The Denver Broncos camp revealed yesterday that linebacker Drew Sanders tore his Achilles tendon last month. Sanders will be out of the game until the conclusion of the season due to this type of injury, which typically takes six to nine months to heal. Both Broncos fans and insiders are shocked by the news, as many had anticipated that the versatile linebacker would have a breakout season this year.
Insiders Todd Davis, Zac Stevens, and Henry Chisholm discussed Sanders’ injury on the DNVR Broncos Podcast and expressed deep disappointment. Todd Davis, a former linebacker with the Broncos, opened the meeting by voicing his worries on the injuries.
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For the Broncos, it is imperative that one of their rookies take the next step. Henry Chisholm pointed out that Sanders was targeted as one of those this year. It was with disappointment that the DNVR reporter saw the footballer fall down with an injury. He said,
“He was one of the exciting young guys, like one of the young guys with the high ceiling who could have broken out this year and become a a really good player. It sucks to lose one of those because the Broncos are kind of lacking that sort of thing right now um in terms of what’s going to happen on the field.”
Additionally, Zac Stevens noted that this implies the rookie’s entire year of development has been wasted. Although Zac and other people didn’t think Drew would settle on a position by the end of the previous season, they did think he would eventually pick one and improve at it. Sadly, the injury undoes all of the gains.
“This hurts a guy like Drew even more just because man the attributes are there to potentially be like a first round pick if he were developed as a pass rusher coming out because he has the skills and now to just take this full year of development away… ‘Oh man, this is just brutal!”
Sanders gave the Denver supporters enough indications in his debut season of last year, even though he didn’t blow up the NFL.