Broncos training camp rewind, Day 6: First padded practice heavy on running plays

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Player attendance

Did not practice: Active/PUP — CB Duke Dawson (knee), CB Essang Bassey (knee) and OLB Baron Browning (leg). Active roster — NT Mike Purcell (ankle), ILB Josey Jewell (groin), WR Tyrie Cleveland (back), S Kareem Jackson (day off), CB Mac McCain III (hamstring), OT Cam Fleming (ankle) and WR KJ Hamler (COVID-19 protocols).

Coach Vic Fangio said Hamler could instrumentality to signifier Wednesday and doesn’t expect Fleming to miss important time, but is unclear however agelong McCain volition beryllium out.

New injuries: OT Cody Conway (knee) and DT Deyon Sizer (hamstring).

Sizer was injured during a walk rush/protection drill erstwhile helium went against RG Graham Glasgow. Sizer was examined connected the tract earlier walking to the locker room. Later successful the session, Conway fell awkwardly erstwhile getting bull-rushed by OLB Jonathon Cooper. Conway could enactment nary value connected his close limb and needed a cart thrust to the facility.

Activated from COVID-19 reserve list: S Jamar Johnson. Fangio said Johnson indispensable spell done 3 days of “testing and doing workouts earlier helium tin (practice).”

Top play

In a reddish portion play, QB Drew Lock tried to find WR Jerry Jeudy successful the mediate of the extremity zone, but S Justin Simmons knifed successful beforehand of Jeudy to interruption up the pass.

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Situational drills. It won’t look bully connected the walk completion chart, but the Broncos ran 2 drills wherever QBs Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater were instructed to propulsion it distant to prevention clip and, to decorativeness practice, Lock heaved 2 passes downfield successful a try-and-draw-a-pass-interference-penalty attempt. It worked successful past year’s triumph implicit the Los Angeles Chargers.

CB Pat Surtain II. Might helium beryllium the Broncos’ champion cornerback erstwhile the regular play starts? That’s not a stretch. He is playing each implicit the field, a motion of however overmuch the coaches spot him.

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Defense jumping off-side. During the league of 1-on-1 walk rush/protection, aggregate antiaircraft players jumped offside.

Odds and ends

*The Broncos ran 65 plays of 11-on-11.

*11-on-11 highlights: First play – QB Teddy Bridgewater’s archetypal completion was a dart to WR Courtland Sutton connected a slant way (CB Ronald Darby successful coverage). … Second play — QB Drew Lock recovered WR Jerry Jeudy (covered by Darby) for a completion. Later, helium did good to propulsion it distant with a escaped blitzer successful his face. CB Michael Ojemudia gave up completions to TE Austin Fort and WR Kendall Hinton. … Third play — A dense run-play conception of practice. Lock and C Quinn Meinerz had a atrocious snap. On the adjacent play, Sutton was open, but Lock’s propulsion was abbreviated and deed CB Rojesterman Farris. … Fourth play — Of the 17 plays, 10 were called rushes.

*Fangio connected the archetypal padded practice: “I thought we ran the shot beauteous (darn) bully connected offense. I deliberation we had a bully progression and I deliberation (Wednesday’s) signifier volition beryllium adjacent amended with the pads on.”

*Fangio said Lock and Bridgewater volition divided first-team reps connected Wednesday and the Broncos “might” person 1 instrumentality each first-team drawback successful signifier astatine immoderate point.

*Early successful practice, the linebackers went 1-on-1 against the choky ends and moving backs successful walk rush/protection. OLB Jonathon Cooper bull-rushed Fort, RB Javonte Williams won against ILB Peter Kalambayi, OLB Bradley Chubb utilized a coagulated determination to bushed TE Noah Fant and ILB Alexander Johnson dusted RB Melvin Gordon.

*The pads going connected means OLB/DL vs. OL successful walk rush/protection and the play lasts astir 30 reps. DL Jonathan Harris utilized a aquatics determination to bushed G/C Brett Jones, LT Garett Bolles won matchups against Chubb and OLB Derrek Tuszka, DE Dre’Mont Jones got past RG Graham Glasgow, C Lloyd Cushenberry mislaid to DT Isaiah Mack and bushed NT De’Shawn Williams.

*Lineup notes: RT Calvin Anderson worked with the archetypal squad and besides arsenic the second-team near tackle. P.J. Locke and Trey Marshall divided clip astatine information successful spot of Kareem Jackson. ILB Justin Strnad (for Josey Jewell) and NT DeShawn Williams (for Mike Purcell) proceed to get first-team reps.

*ILB Josh Watson appeared to stroke up a surface walk to TE Albert Okwuegbunam by beating Meinerz’s artifact attempt. But … “(Watson) got pushed into him truthful the lick wasn’t arsenic (serious) arsenic you’re making it retired to be,” Fangio said. “I wouldn’t privation that (type of hit) if helium was doing that without the push. To the offense’s credit, they told maine helium got pushed from behind.”

*Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur connected rookie Javonte Williams: “He’s been terrific. His moving quality is precise obvious, but the things that we spot are his instincts arsenic a shot player. Some radical conscionable ‘get it’ and we’ve each been astir radical who conscionable don’t rather ‘get it’ and they aftermath up each greeting and commencement over. He gets it and it shows up successful his walk protection, it shows up successful being capable to get lined up (and) his awareness. He’s got a truly agleam future.”

*Fangio hopes Sutton and Chubb, coming disconnected ACL and ankle injuries, respectively, spot the tract successful a preseason game. “I deliberation they would archer you that, too,” helium said. “They don’t privation their archetypal existent enactment to beryllium against the Giants (in Week 1).”

*After the pre-practice stretch, Fangio told the players to support it cleanable and they responded. “We’ve emphasized it. Everything we do, we privation to bash with 1 happening successful caput — to triumph shot games and each the other (stuff) doesn’t assistance you triumph games, it’s arsenic elemental arsenic that. Now, are we going to person each signifier beryllium arsenic cleanable arsenic (Tuesday) was? Probably not. But we privation an efficient, well-run signifier and everybody is focused connected getting amended and winning shot games.”