With training camp coming to an end, the Broncos are entering regular season mode when it comes to practices. These practices are open to the media but photography is limited to the first 15 minutes. We will continue to provide you with all the highlights and pertinent information from these practices but in a slightly different and more concise format.
The Broncos hit the practice field on Monday for the first time since the team’s preseason win against the Cowboys. A morning walk through was held that was closed to the media, but here are some highlights from this afternoon’s session.
Boss Bailey, Hamza Abdullah, Darrell Jackson and Daniel Graham were all out of uniform watching practice from the sidelines.
However, some familiar faces were back on the field as Champ Bailey, Louis Green and Tom Nalen joined their teammates on the gridiron. Anthony Alridge was also back in action after being held out of Saturday’s contest against the Cowboys.
The Broncos began practice with positional drills and warm-ups. D.J Williams called up Ben Hamilton to lead the team’s breakdown even with fans no longer in attendance. Hamilton, who celebrated his birthday today, entertained his teammates by incorporating the robot dance into his routine.
While the defense continued positional drills, the offense went through plays using both 7-man and 11-man formations.
The team spent a portion of practice working special teams, focusing on tailoring kickoff coverage to Green Bay as well as working with the field goal unit.
A majority of practice was spent scouting the team’s game plan against the Packers on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball with 11-on-11 drills. The first unit offense and defense mirrored the depth chart with the exception of Eddie Royal continuing to see action as the second wide receiver and Brett Pierce filling in for Daniel Graham on two tight end sets.
Champ Bailey was back in form, intercepting Jay Cutler’s pass during 11-on-11s.
Now on to the photos …
-Jake Grilley, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Anthony Alridge, Boss Bailey, Champ Bailey, Tom Nalen
Man… I know he doesn’t need a preseason, or even practice, honestly, but it’s like a huge weight just lifted off me hearing that Champ was back.
yea it is im glad champ is back hope boss will get back soon.
im jus glad champ is back. he doesnt need preseason ur right. im jus glad it wasnt nothing series and nalen as well. the one i want back is boss bailey. the lb core i want to see is this Woodyard DJ and Boss. woodyard is impressing and should make the team. but i say he backs up dj. and webster boss dj will be the starting linebackers. anyway jus want boss to get healthy again
What’s the matter with Darrel Jackson?
Looking forward to the Champ! Getting the injured back will make this team strong. The starters should get close to 3/4 playing time this week so I’m really looking forward to this contest against Green Bay. Fans in Green Bay will be chanting Bret after Aron gets a load of our defense
Eddie Royal is a beast, thats what’s wrong with D.J. I think Keary Colbert has more potential than D.J. Just my opinion.
not sure wut is wrong with d jax if i had to guess i’d say a hamstring lol. im jus hoping we get boss back for the raiders game. and glad louie green is back. GB Fans will be chanting Brett cause rodgers is not the answer at QB. they will win 5-7 games max this yr with vikings 1st lions 2nd pack 3rd bears 4th. hope we get everyone back healthy.
GO BRONCOS
D-jax has a sprained ankle, it wasnt too serious though according to reports. Hey guys, I know you are all noticing, as am I, but Royal is gonna be a star. Just listen to cutler and marshall on the audio/ video section on the home page. Marshall says that Royal is gonna “punish” defenses, and Cutler says that when Marshall and Royal are both on the field, the broncos are gonna be hard to stop. Just think if these guys stay healthy along with Sheff, we really are gonna have a deadly pass game, so deadly that teams are gonna play the pass, in turn, opening holes for our run game. And just for my two cents on the run game….. Most are saying hall, looks better than young. But I say both look pretty darn good. Young averaged 4 YPC, this last game and hall averaged 3.4. So they compliment each other, a good 1, 2 punch. So watch out! Go Broncos!
fantasy alert: pick up eddie royal
I just did, dropped d-jax for royal.
yea people are saying earl bennett is the best reciever from the draft. no its royal by far. he is gonna be a dante hall but eddie can actually play reciever as well.
Guys, I don’t know why you’re all so down on Darrell Jackson. Just don’t get it. Granted, I too, want to see Marshall and Royal at the 1 and 2 spot , but you have to go back and look at Darrell Jackson’s resume.
Did you guys watch him at Seattle? (Maybe I watch too much football.) He was tough, smart and reliable. Consistently near the top of the NFL. His season last year is a write- off. San Fransisco couldn’t get him the ball if he paid the QB (whoever happened to be lined up at the time) for it.
I don’t know if people base their opinions on how Darrell Jackson did on their fantasy football team or what it is but it’s weird. Maybe he did have a bad fantasy football thing last year. I don’t play it. Who wants to root for some dude on a team other than our Broncos?
And could we not call him DJ. I kept reading it as D.J. Williams and thought you all had flipped.
I hope Marquand Manueld gets the start over I cant tackle Hamza. Plus it seems Hamza will be out the rest of his life with that life threatening groin injury. Marquand played awesome against the overated Cowboys! Hamza last year was god awful and sitting out for weeks and weeks arent helping his chance at making this team. Having Marquand and Marlon back there would be awesome those are two decent safties. Please release that bum Hamza Shanny he is made out of glass, cant tackle, and is always out of position!!!!!
hey,
I was excited as anybody who knows how good Djax did in seattle when we signed him. If you read previous blogs from around the time when we signed him, I was the guy freakin out because i was so excited. However, I am willing to put money on it that royal puts up better stats than Djax. (Hence my picking up royal and dropping Djax.) He is a much needed veteran and he gonna do way better here than he did in san fran, you are 100% right. Alex smith was his problem in san fran. We are gonna be serious ariel threats this year. We have three tight ends who are looking great and catching good. Plus we have three awesome receivers.
2 comments one…i think D-Jax can still play but clearly royal is out playing him and stokley is slotted in the slot (get it) slotted in the… never mind. as for Hamza Abdullah…everybody including lynch sees his potential…the only reason hes not starting is because he got injured and Manuel stepped up….im pretty sure they both have improved dramatically from last year (hamza also is not injured anymore, was making tackles all 2nd half of cowboys game)….anyways i have my money on Hamza
Champ’s returned. That in itself makes this a good day. Additionally, it appears the Broncos are continually headed on the right track. Keep this up, guys, this should be an excellent season!
I hope this isn’t going to be an ongoing thing with Boss, getting hurt all the time. I would let Webster take some reps at OLB
Exactly what gives with Hamza and that groin injury anyway? He hasn’t been starting on this team long enough to be out with injuries for weeks at a time.
i’m excited about champ’s return, and i’m also very pumped about nalen coming back. now we just need to get boss back. as long as he’s in by week 1 we’ll be good. i wish they actually aired preseason games here in missouri – we barely get to see denver games during the regular season as it is. i guess i just need to move to denver…that’d solve that problem.
When are the first wave of cuts?
Grazamataz, get the NFL network.
Hey guys I love Royal also I cant wait to see what he does when it counts, but look at the recent dept chart and D Jax is still the number two reciever and he should be. D Jax was excellent in Seattle and wil be for us if you read the old stuff on the site Cutler made comments on how comfortable they are getting. Royal can play the slot and on the outside so he is our best weapon but I think you still need experience in there. I think at the end of the season we will all b n love with the NEW 3 AMIGOS – Marshall Royal and Jackson, although Stokley does need to be in there too somewhere.
I hear you jupitron! on every point. People must hate Jackson for some reason… (not DJ)
royal 900 yards brandon 1250 yards and stokly 675 yards d jax 350 yards samie parker 350 yards
i think this may be the best overall wide outs we have ever, the best tandom is of course eddy mack and rod smith but for our five or six i think this is the best so i don’t think its to far to say that this year maybe the best passing attack the broncos have ever had. i think we aren’t gonna run as much as we have in the past, i think mike is taking a page from the stupid patriots and of course doing one better, we have a better running game then them but also we have alot better overall set or recivers they really only had three and we have a good five or six.. here’s to the broncos showing up the patriots and lynch for leaving, and going 19 and 0 wooooooooooooooooooooo go broncos…..