ESPN.com · Dec 15, 2020
After bout with COVID-19, Broncos DC Ed Donatell makes welcome return
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- After an extended bout with COVID-19 -- including a five-day hospital stay -- that kept him away from football for six games, Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Ed Donatell was back on a headset Sunday as part of the Broncos' 32-27 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The only noticeable concession to his recovery: Donatell was seated in the coaches' box instead of roaming the sideline as he has done during an NFL coaching career that began in 1990.
"I did give Ed a game ball," Broncos coach Vic Fangio said after Sunday's win.
