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Broncos linebacker avoids injury scare (and more injury updates)
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With Alex Singleton ( thumb ) sidelined for a week and Drew Sanders ( foot ) out considerably longer, the Denver Broncos are getting thin at inside linebacker. They had another close call on Thursday.
Dre Greenlaw , who just joined the team this spring on a three-year, $31.5 million deal, pulled up at practice after facing running back J.K. Dobbins during a one-on-one drill. Greenlaw then walked into the locker room.
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Fortunately, Broncos coach Sean Payton does not seem to think it's serious.
"I think he's fine," Payton said after practice . "In the one-on-one period, he felt it got tight. Different area, so we'll know more -- we'll go ahead and have all the precautionary work done, but I think he'll be all right."
Payton indicated that it's not the same quad that Greenlaw previously injured this spring , which seems like good news as well.
Elsewhere on the injury front, wide receiver Devaughn Vele was back at practice Thursday after missing Wednesday's session. Vele missed mandatory minicamp this spring with what 9News described as what appeared to be a " minor knee injury ."
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Meanwhile, wide receiver A.T. Perry ( ankle ; PUP) and Sanders are still sidelined. Singleton was back at the facility on Thursday with a cast, but he's not expected to practice for another six days. For the second day in a row, rookie outside linebacker Que Robinson did not practice . His unknown ailment is "not considered serious," according to 9News .
Denver's first player to land on injured reserve this summer is undrafted outside linebacker Johnny Walker, who will go on season-ending IR with a lower body injury . To fill Walker's former spot on the active roster, the Broncos signed UFL pass rusher Garrett Nelson.
Denver is scheduled to practice again on Friday and Saturday. We'll see if Greenlaw returns then.
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This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: Denver Broncos: Dre Greenlaw should be OK after injury scare
