Sterns, 24, was waived by the Broncos last Monday. He was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday but was waived on Thursday with a failed physical designation. Sterns then cleared waivers and became a free agent. He’ll now join his third team in less than a week after signing with the Eagles.
In Philadelphia, Sterns will reunite with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who served as Denver’s head coach when Sterns was a rookie in 2021. Sterns joins Philly’s safety depth chart that includes C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Reed Blankenship, Tristin McCollum and James Bradberry.
The Eagles were previously connected to ex-Broncos safety Justin Simmons, but he remains a free agent. Simmons, 30, visited the New Orleans Saints last week but left his visit without a contract. He is arguably the most notable free agent still available.
Denver, meanwhile, is moving forward with Brandon Jones, P.J. Locke, JL Skinner and Devon Key at safety.
The Broncos signed TE Hunter Kampmoyer and waived DL Brandon Matterson on Friday.
The Denver Broncos signed tight end Hunter Kampmoyer on Friday, the team announced. To make room for Kampmoyer on the 90-man offseason roster, the Broncos waived undrafted defensive lineman Brandon Matterson.
Kampmoyer (6-4, 243 pounds) entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Oregon with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2021. He spent most of the last three seasons on L.A.’s practice squad, dressing for two games. In two regular season appearances, Kampmoyer played four snaps on offense and eight snaps on special teams.
Before joining the Chargers, Kampmoyer hauled in 20 receptions for 224 yards and four touchdowns in his final three years with the Ducks (32 games). He now joins Denver’s TE room which already includes Greg Dulcich, Adam Trautman, Lucas Krull, Thomas Yassmin and Nate Adkins.
The Broncos signed offensive lineman Oliver Jervis on Thursday and placed Quinn Bailey on the season-ending injured reserve list.
The Denver Broncos signed 24-year-old offensive lineman Oliver Jervis on Thursday after losing lineman Quinn Bailey to a season-ending ankle injury.
Jervis (6-5, 305 pounds) is an undrafted rookie out of Colorado State. He spent the first five years of his college career at Monmouth University before transferring to CSU ahead of the 2023 season. Jervis started all 12 games at tackle for the Rams last fall, giving him 36 career starts at the college level. He was one of three linemen who worked out for the Broncos last week.
Bailey dislocated his right ankle and suffered a fractured fibula during Wednesday’s practice, coach Sean Payton announced. Bailey will undergo surgery next week after being placed on season-ending IR.
“There are two parts to the injury,” Payton said. “He dislocated his ankle and he fractured his fibula, the smaller bone a little further up. Next week — I don’t have the day yet, but he’ll have the ankle surgery and there’s probably a good chance they’ll just leave the fibula and let it heal, but they’ll look at that.
“The main injury is the ankle, so he’ll have that done next week. He was put on reserve injured and then we signed the young offensive lineman we had out in camp from Colorado State, Oliver.
Each team can designate up to two players to return from IR on roster cutdown day. Because Bailey was placed on IR at this point in the offseason, he won’t be eligible to return during the 2024 season.
Denver linebacker Drew Sanders (Achilles) could be a candidate to be placed on IR when the Broncos set their initial 53-man roster later this month (Aug. 27).
The Broncos have added the potential to earn $1.5 million through incentives to Courtland Sutton’s contract.
At least, Courtland Sutton and the Denver Broncos are on the same page.
Sutton skipped the team’s voluntary portion of voluntary workouts this spring in protest of his contract situation. After reporting for mandatory minicamp in June, Sutton was noncommittal when asked if he would report for training camp without a new deal.
Sutton did report for camp this week and the team has rewarded him with a restructured contract. The receiver can now earn up to $15.2 million through incentives in 2024, according to a report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
Before his revised deal, Sutton was set to have a base salary of $13 million this year. He can $1.5 million through new incentives, according to Pelissero. Before the restriction, Sutton already had a chance to earn $500,000 in per-game roster bonuses and $100,000 in other bonuses.
Sutton, 28, scored a career-high 10 touchdowns last season. He is under contract with the Broncos through the 2025 season.
The Broncos signed LB Andre Smith on Thursday and waived TE Dylan Leonard. Smith has played in 62 games in his career.
The Denver Broncos are signing linebacker Andre Smith to a one-year contract, Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports first reported Thursday. The team has since confirmed the news.
Smith (6-0, 240 pounds) entered the league as a seventh-round pick out of North Carolina with the Carolina Panthers in 2018. After two seasons with the Panthers, Smith went on to spend time with the Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Falcons from 2020-2023.
The 27-year-old linebacker has dressed for 62 games in his career, including 11 games with the Falcons last fall. Smith has 52 career tackles and 1,131 special teams snaps on his resume. He’ll likely be competing for a backup LB spot and special teams role this summer.
Smith was among seven players who tried out at mandatory minicamp earlier this week, joining TE Feleipe Franks, TE Hunter Kampmoyer, WR Ra’shaun Henry, DB Kyler McMichael, DL Blaine Hoover and LB Jordan Kunaszyk.
To make room for Smith on the 90-man offseason roster, Denver waived tight end Dylan Leonard with an injury settlement.
The NFL requires a designated “alternate jersey” worn with an “alternate helmet.” For the Broncos, that’s a blue jersey and white helmet.
The Denver Broncos unveiled their new uniforms on Monday that feature a “Sunset Orange” home look, a “Summit White” road look and a “Midnight Navy” alternate look.
The Broncos can do some mixing and matching to a certain degree, but there are limits to how many color combinations the team will be allowed to wear.
For example, the NFL requires clubs to wear their “alternate helmet” with their “alternate jersey.” As Andrew Mason of DenverSports.com has correctly pointed out on Twitter/X, Denver’s “alternate jersey” is navy blue.
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That means the Broncos will be required to wear the dark blue jersey when they break out their alternate white helmet. Denver can’t wear it’s white “road” jersey with its white “alternate” helmet. Unless the Broncos introduce an “alternate” white jersey, the team can’t wear an all-white alternate uniform in 2024.
That’s why the white helmet is shown with the navy jersey in the team’s promotional photos on social media:
Denver can also only wear an alternate or throwback up to three times per season, so every time the Broncos wear the blue alternate jersey will mark one less time the team can wear the fan-favorite throwback jersey. Certainly not an ideal scenario, but fans in Denver will undoubtedly be delighted to see the throwbacks worn any number of times in 2024.
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The Broncos will keep orange as their primary jersey and the dark navy blue will be the team’s alternate jersey. Denver also introduced a 1977-inspired throwback uniform with an orange jersey and light blue helmet.
The Broncos will wear their primary blue jersey for most home games and their primary white jersey for road games. Denver can wear an alternate or throwback uniform up to three times per season.
The Broncos will likely wear their blue jersey as an alternate at least once this year, which means the throwback uniform won’t be worn more than twice in 2024. Unfortunately, Denver can’t wear an all-white alternate uniform because the blue jersey has been designated as their alternate jersey.
So unless the Broncos introduce a white alternate jersey in the future, the team’s white alternate helmet will be paired with the navy alternate jersey. And that alternate uniform will cut into the number of times the throwback uniform can be worn each season.
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The Denver Broncos have unveiled new primary (orange jersey, blue helmet) and alternate (blue jersey, white helmet) uniforms ahead of the 2024 season.
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Here’s how the club described the new look, courtesy of a press release from the team:
A collective tribute to Broncos Country, the Broncos’ primary closet is emblazoned with unique aspects of Colorado’s landscape throughout the fabric and new navy metallic satin helmets. It includes elements of the Rocky Mountain Region and Mile High City intertwined in the design of the helmets, jerseys and interchangeable pants.
The jerseys are developed on Nike’s Vapor F.U.S.E. Chassis, an innovative and sustainable performance fabric.
Helmets: The primary closet features two new helmets: a navy metallic satin finish (navy facemask) that pairs with both home & away jerseys and a white metallic satin finish (white facemask) to pair with the alternate jersey. An orange stripe of triangle clusters symbolizing Denver’s peak in elevation is featured from the base of the helmets to the middle of the crown.
The front helmet bumpers display an orange “5280” to mark Denver’s mile-high elevation and altitude advantage.
Jersey colors: Maintaining the same primary colors of the Broncos’ brand identity, the home jerseys will be Sunset Orange, away jerseys will be Summit White and alternate jerseys will be Midnight Navy.
Sleeve: Echoing the pant stripe, the sleeve caps show a mountain peak created from the linework within the Broncos’ primary masthead logo. The under sleeve includes three perforated triangles that recognize the thinning air at high elevation and need for increased oxygen. They also pay tribute to the iconic summit markers atop Colorado peaks.
Nameplate: The font featured on the back nameplates is a nod to national parks signage located around Colorado. The rounded interior corners are a simplified look from the previous font.
Numbers: Taking design cues from the previous uniform, the new look will take on a more classic block-style numbering.
Neck tag: The outer neck tag is now a triangle label inspired by the iconography of summit markers found throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. The inner neck tag has “Broncos Country” emblazoned across the back along with “5280” embroidered vertically to represent the Broncos’ passionate fanbase and mile-high elevation.
Pants: The pants, which come in all three colors and are interchangeable with the primary jerseys, feature two contrasting stripes going down the side that vary based on pant color. The contrasting stripes merge a jagged mountain incline with a standard pant stripe visual, representing a mountain peak.
“5280” sits centered vertically on the stripe to mark Denver’s mile-high elevation and altitude advantage.
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The Broncos are signing Levi Wallace to a one-year contract, giving the team veteran depth at cornerback.
Story update: The Broncos have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Levi Wallace, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. See our original post below.
Wallace (6-0, 179 pounds) won two national championships at Alabama before entering the NFL as an undrafted rookie with the Buffalo Bills in 2018. He spent four years in Buffalo, starting 52 games, before signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022.
Wallace, 28, started 18 games for the Steelers over the last two years, breaking up 24 passes and recording six interceptions. He has totaled 54 pass breakups and 12 interceptions in 83 career games (70 starts).
Wallace gives the Broncos veteran insurance at cornerback in case Riley Moss doesn’t step up as a reliable starter across from Pat Surtain in 2024.
The Wallace signing also makes cornerback a less pressing need for Denver ahead of the draft this week. While it’s still possible, the Broncos now seem less likely to draft a cornerback at No. 12 overall.
Mario Vetanze says the Broncos will have three helmet shells: primary matte navy, alternate white and a blue throwback.
Story update I: It looks like the new uniforms might have been leaked. View the photos here.
Story update II: Mario Vetanze told Broncos Wire that the sources for his leaks aren’t players.
Story update III: The new uniforms have arrived. View them here.
The Denver Broncos are set to unveil new uniforms on Monday (April 22) and they have been trolling their fans with teasers while we wait for the unveiling.
We already know from team president Damani Leech that the colors are staying the same and the primary logo will remain the same. Now a few more details are beginning to leak.
The helmet stripe is different and “a vast improvement”
The alternate white helmet will feature the current logo, not the “D” throwback logo
Vetanze clarified that he has not seen the helmets himself, but the above information is “what I have been told” from a reliable source. Unlike the Detroit Lions, who had their entire uniforms leaked by Fanatics, the Broncos are keeping visual leaks under wraps.
We’ll find out if Vetanze’s info is accurate on Monday.
