The 2026 NFL training camps have kicked off around the league, and our team reporters are on the ground each day following all the action. The Denver Broncos camp is taking place in Englewood, Colorado, and Broncos reporter Jeff Legwold has the latest intel on standouts, highlights, position battles, depth chart movement, cut decisions and of course the quarterback room.
What follows is everything we are seeing and hearing at Broncos camp. We will update this file often as we track the Broncos' push toward getting to the Super Bowl after falling one game short last season. Who are the breakout players to watch, especially for fantasy football? And which players on the roster bubble could make the final 53?
Dive in to all the updates and be sure to check back for more information until the first full week of the preseason begins Aug. 13.
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Saturday, Aug. 1
After the Broncos tinkered with the idea this offseason to move Jonah Elliss from outside linebacker to inside linebacker, the first three days of training camp have reaffirmed the decision to leave Elliss right where he is as part of the team's pass rush.
No matter the future of Jonathon Cooper, who was arrested twice on domestic violence charges this offseason, Elliss is expected to push for more playing time. He has been consistently impactful in practices. And coach Sean Payton has said he is glad they didn't move Elliss inside.
"For me, it felt like man, we're taking a position that's harder to find and moving him to a position that we think might be a little bit easier to replace," Payton said. " ... I just think we felt like man, he's really ascending as an edge player."
Elliss continues to push for more than 318 snaps he played on defense last season.
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— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 1, 2026
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Another day, another big play for wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. Mims turned a Bo Nix scramble into a 50-yard touchdown reception in team drills. With Courtland Sutton and Jaylen Waddle in the top two receivers spots, the quest for touches for the other receivers is already crowded with Mims, Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant among those pushing for snaps. Asked how he will make those decisions, Payton invoked Mims' name unprompted: "Just reliability, consistency, I mean, I've said this before about Mims ... I just feel like, man, more touches (for him)... it's a body of work thing.''
The Broncos players will have their first day off training camp Sunday, and Payton said Wednesday will be the first practice in full pads that goes to the two-and-a-half hour mark.
Friday, July 31
It is never safe to draw conclusions from the early days of training camp, but Broncos tight end Evan Engram has already had more big plays in three days of practice than he might have had all of last season. The trend continued Friday, as he had two explosive catch-and-runs on deep balls in team drills.
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— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 1, 2026
Engram had a 50 receptions last season -- his first with the Broncos -- but averaged only 9.2 yards per catch and had just two receptions longer than 20 yards. First-year playcaller Davis Webb had two stints as a quarterback with the New York Giants during Engram's time there and that previous familiarity might be manifesting on the practice field as Webb goes through his first camp as an offensive coordinator.
"I would say yes to some degree, he's trying to find different ways where he might have a matchup, and that's a good thing," coach Sean Payton said of Engram-Webb dynamic. "Now it's just about executing ... [Engram] is one other piece where you're trying to spread the ball around. He can definitely be a big asset for us."
More observations:
Running back J.K. Dobbins re-affirmed the promise he made at minicamp last month -- that he would play "all 17'' games in 2026 and have the best season of his career. Dobbins, who was among the league's rushing leaders before missing the final seven games of the 2025 season with a foot injury, has never started more than 11 games in a season and played in more than 15 because of injuries. "There won't be any [injuries] ... I'll be there for all 17 games, I pinky promise all of you right now," Dobbins said.
Thursday, July 30
The Broncos were still in their acclimation period for Thursday's practices, but it was the second consecutive day Sean Payton executed a small tweak to how he's done things his three previous training camps in Denver. As the team goes through the installation of the offense, the Broncos were working in red zone periods at different times than it had in previous years.
"Little different, with just this year's installation, we kind of jumped right to red zone," Payton said after practice. "And put it ahead of what we had done the first three years ... thought we had good work."
It's all part of transitioning to Davis Webb as the team's playcaller, which is part of a search for more points and to finish more drives with touchdowns instead of field goals. The Broncos were 14th in the league in both overall scoring and touchdowns last season while ranking 18th in touchdowns per drive.
More observations:
Payton said defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, a former Broncos head coach, will likely direct next Saturday's practice when Payton is in Canton, Ohio, as part of Dree Brees' induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Payton is Brees' presenter and will leave for Ohio after next Friday's practice and return that Sunday.
Friday's practice will be the first that fans can attend and marks a milestone of sorts. For the first time since 2003, when the Broncos moved their training camp to their south suburban Denver complex, there will be shade protecting the fans. The team recently opened its new $175 million complex, so there's only limited seating is available because their former complex stands where future seating will be, but the bleachers will be covered this year.
Wednesday, July 29
Broncos quarterback Bo Nix, who had two surgeries to repair the fractured right ankle he suffered in the closing minutes of the Broncos' divisional-round win over the Buffalo Bills, practiced fully Wednesday -- the team's first practice of training camp. It was the first full practice Nix had participated in since the injury. He only did limited work in the mandatory minicamp in June after being held out of OTAs.
Nix looked full speed as the team went through an acclimation practice -- much like an OTA workout -- and connected on several passes in a red zone drill to close out the day.
"Man, I'm pleased with the shape he's in,'' Broncos coach Sean Payton said after Wednesday's practice. " ...It's good to have him back out there in team periods."
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Undrafted rookie defensive back Blake Cotton walked off the field with members of the team's training staff and did not return.
The only player on the active roster who was held out of Wednesday's practice was second-year tight end Caleb Lohner, who is still recovering from an offseason foot injury.
Tuesday, July 28
The Broncos' veterans formally reported for training camp on Tuesday, but the real star of the day wasn't the likes of Pat Surtain II, Bo Nix or Nik Bonitto. It was the sparkling $175 million, 205,000-square-foot facility the team has moved into.
"My expectations were high and it exceeded them," Surtain said. "There's not nothing like it in the league. It's state of the art."
Built and paid for by the Walton-Penner ownership group, the players were still finding their way through the hallways as they arrived for camp, but the early returns were that the new complex has the best of everything to help the team's pursuit of a Super Bowl championship. It should be a rather enticing selling point for free agents in offseasons to come.
More observations:
When the Broncos take the field for their first training camp practice on Wednesday, they will feature a healthy roster. Players who had surgeries late in the 2025 season or offseason surgery like Nix, Bonitto and guard Ben Powers have all been cleared to participate. Only guard Nick Gargiulo, who suffered a severe knee injury in training camp last year, will open camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Linebacker Jordan Turner will open on the non-football injury list.