who\u2019ll have a shot at a true breakout<\/a> in his third season in Denver.<\/p>\n\u201cThe depth of our receiver room is something that isn\u2019t talked about enough, and I think it\u2019s a really strong thing for us going into the season,\u201d Mims said last week.<\/p>\n
Second-year RB Audric Estime, meanwhile, is still stuck behind Jaleel McLaughlin in the backfield. On defense, inside linebacker convert Drew Sanders, who\u2019s rehabbing a torn tendon in his foot, is listed as a third-team ILB behind Alex Singleton and Justin Strnad.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the full layout of the Broncos\u2019 first depth chart of 2025:<\/p>\n
OFFENSE<\/p>\n
QB:\u00a0Bo Nix, Jarrett Stidham, Sam Ehlinger<\/p>\n
RB:\u00a0J.K. Dobbins, Jaleel McLaughlin, Audric Estime, Tyler Badie, Blake Watson, RJ Harvey<\/p>\n
FB:\u00a0Michael Burton<\/p>\n
WR:\u00a0Courtland Sutton, Devaughn Vele, Trent Sherfield Sr., Pat Bryant, Courtney Jackson<\/p>\n
WR:\u00a0Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, Michael Bandy, Joaquin Davis, Jerjuan Newton, Kyrese Rowan<\/p>\n
TE:\u00a0Evan Engram, Adam Trautman, Nate Adkins, Lucas Krull, Caleb Lohner, Caden Prieskorn<\/p>\n
LT:\u00a0Garett Bolles, Matt Peart, Frank Crum, Marques Cox<\/p>\n
LG:\u00a0Ben Powers, Calvin Throckmorton, Will Sherman<\/p>\n
C:\u00a0Luke Wattenberg, Alex Forsyth, Joe Michalski<\/p>\n
RG:\u00a0Quinn Meinerz, Nick Gargiulo, Clay Webb<\/p>\n
RT:\u00a0Mike McGlinchey, Alex Palczewski, Xavier Truss<\/p>\n
Defense<\/p>\n
DE:\u00a0Zach Allen, Jordan Jackson, Matt Henningsen<\/p>\n
DE:\u00a0John Franklin-Myers, Eyioma Uwazurike, Sai\u2019vion Jones, Kristian Williams<\/p>\n
NT:\u00a0D.J. Jones, Malcolm Roach, Jordan Miller<\/p>\n
OLB:\u00a0Jonathon Cooper, Jonah Elliss, Andrew Farmer II<\/p>\n
OLB:\u00a0Nik Bonitto, Dondrea Tillman, Garrett Nelson, Que Robinson<\/p>\n
ILB:\u00a0Alex Singleton, Justin Strnad, Drew Sanders, Karene Reid<\/p>\n
ILB:\u00a0Dre Greenlaw, Levelle Bailey, Garret Wallow, Jordan Turner, J.B. Brown<\/p>\n
CB:\u00a0Pat Surtain II, Damarri Mathis, Quinton Newsome<\/p>\n
CB:\u00a0Riley Moss, Kris Abrams-Draine, Jaden Robinson, Joshua Pickett<\/p>\n
NCB:\u00a0Ja\u2019Quan McMillian, Reese Taylor, Jahdae Barron<\/p>\n
S:\u00a0Talanoa Hufanga, P.J. Locke, JL Skinner, Delarrin Turner-Yell<\/p>\n
S:\u00a0Brandon Jones, Devon Key, Keidron Smith, Sam Franklin Jr.<\/p>\n
Special teams<\/p>\n
K:\u00a0Wil Lutz<\/p>\n
P:\u00a0Jeremy Crawshaw<\/p>\n
LS:\u00a0Mitchell Fraboni<\/p>\n
KR:\u00a0Marvin Mims Jr., Jaleel McLaughlin, Tyler Badie, Courtney Jackson<\/p>\n
PR:\u00a0Marvin Mims Jr., Michael Bandy, Courtney Jackson<\/p>\n
Originally Published: August 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM MDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regardless of talent, regardless of pedigree, Sean Payton writes his rookies last in ink. The Broncos dropped their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[3878,3882,1268,28570,1269,925,10886,232,2894,3895,1270,3899,3893,3897,231,258,2426,1271,9916,1160,3911,2826,3888,7,3898,1713,8233,1006,1273,3872,3537,2318,1729,3901,1071,3907,3894,929,3883,3539,3874,3884,926,6,3540,1625,3913,1011,3267,3887,1514,1813,9,3319,1275,1276,3906,1626],"class_list":{"0":"post-271547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-adam-trautman","9":"tag-alex-singleton","10":"tag-audric-estime","11":"tag-ben-powers","12":"tag-blake-watson","13":"tag-bo-nix","14":"tag-brandon-jones","15":"tag-broncos","16":"tag-caleb-lohner","17":"tag-calvin-throckmorton","18":"tag-courtland-sutton","19":"tag-d-j-jones","20":"tag-damarri-mathis","21":"tag-delarrin-turner-yell","22":"tag-denver","23":"tag-denver-broncos","24":"tag-denverbroncos","25":"tag-devaughn-vele","26":"tag-dondrea-tillman","27":"tag-dre-greenlaw","28":"tag-drew-sanders","29":"tag-evan-engram","30":"tag-eyioma-uwazurike","31":"tag-football","32":"tag-frank-crum","33":"tag-garett-bolles","34":"tag-jaquan-mcmillian","35":"tag-jahdae-barron","36":"tag-jaleel-mclaughlin","37":"tag-jarrett-stidham","38":"tag-jl-skinner","39":"tag-john-franklin-myers","40":"tag-jonah-elliss","41":"tag-jonathon-cooper","42":"tag-jordan","43":"tag-justin-strnad","44":"tag-kris-abrams-draine","45":"tag-latest-headlines","46":"tag-luke-wattenberg","47":"tag-malcolm-roach","48":"tag-matt-henningsen","49":"tag-mike-mcglinchey","50":"tag-more-broncos-news","51":"tag-nfl","52":"tag-nick-gargiulo","53":"tag-nik-bonitto","54":"tag-p-j-locke","55":"tag-pat-bryant","56":"tag-pat-surtain-ii","57":"tag-quinn-meinerz","58":"tag-riley-moss","59":"tag-sean-payton","60":"tag-sports","61":"tag-talanoa-hufanga","62":"tag-troy-franklin","63":"tag-tyler-badie","64":"tag-wil-lutz","65":"tag-zach-allen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271547","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=271547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}