Broncos' Powers (biceps) to miss significant time

ENFIELD, England -- Denver Broncos manager Sean Payton said Wednesday that near defender Ben Powers volition miss important clip with a biceps injury.

Team sources said Powers suffered a torn biceps successful the Broncos' last violative bid successful the team's 21-17 triumph implicit the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday successful Lincoln Financial Field. Powers, whose limb was bent awkwardly successful walk extortion connected a Bo Nix completion to choky extremity Adam Trautman, finished retired the game.

Powers did not marque the travel to England with the squad and has had country to repair the injury. Wednesday was the archetypal clip Payton has publically addressed Powers' injury. Powers is expected to miss astatine slightest 2 months and different players with akin injuries person missed an full season.

"With a starting player, there's ever a -- it's ne'er immoderate good, but the adjacent guy's up and we'll get acceptable to play him,'' Payton said aft the Broncos' signifier astatine the Tottenham Hotspur complex.

Payton would not accidental Wednesday who would commencement successful Powers' place, but Matt Peart has worked astatine near defender successful grooming camp. Powers had played 40 consecutive games, including the January playoff nonaccomplishment to the Buffalo Bills, since helium signed with the Broncos successful escaped bureau earlier the 2023 season.

Asked if Peart would capable successful astatine Powers' near defender spot successful Sunday's crippled against the New York Jets, Payton lone offered: "We'll see, we'll see.''

Peart, who played past play arsenic a Broncos' backup, signed a two-year woody successful escaped bureau this past March to enactment with the team. Payton said Peart was an important extent subordinate for the Broncos to re-sign.

"We cognize precisely what we're getting (in Peart), we'll spot however we grip it,'' Payton said.

The Broncos are presently 2nd successful the league successful walk artifact triumph complaint (74%) and 18th successful tally artifact triumph complaint (70.9%). The Broncos had started the aforesaid 5 starters successful the violative enactment successful their archetypal 5 games of the season.