Broncos’ receiver KJ Hamler out for the season with torn ACL

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Broncos wide receiver KJ Hamler volition miss the remainder of the play owed to a torn ACL sustained successful Sunday’s game, manager Vic Fangio said Monday.

Hamler appeared to hyperextend his near genu portion landing connected the turf aft attempting to drawback a downfield walk from backmost Teddy Bridgewater.  Hamler tore his ACL arsenic a precocious schoolhouse elder successful 2016, but it’s chartless if it is the aforesaid knee.

In different wounded news:

• Right defender Graham Glasgow injured his near genu erstwhile helium got tangled up with close tackle Bobby Massie successful the 2nd half. Glasgow, who missed the Week 2 triumph aft an irregular heart-beat occurrence successful Week 1, tested the genu connected the sideline, but did not return.

• Left defender Dalton Risner departed soon aft with a ft injury.

Fangio didn’t supply updates connected Glasgow and Risner, but did accidental their injuries aren’t season-ending.

At receiver, losing Hamler further depletes the presumption group’s depth. Jerry Jeudy (high ankle sprain) remains connected injured reserve and could miss different month. Minus Hamler, the Broncos volition proceed to thin connected Tim Patrick to beryllium the No. 2 down Courtland Sutton. Diontae Spencer played 24 snaps connected Sunday and Kendall Hinton played 4 snaps.

At guard, Netane Muti replaced Glasgow and rookie Quinn Meinerz took implicit for Risner. Austin Schlottmann is the guard/center connected the signifier squad.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.

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