The Denver Broncos have made their decision on whether or not to activate safety Delarrin Turner-Yell from injured reserve to the active roster after his 21-day window officially closed.
Denver Broncos won’t bring Turner-Yell to active roster in 2024
After suffering a torn ACL in the second to last game last year, safety Delarrin Turner-Yell underwent ACL surgery and immediately began the rehab process. From relearning how to walk to strengthening the quads, he attacked his rehab vigorously and made strides that saw the team officially open his 21-day window just three weeks ago.
Turner-Yell will not be brought off of IR onto the active roster this season, thus reverting back to IR for the remainder of the year despite being a full participant in practice the last two weeks. Part of the Broncos’ decision to keep him on IR for the remainder of the year is to ensure him more time to build up strength and be back at it fully for training camp, even though he feels like he could play this Sunday.
Another factor in that decision has a lot to do with the roster situation the Broncos currently have themselves in right now. They don’t have any injuries or openings that could allow for a corresponding roster move to effectively take place, especially with a group of safeties already on the active roster.
“We’ve got a real clear vision of him,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton said. “Bright future. Had a real good visit — I know it’s difficult where we’re at in the season, it just became a challenge relative to managing the roster.”
P.J. Locke, Brandon Jones, Devon Key, and JL Skinner are all on the active roster right now, and even though Jones missed Sunday’s game with an abdomen injury, he isn’t expected to miss much time at all and could return on Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders.
With him reverting back to IR for the remainder of the season, he cannot practice with the team in these six remaining weeks, and any work he does will have to take place on the team’s side field.