Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman and Lindahl 9-11-26

Jeff, let's start in this space right now.

This is an extremely healthy Broncos team with Marvin Mims, the only name on the injury report going into this game.

There were a lot of soft tissue, muscle tweaks and whatnot going on during the preseason, but the Broncos going to this game, mostly healthy.

What do you think the approach is for Denver early on in this season after a training camp in which they dealt with some annoying little things here and there to just try and get through the hot part of the schedule nice and healthy?

Yeah, you know, it's been their focus.

I mean, Sean Payton basically announced he was, you know, forbidding any more injuries at one point in camp.

So, you know, I think they've tried very hard.

This is the longest stretch between a final preseason game and an opener that I can remember a team having, and certainly any team I've ever covered never had a gap like this.

So I think the challenge has been to do, you know, just sort of stay sharp, not be stale, and not keep guys on the field so long that you have – those injuries pop up because you just keep going at it.

I remember vividly a Fangio camp one year when they just kept grinding after the last preseason game, and that team came out of the gate as poorly as I can ever remember.

So I think they've been real cognizant of trying to keep everybody on the field healthy.

They didn't take as many veteran rest days as he sort of implied.

in camp, but I think they've managed their time on the field and kind of what they did in each of those drills.

And I think today is even an example.

They sort of made today a recovery day for players, you know, to go in and use all of the new facilities they have now that a lot of teams don't.

So I think you're seeing sort of the whole portfolio now of the new facility and what it means.

Jeff, let's start in this space right now.

This is an extremely healthy Broncos team with Marvin Mims, the only name on the injury report going into this game.

There were a lot of soft tissue, muscle tweaks and whatnot going on during the preseason, but the Broncos going to this game, mostly healthy.

What do you think the approach is for Denver early on in this season after a training camp in which they dealt with some annoying little things here and there to just try and get through the hot part of the schedule nice and healthy?

Yeah, you know, it's been their focus.

I mean, Sean Payton basically announced he was, you know, forbidding any more injuries at one point in camp.

So, you know, I think they've tried very hard.

This is the longest stretch between a final preseason game and an opener that I can remember a team having, and certainly any team I've ever covered never had a gap like this.

So I think the challenge has been to do, you know, just sort of stay sharp, not be stale, and not keep guys on the field so long that you have – those injuries pop up because you just keep going at it.

I remember vividly a Fangio camp one year when they just kept grinding after the last preseason game, and that team came out of the gate as poorly as I can ever remember.

So I think they've been real cognizant of trying to keep everybody on the field healthy.

They didn't take as many veteran rest days as he sort of implied.

in camp, but I think they've managed their time on the field and kind of what they did in each of those drills.

And I think today is even an example.

They sort of made today a recovery day for players, you know, to go in and use all of the new facilities they have now that a lot of teams don't.

So I think you're seeing sort of the whole portfolio now of the new facility and what it means.