{"id":1315014,"date":"2019-09-25T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/broncos-cornerback-bryce-callahan-out-until-november\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T04:36:00","slug":"broncos-cornerback-bryce-callahan-out-until-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/broncos-cornerback-bryce-callahan-out-until-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos cornerback Bryce Callahan out until November"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Denver Broncos cornerback Bryce Callahan will miss at least another month after undergoing a medical procedure on Wednesday on his surgically-repaired left foot. Coach Vic Fangio said Callahan, who has yet to make his Denver debut, will missfour to six weeks.<\/strong>
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. \u2014 The Denver Broncos still wonder how cornerback Bryce Callahan will buttress their secondary. They\u2019ll have to wait at least another month to find out.<\/p>\n

Callahan underwent a medical procedure Wednesday \u201cto promote the healing\u201d of his surgically repaired left foot, which will sideline him another four to six weeks, coach Vic Fangio said.<\/p>\n

A second, full-fledged surgery remains a possibility as does a trip to injured reserve that would sideline the fifth-year cornerback a lot longer, Fangio added.<\/p>\n

Callahan has yet to make his Denver debut after following Fangio over from Chicago and signing a three-year, $21 million deal in free agency.<\/p>\n

Callahan missed the preseason and the Broncos\u2019 first three games after experiencing pain where a screw was inserted into his left foot, which he broke last December, snarling the Bears\u2019 breakthrough season that ended an eight-year playoff drought.<\/p>\n

Despite his injury, the Broncos coveted Callahan, whom they envisioned playing outside more than he had in Chicago, allowing Fangio to mix and match versatile DBs Kareem Jackson and Chris Harris Jr.<\/p>\n

Callahan\u2019s absence has crimped Fangio\u2019s lineup flexibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely had an impact,\u201d Fangio said. \u201cKareem, we had envisioned playing safety and that\u2019s where he got most of his preparation in the offseason and in training camp. He\u2019s playing nickel now. Chris, we had envisioned as playing nickel and he\u2019s playing corner now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Kareem\u2019s case, he didn\u2019t have a lot of nickel practice during the offseason and preseason. He\u2019s still learning on the job. He knows what to do. He\u2019s experienced. But there\u2019s been a play or two that he didn\u2019t play correctly and it\u2019s no fault of his own,\u201d Fangio said. \u201cHe just hadn\u2019t been on the job long enough for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson was held out of practice Wednesday with a tight hamstring.<\/p>\n

Second-year pro Isaac Yiadom started in Callahan\u2019s spot during the Broncos\u2019 0-3 start but he\u2019s been supplanted by another ex-Bears cornerback, De\u2019Vante Bausby , an Alliance of American Football alum. Bausby replaced Yiadom in the first half at Green Bay last weekend and had two stops and three pass breakups.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he did a great job,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cI think he made some big time plays on third down. As a secondary we know he\u2019s very capable. He showed us that all throughout camp so for him to come in and make those plays it wasn\u2019t surprising at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scrambled secondary has contributed to the Broncos going three games without a sack or a takeaway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s shocking,\u201d Jaguars rookie QB Gardner Minshew said. \u201cI know a lot of people are down on them, but they\u2019re a lot better than what their record says and they\u2019re playing some good ball at times and had some tough breaks. But it\u2019s a team that we don\u2019t take lightly. They\u2019ve got some serious talent over there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Denver Broncos cornerback Bryce Callahan will miss at least another month after undergoing a medical procedure on Wednesday on his surgically-repaired left foot. Coach Vic Fangio said Callahan, who has yet to make his Denver debut, will missfour to six weeks.David Zalubowski | Associated Press file photo | AP ENGLEWOOD, Colo. \u2014 The Denver Broncos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1315014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 00:16:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}