212-6212 my name is Matt.
Double D, I hate the invesco field name as well I think this may also be a factor in the fan base change. It use to be The Denver fan base had more pride and some of that home grown pride went away with The Old Mile Hig Stadium. (curse Wellington Webb for linning his pockets for that stupid name the Fans never got to vote on!!!).
Torain ATV fan, what happened to the alignments in The Orange Colored Glasses League? I thought I was heads up against BroncosAussie the first game and now I’m matched up with 987654321, what gives?
I was really looking forward to seeing Curry play but thats the way it goes. I’m curious how good He will be any thoughts?
TIME OF POSSESSION ! ! !
GO BRONCOS ! ! !
One more thing, I would like to see The Broncos run the ball more on first down, not every first down but do it early and establish “the Running game”.
Dd ya their are alot out but last week bruce and gore sat out and they still moved the ball well.
Hey. I did not intend to start a debate about the good and the bad about today’s younger fans. Just about Home field advantage. The conditioning will help because of the altitude. A few wins would also go a long way.
Now I’m reading that they still may play Curry. Said it was a slight groin pull. Bad idea to play him. Just ask Champ Bailey about groin injuries.
Gray whats up with taking my last post off?
I did’nt say anything bad.
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I don’t know if anybody else cares about madden games, but I got madden 10 yesterday. I don’t know who read it, but I played Chicago for fun, and I think they give each player a personality, because Jay Cutler seems to favor Hester. Sound Familiar?
and there it is again, that is weird. Now I feel stupid.
I am ready ATV,
Chuck norris is ready to strike!
PS: He always wins. Period!
Not when he fought Bruce Lee, he actually gets killed. I will be Bruce Lee to your Norris. LOL.
Chuck is so good, that even though he died, he came back to life. Bruce Lee croaked and is still dead!!!
Sure Jesse.
we will see at the end of the season
Ben…. Haha!
Thats when it matters, end of the season.
I’m confused… but it was funny to read, whatever you were talking about. haha
So excited for tonight!!! Get to watch the game on a friend’s REALLY BIG TV with the best sound system ever!! hehe Ahh, life is goooood. Really hope Orton can pull himself together for the brief time he’ll be on the field. Still not gonna put him on the hook as bait just yet. If given the chance to start in a regular season game for the whole time against a bunch of starters… that will be his REAL test. Till then, he’s still learning but at some point he does need to come through and the sooner the better. I can see that learning this new offense will take time, that’s why I’m not cutting him off just yet. He deserves a fair fighting chance and that’s not gonna come in 2 pre season games. First of all they’re pre season games we’re talking about… not that I need to say it again, but these games aren’t exactly a showdown to prove he’s the QB for us.
Go get ‘em boys!
I want to see you bring home a win from the comfort of a 52″ HD TV!! haha
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!
When does a new blog open?
Man thank god for the NFL Network and them showing preseason games. After tonights game they will have shown two Broncos games live! Yeah it’s only preseason but that means alot when you live in another teams market! Ready to see our squad handle those birds!
Champ, they will do a live gametime blog as the game is happening. I don’t talk during the game though. I don’t want to miss a play.
CARAMELLOO, all 4 of the Bronco games will be televised here in Las Vegas. Yaaaay.
JaZzy, that Bruce Lee comment was just wrong, man. Ha, ha.
They put up a new blog whenever they feel like it, lol. They’ll have a live one for the game tonight. Trust me, during the season, you’ll have more blogs to read than you’ll know what to do with.
Catch you all lata!! Off to a friend’s house to watch our fellas squish the birdies! hehe
GO BRONCOS!!!!
Bye bye, Ash.
Dynamicdave your so lucky! I’ll get to see next weeks game bc it’s on NBC. Hopefully the NFL Network will show the last game live.
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, channel 13 is picking up 3 games and channel 3 is picking up 1 (Bears). After that, it’s off to my Broncos bar (well not “mine,” but as many years as I’ve gone there, I should own stock).
So Tavaris Jackson is garbage eh….? 12-15 over 200 yards and 2 tds…. sounds pretty good to me.
Atwater4Hof, who said that? I didn’t see that post on this article? Tavaris is getting better. Too bad Bret had to come in and hurt a young players chance to get his shot. Also, Tavaris looked good, compared to Favre’s rough start.
I don’t remember which user but someone back when I first mentioned it. Some team is going to luck out and trade a mid round pick for him
Brandon is becoming the perfect definition of the N word. All of us fans have backed him up his whole career even though he is weak enough to physically beat women. And now he acts like this! Perfect example of a spoiled brat who gets paid waayyy to much to catch a fricken ball. I wish he would have gotten locked for hitting these women. What a perfect definition of a “N”! I hope we trade you to the lions, or you actually go to prison where you origionially belonged! You used us, you took advantage of us, and now you complain like a little baby, punting balls in practice? Your not tough if you hit women or punt a ball in practice. Your tough if you go to work every day like the rest of us bronco fans even though your working conditions are not what you hoped for! Be a man, if you want to fight, fight with a man. If you want to kick the ball, become a kicker. Other wise shut the hell up and be a bronco football player.
Try telling M. Vick about your problems Brandon, I gaurentee he tells you that your being absolutely ridiculous! Man up or keep beating on women like a coward. You are not special. Your a part of a team, I guess you think your more important than the other 51 players on our team huh? Unreal how some people are so fricken arogent and don’t care about the people around them who supported them through all their difficult times. Grow up you spoiled fricken BRAT! You never see any whilte guys doing this kind of stuff ever!!! ONLY spoiled black guys who think they are more special than everybody else! What a joke! And what proof about your race!! Way to keep it black!