Injury update on five preseason no-shows the Broncos hoped to lean on in Week 1

The Denver Broncos are less than two weeks away from kicking off their regular-season opener vs. the Oakland Raiders. It'll be another Monday Night Football clash between the two bitter Division rivals.

Only time will tell whether it'll be an epic showdown destined go down in AFC West history.

In a perfect world, the Broncos would hope to be at full strength to open the season but the team's suffered an inordinate dose of bad luck this summer. For most of the preseason, the Broncos have played almost entirely without five key players due to injury, with the exception of Noah Fant.

With the preseason finale on Thursday night vs. the Arizona Cardinals, the Broncos are running out of time to get these injured studs up to speed. No starters will play for Denver in the Cardinals game, which hopefully, will give these banged-up players just a little more time to heal and turn a corner.

'Hopefully' being the operative word there.

In the video above, I break down these five injured players the Broncos have been nursing back to health. Will the team get them all back in time for Week 1?

With time running out, are any of these players bound for injured reserve? I answer all questions, based on what we've been told by head coach Vic Fangio this week, in the video above.

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