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Jeff Legwold
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos linebacker Drew Sanders, who missed all however 5 video games final season, was carted off the apply discipline Saturday with a proper ankle/foot damage.
In group drills about 90 minutes into the exercise, Sanders completed a play hopping on one leg, as he tried to maintain his weight off his proper leg. The Broncos’ medical workers examined Sanders’ proper ankle after which proper foot on the sideline earlier than the third-year linebacker was helped on to a cart and brought to the locker room.
Sanders, who suffered a torn Achilles tendon in preseason exercises final yr, was later taken for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination.
After apply Broncos coach Sean Payton mentioned he had no replace on the severity of Sanders’ damage, however added “it isn’t his Achilles.”
The Achilles damage restricted Sanders, who was a third-round decide by the Broncos within the 2023 draft, to the final 4 video games of the common season in 2024 in addition to the playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills within the Wild Card spherical. Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph has persistently lauded Sanders’ athleticism and mentioned throughout the offseason he was optimistic in regards to the influence Sanders may have as a situational participant at inside linebacker in addition to a go rusher.
Sanders has spent the early a part of camp as a backup at inside linebacker as Alex Singleton is getting back from an ACL tear in Week 3 final yr and free agent signee Dre Greenlaw had missed the on-field work within the Broncos’ offseason program with a thigh damage.
Additionally Saturday, proper sort out Mike McGlinchey missed his third consecutive apply. He was on the sphere Saturday, viewing drills as he wore a sleeve on his proper leg.