On Friday the Broncos’ injury report revealed right tackle Ryan Harris will be out with an ankle injury for Sunday’s game at Jacksonville.
According to the depth chart, rookie Zane Beadles is behind Harris, but Head Coach Josh McDaniels did not announce who would replace Harris in the starting lineup.
Safety Darcel McBath is also ruled out for Sunday with a forearm injury. Neither Harris nor McBath participated in practice this week. The team’s No. 1 draft choice, wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (foot), and running back Andre Brown (toe) were ruled questionable, and tight end Daniel Graham (chest) and running back Knowshon Moreno (hamstring) are probable.
For the Jaguars, kick returner Scotty McGee (shoulder) and wide receiver Jarett (thumb) Dillard are out, and running back Deji Karim (thumb) is questionable.
POTENT PRACTICES
Practice intensity spikes when the team’s record is on the line.
On Friday, veteran safety Renaldo Hill spoke about ramping up the pep in practice for the squad’s season opener at Jacksonville on Sunday.
“I thought everybody was on board,” Hill said. “I think everyone knows that the season is here — just the attention and focus that everyone had — you could see at practice.”
The team suited up in full pads for two days this week, focusing on employing and defending against a physical ground game. When they weren’t in pads, the Broncos wore shells for walk-throughs as the coaches emphasized executing the game plan and maintaining a top-flight tempo.
“We had good week of practice mentally,” Head Coach Josh McDaniels said. “I think they know what we need to do, and let’s get the butterflies out of us in the first quarter and play for four quarters.”
The team has been knocking back plenty of fluids to protect it from the swamp sun. The idea is to keep players on the field with a mouthpiece in between their teeth instead of on the sideline with an IV in their arms.
Hydrating constantly hasn’t quenched the thirst for competition that counts in the standings.
“I can read our team in terms of how they’re going to try to play the game, and I think they’re going to give great effort,” McDaniels said. “I don’t think that will be a problem for any team on opening day.”
Brandon Lloyd has his own strategy to keep calm as the Week 1 adrenaline hits him.
“Just remember to breathe. That’s the key,” he said with a laugh. “It’s magical — the kickoff weekend and the flyover and just everything — the pageantry of opening week in the NFL is special.”
-Gabe Hiatt, DenverBroncos.com
*Here are photos from Friday’s practice:
Tags: Andre Brown, Daniel Graham, Darcel McBath, Demaryius Thomas, Knowshon Moreno, Ryan Harris, Week 1
Baylin…I hope you got me down for 9-7,I said I wouldn’t be surprised if we went 10-6,but with Harris,and Moreno hurt I’ll stick with 9-7.
check this out I made it awhile back, tell me if you like it! Lets go get a W tomorrow!
GO BRONCOS!!!
oops heres the link haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW4zhDI2sYs
First Off Thanks to all of my fellow Bronco family for the best wishes of the new Bronco Fan! Just do not get used to calling me Grandpa FTR! LOL.
I think if we can muster some sort of rushing game then Orton can beat the Jags. Thomas should sit this one out until he is sure he is 100% and we should activate someone like Willis or Decker. Willis did a good job as a deep threat in preseason. The weather like I posted a few days ago will be a factor. Maybe the NFL will let us hang two IV bottles on each side of the helmet like the beer things you see for the second half-lol. So called Experts don’t give us a chance, but what’s new in that. Let’s play hard Bronco Football and we leave 1-0. Cuz
I LMSDB.
FTR
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Tebow stuff. I found it funny lol
So here we are with just about 16 hours left.
I was thinking, I sure do love my holidays. Valentines Day, you can squeeze and hug your loved ones. Not to mention the chocolate! St. Pattys day, with your green beers and all the pinching (if you’re not wearing green of course). Then April Fools Day. Yea it’s a holiday in my book since it happens to be my birthday! As if playing practical jokes isn’t fun enough;D!!! Memorial Day, cleaning loved ones graves at Turkey Creek and the start of camping season. 4th of July. Frankly, what’s not to love about BBQ and Fireworks. And my chocolate cherry cheesecake. Which has become a tradition of sorts. Labor Day and the 3 days spending with my favorite beer, sending summer out in style. Halloween. Costumes! (I was gonna go as McD last year- LOL) and chocolate, nuff said! Thanksgiving, because there is no better day to stuff a bird, then myself. Christmas. Celebrating the birth of Christ and time with the fam! More
so watching the tykes and their faces lighting up. But who can forget ALL THE CHOCOLATE goodies?!? Wrapping it up with New Years Eve. An excuse to dress up, drink some bubbly and ring the new year in with those fireworks we all love.
Ah, but, there is another holiday that is a cut above the rest. BBQ, beer, family, friends- BRONCOS SUNDAYS. Fireworks, on the field. Bronco Dip. Brats. Burgers. Bronco jerseys. Bronco Hats. Even the dog has a
Almost here I can smell it I’m feeling good Kyle Orton shocks the world Jamal and Justin show why they’re here as our secondary led by Champ and Dawk get turnovers GO BRONCOS!!!(put my money down at the Wynn Broncos are +125 as more money keeps coming in on the Jaguars)GO BRONCOS!!
OK I guess I’ll be at the four mile Inn tomorrow morning right after church they have multiple flat screens and Broncos will be on every one of them with sound so I can hear the commentary.They said wear Bronco gear for a free drink so I’ll wear my #24 on AND NO ONE BETTER SPILL ANYTHING ON IT!! I’ll have to have a fake beer as I drank more than my share years ago.GO BRONCOS!!! (I should mention this is LV NV)
Lol, to finish what I was saying (911 call before I was done typing) even the dog has a Bronco bandana he wears on gameday!
Here’s to a new season! It’s there for the taking!
I LOVE ME SOME DENVER BRONCOS HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!
Well boys it is officially about 13 hours until game time!! I am having way too many beers tonight, I don’t know why, I am just too nervous and excited all at the same time!!! It is finally time for us to represent and show the world what we are all about!! I am tired of all of this disrespect on the Broncos. We have never been regarded as a cheating or dirty team and yet the analysts talk down to us!!
It’s even funny that if you go on NFL.com and look at the Playbooks videos that tells the predictions and a little information on each of the games tomorrow you will not see our game on there at all and I believe it is the only game video that is not on there!!
I AM READY FOR SOME SMASH MOUTH FOOTBALL AND I AM READY FOR US TO MAKE MJD LOOK LIKE A WASHED UP ROOKIE!!!
I LOVE ME SOME BRONCOS COUNTRY!!! LETS GOOOOO BOYS!!!
Broncosfreak30, I think have a beer myself. So cheers to a new season, a successful one. I have also posted, probably more than once, about the disrespect we are gettting from all of the so called “experts.” The same tards that said we would go 3-13 or 4-12 last season. Even though our Broncos didn’t finish the way we all would have likedthem to, they sure proved how flawed these guys are in their predictions. That is why the game is decided on the field. It does tick my off the way ESPN and NFL network analysts give the Broncos no chance. But it makes it all the sweeter when we prove them wrong.
I think the Broncos could be very dangerous. I am being an optimist but part of me really thinks we will all be pleasently suprised. The other part of me is a a little nervous and worried.lol But seriously, I hope some of our key guys are getting to be 100% healthy. If that happens I will be a lot less worried about how our team will do this year. Can’t wait.
I LOVE ME SOME DENVER BRONCOS…
Doh, meant I think I will have a beer myself. haha
haha Big D…
Yea, I definitely am going on my 10th beer but no matter how many I have tonight I will definitely be at the awesome sports bar at 12:30 and see the pregame and the game itself! I am just sooo ready, no one has a clue just how crazy I am about this team!!!
The day has finally arrived and it is time to change everything!! Get out there and do your jobs and show the Jags just what physical means!!!
It looks like I’m not the only who can’t sleep!!!
Snvdl…
Nah buddy…I am definitely here with you! I am very sure ill be up until 4:00 in the morning! My blood is pumping too much and I am way too excited to sleep!! I feel like I just have to hit something, haha!!! Kickoff cannot seriously get here any sooner!!!
It must be the beer. What’s a washed up rookie? Lol
I’m just messing. Haha
Bronco insomniacs unite!! GO BRONCOS!!
STOP you guys, you are giving me a hangover just hearing about the drinking, haha.
My adrenaline is pumping…. someone pop pads with me to loosen up !!!
Getting a flashback to gamedays back in the day…..Lol
Ok, deadline has gone by, all regular season predictions are in, the participation is tremendous and offers us a look at the pulse of Bronco Country!
This is how the fans see the season unfold, going from worst expectations to highest:
1 blogger sees 6-10
1 x 7-9
4 x 8-8
14 x 9-7
23 x 10-6
8 x 11-5
3 x 12-4
1 x 13-3
So the overwhelming favorite pick is 10-6, followed by 9-7. It’s obvious to me from these numbers, the majority of the fans are not willing to take yet another mediocre season with 500 or below, so they go up a bit in their expectations, but within reason. In 4 months we will know who was right, who was close, and who was totally off their rockers and we have two real good candidates for that, LOL, but then again, if one of those two candidates at the extreme opposite of the spectrum is correct, we will have no other choice but to bow out to him and crown him undisputed season record prediction champion of the year. On the other hand, if 10-6 or 9-7 takes it , the glory will have to be shared many ways but it will still feel great to have guessed it correctly.
But in the end I’m sure everyone here would rather see a better season record than the one they actually picked, because we all are true Bronco fans, and the better the record, the merrier. Don’t ask for who predicted what at this time, you all know how you picked, I will put the bloggers’ handles with the predictions at season end, at least the winners and the bad losers, haha..
Today has been the day i waited for all year
Yeah, soon after 4 pm Eastern time, we will finally know what kind of team McD assembled this year.
my prediction broncos win 11 lose 5
Good news, it looks like most of the rain might hold off until the end of the game:
1 pm 90° F Precip:20%
2 pm 91° F Precip:10%
3 pm 91° F Precip:15%
4 pm 91° F Precip:40%
Haha, wow what a wild night! Yea florio, you definitely have a point! Haha…It is officially 3 hours until game time!!!
The time has FINALLY arrived!!!!
Haha Bay, definitely woke up with a hangover unfortunately! Just took me two advil and sitting here now in complete silence just preparing and getting ready for all the noise and excitement! I swear I must be dreaming because kickoff is just a few hours away!!!
LETSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!
here guys, figured everyone would like to see this!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5563940
Let the passes fly and the running backs drive……………
the final season of the NFL is here………..
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha lost, dont worry, there is probably 5% chance they’ll approve a lockout!! This is Americas game and they can’t take it away!!! They make WAYYY too much money off of it!
Gald to see Tebow will be #2 and get to play some, but it comes as no surprise whatsoever since I said that all week.
broncos go 10-6… behind our stellar defense and kyle neck beard orton great arm….. the broncos will also have a deep run in the playoffs
Lock out? No way, they’ll take it to the deadline and maybe a couple weeks beyond that to pull the other side’s bluff, but in the end money will win as always and they’ll be out there making money over our sorry arses, business as usual, boy as much as I like business I sure hate it when it interferes with my favorite game, both sides are as greedy as they come, vultures, and we earn peanuts…. disgusting, that’s all I’ll say about that, this is the beginning of the season, and we are about to play football, heck with the business aspect of it for now, that’s for the off seasons.
i will be watching the game live on channelsurfer. net ayeeeeeeeeeeeeee broncos going give it their all
BTW, I’m gonna make my AFC/NFC championship and superbowl prediction before we get under way:
AFC- Baltimore beats Colts
NFC- Green Bay beats New Orleans
SB- Baltimore defeats Green Bay.
another prediction our division is going to be a tight race to the end and we will finally come out on top
elwayallday, one word of caution,you will get banned from this site if you post ways to watch games other than licensed by the NFL, I have been warned before.
BTW, for all the ones who have Direct TV but not the NFL package, this Sunday is a free NFL package day for all Direct TV subscribers.
Free? Really!!! Whats the catch? There is always a catch! Like you said baylin, there is a business side to it all. lmao
GO BRONCOS 2K10
Meaning after watching the Broncos, I will be able to watch the 49ers playing at Seattle, whom we play next week and the niners in Wembley later on, nothing like measuring up the opposition. LIFE IS GOOD!
The catch is they want you to like it so much, you’ll buy the $300.00 package.
Lombardi is reporting he has inside information that Tebow will play some EARLY in the game, if that’s the case, it’s probably to let the fans get what they want early so they can move on with the game.
hahaha….so this is almost a home away from home game for us.
tebow could be the equalizer!!!!!!!!
A couple of developments in the season as forseen by La Canfora:
Regardind the Chargers:
Rivers of duress
The Chargers are taking a big risk with their current left tackle situation for 16 weeks. Marcus McNeill was a big part of their prolific offense and, specifically, letting Philip Rivers excel with those five-and-seven-step drops. Defensive coordinators who went against San Diego in the preseason felt like Rivers, with limited mobility, was vulnerable, and the game plan in the regular season will be to double team Antonio Gates and see if Rivers has time to throw the ball deep to the outside. The Chargers could take a major step back in the feeble AFC West.
Regarding us:
Tebow takes a turn
The Broncos could be looking at a bleak season. Tim Tebow will get reps in various packages early on, but as the end draws near don’t be surprised if he gets a start. Even with Kyle Orton’s contract extension, the Broncos don’t have a set QB of the future. The hope there is Tebow grows into that role. Figure on seeing him get a few weeks of practice with the starters and then get his shot eventually in 2010.
Yeah, the Jags fans are so few and far between, when Tebow will be on the field, they will be rooting for us, which makes it a great game to utilize him in my opinion.
This is Klis’ take on the Tebow thing today, and I agree 100%:
Tim Tebow was promoted to No. 2 quarterback three weeks ago, and he is the No. 2 QB today.
Think Josh McDaniels was going to sit the rookie celebrity in his hometown of Jacksonville?
And here’s the deal: The sooner Tebow enters the game for a Tebow-package play, the sooner the Broncos get the Jacksonville EverBank Field crowd on their side.
It could actually feel like a home game for the Broncos.
McDaniels tried to keep Tebow’s status a mystery this week, even if there was none. Tebow was promoted ahead of Brady Quinn prior to the third preseason game Aug. 21 against Pittsburgh.
Even with the first game of the season starting in a little over an hour, most of the fans are still sleeping…. WAKE UP ALREADY!!! LOL.
Tebow will play early?? Wooht!
who’s sleeping crazy bay
haha! can’t wait!!!..
Hoping to see Moreno and our DL do their work then comes Tebow :]
I got my wife doing the emergency rush wash on my Tebow jersey!!! I thought we wouldn’t see him play today…
This is great news for my jersey situation!!!
ILMSDB!!!!