The Broncos defense has turned in a series of strong performances and ranks fourth overall in yards allowed this season, but they’ll need to shuffle the deck at linebacker in the coming weeks.
Danny Trevathan’s hard luck season continued on Sunday when he suffered a dislocated patella in his left knee. It’s the third injury that Trevathan has suffered to that knee this season and his season is likely over although the Broncos haven’t placed him on injured reserve yet.
“Danny’s had a rough season as far as knee issues and sometimes setbacks are setups for better things to come,” Broncos coach John Fox said, via the team’s website. “That’ll be his mindset as he gets ready for surgery and then gets ready for the pretty strenuous rehab involved to come back. But we feel like he’ll do a great job.”
They’ll also be without Brandon Marshall for the near future after the linebacker sprained his foot during the victory over the Chargers. Marshall has 113 tackles, two sacks, an interception and a forced fumble this season, so the Broncos will have a fair amount of production to replace.
With Nate Irving already on injured reserve, their options to do it are running low. Recent addition Todd Davis saw a fair amount of time on Sunday and joins Steven Johnson, Lamin Barrow, Lerentee McCray and Corey Nelson as options along with Von Miller. Marshall is being referred to as “day-to-day” but he’ll likely miss at least one game.