Denver Broncos Face Replacing Injured Key Players

The Denver Broncos this past Sunday gave Broncos fans a glimpse of what we can see for the rest of the year with Teddy Bridgewater under center. Teddy managed to come out with a win to put the Broncos 1-0 in the AFC West. There were spectacular plays made on both sides of the ball, but there were also two key players who suffered injuries in week 1.

On Sunday, hopeful star receiver Jerry Jeudy went down with a high ankle sprain, which looked worse than what the initial replay showed during the game. Jeudy went under x-rays and was later diagnosed with a high ankle sprain that will leave the Broncos former 1st round draft pick to miss 6-8 weeks. While leaving the game early due to the high ankle sprain, Jeudy managed to reel in 6 receptions for 72 yards being the Broncos leading receiver for week 1 against the Giants.

Although, Jerry Jeudy was not the only player to go down in the Broncos week 1 match up against the New York Giants, veteran corner back Ronald Darby suffered a hamstring injury mid-way through the game. Darby is one of the acquisitions the Broncos acquired this offseason, signing a 3-year $30 million contract giving him the starting corner back roll next to Kyle Fuller. This past Sunday Darby helped the Broncos on the defensive side of the ball with 6 tackles and one pass break up. With the Broncos placing Ronald Darby on injured reserved, he can miss a total of 4-6 weeks in his recovery.

The Denver Broncos having two starting players that can possibly miss up to 8 weeks being in the regular season. For the replacement of Jerry Jeudy, KJ Hamler will be stepping into a bigger roll, which does not seem to be much pressure for the speedster receiver as he was one of the players to score a touchdown on Sunday. Also, with Ronald Darby being out we will see the start of Patrick Surtain, the Denver Broncos 2021 first round draft pick. Patrick Surtain showed us during the Denver Broncos pre-season that he can play in the NFL, but this is now the regular season and the rookie will have to step up to the plate and preform.