Rams at Broncos

7:05 p.m., Saturday

TV: KTVD-20. Radio: 850 AM/94.1 FM.

Five Broncos to watch

WR Courtland Sutton

If Sut­ton is back to 100% after last September’s torn ACL, the Bron­cos’ pass­ing game will go through him. He is expect­ed to play against the Rams in his first game since being injured against Pitts­burgh. Train­ing camp has been a suc­cess for Sut­ton in that he hasn’t been held out for injury and there have been days when he looked like his 2019 Pro Bowl ver­sion. Play­ing in a pre­sea­son game will be the next cor­ner turned for Sutton.

OLB Von Miller

Miller will see the field for the first time since the Decem­ber 2019 finale against the Raiders and just about a year removed from his ankle injury that robbed him of the ’20 sea­son. The Bron­cos have wait­ed to play on a nat­ur­al grass sur­face to give Miller a test dri­ve for Week 1. Coach Vic Fan­gio has man­aged Miller’s prac­tices (mul­ti­ple off days) and don’t expect to see him for more than 10–12 snaps Sat­ur­day, but this is a big step for No. 58.

CB Nate Hairston

The injury to Michael Oje­mu­dia (ham­string) and con­tin­ued reha­bil­i­ta­tion of Essang Bassey (ACL) has cre­at­ed an open­ing for the fifth cor­ner­back spot enter­ing the reg­u­lar sea­son. The top four of Ronald Dar­by, Kyle Fuller, Pat Sur­tain II and Bryce Calla­han are set, but Hair­ston could have as many as three quar­ters to show the coach­ing staff he mer­its a ros­ter spot ahead of rook­ies Kary Vin­cent and Mac McCain III.

TE Albert Okwuegbunam

Okwueg­bunam is expect­ed to see his first action since tear­ing his ACL last Novem­ber against Atlanta. If he’s ready to go in the reg­u­lar sea­son, he adds a poten­tial­ly dynam­ic dimen­sion to the Bron­cos’ pass­ing game, able to line up in the slot or out wide and win 1‑on‑1 matchups. Okwueg­bunam fig­ures to play with the starters since Noah Fant (leg) will sit out.

WR Tyrie Cleveland

Cleve­land end­ed last sea­son with momen­tum and fig­ured to have a role as a spe­cial teams core play­er. But he has been ultra-qui­et this train­ing camp and pre­sea­son (no catch­es in two games) and he may rank behind Trin­i­ty Ben­son and Kendall Hin­ton in the com­pe­ti­tion for the sixth receiv­er spot. Cleve­land needs to make a play offen­sive­ly or on spe­cial teams to help his status.