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The Broncos have a near clean bill of health on Thursday’s injury report
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The Broncos have a near clean bill of health on Thursday’s injury report

The Denver Broncos have been one of the healthiest teams in the NFL this season. That won’t change before the Week 11 game against him Atlanta Falcons.

The Broncos only had six players on their Thursday injury report. Of the six players, five of them trained fully.

Only safety Brandon Jones was limited, but he practiced in some capacity.

Jones was also limited in Wednesday’s practice. It has to do with an abdominal injury. Defensive end Zach Allen was also limited in Wednesday’s session but practiced fully on Thursday.

The 26-year-old safety is in his first season with the Broncos. He started all 10 games for Denver this season and is coming off a career high with 74 combined tackles and 3 pass defenses.

The other players on Denver’s injury report who practiced fully besides Allen were safety PJ Locke, wide receiver Josh Reynolds, linebacker Drew Sanders and safety Delarrin Turner-Yell.

Reynolds has not played since Week 5 with a hand injury. But the Broncos opened veteran wide receiver’s 21-day practice window this week.

He appears to be leaning toward playing Sunday against the Falcons. Reynolds has 12 catches for 183 yards and 1 touchdown in 5 games this season.

While the Broncos had just six players on their injury report Thursday, the Falcons’ injury report featured three times as many players. Of the 18 players, six of them did not train at all.

Wide receiver Darnell Mooney was a surprising addition on Thursday’s Falcons injury report. Dealing with an Achilles problem, Mooney was limited on Thursday.

Mooney has been a key contributor to Atlanta’s offense this season. He has 46 receptions with 684 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns.

His 5 goals already set a new career high. He is on pace for a career best in yardage and is on pace to finish just short of his previous high in receptions.