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The Broncos could have fielded a pretty decent lineup made up only of the players who were limited by injury to the side field during Monday's practice. Sean Payton is not particularly concerned.

At essentially the halfway point between report day and the NFL’s new single cutdown day from 90 players to 53 on Aug. 29, let’s take a crack identifying who’s safe and who’s on the bubble for the Broncos en route to a full roster projection.

We take an in-depth look at the snap counts from the Denver Broncos preseason opening loss against the Arizona Cardinals.

The veteran quarterback started slowly but threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Jeudy on fourth down and finished with a 102.4 rating.

Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos offense got a slow start, but technically put together three scoring drives in four possessions in this game against the Arizona Cardinals.

A Broncos 53-man roster project after preseason opening loss to Arizona. Denver is at essentially the halfway point between report day and the NFL’s new single cutdown day from 90 players to 53 on Aug. 29.

Even after inside linebacker Jonas Griffith suffered a season-ending torn ACL, the expectations for the position group has stayed the same because of rookie Drew Sanders, a freakish athlete with star potential and the inseparable duo of Josey Jewell and Alex Singleton.

Josey Jewell’s optimism for the Broncos’ inside linebackers group was glowing.

The new defensive coordinator largely altered the language of his scheme this offseason to match what has worked with the veteran players.

Facing a six-point deficit with less than two minutes to play and more than 70 yards to travel, Denver’s first-team offense mounted a drive that ended with a 14-yard Courtland Sutton touchdown catch in traffic.