rest - https://www.9news.com/article/sports...b-59bfb28592f4ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Tim Patrick made his way through the Broncos’ locker room Thursday with crutches, wearing an enormous brace on his surgically repaired right knee and a smile.
“Mentally, I’m in a great place,’’ Patrick said as he leaned on his crutches near where Courtland Sutton was sitting at his locker.
Coming off back-to-back seasons where he had at least 50 catches, 730 yards and five touchdowns, Patrick suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) early in training camp. Patrick had gone up to make a contested catch, but it wasn’t how he landed that caused the injury.
“It happened when I took off,’’ he said. “I took off and tried to plant. I planted, and it just gave out on me.”
He went down in obvious pain, but he didn’t think it was an ACL tear.