J.K. Dobbins is latest Denver Bronco to leave practice hurt as Sean Payton laments injuries

**Henry Chisholm** (0:01)
This is the DNVR Broncos Podcast from the Toyota Lounge.

**Andre Simone** (0:05)
Damn straight, Hanky.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:06)
Damn straight, it's a Monday.

**Andre Simone** (0:08)
Yeah, what a time to be alive, huh?

**Henry Chisholm** (0:10)
Yeah, what a time.

**Andre Simone** (0:11)
So great.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:12)
Still hot outside.

**Andre Simone** (0:14)
I know.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:14)
Sean Payton says that's not the reason for the soft tissue issue, injuries though, which is kind of interesting. Huh? Yeah.

**Andre Simone** (0:20)
Well, he's neither a meteorologist nor a doctor.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:22)
Right, which kind of puts him in a tough spot on that one.

**Zac Stevens** (0:25)
Yeah.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:25)
I'm Henry Chisholm. You've got Dre here today.

**Zac Stevens** (0:27)
I am.

**Andre Simone** (0:28)
Andre Simone.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:28)
It's always Andre Simone or Dre. It's never Dre Simone.

**Andre Simone** (0:31)
That's exactly right.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:32)
Yeah. It's kind of interesting. And on the Xfandi Mobile call in line, we've got Zac Stevens who's still out at practice.

**Andre Simone** (0:38)
Let's go.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:40)
How's it going, Zac?

**Zac Stevens** (0:41)
Let's go, fellas. Another big day for the Broncos. Eighth training camp practices in the books. We've got DMACC behind me bringing the energy, which is exactly what we need today. We bring a special guest every day. Today, it's the great DMACC.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:58)
Wow.

**Zac Stevens** (0:59)
That's great. How's DMACC doing? Wait, real quick.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:02)
Is DMACC still there? Ask him what he thinks of JK's injury. Oh, shoot.

**Zac Stevens** (1:05)
No, he's gone. Sorry. I bet he'd have a take. It's quick in and out. He's doing better than JK though, I'll tell you that.
One of the guys that you just do not want to see go off practice with trainers. That's what happened with JK Dobbins. Now, it wasn't like a brutal way that he walked off. He was jogging off with trainers behind him, which is never a good sign to see. After practice, Sean Payton opened up a little bit more on this injury than he typically does with other injuries. He did say that JK Dobbins has a soft tissue injury and thinks he'll be fine, but he didn't say it with as much conviction as he has with other guys saying that they'll be fine. But I'll take Sean for his words saying that he believes that JK is going to be fine. And this is one that we're definitely gonna be keeping our eyes on because of how important JK is. And obviously we know his injury history, but what I will say, that pinky promise that he made to the media is not broken yet. He said that he's going to be available for all 17 games. Broncos still have, what are we looking at? A month and four days until their first game. So maybe he's getting it out of the way right now, which would be good. That's obviously a positive way to look at it. Obviously there's a lot of concern whenever JK goes down or out of practice.

**Andre Simone** (2:25)
There's that time, guys, where you guys have to read into how someone's jogging off the field, did the trainers follow them, with what kind of confidence is Sean Payton speaking about, whether someone's okay. What a glorious time to be alive. I just love it.
Well, what else stood out in camp? I love the Pat, Brian and Anietam updates from Saturday's show. By the way, a classic, a real classic. Great work by you guys and Benny. What else went down at camp today, Zac, sir?

**Zac Stevens** (2:56)
Well, I'll tell you, just staying on the injury front, couple of things that stood out. Sean Payton admitted that they are concerned and looking into all the soft tissue injuries that the Broncos have had. Look, during Sean Payton's first three years with the Broncos, they have been one of the least injured teams in the NFL, and that came right after they were one of the most injured teams in the NFL in the Hackett year. So Sean Payton came in here, and boy, did bringing Bo Lowry and all of their methods work perfectly, but it seems to be catching up to them right now. Sean Payton said all of the soft tissue injuries he does not believe are the weather, but the Broncos are doing things differently. At the end of practice, the Broncos stretched, which they have not done during training camp this year so far. So I respect Sean for saying something's not working with what we're doing. What can we do to better the injuries here? And they are doing some things. Now saying that, it was still a two and a half hour practice. In fact, they ended one minute early.