Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton played 190 defensive snaps last season, with 49 of those coming after he tore an anterior cruciate ligament.
Singleton injured his knee on the eighth play of the Week 3 win over the Buccaneers on Sept. 22. He didn’t miss a snap in the game, but the injury did end the rest of his season.
He gave Zac Stevens of DNVR a promising update Tuesday.
“It’s good. I feel like I’m on schedule. It’s feeling really good,” Singleton said. “I’m working my way in to doing things with the guys, which has been the most important thing to kind of be on that timeline with everyone else during the offseason. I’m able to do that. Full speed ahead for me. We’re going to just keep attacking this like everything else. Excited for this season.”
Singleton doesn’t have a timeline when doctors will clear him to return to football activities, but he promises to be on the field for Week 1.
“I still can’t technically fully say, but let’s just say that there should be no worries about ’49’ playing this year,” Singleton said. “I’ll be out there.”
Singleton has worked with the team’s vice president of player health and performance Beau Lowery every day since his surgery Oct. 15. He posted video to his Instagram of him running full speed.
“Let’s just say we’re in a really good spot,” Singleton said. “You get three more months. Three more. So we’re good.”
The authorities in Riverside County, California have conducted a preliminary investigation into the golf-cart incident that resulted in the death of former NFL agent Jeff Sperbeck.
Via Luca Evans of the Denver Post, Sheriff Chad Bianco said there is “nothing that we have found” to suggest charges are in order.
“This appears to be a horrific accident,” Bianco told the Post. “And unfortunately for all of those involved, one of the people — well, a couple of them — happen to be very high-profile celebrities. And that makes this more of an issue than it probably should be.”
Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway was driving the cart when Sperbeck fell from it. Bianco said medical personnel at the scene found no evidence to suggest Elway may have been operating the cart under the influence of alcohol.
Bianco explained that no information from first responders raised red flags, and that his office explored the situation only because of the “massive media inquiry” that followed.
He said witness statements revealed no discrepancies, and that an evaluation of the cart revealed no indication of a malfunction.
Hall of Fame tight end and media personality Shannon Sharpe stepped aside from his two-days-per-week employment with ESPN, in the aftermath of the filing of a civil complaint against him alleging sexual assault and other claims. While Sharpe didn’t step aside until Thursday, his on-air First Take partner knew it was coming on Monday, after he saw the news of the lawsuit.
Via BarrettSportsMedia.com, Stephen A. Smith recently explained in an appearance on the BigBoyTV podcast that he sensed right away what the end result would be.
“Although I was hopeful that it ultimately would not lead to him being off the air, I knew it wasn’t going to go down like that because I know Disney,” Smith said. “The court of public opinion is what the Disney’s of the world and others concerned themselves with. That’s a more immediate issue, and unfortunately, that has worked against him at this particular moment in time.”
Smith nevertheless said he believes Sharpe’s claim that he did nothing wrong.
“I know the brother tells me he’s innocent,” Smith said. “I believe him. I know that he does not trust easy, and that honest conversations that he’s had with me he wouldn’t have with just anybody. I’m going to honor that, and I’m going to make sure that he knows and that everybody knows that no matter how things go down, not to say that he would rely on me, but if he ever chose to, anything that I can do for him as a friend I will do.”
After the news of the lawsuit emerged on Monday, Sharpe’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, conducted a Tuesday afternoon press conference. Davis said Sharpe offered “at least $10 million” to settle the claim before suit was filed. Davis thereafter insisted that the eight-figure offer does not undermine Sharpe’s claim of innocence.
After Sharpe announced he would exit ESPN until the start of the NFL preseason, Deadline.com reported that ESPN was in the process of sidelining him. Sharpe’s team issued a statement insisting that Sharpe acted on his own.
Sharpe said he was exiting ESPN to “focus on his family and the frivolous claim filed against him.” Sharpe has nevertheless continued to produce podcast content; last weekend, he recorded shows from the draft in Green Bay.
Former NFL agent Jeff Sperbeck died after falling off a golf cart driven by his friend, business partner and former client, John Elway. Sperbeck was 62.
Elway released a statement Wednesday night.
“I am absolutely devastated and heartbroken by the passing of my close friend, business partner and agent Jeff Sperbeck,” Elway wrote. “There are no words to truly express the profound sadness I feel with the sudden loss of someone who has meant so much to me. My heart and deepest sympathies go out to Jeff’s wife, Cori; his children Carly, Sam and Jackson; and everyone who knew and loved him. Jeff will be deeply missed for the loyalty, wisdom, friendship and love he brought into my life and the lives of so many others.”
Sperbeck was injured Saturday night in La Quinta, California, when he fell out of the passenger seat of a golf cart and hit his head on the asphalt. He was on life support at a Palm Springs hospital until early Wednesday.
“We are deeply saddened to share the passing of our beloved Jeff Sperbeck,” the Sperbeck family said in a statement. He was a wonderful father, husband, brother, son and friend to many and will be profoundly missed by all. We are grieving this unimaginable loss as a family alongside our dearest friends, the Elway’s, and the many other clients Jeff called friends. We are grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of support that we have received and ask for privacy for our family at this difficult time.”
The Raiders are adding to their front office from a division rival.
Per Albert Breer of SI.com, Las Vegas is hiring Brian Stark to be the club’s assistant General Manager under new G.M. John Spytek.
Stark was previously Denver’s director of college scouting. He was in that role for eight seasons, spending a total of 13 seasons with the Broncos. He was previously a national scout and a regional scout for the franchise.
Stark and Spytek worked together with Denver from 2013-2015.
Over the weekend, former NFL agent Jeff Sperbeck fell from a golf cart, suffering a traumatic injury. Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, according to TMZ.com, was driving the cart.
Per the report, the 61-year-old Sperbeck fell from the back of the cart, striking his head on asphalt.
Elway made the call to 911. Sperbeck was transported to a local hospital.
The accident happened Saturday, on the grounds of a private golf community. The prognosis for Sperbeck is not good, per the report.
Sperbeck represented Elway during his playing career. They launched 7Cellars winery in 2013.
Running back Chris Evans is set to head to Denver for an attempt to resume his NFL career.
Evans ruptured the patellar tendon in his knee while playing for the Bengals last summer and he missed the entire 2024 season as a result. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Evans will take part in the Broncos’ rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.
The Bengals drafted Evans in the sixth round in 2021. He played in 38 games and ran 21 times for 102 yards while also seeing time on special teams. Evans had seven tackles and averaged 22.4 yards per kickoff return.
The Broncos drafted RJ Harvey in the second round and added him to a running back group that includes Jaleel McLaughlin, Audric Estime, Tyler Badie, and Blake Watson.
The reports of the demise of Dre Greenlaw’s season have been greatly exaggerated.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Greenlaw will be ready to go in eight weeks.
As another source explained it, Green did not suffered a torn quadriceps. It’s only a strain.
However it plays out, he’ll be ready to go for the start of training camp.
That’s great news for him, and for the Broncos. He was one of Denver’s big-ticket free-agent signings in March, after spending the first six seasons of his career with the 49ers.
One of the Broncos’ key free agent signees won’t see the field for a while.
Jennifer Lee Chan of NBC Sports Bay Area reports that linebacker Dre Greenlaw tore a quadriceps while working out. The injury could force him to miss a substantial portion of the 2025 season, per Chan.
It is unknown whether Greenlaw will require surgery to repair it.
The Broncos declined comment to Chan.
Greenlaw tore his Achilles in Super Bowl LVIII to end the 2023 season and missed most of last season before a brief return. He played only Weeks 14-15 before knee and calf soreness related to his Achilles ended his season.
Greenlaw, who turns 28 next month, made nine tackles last season.
He spent six seasons with the 49ers before becoming a free agent. General Manager John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan flew to Texas to meet with Greenlaw after he had committed to the Broncos, but Greenlaw still signed a three-year deal worth up to $31.5 million.
UPDATE 8:08 P.M. ET: A source tells PFT that Greenlaw strained his quadriceps and will miss eight weeks. He is expected to return in time for training camp.
The most inexperienced player selected in the 2025 NFL draft was Utah tight end Caleb Lohner, who was drafted in the seventh round by the Broncos.
How inexperienced is Lohner? “Fifty-seven plays,” Broncos General Manager George Paton said after drafting him.
That’s it. In the same draft as No. 2 overall pick Travis Hunter, who once played 149 snaps in a single game, Lohner was selected despite playing just 57 snaps in his college career.
But Broncos head coach Sean Payton said the Broncos liked what they saw of Lohner, who played mostly basketball in college before joining the Utah football team for one season last year.
“We’re late in this draft and you’re rooting for some guys, and you see upside,” Payton said. “He’s 6-7, 245. You can see the basketball skill set — that’s easy — at a high level. You’re looking at a small amount of playing time, and yet enough to where you’re watching him. I think the other thing that helped was watching him at the Big 12 Pro Day. There’s just a few plays that you see movement skills — and man, there’s a lot to work with.”
Payton has experience coaching a college basketball player with limited football experience and helping him turn into an All-Pro tight end. That’s what Payton did in New Orleans with Jimmy Graham, who played four years of basketball and one year of football in college at Miami before becoming one of the best tight ends in the NFL with the Saints.
Expecting Lohner to become another Jimmy Graham might be too much to ask, but the Broncos think he might just become an NFL playmaker, even if he takes longer to develop than most.
