Broncos Injury Updates: Return Outlooks After the 2026 Bye
Estimated Broncos return dates: Waddle and Moss for Nov. 22 vs. Raiders; Harvey Dec. 6 vs. Dolphins; Uwazurike Dec. 13 at Jets.
Updated November 8, 2026, 9:11 p.m. MST.
Photos: Tennessee Titans via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0, cropped). Sources: Waddle, Hufanga.
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Estimated returns for Denver's out players after the Week 9 win at Carolina, heading into the Week 10 bye.
Jaylen Waddle, WR
Estimated return: Sun., Nov. 22 vs. Raiders Concussion Nov. 8; NFL median absence is 9 days, and the bye gives him two weeks before Denver's next game.
Riley Moss, CB
Estimated return: Sun., Nov. 22 vs. Raiders Concussion Nov. 8; same NFL concussion medians/means (9-day median, 15-day mean) plus the bye.
Talanoa Hufanga, S
Estimated return: Sun., Nov. 22 vs. Raiders Ankle since Oct. 11; limited practice this week after four missed games, so the post-bye game is the natural checkpoint.
Brandon Jones, S
Estimated return: Sun., Nov. 22 vs. Raiders Hamstring from Week 8 (Nov. 1); NFL hamstring injury-report listings average about 17 days, which lands near Nov. 18.
Kris Abrams-Draine, CB
Estimated return: Sun., Nov. 22 vs. Raiders (lower confidence) Ankle; no practice before Carolina and no published sprain type, so this is a softer call than the others.
RJ Harvey, RB
Estimated return: Sun., Dec. 6 vs. Dolphins Knee; on IR since Oct. 31. Earliest roster eligibility is Week 13 (four missed games; the bye does not count).
Eyioma Uwazurike, DL
Estimated return: Sun., Dec. 13 at Jets Shoulder; on IR since Nov. 7. Earliest roster eligibility is Week 14 after Carolina, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and Miami.
Pat Bryant (ankle) already returned Sunday and is not listed above.
How we estimated
- Schedule: next games are Nov. 22 vs. Raiders (home), Nov. 27 at Steelers, Dec. 6 vs. Dolphins, Dec. 13 at Jets; Week 10 bye is Nov. 15.
- Concussions: Mack et al., Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine (2022), NFL 2015-2020: median 9 days missed, mean 15.0 (doi:10.1097/JSM.0000000000001050). Protocol has no fixed timetable.
- Ankle context: Osbahr et al., Orthopedics (2013): mean 6.5 days (lateral, n=53) and 15.4 days (syndesmosis, n=36) (PubMed). Used for context only when subtype is unknown.
- Hamstring: Jenkins et al., OJSM (2024): mean ~17 days on the injury report across 2,101 NFL injuries (doi:10.1177/23259671241298622).
- IR floors: Denver placed Harvey on IR Oct. 31 and Uwazurike on IR Nov. 7. Four missed games required; bye is not one of them.
- Statuses: Week 9 report, inactives, NFL Sunday injury roundup.
Estimated returns are RookieRanks projections, not medical clearances or team announcements.
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