Tyrie

Cleveland

Scary, though both players were reported to have feeling in their extremities. The backboard is usually “just” a precaution, though it obviously always denotes a potentially serious situation. Thankfully in this case, it would seem both players have avoided truly serious injury.

No real surprises here, as five of these guys had already been ruled out with injuries.

Turner has struggled with the knee injury dating back to camp and still isn’t ready to set foot on the field against the 49ers. Cameron Fleming will protect the blindside for Russell Wilson against San Francisco’s pass rush. Also inactive for the Broncos are: WR Jalen Virgil, WR Tyrie Cleveland (hamstring), CB Darius Phillips (hamstring), S Delarrin Turner-Yell, OLB Jonathon Cooper (hamstring), and DL Eyioma Uwazurike

He finished second on the team in receiving yards despite dropping an easy target. Yes, it’s exactly as bad as that sounded. Cleveland could be pushed into more snaps if Jerry Jeudy (shoulder) is sidelined and KJ Hamler can’t make it back for Week 3, but he’ll be a cheap DFS play at best.

The Broncos get Bryce Callahan and A.J. Bouye back this week after getting ravaged by Matt Ryan without them last week. Derek Carr gets a considerably more difficult matchup with Denver’s top corners both healthy but remains a viable QB2 with QB1 upside. Jerry Jeudy is also active, as expected.

Cleveland (6'2/209) was a part-time starter over his four years in Gainesville, underwhelming with a career 79/1,271/8 receiving line with the Gators. His above-average length (32 7/8") and sky-high vertical (39 1/2") are outstanding traits to have for a player who towers over most corners, but the reality is Cleveland averaged a poor 1.65 yards per route run, not to mention unreliable hands, in his collegiate career. PFF charted him with as many drops (10) as broken tackles (10) in his four years at Florida. Overall, Cleveland hasn’t proven himself as an explosive offensive weapon, but his special teams abilities might keep him on the Broncos’ roster.