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Broncos-49ers practice takeaways: The right tone, and McManus is perfect

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Tempers did not flare between the Broncos and San Francisco 49ers, as they did at some other joint practices around the NFL, including the Broncos' sessions with the Houston Texans last year.

The focus was on football. On teaching. On making sure as few players hit the ground as possible. And, from the Broncos' perspective, it was also on the new player who was there -- guard Evan Mathis, who worked with the strength-and-conditioning coaches -- and the casualty who wasn't: kicker Connor Barth.

Brandon McManus
Brandon McManus

With Barth's release Tuesday morning to make room for Mathis, Brandon McManus was left as the only placekicker.