Sean Payton expects Javonte Williams to return to Broncos training camp

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Denver Broncos Head coach Sean Payton suggested Saturday that he should run back Javonte Williams He will be ready to start training camp after missing most of last season with a serious right knee injury.

Payton said that while the position is not very deep, it is quite heavy given the signing of a veteran free agent. Samaji Perin Williams, who injured his right knee in a Week 4 game, recovered Las vigas.

“When we signed Samaji, that was the guy who gave us flexibility. We know he can play and be a snappy full-back,” Payton said. Our current start [Williams] Works very well. I’d like to tell you that we expect him to be ready for training camp and that’s good news. His rehabilitation is going well.”

“I don’t want to talk about him or Bo’s name [Lowery, the vice president of player health and performance] Or whoever, but we get the daily reports,” Payton said. We are very tight-lipped about the information coming in, but I’ve been reading a lot and I think his rehabilitation is going very well. … Hopefully it’s someone who might not have to go to PUP.”

Williams has been among the hottest names in fantasy football and is well on his way to a runner-up finish NFL The 2022 season came after a brilliant rookie year in which he scored seven touchdowns and was among the best defensemen in the league at breaking tackles.

However, on October 2, the 2021 second round selection was made North Carolina take a toss off Russell Wilson and was dropped for a loss of 1 yard by Raiders defensive end Max Crosbywho jumped onto his back just as Williams planted his right leg.

Williams’ knee twisted under the weight of Crosby’s 6-foot-5, 256-pound frame, tearing his anterior, posterior, and posterior lateral cruciate ligaments, an intricate area of tendons and ligaments around the outside of the knee.

Williams was told his road to comeback would be a long one, but in an interview with The Associated Press late last season, he insisted, “I expect to be back through training camp.”

General manager George Button said the same thing in an NFL poll this spring only to retract those comments in subsequent interviews, saying the team wasn’t sure when he would return, only that it would be this season.

Williams’ continued recovery is what prompted the Broncos to sign Perrin to a two-year, $7.5 million free agent contract that included a $3 million signing bonus and $1.5 million salary for the upcoming season.

“When we signed him, there was still uncertainty” about Williams’ rehabilitation, Payton said. “I learned a long time ago to put them in this position. It’s a tough situation in our league.”

The Broncos have three other players on their roster – Tyler is adorableAnd Damaria Crockett And Tony Jones Jr.one of the previous six saints Players signed by the Broncos since Payton was signed.

Jones has just 67 career runs for 179 yards and no touchdowns with five NFL starts. Badie and Crockett have four NFL carries for 7 yards and no TDs between them.

Payton said he’s been keeping a close eye on the running backs in the rookie junior camp this weekend: college unedited agents Emanuel Wilson of Fort Valley State and Jalil McLaughlin to Youngstown State Plus Jack Patrickwhose biography consists of two games with San Francisco in 2021, when he rushed twice for 12 yards and a score.

“We’ve got a few here to look at during this camp,” Payton said. “I feel really good about our group of veterans that are here on the block.”

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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