Sterns is 'pushing hard in his recovery,' per Broncos coach Sean Payton.
safety Caden Sterns "has a road ahead of him" in his nearly year-long rehabilitation from a torn patella tendon, head coach Sean Payton told reporters Thursday.Take a second, sign up for our free newsletter, and get breaking Broncos news delivered to your inbox daily!
Sterns suffered the knee injury in the first quarter of Denver's 2023 season-opening defeat to the Las Vegas Raiders. It marked another setback for the former fifth-round pick, who missed 12 games in 2022 with a nagging hip ailment. A boon in pass coverage, Sterns flashed impressive traits as a rookie and figured to compete for the starting vacancy opposite S Brandon Jones. But an old cliche holds true here: "You can't make the club from the tub." Sterns is a nonfactor until or unless he's healthy — or crosses the proverbial road, as Payton put it.
His absence has allowed Broncos coaches to focus its evaluation on several other safeties — PJ Locke, JL Skinner, Devon Key, Keidron Smith, and Omar Brown — pushing for full-time snaps in the defensive back end.Zack Kelberman is the Senior Editor for Mile High Huddle. He has covered the NFL for more than a decade and the Denver Broncos since 2016. He's also the co-host of the wildly popular Broncos show the Mile High Huddle Podcast.
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