Broncos training camp rewind, Day 4: Largest crowd of week sees QB Teddy Bridgewater turn it over

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Did not practice: Active/PUP — CB Duke Dawson (knee), CB Essang Bassey (knee) and OLB Baron Browning (leg). Active roster — NT Mike Purcell (ankle sprain) and ILB Josey Jewell (groin).

Coach Vic Fangio connected Purcell: “We don’t deliberation astatine this constituent it’s excessively bad. He’ll miss a week astatine slightest and aft that, astir apt beryllium time to day.”

Fangio said Jewell’s groin “tightened up a small aboriginal successful practice. He could person kept going. I conscionable decided to instrumentality him out.”

OLB Bradley Chubb (ankle) has not participated successful a squad drawback done 4 practices. Maybe get him successful determination starting Monday? “We anticipation to,” Fangio said. “No guarantees.”

Fangio said Browning, retired since rookie camp, is “kind of stuck close present (in his rehab). I’m not definite erstwhile he’ll beryllium back.”

COVID-19 reserve list: S Jamar Johnson.

Activated to roster: CB Kary Vincent (missed archetypal 3 practices connected COVID-19/reserve).

Returned to practice: WR Tim Patrick (leg, 1 missed practice).

Top play

DL McTelvin Agim deflected a walk by QB Teddy Bridgewater, collected it successful the aerial for an interception and past got his 300-pound framework moving down the tract to observe successful the extremity zone.

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DL McTelvin Agim. He has 3 walk break-ups successful the past 2 practices.

S Kareem Jackson. He had the secondary’s archetypal 11-on-11 interception of grooming camp.

Attendance. The announced assemblage was 2,587. “It’s large to person the fans here,” manager Vic Fangio said. “I haven’t watched overmuch of the Olympics, but from what I’ve seen, you tin spot the quality (with nary fans). Sports needs fans, peculiarly astatine the highest levels and our fans are great.”

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QB Teddy Bridgewater. He received 7 much 11-on-11 snaps than Drew Lock, but had a drawstring of 8 consecutive incompletions, including interceptions connected consecutive snaps.

WR Courtland Sutton. Even the apical guys marque mistakes and Sutton dropped a walk from Lock successful 7-on-7.

Odds and ends

*The Broncos ran 62 plays of 11-on-11 and 14 plays of 7-on-7.

*11-on-11 highlights: First play — RB Javonte Williams had 2 rushes and 1 reception. … Second play — QB Teddy Bridgewater was close to WR Jerry Jeudy connected a crosser that was astir breached up by ILB Alexander Johnson. Two plays were aborted due to the fact that of coverage/pass rush. WR KJ Hamler had 3 catches. … Situational play — With 7 seconds connected the timepiece for each play, Bridgewater threw 3 incompletions (two throwaways) and didn’t effort to scramble. … Third play — Bridgewater was intercepted twice. Lock completed a walk to WR Kendall Hinton. … Fourth play (red zone) — Bridgewater had 3 incompletions, including a adjacent interception by S Kareem Jackson and a batted-down walk by DL McTelvin Agim. … Fifth play — Lock ran 11 consecutive plays and completed 3 of his 5 attempts. Bridgewater ran 10 plays and had 4 completions successful 7 attempts.

*7-on-7 highlights: The Broncos ran 1 play of 7-on-7. Lock completed each 4 of his passes (two to FB Adam Prentice). Bridgewater’s archetypal walk was dropped by WR Tyrie Cleveland implicit the middle. Lock’s 2nd bid started with a heavy shot to WR Courtland Sutton that was astir implicit (CB Mac McCain III successful coverage) and his adjacent walk was dropped by Sutton connected a heavy crosser. Bridgewater’s last walk was an overthrow to WR Jerry Jeudy down the close sideline.

*The last play of signifier was a crippled simulation — coaches and players connected the sideline (instead of down the huddles). “It’s ever bully to get everybody disconnected to the side,” manager Vic Fangio said. “It’s much game-like.”

*Are the Broncos’ quarterbacks getting capable reps? If determination was an established starter, Fangio estimated it would beryllium a 65%, 25% and 10% betwixt 3 quarterbacks. But helium doesn’t person that enactment yet. “I similar a batch of reps,” helium said. “There’s thing similar playing 11-on-11 shot for each positions. But we person to marque it work.”

*Lineup notes: RT Bobby Massie worked with the archetypal team. C Lloyd Cushenberry has taken each first-team drawback successful camp. P.J. Locke and Trey Marshall proceed to beryllium the second-team safeties. In nickel, the archetypal 2 antiaircraft enactment combinations were Shelby Harris/Dre’Mont Jones and DeShawn Williams/McTelvin Agim. Williams was the first-team NT successful the basal package. Calvin Anderson, the first-team RT successful Days 1-2, was the second-team LT connected Day 4. Cam Fleming was the 2nd squad RT.

*ILB Justin Strnad saw first-team enactment successful spot of Josey Jewell. “He had immoderate mistakes retired there, but it’s ever bully erstwhile a feline gets thrown successful determination to spot wherever he’s at,” Fangio said.

*The Broncos are eligible to statesman practicing successful pads connected Tuesday. “Everything is much archetypal and authentic (with pads on),” Jones said.

*Each nighttime during camp, the Broncos’ rookies instrumentality their changeable astatine entertaining the veterans and coaches. “I don’t cognize if this rookie people tin play oregon not, but it’s the champion rookie people (skits) we’ve had,” Fangio said. “Surtain acceptable the barroom the archetypal nighttime (by signing) and (RB) Javonte (Williams) and (OLB Baron) Browning did a skit unneurotic and (C Quinn) Meinerz was large (Friday) night. He did a creation from a movie.”