Broncos Stock Report: Courtland Sutton, Trinity Benson have stand-out performances

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WR Courtland Sutton

In his archetypal enactment past since September’s torn ACL, Sutton caught a 19-yard walk from backmost Teddy Bridgewater to person a third-and-7 and ended the starters’ last thrust with an eight-yard touchdown. Sutton looked bully moving his routes and appears acceptable for Week 1.

TE Albert Okwuegbunam

Playing his archetypal crippled since past November’s torn ACL, Okwuegbunam got the commencement for Noah Fant (leg injury) and caught 3 passes for 23 yards. A steadfast Albert O gives the Broncos a match-up occupation who tin triumph against linebackers connected the perimeter.

WR Trinity Benson

Two touchdown catches successful the Minnesota crippled and receptions of 21 and 13 yards connected backmost Drew Lock’s last thrust mightiness person clinched him a roster spot arsenic the sixth receiver up of Tyrie Cleveland and Kendall Hinton.

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Coverage units

The Broncos allowed a 40-yard footwear instrumentality and 17-yard punt instrumentality to the Rams. It volition beryllium absorbing if wide manager George Paton, aft scouring the waiver ligament precocious Tuesday/early Wednesday, finds immoderate peculiar teams players to his liking, preferably with experience. The existent radical is ace inexperienced … and it’s showing.

OT Cam Fleming

Signed to supply contention astatine close tackle, Fleming ne'er entered the premix with Bobby Massie and Calvin Anderson and helium was inactive retired determination playing successful Saturday’s 4th quarter. That isn’t a bully motion for his hopes of making the 53-man roster. The Broncos fig to spell with Anderson arsenic their backup plaything tackle.

Undrafted wrong linebackers

Is determination country connected the archetypal 53-man roster for undrafted rookies Curtis Robinson and Barrington Wade? Neither subordinate saw enactment with the second-team defence (that was Justin Strnad and Baron Browning against the Rams). The Broncos could spell with 8 linebackers (Von Miller, Bradley Chubb, Malik Reed and Jonathon Cooper extracurricular and Josey Jewell, Alexander Johnson, Strnad and Browning inside) due to the fact that of Browning’s quality to play some wrong and outside.