When the Bron­cos report to the facil­i­ty Wednes­day morn­ing, they will like­ly begin life with­out out­side line­backer Von Miller, whose ankle injury late in Tuesday’s prac­tice is expect­ed to cost him the entire sea­son.

Miller’s injury is dou­bly impor­tant because Bradley Chubb (ACL) has not prac­ticed ful­ly since Aug. 28. The Bron­cos have expressed opti­mism that Chubb will be avail­able to play Mon­day against Ten­nessee, but coach Vic Fan­gio has said Chubb will be on a play count.

So who’s out there?

The quick ros­ter move would be rook­ie sev­enth-round pick Der­rek Tuzs­ka, who was waived Sat­ur­day and signed to the prac­tice squad Sunday.

Miller’s injury will cre­ate an imme­di­ate start­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for Jere­mi­ah Attaochu, who filled in for Chubb last year.

At this stage, the COVID-19 pro­to­cols would make it like­ly that if a vet­er­an is signed, it will be after Monday’s game so he has time to get to town, under­go test­ing and then his team-issued physical.

Here are some names to consider:

Clay Matthews

Age: 34.

2019 team: Los Ange­les Rams.

Sta­tis­tics: In 156 games (150 starts), he has 91 1/2 sacks, includ­ing four dou­ble-dig­it sack years for Green Bay. He joined the Rams in 2019 after a decade with the Pack­ers and had eight sacks in 13 games (614 snaps).

Com­ment: If the Bron­cos go this route, Matthews should top their list. He showed last year he can still get to the quar­ter­back and play a lot of snaps.

Terrell Suggs

Age: 37.

2019 team: Ari­zona and Kansas City.

Sta­tis­tics: In 244 games (226 starts), Sug­gs has 139 career sacks, includ­ing sev­en dou­ble-dig­it sack sea­sons for Bal­ti­more. After 16 years with the Ravens, he signed with Ari­zona and had 5 1/2 sacks in 13 games before Kansas City acquired him off waivers and he won a Super Bowl ring.

Com­ment: Sug­gs (6‑foot‑3, 265 pounds) is the co-biggest name on the board along with Matthews. There’s no ques­tion he would be a quick study and pro­vide lead­er­ship and poten­tial production.

Cameron Wake

Age: 38.

2019 team: Tennessee.

Sta­tis­tics: In 155 games (126 starts), he has 100 1/ 2 sacks, includ­ing five dou­ble-dig­it sack sea­sons for Mia­mi. After a decade with the Dol­phins, Wake had 2 1/2 sacks in nine games for Ten­nessee (195 snaps) and was placed on injured reserve on Nov. 26.

Com­ment: Just two years ago, Wake played 517 snaps in 14 starts for the Dol­phins, so if he’s healthy, he could have some­thing left in the tank as a sit­u­a­tion­al pass rusher.

Brooks Reed

Age: 33.

2019 team: Arizona.

Sta­tis­tics: In 129 games (86 starts) for Atlanta, Hous­ton and Ari­zona, Reed has 22 1/2 sacks. His career high is six sacks in 2011 as a rook­ie for Hous­ton. Last year for the Car­di­nals, he had one sack in nine games.

Com­ment: Reed checks the right size box for a Bron­cos out­side line­backer (6‑foot‑3, 254 pounds). He doesn’t have a ton of pro­duc­tion so he would be more of a depth play than being expect­ed to start.

Ziggy Ansah

Age: 31.

2019 team: Seattle.

Sta­tis­tics: A first-round pick by Detroit in 2013 (fifth over­all), Ansah has 50 1/2 sacks in 91 reg­u­lar-sea­son games. Last year with Seat­tle, he had 2 1/2 sacks in 11 games (338 snaps).

Com­ment: List­ed at 6‑foot‑5 and 275 pounds, Ansah’s expe­ri­ence is at defen­sive end, but the Bron­cos should explore him about play­ing a sit­u­a­tion­al edge rush­er role.