The Denver Broncos pulled off a 10-9 victory against the New York Jets in Week 4 despite a historically bad first-half performance from quarterback Bo Nix. The Broncos’ signal caller went just 7/15 for -7 passing yards in the first half of last Sunday’s matchup in New York and became just the fourth quarterback to finish a half with negative yardage since 2000.
While Denver improved to 2-2 on the season with the win, the team lost running back Tyler Badie to a frightening medical incident that required the Broncos’ staff to strap him to a spinal board and cart him to the locker room. While Badie and Denver got a positive update indicating that the injury isn’t as bad as it appeared, the young rusher won’t immediately return to the field.
On Saturday the Broncos announced they were moving Badie to the injured reserve and bringing linebacker Levelle Bailey up from the practice squad for the team’s Week 5 clash with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to NFL insider Adam Schefter on X.
The Broncos placed RB Tyler Badie on IR after Week 4 back injury
Denver elevated Bailey to the active roster for last week’s game against the Jets. It was the 23-year-old defender’s NFL debut. He’ll get another opportunity to impress the Broncos’ coaching staff against the Raiders on Sunday. Bailey has now been called up to the active roster twice in 2024. Teams are limited to elevating practice squad members three times in a season…