{"id":290824,"date":"2023-08-29T23:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=290824"},"modified":"2023-08-29T23:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:29:03","slug":"broncos-wr-jerry-jeudy-avoiding-injured-reserve-placement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nfl\/broncos-wr-jerry-jeudy-avoiding-injured-reserve-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos WR Jerry Jeudy avoiding injured reserve placement"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Broncos are hoping Jerry Jeudy\u2019s hamstring injury heals quickly.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re banking on it, in fact.<\/p>\n
General manager George Paton confirmed Tuesday that Denver\u2019s top receiver will not start the season on short-term injured reserve.<\/p>\n
Jeudy came up grabbing his right hamstring during practice last Thursday against the Los Angeles Rams and had to be carted to the sideline. The normal recovery for moderate, or Grade 2, hamstring injury starts at four weeks. Jeudy suffered the injury 17 days before the regular season.<\/p>\n
If he had been placed on injured reserve Wednesday, he would have had to miss at least the first four weeks of the season.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Broncos are hoping to get him back somewhere in an opening run that includes home games against Las Vegas and Washington, then road contests at Miami and Chicago.<\/p>\n
Denver\u2019s six wide receivers in practice Tuesday \u2014 not including Michael Bandy, who was waived immediately after practice \u2014 were Jeudy, Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims Jr., Brandon Johnson, Marquez Callaway and Lil\u2019Jordan Humphrey.<\/p>\n
Browning to miss at least four games.<\/strong> Outside linebacker Baron Browning, on the other hand, will begin the season on reserve\/physically unable to perform as expected.<\/p>\n That means the third-year outside linebacker, who had offseason knee surgery, will miss at least Denver’s first four games. At that point, he has a window of several weeks to return to practice.<\/p>\n “He’s making great progress,” Paton said. “I think he’s ahead of schedule. He’s working. We feel like we’ll get him \u2014 it has to be four weeks, but we’ll see shortly thereafter.”<\/p>\n This story will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n Want more Broncos news? Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n