Broncos injuries: Two players held out of Thursday’s practice ahead of Packers clash

Two players for the Denver Broncos were not allowed to practice on Thursday. One participant also departed the session, and one player came back. Lucas Krull, a tight end with the Broncos, missed practice on Wednesday due to a sore toe. He returned on Thursday.

During practice, Denver receiver Devaughn Vele entered the locker room with the training staff. After practice, Vele “checked out fine,” according to Mike Klis of KUSA-TV. Art Green (concussion) and Levi Wallace (hamstring) of the Broncos were the only players on the active roster who were not wearing pads on Thursday. Coach Sean Payton said following yesterday’s practice that Green will miss this week’s practices but will probably return for the team’s final preseason game the following week.

“I don’t want to use the word a mild concussion, but the symptom scores are better for him,” Payton said of Green. “There’s a good chance that he won’t go this week and then we feel strongly he’ll be ready to go next week.” In addition to injured players, the Broncos also held out cornerback Pat Surtain and defensive linemen Zach Allen, John Franklin-Myers and Eyioma Uwazurike in their preseason opener.

All four should play this week. “[W]e have a number of guys that didn’t play in the game,” Payton said. “I don’t want to go through them all, but we feel somewhat positive that all of them will be involved this week and getting work against Green Bay.” Meanwhile, linebacker Drew Sanders (Achilles) and safety Delarrin Turner-Yell (ACL) remain on the physically unable to perform list.