Attendance<\/p>\n
Physically Unable to Perform list: OL Nick Gargiulo (knee).<\/p>\n
Non-football injury list: ILB Jordan Turner.<\/p>\n
Did not practice: WR Jaylen Waddle (muscle strain), WR Marvin Mims Jr., C Luke Wattenberg (shoulder), TE Nate Adkins, TE Caleb Lohner (foot\/ankle), DL Matt Henningsen (Achilles), OLB Dasan McCullough, CB Sean Fresch, Jr., K Wil Lutz (at Hall of Fame).<\/p>\n
Load management: CB Pat Surtain II, DT Zach Allen, RT Mike McGlinchey, TE Evan Engram.<\/p>\n
Left practice: DL Eyioma Uwazurike.<\/p>\n
Uwazurike\u2019s injury happened right near the end of practice in a two-minute situation. He walked to the team\u2019s facility without issue, though he was shaking out and flexing his hand, while a member of the medical staff followed him. It\u2019s worth monitoring in particular because Uwazurike has been one of the stories of camp. The 2022 fourth-round pick has been outstanding in both run support and rushing the passer and looks primed for a breakout season after blossoming into a trusted rotation piece last year.<\/p>\n
Mims and Adkins watched practice Saturday, one day after each left with injuries. Mims appears to have avoided serious injury when he pulled up on a deep route Friday.<\/p>\n
Waddle moved up to some jogging, progress from previous days after he sustained a muscle strain earlier in the week.<\/p>\n
Henningsen (Achilles) was placed on injured reserve Saturday, which officially ends his season.<\/p>\n
Bryant, in the midst of a monster camp, made the play of the day<\/p>\n
The Broncos staged the closest they\u2019ll get to a scrimmage during camp, though it was still parsed into situations and sets of plays, like a normal camp practice. But after stretch and individual periods, nearly everything Denver did on a blistering-hot Saturday morning was 11-on-11.<\/p>\n
Perhaps not surprisingly given the way training camp has gone so far, second-year wide receiver Pat Bryant made the play of the day.<\/p>\n
Operating in the red zone, Bo Nix faced quick pressure in the pocket after the snap and had no play but to throw the ball up. He lofted it almost blind into the back-right corner of the end zone. Bryant, working toward the corner, went up high over both Ja\u2019Quan McMillan and Jahdae Barron, high-pointed the ball and toe-tapped near the back pylon for a touchdown.<\/p>\n
It was a terrific play, maybe the best of camp so far, and a continuation of an impressive training camp for the 2025 third-round pick out of Illinois.<\/p>\n
\u201cMan, \u2018Patty Ice\u2019 has had some really, really good practices,\u201d offensive coordinator Davis Webb said Saturday. \u2026 \u201cPat is very, very savvy. Smart. When he catches the ball his feet are on the ground. Those are the things we were attracted to when he was coming out of Illinois. It\u2019s really, really cool to see him take another jump this early into Year 2.\u201d<\/p>\n
Davis Webb\u2019s nickname for Pat Bryant: \u201cPatty Ice.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/fGuV8U9lWB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Parker Gabriel (@ParkerJGabriel) August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Consider defensive coordinator Vance Joseph sold. Entirely sold.<\/p>\n \u201cHe made two (plays) today that were unbelievable, but that\u2019s been all camp,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cThat\u2019s what he can be. He\u2019s the guy in that room, in my opinion \u2014 he blocks, he catches the ball in traffic, he can track the ball vertically, he\u2019s great in the red zone. He\u2019s the complete package. He\u2019s got great size, and he loves to play. He\u2019s the same player every day.\u201d<\/p>\n Thumbs up<\/p>\n A bounce-back play. This has not been a glorious training camp for former UFL receiver Hakeem Butler. He\u2019s failed to secure contested catches \u2014 not great considering he\u2019s 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds \u2014 and in general hasn\u2019t made many plays. He made a terrific one on Saturday, though, jumping high over veteran corner Sam Webb down the sideline to haul in a jump ball from Sam Ehlinger.<\/p>\n Safety valve. The Broncos were rotating through a ton of different players at safety on Saturday with Talanoa Hufanga on a veteran rest day, Brandon Jones not taking a full load of reps and Devon Key working early in practice on the side field. Undrafted rookie Parker Robertson made the most of it in a team period with the No. 3 unit when he closed on a ball thrown behind the receiver over the middle of the field and came down with an interception. Denver quarterbacks haven\u2019t thrown many in team settings during camp so far, but Robertson capitalized.<\/p>\n Thumbs down<\/p>\n Rookie moments. Few positions are more difficult to make an impact at than tight end. Justin Joly is learning about the steep climb. He hasn\u2019t made many splash plays in camp \u2014 though coaches say they\u2019re encouraged by the work he\u2019s done overall \u2014 and on Saturday the fifth-round pick flat-out dropped a ball on his hands in the middle of the field. It looked as though Joly perhaps lost concentration as outside linebacker Jonah Elliss closed in for what, in a game, would have been a crunching hit.<\/p>\n Odds and ends<\/p>\n * One day after Nix led a surgical two-minute drive for a touchdown, the Broncos defense prevailed twice in nearly identical situations. This time around, Nix and the top offense had 1:22 left, trailing by 4 and 62 yards to go. Nix and Co. pushed the ball into the red zone thanks in part to a 24-yard completion to Troy Franklin, but stalled out there. Nix had to spike the ball after that play to stop the clock, then Courtland Sutton may have been held on second-and-goal, but the ball to him in the end zone fell incomplete. Then Sutton couldn\u2019t haul in what looked like a catchable ball along the sideline on third down. Nix tried Franklin again in the back of the end zone on a do-or-die fourth-and-goal, but he was double covered from the start and reserve safety JL Skinner knocked the pass down easily to notch a win for the defense. Sam Ehlinger led the second group and took them briskly down to the 8-yard line before three straight incompletions \u2014 third down was a broken play from the start \u2014 and a fourth-down sack thanks to Que Robinson and Dondrea Tillman.<\/p>\n * Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph ran practice Saturday along with special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi because Sean Payton was in Canton for Drew Brees\u2019 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement. Joseph, though, laughed off any sense that he had much more responsibility than normal. \u201cSean left a great plan in place,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cIt was more than me. It was the staff, the players. It\u2019s been scripted for a week and a half. So we all fell in, did our jobs, and now we\u2019re done.\u201d<\/p>\n * No team wants to punt the ball a lot, but when the Broncos do this fall, they appear to be in good care with second-year man Jeremy Crawshaw. He\u2019s been booming the ball more consistently during camp and on Saturday pounded several high spirals with 5-second-plus hang time. Not only that, but he successfully angled several of them toward the sideline, leaving returners with very little or no chance at returning the ball. Last summer, Payton felt the need to rush the punt team on in the middle of offensive periods multiple times to try to give Crawshaw more game-like feeling because he was shanking far too many. A year later, he looks to be on the right track.<\/p>\n * With McGlinchey getting a rest day Saturday, the Broncos split tackle reps between Alex Palczewski and Frank Crum. They\u2019ve both had heavy workloads in camp and, not surprisingly, the Broncos clearly want each to be comfortable playing multiple positions. Crum has played a lot of reps at both left and right tackle, while \u2018Palcho\u2019 has seen extensive time at right tackle and left guard. They, in some combination.<\/p>\n * A non-exhaustive list of players who have contributed or been in the picture for the Broncos who appear to be having solid training camps, but haven\u2019t made the kind of eye-popping plays that generate buzz or headlines: TE Lucas Krull, WR Michael Bandy, ILB Levelle Bailey and RB Jaleel McLaughlin.<\/p>\n * The Broncos are always looking for talent at cornerback, and undrafted rookie Brent Austin has done some good things in camp. He\u2019s not likely to make the 53-man roster, but the former Cal corner looks like a player worth trying to stash and develop.<\/p>\n * The roster churn is on for the Broncos. In addition to placing Henningsen on injured reserve, Denver also released cornerback Sam Webb. Those moves followed the waiver Friday of injured corner Jaden Robinson. The three new players: Receivers Kyree Duplessis and Kyrese Rowan \u2014 they each practiced Saturday\u2014 and cornerback Ricardo Hallman. Hallman worked out for the Broncos the same day as Webb last week, but Denver at that time opted for Webb. Now they\u2019ll get a look at Hallman next week instead.<\/p>\n * A true VIP was on hand at Broncos practice Saturday: Mikaela Shiffrin. The world\u2019s most decorated downhill skier watched the latter stages of practice from the sideline and was presented with a No. 110 Broncos jersey. The number, of course, is a nod to the Vail native\u2019s record number of World Cup victories.<\/p>\n Welcome to #BroncosCamp<\/a>, @MikaelaShiffrin<\/a>! \ud83d\udc10\ud83e\udd47 pic.twitter.com\/Mb6RlrgSUx<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Next: 10 a.m. Monday. Parking opens at 8 a.m. and gates at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n