Denver Broncos running back Tyler Badie 'OK' following scary Week 4 injury

Travis Wakeman

Denver Broncos running back Tyler Badie 'OK' following scary Week 4 injury image

During the Denver Broncos' 10-9 win over the New York Jets on Sunday, fans witnessed what looked like a terrifying injury to running back Tyler Badie

Late in the first quarter and facing a 3rd-and-13, Bo Nix threw a short pass to Badie as he slipped out of the backfield. But he took a shot to the lower back from linebacker Quincy Williams. Badie coughed the ball up on the play and the Jets recovered. 

Badie was able to get off the field but then was shown on the sideline, behind the bench, being worked on. Reports stated that he collapsed on the sideline. 

It was certainly a frightening scene but the after the game, sources said he would be OK without giving too many details. 

 

The injury cast a dark shadow over the win, but the hope is that he will be OK and make a full recovery. The Broncos seemed to have a plan to get Badie involved in the action early in this one, as he was given a few touches in the first quarter of the rain-soaked game. 

It remains to be seen how much time, if any, Badie will miss, but obviously, his health is of chief importance. 

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Travis Wakeman has been covering the NFL since 2012 when he started with Bleacher Report. After reporting about the Broncos there until 2016, he joined the FanSided network as a site expert covering the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers while simultaneously covering the Broncos at Broncos Wire when that site launched. He then took over the Broncos site at FanSided in March 2020 and covered the team there until spring of 2024. A lifelong Broncos fan and fan of the game, Travis is filled with sometimes useless NFL knowledge, but it always serves him well in any trivia contest. You can follow him on Twitter/X @traviswakeman10.