The Broncos are in the Bay Area this weekend to face the San Francisco 49ers in their first preseason game.
The Broncos have had a successful training camp up to this point with both offense and defense making remarkable plays. Bo Nix, specifically has gained the praise of head coach Sean Payton going as far as saying, “He’s going to be one of the top four or five quarterbacks in the league the next two years,” adding, “That’s what we’re seeing right now. He doesn’t take sacks. He’s got exceptional arm strength.
At Monday’s practice, coach Payton made it clear that he plans to play his starters in Sunday’s game saying this, “There’s this feeling that, ‘Oh if I practice them a bunch, then I’m not gonna play them in a game.’ We’re playing guys in the game.”
There’s a different kind of buzz around the city of Denver as the regular season quickly approaches. The optimism is palpable with fans praising how mature their second year quarterback has grown since his successful rookie season.
Sunday’s game will be played at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California at 6:30 MST.
In other news the Colorado Rockies have reached 30 wins with less than two months left in the season. On Friday the Rockies achieved a wild comeback after trailing 7 runs in just the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, eventually winning on a walk-off homer, 17-16.
The following day they were able to beat the Pirates again, 8-5, however; the Rockies fell short of the sweep losing to Pittsburgh 9-5 on Sunday in game three.
On Monday the Rockies kicked off a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays getting walloped 15-1 at home. The Rockies finish the three-game series Wednesday (results of games two and three not available at the time of this writing) before heading to Arizona to face the Diamondbacks over the weekend.
The Leagues Cup kicked off at the end of July with the Colorado Rapids defeating Santos Laguna 2-1 but losing to Club Tijuana 2-1 on Sunday. This Thursday the Rapids will face Cruz Azul Matchday 3 of 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
The Rapids have dropped to 9th in the Western Conference Standings 16 points behind the conference-leading San Diego FC.
