Player attendance

Did not prac­tice: Tight end Austin Fort (knee, sev­enth missed prac­tice), WR Juwann Win­free (groin, fourth), TE Nick Van­nett (con­cus­sion pro­to­col, third), WR KJ Ham­ler (ham­string, sec­ond), ILB Todd Davis (calf, first), OLB Von Miller (elbow, first) and RB Melvin Gor­don (ribs, first).

New injuries

RT Eli­jah Wilkin­son rolled his ankle while block­ing OLB Malik Reed in team work and did not fin­ish prac­tice (replaced by Calvin Anderson).

Top play

Dur­ing a hur­ry-up peri­od for the first-team offense, WR Tim Patrick made a fine catch at the front pylon of the end zone with CB A.J. Bouye in tight coverage.

Thumbs up

Short­ened prac­tice. Work­ing for the sixth con­sec­u­tive day, coach Vic Fan­gio could have called for a 2 1/2‑hour prac­tice, but end­ed it at about the 1‑hour, 50-minute mark.

Live action. The Bron­cos fin­ished prac­tice with a “live” goal-line/short-yardage peri­od, but play­ers pro­tect­ed each oth­er and every­body stayed healthy.

ILB Josey Jew­ell. Replaced last Octo­ber by Alexan­der John­son, Jew­ell got the first shot in Todd Davis’ spot with the first-team defense.

Odds and ends

• The Bron­cos prac­ticed in full pads Fri­day (70 snaps of 11-on-11 work).
• First peri­od of 11-on-11: WR Kendall Hin­ton dropped QB Jeff Driskel’s sec­ond pass. QB Drew Lock had com­ple­tions to RB Royce Free­man and TE Noah Fant. QB Brett Ryp­i­en com­plet­ed four con­sec­u­tive pass­es dur­ing his series.
• Sec­ond peri­od of 11-on-11: Lock threw only one pass (to RB Phillip Lind­say) dur­ing his sev­en plays.
• Third peri­od of 11-on-11: CB A.J. Bouye had good cov­er­age on WR Court­land Sut­ton to force s Lock incom­ple­tion. On his final play, Lock would have been sacked, but he scram­bled and threw side-armed for Sut­ton, but over­shot him and S Justin Sim­mons inter­cept­ed. WR Fred Brown dropped a pass by Driskel.
• Fourth peri­od of 11-on-11: Good stuff from Lock. In a hur­ry-up sit­u­a­tion, the first-team offense ran 12 plays and Lock com­plet­ed sev­en pass­es, includ­ing three to Sut­ton and two to Patrick (one touch­down). Bouye had a pass break-up. Driskel’s hur­ry-up pos­ses­sion was derailed by a pass break-up by S Trey Mar­shall and a scramble.
• High­lights from 7‑on‑7 for Lock: His first pass intend­ed for Sut­ton was bro­ken up by CB Bryce Calla­han and his last pass intend­ed for TE Albert Okwueg­bunam was bro­ken up in the end zone by S Justin Sim­mons. Lock com­plet­ed pass­es to WR Jer­ry Jeudy, WR Tim Patrick (touch­down) and Fant.
• High­lights from 7‑on‑7 for Driskel and Ryp­i­en: Driskel com­plet­ed four con­sec­u­tive pass­es to start his series, includ­ing two to TE Jake Butt. Ryp­i­en had a com­ple­tion to Butt and a touch­down pass to Okwueg­bunam (S Dou­glas Cole­man in coverage).

Saturday’s schedule

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