Bourbon Belly Up August 16 -22
By Adam Uribes · Bourbon Belly Up · · 2 min read
Training camp “fights” are a time-honored tradition. But it was still notable seeing the names involved in Denver’s kerfuffle this week, with Bo Nix in the red corner and Nik Bonitto in the blue corner.
You wouldn’t know it from the dead grass and bown lawns outside, but meaningful football is just a few weeks away. With Denver winning its debut game versus the Atlanta Falcons 27-7 and catching up on the fight club, also known as training camp, there is plenty to go over, so let’s dive in! Safely, of course.
**What’s a fight among brothers, right? **
Training camp “fights” are a time-honored tradition. But it was still notable seeing the names involved in Denver’s kerfuffle this week, with Bo Nix in the red corner and Nik Bonitto in the blue corner. Is a fight a bad thing? Not when you consider it's another moment in a series of moments that says how much Nix is looked at as the leader of this team and that the defense is playing with a nasty edge even during preseason. "Iron sharpens iron" seems to come to mind, right?
**2’s a company, but 3 is a crowd?**
Sean Payton clarified this week that he would like to have two guys primarily toting the rock for the Broncos this year due to the difficulties of keeping three guys in the flow of a game. How much longer is that going to last if Jonah Coleman runs in the regular season the way he did in his NFL debut versus the Falcons? These are good problems to have, but look for Coleman to have a bigger role as the year progresses.
**Who is the undrafted rookie for this year?**
Including their 2026 draft class, the Broncos brought in 14 names to fill out the 90-man roster for the preseason. So far, from the game last week, some early candidates to be the yearly undrafted rookie making the team would be, in no particular order, Gavin Ortega (OL Weber State), Cam Ross (WR Virginia) and Taruean York (LB Texas A&M). While there are still chances for other players to show out, these three are showing flashes of potential that could translate to the final 53-man roster.
What will the storyline be after the scoreboard reads 0:00 on Friday night? Whatever happens, Orange Weekly has you covered for all your Denver Broncos news.
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