Broncos’ Kareem Jackson on Caden Sterns’ injury: “All we can do is be there for him” – The Denver Post

Broncos safety Caden Sterns missed the final 12 games of the 2022 season with a hip injury and it showed when he went down awkwardly Sunday against the Raiders.

The third-year safety tried to tackle Josh Jacobs in the backfield on the first play of the second quarter but went to the turf and immediately grabbed his left knee.

Head coach Sean Payton didn’t have an update after the game, but the team almost immediately ruled him out from returning to the game and Sterns was beside himself on the field. He slammed his fists to the turf, buried his head in his hands and wiped away tears once he was loaded into the cart and repeatedly punched the stretcher next to him.

All in all, it did not look good for the promising young defensive back.

“Definitely a tough loss for us,” Broncos safety Kareem Jackson said. “Hopefully it’s not anything serious. As his brother, I’ll be there for him for whatever he needs. You never want to see anybody go down, but when it’s one of our guys, a guy we spend a lot of time with and am very close to, it’s tough. It’s a tough fall for us. Like I said, all we can do is be there for him, whatever he needs, and we will.”

“I know how bad we want him to be out there,” linebacker Randy Gregory said. “I’ve seen him put work in (every day) to get back on the field. I’ve had my own injuries so you have to kind of reset your mind and get back to the game. But it’s tough to see that.”

Tight end Greg Dulcich also left the game late in the first half with what the team only described as a leg injury. Dulcich came up limping after running a deep route during Denver’s touchdown drive just before the half, checked himself out of the game and did not return to the sideline in uniform after the intermission.

Ryan McFadden contributed to this report.

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