The Denver Broncos are back on the field this Friday to face the Arizona Cardinals in Phoenix. The newly-led Denver Broncos under coach Sean Payton are experiencing a problem the team has been plagued with for years, injuries.
We reported a couple weeks ago that the Broncos wide receiver corps lost two key players in KJ Hamler and Timothy Patrick and since then several Broncos have been added to the roster of injured players. Broncos’ perennial safety Justin Simmons has missed a few days of training camp due to a ‘tweaked’ groin during practice but is expected to be active in Friday’s game against the Cardinals.
The current list of players injured before the season starts is growing at an alarming pace with linebacker Jonas Griffith out due to a torn ACL, linebacker Baron Browning who’s out with a knee injury and unable to play with expectations to return week 2. Running back Javonte Williams has been rehabbing an ACL since he went out last season and may return in the preseason, while line backer Aaron Patrick has also been rehabbing an ACL injury since last season.
While injuries are unavoidable during training camp it does feel like the Broncos can never seem to get a leg up when it comes to injuries to start the season.
In other sports and while staying on the topic of injury, the Denver Nuggets lost forward Vlatko Canccar suffered a torn ACL in the FIBA exhibition game against Greece.
The Nuggets signed undrafted guard Souley Boum to a non-guaranteed camp deal. The Denver Nuggets are still almost two months from the start of the preseason but are still looking to make moves in order to add depth to a team that looks to repeat championship.
The Colorado Avalanche are less than two months from the start of their preseason and have avoided major headlines since the the Valeri Nichushkin’s hotel incident which really didn’t shed any light on the reason for his departure during the Seattle Kraken series in Seattle.
Avalanche fans are excited about the acquisition of Ryan Johansen from the Nashville Predators and hope he can add to the second line after losing J.T. Compher to free-agency.
The Colorado Rockies were thumped by the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday 12-1. The Rockies have now lost three of their last five games with two of their wins coming from a series win over the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend. Monday’s loss to the Brewers marked the start of a three-game series that wraps up Wednesday before heading to L.A. to face the division leading Dodgers.
The Rockies are now 21.5 games from the division leading Dodgers.
