Tag: Fullback

Broncos make 2 roster moves

The Broncos have promoted a linebacker to the 53-man roster and cut a tight end.

The Broncos won’t activate quarterback Drew Lock from injured reserve to the 53-man roster this week. Brandon Allen will start his third-straight game and Brett Rypien will serve as the backup once again.

Denver did make two roster moves unrelated to Lock.

The Broncos promoted undrafted rookie linebacker Ahmad Gooden from the 10-man practice squad to the active roster. To make room for Gooden, the team cut tight end/fullback Orson Charles.

Gooden (6-2, 245 pounds) signed with the team as a college free agent out of Samford University following April’s NFL draft. He totaled 273 tackles and 22 sacks during his 46 games with the Bulldogs. Gooden wears jersey No. 94.

Charles (6-3, 257 pounds) signed with Denver on Tuesday after the team placed fullback Andy Janovich on injured reserve. Andrew Beck is expected to fill in at fullback so Charles getting a cut presumably means tight end Jeff Heuerman will be healthy enough to play this week.

The Broncos’ only other tight ends are Noah Fant and Troy Fumagalli.

Denver’s front office told Charles to “stay in town,” according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. That might be a sign that Charles will be brought back.

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Broncos RB Phillip Lindsay ready to work with a fill-in fullback

With Andy Janovich on injured reserve, Andrew Beck will serve as a fill-in fullback, leading the way for Phillip Lindsay.

The Broncos have lost starting fullback Andy Janovich to a season-ending elbow injury, which is bad news for running back Phillip Lindsay. Janovich excelled at opening up holes for Lindsay and Denver’s other running backs.

“First off, it does suck to have Jano not going to play,” Lindsay said of the fullback’s injury Wednesday. “He’s been putting his heart and soul into this. To have an injury like that happen, it sucks for anybody, but he’s taking it well. For me, it hurts for me because that’s my dude.

“We have a connection and he’s made a lot of holes for me in the two years we’ve played together so far. At the end of the day, we have a couple other great fullbacks and we’re going to continue to roll. That’s how it goes.”

Andrew Beck will fill in for Janovich in the final six games of the season.

“Beck, he’s smart and he’s capable of it,” Lindsay said. “He understands the playbook now. When he first got here, he was just coming in. Now he understands it. I think having people understand the playbook is going to be a lot easier for us to make things happen still.”

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Broncos make 2 roster moves

To fill Andy Janovich’s spot on the 53-man roster, the Broncos are bringing back tight end/fullback Orson Charles.

The Denver Broncos plan to place fullback Andy Janovich (elbow) on injured reserve, ending his season. To fill Janovich’s spot on the 53-man roster, Denver plans to bring back a familiar face.

The Broncos will sign tight end/fullback Orson Charles, according to The Denver Post’s Ryan O’Halloran. Charles (6-3, 257 pounds) had a brief stint in Denver this summer but failed to make the team’s 53-man roster.

The 28-year-old Charles entered the league as a fourth-round pick out of Georgia with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012. He went on to spend time with the New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns from 2012-2018.

Charles has caught 14 passes for 185 yards in his career. He is a similar player to Andrew Beck, who filled in for an injured Janovich at the beginning of the season. It remains to be seen which one of Charles or Beck will serve as the team’s fullback in the next six games. One of them will likely be used primarily as a tight end.

Charles was selected by the DC Defenders in the sixth round of the XFL draft for the 2020 season. If Charles is not re-signed by the Broncos at the end of the year, the Defenders will likely still own his XFL rights.

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Broncos will place FB Andy Janovich on injured reserve

The Broncos will place fullback Andy Janovich (elbow) on injured reserve, ending his season.

Broncos fullback Andy Janovich dislocated his right elbow during Sunday’s 27-23 loss to the Vikings. Janovich will be placed on season-ending injured reserve, coach Vic Fangio announced Monday.

After placing Janovich on injured reserve, the team will have an open spot on the 53-man roster.

It’s a disappointing end to the season for Janovich, who helped Denver build a 20-0 halftime lead in Minnesota before later exiting the game. The 6-1, 238-pound fullback has scored in each of his first four years in the NFL, including a one-yard touchdown run on Sunday.

Used primarily as a blocker on offense and as a special teams contributor, Janovich has totaled 284 yards from scrimmage and has scored four touchdowns since being selected by the Broncos in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL draft out of Nebraska.

Janovich missed Denver’s first three games of the season with a shoulder injury. Tight end/fullback Andrew Beck filled in for Janovich at the beginning of the year and he will likely have an increased role in the team’s final six games of the season.

After returning from his shoulder injury in October, Janovich signed a three-year, $5.7 million contract extension, making him the NFL’s third-highest paid fullback. He’s now under contract through the 2022 season.

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Broncos FB Andy Janovich (elbow) won’t return against Vikings

Broncos fullback Andy Janovich injured his elbow during Sunday’s game against the Vikings.

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Denver Broncos fullback Andy Janovich suffered an elbow injury in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings and will not return, the team announced.

David J. Chao, a former team doctor in the NFL, tweeted that he believes the fullback suffered a dislocated elbow.

Before leaving the game, Janovich scored on a one-yard touchdown run. Andrew Beck is listed as the backup fullback on the depth chart.

Denver leads Minnesota 20-0 at halftime.

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