By: Brandon Rivera
The Denver Broncos hosted the Dallas Cowboys over the weekend in the first preseason game of the 2022 season. While the Broncos looked great and dominated most of the game, they also managed to lose inside linebacker Jonas Griffith to a dislocated elbow which should sideline him for about four to five weeks.
Denver moved into action quickly signing ex-Steeler, Joe Schobert on Monday to help alleviate the injured Griffith. Schobert has been consistent with the Steelers racking up 386 tackles over the past three seasons not including his best season in 2017 where he made the Pro-Bowl with 1 interception, 3 sacks and 144 tackles that season.
Denver has yet again, been bitten by the injury bug and for fans it was difficult seeing Griffith go down to injury. This year, however, fans seem to have a much different disposition about the Broncos and for good reason, there was plenty to be excited about after Denver’s win over the Cowboys.
While most of Denver’s starters were sidelined over the weekend, the players that did play, showed out for fans with flashes of what’s to come on special teams offense and defense. Denver’s defense held the Cowboys to 35 percent third-down completions and stopped them all three times on fourth down. Denver’s offensive line prevented a sack all game and Denver’s quarterback Josh Johnson made his case for second string behind Russell Wilson with 16 completions on 23 attempts for 172 yards and two touchdowns.
The Denver Broncos will head to New York this weekend to face the Bills this Saturday at 11 a.m. Fans could see Russell Wilson at the start of the game for Denver’s first drive however there hasn’t been any indication he will play.
The Rockies remain in dead last in the National League’s West after two straight losses to the Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend including a 6-0-blowout loss on Saturday. This week the Rockies are in St. Louis to face the Cardinals who beat the Rox 2 games to 1 last week.
Thirty years ago the Colorado Rockies kicked off their inaugural season in Denver with local fans excited about their very first MLB team. Thirty years later, not a single division pennant, it’s 25th season with no post season play and should they remain in the current position throughout the remainder of this season, it will have been the 26 seasons where the Rockies came in either third, fourth or fifth.
The Colorado Avalanche kick off the preseason on September 25th and yet are no closer to knowing if Nazem Kadri will remain an Avalanche or move on to another franchise. The Avs are still currently enjoying the spoils of Sir Stanley Cup with the most recent Avalanche, Kurtis MacDermid heading to South Bruce Peninsula, Sauble Beach for a special parade scheduled for the end of August.
