With NFL cutdown day now eight days away, an unenviable task looms for Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton: whittling down one of the league's deepest 90-player rosters to its final, 53-man form ahead of the 2025 regular season.

NFL teams must cut their rosters from 90 to 53 by 2 p.m. on Aug. 26. Every year, much is made about players being sure bets to get claimed by other teams, and every year the number is lower than expected — often less than one per team. Payton thinks his team will be getting poached this summer rather than doing the poaching.

One day after a preseason game, the Broncos returned to practice. Sean Payton switched up the schedule going into the final week of preseason.

The Denver Broncos made a lot of noise in 2024, riding a hot rookie season from quarterback Bo Nix and finding their way into the postseason for the first time since 2015. Now, going into Nix’s second year, with Sean Payton’s third season as the head coach, expectations are high, and those expectations are rising around the roster.

Some fans and media felt like RJ Harvey was too eager to bounce his carries outside in preseason Game 1, but the Denver Broncos aren't worried.

Head Coach Sean Payton meets the media following the Broncos' preseason win over the Cardinals to discuss the takeaways from the team's performance, evaluating the depth of the roster and more.

The Broncos head coach is deviating from his normal August routine and said Thursday he plans to sit nearly all of his starters in Saturday’s home preseason game against Arizona. Most of them, however, will get 8-10 snaps or so in Denver’s Aug. 23 preseason finale at New Orleans.