Wednesday was the first official practice for the Denver Broncos as training camp has officially begun. While it was a short but sweet acclimation practice, the Broncos’ offense stood out on the day.
Denver Broncos offense stands out in red zone work
The Broncos offense wants to get off to a faster start this season in comparison to the last two years. During Wednesday’s acclimation practice, they stood out the most during the team’s shorter practice as they begin to ramp things up for the longer practices facing them in the next handful of days.
Red zone work seemed to be the theme on Wednesday, with the team conducting 7-on-7 and one team period in the red zone/goal line area.
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Bo Nix was on the field without any limitations and tossed a pair of touchdowns in 7-on-7, one to Jaylen Waddle and the other to Lil’Jordan Humphrey.
Sam Ehlinger and Jarrett Stidham also got involved, tossing two touchdowns each, with Pat Bryant, Michael Bandy, and Jonah Coleman contributing.
In the Broncos’ only team period, Nix found Bryant once again, who had himself a standout day during the team’s limited reps, hauling in three touchdown passes between 7-on-7 and team. For the Broncos offense, it was a hot way to start training camp, even though there will be more competitive periods in the days to come.
It’s hard right now to evaluate anything else outside of skill player positions on offense and defense because the pads aren’t on yet, but when they do come on, everything can be properly evaluated across the board at every position.
Broncos want to get back to AFC Championship game, embracing the mentality that nothing is promised
One of the key notes from Seth Wickersham’s piece from ESPN just a few months ago outlined one of the biggest myths of the playoffs: that ‘You can get back next year.’
That task is hard. Payton knows that and so does his team.
I asked Payton about whether or not the continuity of returning a large core of last year’s team can help lessen the difficulty of that task.
“It’s a good question,” Payton said. “I don’t feel that same continuity as I guess if you sat down… I feel like there’s a lot of new faces. There’s new coaches. There’s a lot of turnover. But it is, and I think you all are aware of it, it is a flip the board game over, flip it back. You hope you’re ready to attack the season as well. It starts anew, and there’s nothing promised having won however many games for the following year, regardless of the percentage of people that are back or people that aren’t back. I feel like there are quite a few new faces, and yet a handful of those guys were signed to extensions either during the year or prior.”
The message still resonates within the core group of guys who were here last year, and the leadership inside of the locker room has been helpful with bringing the younger players along.
Another challenge facing Denver is making sure they don’t face the stastical regression toward the mean in one score games. Payton acknowledged that the best way to avoid that is by not finding yourself in those positions, but in order to do that, the Broncos must improve in several key areas they struggled in last season.
That’s third down success offensively, reducing the number of three and outs the offense had, running the football more effectively, and on the defensive side of the ball they must find ways to force more takeaways.
“There are not just the margins, where are these areas that, ‘Hey, let’s not kid ourselves. We have to improve in these specific areas,’ Payton said. “So the best way to get better in those one-score games is find your way not in as many, and I mean that. I don’t want to chase that whatever of 13 again. You’d like to not be in as many.”
Other news and notes from Denver Broncos Camp Day 1
Tight end Caleb Lohner was not spotted at practice on Wednesday. DB Blake Cotton left the field today with trainers and did not return. Sean Payton discussed Jonathon Cooper’s ongoing legal process: “Listen, I don’t have any comment on the specifics because I think when it’s finally finished, we’ll all have a better feel for it. So it’s unfair for me to answer any of those questions right now without having the totality of it finalized. I think that’ll come sooner rather than later. “ Linebacker Jordan Turner was on the side field getting work in as he tries to work his way off of the non-football injury list. Offensive lineman Nick Gargiulo was placed on the PUP list earlier this week, but was on the sidefield.Broncos Camp Day 1: Denver Broncos offense stands out in red zone work Mile High Sports.
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