Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - Denver Broncos NOT CONCERNED With Marvin Mims Injury

Starting point is 00:00:00 Denver Broncos wide receiver Marvin Mims exited practice on Wednesday with an apparent groin injury. How concerning is it ahead of the season opener next week against the Tennessee Titans? We'll debate and discuss here on today's episode, Locked on Broncos. You are locked on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast. Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Marvin Mims exited Wednesday's practice with an apparent groin injury. Broncos head coach Sean Payton isn't overly concerned about. as a team is getting ready for kickoff against the Tennessee Titans in just about a week and a half.

Starting point is 00:00:40 Welcome into another episode, Lockdown Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Lockdown, podcast network, your team every day. What we're going to go through here on today's show, we're going to talk about Marvin Mims, the apparent groin injury there. But we're really going to take a deeper look here at the Broncos practice squad, particularly at wide receiver, some of the offensive additions as well as the Broncos, deciding to bring back Sam Ellinger, who had offers to be on the 53 men roster of several. several other teams, but he wanted to stay in the Mile High City.

Starting point is 00:01:07 We'll look at that and also Lavelle Bailey in the defensive side of the ball, several players who can continue to develop for Sean Payton here on this roster. Get all that here on today's episode of the show. I'm Cody Roark-Bronk, who's reporter for Mile High Sports. Join, as always, by Sarah Beninger site expert over there at predominantly orange.com. Today's episode show is brought to you by friends over there. Prize picks. Download the prize picks at Today and use code, locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first five,

Starting point is 00:01:35 dollar lineup. Thank you so much to all of our everydayers out there in Broncos country. Thanks for making us your first listen. However, you choose to do so. Sarah, obviously when the notification went out that Marvin Mims left practice for the Broncos on Wednesday, just a week and a half before regular season anticipation against the Tennessee Titans begins. Definitely some eyebrows were raised a little bit. Everyone goes into a panic, but Broncos head coach, Sean Payton says it's nothing that they're overly concerned with. Yeah, that wording of that still concerns me a little bit. Cody because not being overly concerned means that you are at least a little concerned,

Starting point is 00:02:09 right? I mean, I don't know. That's how I read that. But I mean, any groin injury to a player whose job is to be fast, I worry about that. I just, whether it's any, it doesn't matter what sport it is. You know, your job is to go out there and be fast. And that's what Marvin Mims is best at. And so if you're dealing with groin, hamstring, high ankle, you know, anybody who has

Starting point is 00:02:30 to make quick, sharp movements or accelerate all the time, like, that worries me. I'm just going to say it. And I know we don't want to be pressing the panic button or anything right now. If the team's not overly concerned, hey, then maybe we shouldn't be overly concerned either. But it was enough to, I think,

Starting point is 00:02:47 get an Adam Schaefter post. So I don't know. I just, I don't like it. I don't. And I don't think the listeners will like it either. It's very concerning considering the team, you know,

Starting point is 00:02:57 obviously just assembled its 53-man roster. They traded Devon Veil away. They've been planning on all these guys being helped. at least the start of the regular season here. So for Mims to be dealing with anything, it not only raises concerns for the offense, but also who the heck will return punts. Yeah, I think that's definitely something to keep an eye on.

Starting point is 00:03:17 And I don't think we've ever kind of been broached to the question of, like if Marvin Mims were ever get hurt, who's going to be the backup punt returner? I mean, back in the day, we used to rely on Bryce Callahan as kind of that emergency option here. Maybe Riley Moss for the Broncos could be an emergency option in terms of that reliable.

Starting point is 00:03:34 I feel like in terms of fielding it, or it could be Tyler Badey potentially. Could one of your running backs do that? I don't know if you want to put any other receivers back there to be able to do that. So I'd say the safe bet would be probably a running back or a defensive back at that point. Please not Pat Sertan. I know that was floated out at one point a few years ago. Let's not ever get back into that. I feel you on your concern, Sarah.

Starting point is 00:03:55 And certainly I think Broncos country when it comes to injuries happening a week before the regular season begins or a few days. and ironically enough against the Tennessee Titans coming up. Remember, the last time the Broncos opened up week one against Tennessee, Jerry Judy had something happen in practice. He was able to play in that game. But Cortland Sutton had the AC joint injury that held him out of that game. And didn't the Broncos lose Von Miller before that game as well to a season-ending injury? So, yeah, I understand the cause for concern here.

Starting point is 00:04:27 Though with Marvin, with it being a groin, certainly I think it's something you follow along with, right? you check the severity of it. It doesn't sound like it's too serious at this point for him and where the Broncos are at. So I think they're going to be cautious with how they work him back, considering, as you mentioned, he is a fast guy. He is, you know, his position requires him to turn, twist. I'm not overly concerned about it right now. Now, if he goes into practice next week and is not participating,

Starting point is 00:04:55 then I might be a little concerned because it really kind of leads us into our discussion point about the practice squad here. And I think this Marvin Mims injury is a great reminder here as to having a plan or needing to have a plan. And I think when you look at the wide receiver room specifically on the practice squad, Sarah, they didn't bring back or they weren't able to bring back every single undrafted rookie free agent they had on their training camp roster. It was a little puzzling to me. I'll admit, I was surprised. I thought at least Joaquin Davis, Courtney Jackson, I thought Jurewan Newton, at least one of those three guys would be back.

Starting point is 00:05:26 And I even thought Kiree's Rowan would be back potentially. neither of those guys came back. But the wide receivers you do have Michael Bandy, A.T. Perry. A.T. Perry, obviously I think is the more infatuating name and topic of the conversation here. But Michael Bandy can't do the things that Marvin Mims does. So no disrespect to Bandy. But every year I ask myself, I understand the familiarity that Joe Lombardi and the Broncos have here with Bandy. But what is Bandy doing for you in the event you have an injury?

Starting point is 00:05:56 You need to call someone up because he has not been a guy since. this time of being in Denver with all the injuries they've had, they've never called them up to the game day roster. To me, it's like, can that spot go to someone else that could actually develop and play one day? That's what I think too. That's exactly my opinion about it. And it's nothing against Michael Bandy, but it's exactly what you said. Circumstantially, if you need a wide receiver and a guy that's on your practice squad and has been for multiple years can't get called up or isn't good enough to get called up, then why is he on there? He must give a really good look for the scout team or he, I don't know, Cody.

Starting point is 00:06:30 I mean, there's got to be something that he really does well on the practice field or in the film room that contributes to the overall, you know, behind the scenes sort of deal. But I agree. I feel like it's time to discuss that because he was placed on the practice squad over a guy who did return punts in the, you know, the preseason all throughout the preseason was Courtney Jackson returning punts. And when Courtney got waived, he clears waivers. The Broncos wanted to bring him back.

Starting point is 00:06:56 But they didn't offer him right. way. I think that I can't remember if it was Luca Evans or Chris Thomason who reported that, Cody, but they said that the Broncos didn't offer him right away. And then he took the offer that he got from Seattle to go beyond their practice squad. So that's at this point, that ship has sailed. And none of the other guys were good enough for the Broncos to bring back or they just didn't feel like they had the room on their practice squad. They kept, you know, as we'll talk about 84 linebackers and 93 defensive backs on the practice squad. But that's the, that's the thing with is that you kept five receivers on the 53.

Starting point is 00:07:29 We all thought it was going to be six. You got a great trade for Devon Valle, totally fine, but you have to supplement that on your practice squad. And unfortunately, you've got the Yeti or the, you know, the whatever it is the mythical creature that wanders around in the forest, A.T. Perry and Michael Bandy, who has never been, I mean, he's never been called up. Like you said, I think that's the best way to put it.

Starting point is 00:07:54 We can bag on Bandy all we want here. that doesn't do any good. The reality is they've needed receivers in recent years, and he's never been called up. And there's got to be a reason for that. And so why does he continue to get that job? I'm a little frustrated, Cody, because of the timing of this. Like you said, it could not be worse timing.

Starting point is 00:08:14 You just assembled your roster. You just assembled the practice squad. Now your all pro return man goes down in a practice. You're not overly concerned about it. Okay. Well, if he's playing week one, then you can say, hey, you know what, next time, chill out, man. But you know what?

Starting point is 00:08:30 It's right before week one. And you know what? We're about to hit the ground running. So I don't like it at all. Well, the milk hasn't expired yet, right? So, I mean, we're cautiously awaiting that opening kickoff day next week. Obviously, the Broncos will practice here on Thursday. So the question is, do we see Marvin back out?

Starting point is 00:08:47 Maybe that'll alleviate our concerns a little bit. But that's obviously here to be determined here. We still have to get to practice this morning here in the Valley for that to be the case here, but something that we're monitoring. But for Sean Payton, I feel like to address it, like he didn't meet with the media on Wednesday, for him to address it to our good friend Leggy kind of off to the side and as kind of like a pool report, kind of signals that, you know, it's not too bad. And Sean has been pretty open. If it's something they're concerned about, you know, he's kind of indicated like, yeah, you know, we'll see. But I'm with you on this.

Starting point is 00:09:19 I think there's a reason to be concerned here. I am not overly worried about it right now, Sarah, once again, I think once we get to practice, we'll get some more clarity. Once I get there, I'll shoot you a text update as well to say, hey, MIMS on or off the field. We'll see where things are at here. But Broncos Country, please let us know your thoughts on the Broncos wide receiver room. Obviously, this injury to Marvin Mims and what the practice squad looks like for you. Are you disappointed in the overall wide receiver depth on the practice squad? Let us know your thoughts here on today's episode of the show here. But Broncos Country, the offensive side of the ball, got a lot of love from Sean Payton and the practice squad is a great indication of that, including the return of

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Starting point is 00:11:11 And you know what he turned down some 53 man offers to do it. The practice squad took shape with everybody that made up the 16 player practice squad. Man, they all were with the team during training camp. Pretty crazy the retention this Broncos team has had. And we're going to talk all about it on today's episode. But first, we want your feedback. We want to hear from you, the listener, the everydayers here at Lockdown Broncos, your favorite podcast, right? We want you to go to locked on podcasts.com slash survey and take a survey for us.

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Starting point is 00:12:04 the Broncos brought back offensively for the practice squad. Of course, the most notable name being quarterback Sam Ellinger, played well in the preseason, really did, made a lot of plays out there and really showed well in the Saints game. I think the notable story, though, is what came from Jordan Schultz initially, which is that Sam, he's turned down multiple 53-man offers, which later we found out are from quote-unquote contending teams to join their 53-man roster. So I'm interested by that, and I'm interested in your take of why he would do that.

Starting point is 00:12:38 I mean, does this mean that he views the Broncos as a contending team to turn down to other potential contenders? I mean, I think that's got to mean something there. on a serious note here with sam ellinger i think the connection inside that quarterback room is very very important right davis web has done a tremendous job as the q b's coach passing game coordinator but i think it's also the relationships that obviously beau and jarrant have formed with sam i mean not to mention the off-the-field aspect of these guys and their eyes like zach wilson was very much part of that they were at his wedding this off season

Starting point is 00:13:10 congrats to zach wilson there but sam was also now part of that group as well And I just think that there's this vibe. And Sean Payton certainly hasn't been shy about talking about how he feels about Sam and what Sam brings to the table. I think so much of it is, okay, I mean, yeah, I could go to some teams' 53-man roster and play there. But he wants to stay, I think, where he likes the environment. He likes the playbook.

Starting point is 00:13:34 He likes the scheme. But he's also going to be taking care of here because what did we even see when Ben Danucci was on the roster at one point? Sarah, we saw him elevated the game day roster because you know what that did for him? Cha-ching, you get a little bit of a paycheck bonus there when you do that. So I know Sean is going to find a way to do that here for Sam and the event, something were to happen and you need another quarterback. You need a guy who knows your system versus bringing in a guy who is with a different team in the summer that had learned an entirely different system.

Starting point is 00:14:03 We know the Broncos' offense is complex as it is. Sean's system, the way he likes to run it. Mike McGlinchie even acknowledged that. It's not easy to pick up. So you want a guy that's comfortable with that. I think Sam is comfortable with his situation right now. he's mentioned he's been with, you know, a handful of teams or, you know, he's been on a team. Like even the Indianapolis coach, he's been on some good quarterbacks there.

Starting point is 00:14:22 The question for him is, where is my situation? What's better for me right now? And he feels like it's clearly Denver, which I think is a great indication here of this coaching staff and where this Broncos team is headed. You don't believe us, believe the players that are choosing to stay here. I think another thing that was very interested in too about this practice squad, especially on the offensive side of the ball, Sarah, a lot of the guys that were, already on the roster here this summer. I mean, every player, 16 players signed. All 16 of them were in Denver this summer. You're not bringing in anybody from the outside, and not a lot of

Starting point is 00:14:55 your players outside of a couple got claimed on waivers. Audrick Estimate going obviously to the Philadelphia Eagles. Good for him. He's signing there. Damari Mathis got claimed by the Carolina Panthers. He's going to go reunite with his Euro ever. Okay, good for him at this point. But you're bringing in continuity of guys you feel like can continue to develop, minus the thing what you and I talked about with Michael Bandy here. Who on the offensive side of the ball in terms of all the players there? Are you most interested in terms of seeing like, okay, the developmental track is there for this guy?

Starting point is 00:15:24 Well, it's got to be tight end, Caleb Loner, right? I think when you are able to bring a guy like that back, you and I talked about how badly he struggled in the preseason. And I think that's okay for him to struggle like that. I mean, he played 56 snaps there at Utah and really didn't get a lot of a chance to develop while he was at the college level because he made the last minute switch to football from basketball. And so now you get an opportunity.

Starting point is 00:15:47 He's cleared waivers, which everyone really expected at this point because of how raw he looked in the preseason. And you get an opportunity to, you know, let that marinate there on the practice field and work with this guy and really hopefully see that vision come to fruition. Maybe next off season, maybe we'll see him take that big step forward. I don't know what will end up happening, but he'll be more comfortable with the offense. Obviously, he'll be more comfortable with his surroundings. He'll be, you know, who I've gone up against arguably the best defense in the NFL every day at practice.

Starting point is 00:16:17 Like, it's a really valuable year for Caleb Loner. And of course, I know like a lot of these rookies that are coming in after the transfer portal rules are different and the pandemic things. Like, he's an older rookie. So the clock is a ticking, as Sean Peyton said. But yeah, maybe next offseason something clicks for him or maybe he does get a chance at some point later this year. We'll see what happens. But I think his development is probably what we're most excited about in, terms of those guys as well as I'll say it I mean I still am fascinated by A.T. Perry.

Starting point is 00:16:47 Yeah. The Bronf won't quit him. So why would I? Like I know that people kind of want us to stop talking about him sometimes and I get it. I mean, he is like the gosh, why can't I think of the name of the Yetty? The aboundable snowman. Bigfoot. Yeah, Bigfoot. Exactly. Yeah, A.T. Perry has kind of become like this mythical creature at some point that we're like, when I have seen him. See him. Yeah, he's been out there. He was on the field for the last preseason. So those two guys, guys to me would be the two that I'd be most interested in their continued development. Yeah, and I think I'm, I agree with you there. I would say two other names that interest me the most right now. Just from a roster standpoint, nothing to do with development, but I think having a

Starting point is 00:17:26 vested veteran in Calvin Throckmorton is good flexibility. I also think with the news of Michael Burton being done for the year, you're still not there with Nate Adkins as he's coming back from that tight rope ankle surgery. You have veteran fullback Adam Prentice on the on the practice squad, whereas you do get three standard game day to practice squad elevations. Like that's the one thing I like about the practice squad is you're going to see a handful of these guys promoted to the 53 just for game day, right? Not necessarily like, hey, the Broncos have made a roster move. This guy's now been promoted.

Starting point is 00:17:56 It's, hey, we're designating you here on Saturday. You're going to be called up. You'll probably be inactive or you could play depending on where we have a numbers need or a numbers disadvantage. So I imagine that we will see Adam Prentice early on in the season. And there is even a chance the Broncos may not even. even need a fullback for the first week or two. They could do different stuff personnel-wise.

Starting point is 00:18:15 So it just gives you ultimate flexibility when it comes to that side of the ball. Though I feel like the practice squad, the game day promotions, those elevations, I feel like they're going to be something that we're going to apply more to the defensive side of the ball. Obviously, with some concerns at the linebacker depth here full of the Broncos, Denver kept a handful of linebackers here, which could give them the ultimate flexibility going into the regular season. We'll highlight the Broncos, defensive practice squad additions. Up next on today's episode, Lockdown Broncos. Today's show is also brought to you by Ruggiat.

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Starting point is 00:20:49 as Denver formulated, their 16-man practice squad, follow and cut down date. And the Broncos defense has a lot of flexibility and some good experience across the board. Thank you once again, Broncos country for making us your first listen, however you choose to do so here. Sir, let's go over some of the defensive names here. I think when the 53-man roster got set and obviously an undraft. guy in Karen A. Reid made the team. We factored in the injury history of Drake Greenlaw, Alex Singleton, where he's at at this juncture of his career. And we said,

Starting point is 00:21:19 wow, they made the bold decision to go with four on the active instead of five. Well, it turns out Sean Peyton, George Payton, they had a plan all along and it worked out because the Broncos, they brought back quite a few linebackers to their practice squad, where they have that flexibility to elevate them three times and eventually potentially putting them on the 53 at some point down the line if needed. There's a lot of flexibility here for this team. A lot of flexibility. Jordan Turner is back.

Starting point is 00:21:47 Garrett Wallow, the veteran is back. And Lavelle Bailey, shockingly, Cody, probably the biggest stunner amongst the final cuts for the Broncos. I think everybody had him on their 53-man roster projection. And that's largely due to the fact that he was running with the starting defense while Alex Singleton and Dre Greenlaw were nursing injuries throughout the course of training camps. So to see him get cut was a bit of a shocker. But I don't think also that anyone was overly surprised that he made it through waivers at the same time.

Starting point is 00:22:17 Because he's kind of one of those guys that he's like a Broncos guy. Like the Broncos. And I guess to a degree, right, Darren Moji in New York and you've got friends in high places elsewhere. So to a degree, it's a little surprising. But man, to have him back on the practice squad, I think we will see him shuffled up rather soon. and that's a huge advantage for the Broncos because we talked about their depth. We talked about the fact that, man, they had two guys claimed off of waivers. They traded Devon Veil.

Starting point is 00:22:46 You lost a couple of guys to other teams practice squads. So the depth of this team was not just something we were talking about. It's real. Other teams saw it on tape. But to get LaVelle Bailey back out of all of them, I mean, I don't know. I think that's a huge win for this team. Yeah, it is. And look, I think it's so much of that risk-reward factor.

Starting point is 00:23:04 For Denver, obviously, last year, John Payton told the story earlier this week where they were really on the phone with Lavelle Bailey for hours trying to negotiate, trying to get him to Denver because there was five or six other teams that were interested in him. Well, he makes the 53 initially last year, but then really the day after he made the 53, the Broncos waived him. He had to go through waivers so they can make another move. And we were sitting here like, wait, what was the reason for this? Why did the Broncos do this? He made it back onto the practice squad there. So I think I think from their standpoint operating, they thought that.

Starting point is 00:23:36 that, okay, hey, Lavelle is a guy that we feel like can get through waivers. We'll bring him back. It's not an indictment on him. I think it was more of a sign that probably those other teams that were negotiating with Karen E. Redu had a really good training camp, had a good preseason campaign. They were worried a little bit that maybe he was going to get claimed by another team. And so they didn't run that risk, kind of how they didn't run that risk last year with Lavel Bailey.

Starting point is 00:24:00 So I think that had more to do with it than anything. And certainly we're going to see that flexibility here. I also found it, you know, the couple of guys they brought back at the cornerback spot developmentally, Jaden Robinson, who you and I pinpointed as someone we liked. Quentin Newsom is a guy that they also brought back who was on the practice squad last year. I found it, though, the interesting one was Delarian Turner Yale, the veteran, returning on the practice squad after being waived. I like this for Denver.

Starting point is 00:24:26 I like this for Turner Yale, who's done so much work behind the scenes to try to come back from that brutal ACL injury he had. I think having him on the practice squad will be a little bit of a benefit here to the Broncos because it's going to be he and Keedron Smith. I think they'll give that offense some good looks on scout team. Absolutely. And they'll give your special teams depth that you can call upon whenever it's needed because those two guys were constantly in frame when the Broncos were doing, you know, kickoff coverage, punk coverage during the preseason, right?

Starting point is 00:24:56 So we've seen those guys and what they can do on special teams and they are effective in that way. and I think being on the practice squad being brought back, it's a sign that Darren Rizzi also likes what they bring to the table in that regard because you kind of look at a number of roster moves through the lens of, okay, you brought in a big time assistant coach like Darren Rizzi, these guys that they're keeping, obviously he's in favor of that. And he's not the final sign off on the roster by any means, but I think they do ask for his input certainly when it comes to guys like that.

Starting point is 00:25:25 I was a little surprised, Cody, that they didn't leave a spot open. And I guess there's still time for that. to happen. But I think the team is bullish on Jeremy Croshaw. They did not add a punter, which was you and I had kind of a little theory going about okay, add a punter to the practice squad, hedge your bets a little bit.

Starting point is 00:25:42 The Broncos are going to go with the unhinged approach. They're just saying, you know what? Let's let the rookie sink or swim. And I don't mind it. But at the same time, I think there's, that's something to definitely monitor here as we get into the regular season. Yeah. No, and it could change because even shot

Starting point is 00:26:00 said there's the first couple of weeks there's a lot of movement from your 53 your practice squad there could be things that change i mean this could change after week one against tennessee i mean depending on how crawshaw does that could lead to them sticking with him or they can lead to them bringing in competition from after week one onto the practice squad and also keep in mind to broncos country when you when you see it on the waiver wire sometimes where you hear us talk about it the broncos bring in a punter for a tryout most of the time it's not because they're looking at trying to bring in a punter. It's if they're facing a left-footed punter, they'll bring in a left-footed punter

Starting point is 00:26:36 for a day for trout. So I know that we may see that and someone's going to be like, oh, you know, here's the cross-shaw replacement or challenger or things like that. It could end up being the case, but more than likely it's not going to be Sean Peyton kind of reaffirmed his commitment to the rookie saying, we're going to live with the growing pains. And they're doing some things in practice as well in terms of simulating looks because a lot of it was attributed to maybe the first punt, not

Starting point is 00:27:00 being great, right? And he made the comparison of being at bat. Like Sean obviously watches a lot of baseball too. So in practice, they'll be doing something randomly. They'll throw out in a punt period there saying, hey, we're going to punt, even though it's not the designated special teams period there, just to see how he does there. And I'd say from what I've seen so far, good in practice. But then again, we've seen a lot of good in practice, not so much good in the games. I mean, when you're averaging 25 yards per punt in the preseason, you look at six

Starting point is 00:27:29 puns that he had, 262 total yards. It was like a net average of 43, but his average overall per punt was 25 yards. Sarah, that's not a good number. That's concerning here. So this is something I think we'll continue to monitor and watch as time goes on. But, yeah, I mean, realistic, I'd say the biggest surprise for me out of everything on the practice squad probably had more to do with the fact that they returned 16 players that were on their training camp roster versus them adding someone.

Starting point is 00:27:59 someone from the outside. It really kind of seems like right now the Broncos are focused on player development. We want guys who've been in the building and we really care about the outside noise. I found that to be probably the most interesting part of this whole practice squad formulation. Absolutely. That means that out of the 90 man roster that you have this off season that you're keeping 69 guys. So really nice stuff by the Denver Broncos there with the 53 man roster plus the 16 player practice squad. And then of course a couple of guys on short term I are. So it's even more than that, Cody. They've retained over 70 players on this team. I mean, it's, it's pretty nuts when you think about it because they were, what, 86% anyway from last year's team at the highest retention rate

Starting point is 00:28:40 on the roster in the entire NFL. And now you come out of training camp. You lose some guys, but you still are bringing back over 70 players who were a part of your 90-man roster. I mean, it's really good stuff from George Payton, Sean Payton, player development, coaching staff, scouting department. Everybody involved deserves to probably go out and celebrate a little bit after seeing how they assembled this thing and what it looks like going into this season. 100% agree with you, my friend. And Brockos Country, we appreciate you so much that to wrap up today's episode of the show. Thanks to all the everydayers out there.

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