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Sanders has had surgery and is looking at a recovery of six to nine months. That leaves open the possibility he'll return to the field at midseason. The versatile former Arkansas star played both inside and outside linebacker last season but started to thrive once he was moved to the edge fulltime. The Broncos were contemplating whether to keep him on the outside or move him back inside following the departure of inside linebacker Josey Jewell in free agency.

The Broncos are going to be without one of their young linebackers into the regular season. Drew Sanders, the 2023 third-round draft pick, suffered a torn Achilles tendon before the NFL Draft last month.

The second-year linebacker will miss the majority of the 2024 season with a torn Achilles.

The Denver Broncos are already having to deal with the aftermath of an injury to linebacker Drew Sanders, a third-round pick in 2023.

The Denver Broncos will be without Drew Sanders for at least the first half of the 2024 season after the versatile second-year linebacker tore an Achilles tendon at the start of the team's offseason program last month.