Damage Broncos OL Garett Bolles, CB Ronald Darby out for 12 months

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — An unpleasant loss Thursday night time to the Indianapolis Colts turned even uglier Friday morning for the Denver Broncos as coach Nathaniel Hackett mentioned left deal with Garett Bolles (leg/ankle) and cornerback Ronald Darby (knee) will miss the rest of the season.

It means within the span of 4 days — Sunday’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders and Thursday’s loss to the Colts — the Broncos have seen operating again Javonte Williams, Bolles and Darby every undergo season-ending accidents.

Bolles suffered a fractured decrease proper leg with simply over three minutes remaining in regulation of the 12-9 time beyond regulation loss to the Colts. The Broncos weren’t optimistic in regards to the sixth-year deal with’s short-term prognosis when he was examined by the crew’s medical workers on the stadium.

He was taken for added exams Friday morning and the necessity for surgical procedure to restore the fracture was confirmed. Bolles has been one of many crew’s extra sturdy gamers given he has began from his first sport as a rookie in 2016 when he was the crew’s first-round draft decide and has missed simply 4 video games in his profession with three of these video games final season when he missed two with an ankle harm in addition to one other on the COVID-19/reserve checklist.

Darby, who had ACL surgical procedure in 2018 when he was with the Philadelphia Eagles, suffered his harm simply earlier than halftime. Add within the truth vast receiver Tim Patrick, who led the crew in landing catches final 12 months, suffered a season-ending knee harm in coaching camp to go along with Williams’ harm this previous Sunday, the Broncos (2-3) have suffered important losses on the prime of the depth chart over their first 5 video games.

Exterior linebacker Randy Gregory additionally suffered meniscus harm in his knee towards the Raiders as nicely and can miss a number of weeks.

“Accidents are issues are issues, as a coach, I am unable to management,” Hackett mentioned. ” … They’re long-term issues … I can solely go to the drafting board and grind, and attempt to discover methods to place individuals in good positions and the brand new guys are going to should go in there. We now have to discover a solution to make them profitable.”

Hackett mentioned Friday given the Broncos have some extra time earlier than their subsequent sport — a Monday night time sport Oct. 17 towards the Los Angeles Chargers — the offensive workers will meet to debate who will substitute Bolles. Calvin Anderson completed out the sport Thursday night time, however Billy Turner, a free-agent signee who has but to play this season as he has recovered from a knee harm, is another choice and is closing in on a return to the lineup.

Hackett mentioned Turner, may have performed towards the Colts, however as a result of it was a brief prep week, Turner was a gameday inactive.

Rookie Damarri Mathis, who was a fifth-round decide on this previous April’s draft, performed in Darby’s spot within the second half of Thursday’s loss.

Hackett additionally mentioned linebacker Josey Jewell was “week-to-week” with a sprained knee he suffered towards the Colts and out of doors linebacker Baron Browning could be “day-to-day” with a sprained wrist.