{"id":204496,"date":"2025-07-13T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/204496\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T18:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:07:12","slug":"broncos-offensive-line-preview-entering-training-camp-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/204496\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos offensive line preview entering training camp 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifth in a series previewing the Broncos\u2019 2025 roster in the weeks leading up to the start of training camp in late July. Previous: Quarterbacks<\/a> | Running backs<\/a> | Wide receivers<\/a> | Tight ends<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the roster (16): Alex Forsyth, Joe Michalski, Luke Wattenberg, Nick Garguilo, Ben Powers, Calvin Throckmorton, Clay Webb, Quinn Meinerz, Will Sherman, Garett Bolles, Marques Cox, Frank Crum, Mike McGlinchey, Alex Palczewski, Matt Peart, Xavier Truss<\/p>\n

How many on the 53?\u00a0Phew. Somewhere between 8 and 10, most likely; the Broncos opened with nine last year. Last year\u2019s starters in Wattenberg, Powers, Meinerz, Bolles and McGlinchey take up five spots right there, and the Broncos have solid depth in offseason re-signee Peart and youngsters Crum and Garguilo.<\/p>\n

Most impactful offseason move:\u00a0Keeping everyone.<\/p>\n

Blanket statement because this means everyone. Every single Bronco offensive lineman that played a snap in 2024, as printed in this space multiple times before<\/a>, is back for 2025. It\u2019s a tremendous ground-level foundation for a franchise that\u2019s trying to climb heights it hasn\u2019t seen in a decade, and the Broncos\u2019 effort to simply run it back is a major benefit for second-year quarterback Bo Nix.<\/p>\n

Most faces in the room were already entrenched in long-term deals, but the Broncos did work quickly in free agency to bring back reserve tackle Matt Peart<\/a> on a two-year deal. They didn\u2019t take anyone in this year\u2019s draft, but signed a number of promising UDFA roster candidates, Jacksonville State product Webb and Georgia alumnus Truss to name two.<\/p>\n

Biggest question to answer in camp:\u00a0Can this group do it again?<\/p>\n

There aren\u2019t many questions to answer when you return every piece of an offensive line that ranked first (per ESPN) in both pass-block win rate<\/a> and run-block win rate in 2024. But whether they can repeat that will be the main question for this group this fall.<\/p>\n

The Broncos went out and got the skill talent this offseason \u2014 from Evan Engram to J.K. Dobbins, from RJ Harvey to Pat Bryant \u2014 to elevate an offense that put up a clunker in their wild-card round loss to the Buffalo Bills. If their front is similarly dominant in 2025, it\u2019ll raise this franchise\u2019s ceiling exponentially. But Bolles, McGlinchey and Powers are all starting to collect some tread on their tires, and the Broncos\u2019 line was largely blessed with good health last year. If they can simply enter the season with their starting fivesome fresh, Denver will be sitting pretty.<\/p>\n

Battle to watch:\u00a0Garett Bolles-led waterbottle fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we\u2019re in practice, we\u2019re joking, having a good time, spraying each other with water \u2014 well, it\u2019s mostly me spraying with water,\u201d Bolles cracked of the room last month.<\/p>\n

Kidding. There\u2019ll be a plenty interesting fight for two-deep spots, with a lot of talented bodies in this room. Peart and Crum seem entrenched as the Broncos\u2019 backup tackles, and Forsyth filled in for Wattenberg for a few games at center last year with injury. Backup guard spots, then, are likely the most up for grabs; returners like Garguilo, Throckmorton, and Sherman will have to jockey for reps.<\/p>\n

Under-the-radar player:\u00a0Crum.<\/p>\n

He only got eight snaps offensively last year as a rookie, but Crum making the roster last year after going undrafted was a pretty big surprise. Payton called him \u201cextremely athletic\u201d in offseason workouts, and Crum has the size (6-foot-7) and bend to be an impact tackle in the NFL. If \u2014 forbid \u2014 Bolles or McGlinchey miss any time this year, Crum could position himself in camp to be in line for some reps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fifth in a series previewing the Broncos\u2019 2025 roster in the weeks leading up to the start of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[28570,925,232,3895,564,231,258,2426,2826,7,3898,1331,1713,929,3883,3884,926,6,1011,3887,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-204496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-ben-powers","9":"tag-bo-nix","10":"tag-broncos","11":"tag-calvin-throckmorton","12":"tag-colorado","13":"tag-denver","14":"tag-denver-broncos","15":"tag-denverbroncos","16":"tag-evan-engram","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-frank-crum","19":"tag-front-range","20":"tag-garett-bolles","21":"tag-latest-headlines","22":"tag-luke-wattenberg","23":"tag-mike-mcglinchey","24":"tag-more-broncos-news","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-pat-bryant","27":"tag-quinn-meinerz","28":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114847262149350602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}