The Denver Broncos hit the practice field at Dove Valley Wednesday morning for one last walkthrough before their first preseason game Thursday night at 6:30 MT in Dallas.

“I’m excited to watch them play,” Head Coach John Fox said. “I’m excited every day but this will be my first time watching they play live. I’m excited about it. We’ve got new faces, new guys to me, new guys to the coaching staff. We’ve got a complete new defense going in so it’s a good measuring stick to see where you are.”

The team leaves for Dallas Wednesday afternoon, but before they do, they had some loose ends to tie up in the morning practice.

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Linebackers D.J. Williams, Nate Ivring and Derek Domino, cornerback Syd’Quan Thompson and defensive tackles Louis Leonard and Mitch Unrein, tight end Richard Quinn all did not practice. Williams didn’t practice the first week of camp with a thigh injury, but returned to full pads on Monday. Head Coach John Fox said that he hasn’t made the decision yet on who will be inactive for Thursday’s game.

Receivers Eddie Royal and Brandon Lloyd both practiced after sitting out Tuesday.

Training camp has featured mostly good weather so far at Dove Valley, and Tuesday’s morning session was no different. It was a hot one, with barely a cloud in the sky.

Without further adieu, let’s get to the recap.

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Louis Leonard (knee), Mitch Unrein (knee), Brandon Minor (knee) and Eddie Royal sat out practice. Brandon Lloyd (knee swelling) sat out the second half of pracitce, Nate Irving left with an ankle sprain, Richard Quinn left with a knee sprain and Derek Domino left with a finger sprain.

DRILLS
There were some interesting drills to start practice this morning, including a period focused on low blocks.

While the offensive linemen and wide receivers worked separately on diving low at blocking dummies, the defensive line, linebackers and secondary all worked individually as well on avoiding cut blocks.

After a day off, the rested Broncos were back on the field at Dove Valley Monday for an afternoon practice.

The team went through their positional drills and team sessions before facing the challenge of some situational football at the end of practice.

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Linebacker D.J. Williams and running back LenDale White participated after missing several practices.

Syd’Quan Thompson did not practice and watched the session in shorts with injured wideout Demaryius Thomas.

The first-team offense and defense mirrored the depth chart released today except at the defensive tackle position where Marcus Thomas and Ty Warren saw some first-team in action in place of Kevin Vickerson.

The hot, sunny weather was back in full force as the Broncos hit the training field today after rain and clouds brought some much needed relief from the heat during practice yesterday.

Some players were hoping that the clouds, and the cooler temperatures they brought, stuck around for today, including the offensive linemen. As five linemen came out of the locker room squinting, one of them said to center Jeff Byers, “What the heck, Byers, I thought you promised it was going to be cloudy.”

To which Byers responded matter-of-factly, “No, I said there were clouds on the horizon.” It was good to see the heat didn’t take away the players’ sense of humor.

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Linebacker D.J. Williams, running back LenDale White, wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, cornerback Brandon Bing and defensive linemen Mitch Unrein and Louis Leonard all sat out practice.

Running back Mario Fannin got carted off the field during 9-on-7s with a knee sprain, and offensive tackle Eric Olsen suffered a hyper-extended elbow, but continued practicing.

The Broncos’ Thursday afternoon practice brought out the rain and several additions to the list of participants.

Some familiar faces and some new acquisitions took part in their first practice of training camp thanks to the official start of the league year with a large crowd on hand despite the rain and cooler temperatures at Dove Valley.

NFL Referee Bill Leavy and his crew were on the field as well after giving a presentation to the club on rule changes earlier this afternoon.

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Familiar faces safety Brian Dawkins, linebacker Wesley Woodyard, kicker Matt Prater and defensive linemen Marcus Thomas and Ryan McBean were finally able to fully participate in practice after days of watching from the sidelines.

The Broncos switched things up Thursday, completing a morning walkthrough before an afternoon practice session later this afternoon.

It was a typical walkthrough for the team as the coaching staff continued to install their playbooks, but one major difference today was the sight of referees on the field.

A crew of NFL officials came out onto the field during the walkthrough and they will deliver a presentation concerning rule changes later in the day to both the team and the media.

Head Coach John Fox spent a good amount of time talking with the officials during the walkthrough and players also spent some time talking with them in between plays.

NOTE: Thursday’s practice time has been changed from the morning to 4:50-7:30pm. It is still free and open to the public. Thank you.

After a 43-hour break, the longest since training camp started last week, the Denver Broncos hit the practice field this afternoon for an intense padded practice that focused a lot on two-minute drill.

There was plenty going on to keep the fans entertained as camp is really cranking up.

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Newly acquired defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley jumped right into the mix. In his first practice, No. 77 joined the starting defensive line alongside Kevin Vickerson and ends Elvis Dumervil and Robert Ayers.

Linebacker D.J. Williams, running back Lendale White and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas did not participate.

FIRE DRILL
During the later of two team sessions during practice, the Broncos worked exclusively on the two minute drill with quarterbacks Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn all getting a shot at running the offense. Each time the ball started on their own 40-yard line with 1:10 left on the scoreboard clock mounted on the side of the team office building. The offense was down 20-14 to the defense.

Anytime the Broncos are on the field two times in a day, the second session is strictly a walkthrough with an extremely brief shooting period. For that reason, we most likely won’t have many photos for the P.M. blogs — if any.

But below are some quick hits from Monday’s evening practice.

The Broncos continued their work in pads Monday morning during another sun soaked practice at Dove Valley, and another day brought another batch of big hits and big plays to get you caught up on.

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Newly-signed tight end Dante Rosario made his way onto the field in shorts and a T-shirt shortly after practice began. Rosario watched the tight end drills and had a chance to go over the plays with Offensive Coordinator Mike McCoy during the action.

Defensive lineman Marcus Thomas — who was recently re-signed by the Broncos — was also in attendance but did not participate.

D.J. Williams watched practice in shorts once again due to a hamstring injury, and running back LenDale White missed another practice due to back spasms.

After signing with the team and wearing No. 85 yesterday, wide receiver David Anderson came out wearing No. 89 today — swapping numbers with rookie tight end Virgil Green.