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Broncos ILB Drew Sanders to miss time with tendon injury to foot, source says

Drew Sanders is facing yet another injury setback in his young NFL career.

The Broncos linebacker tore a tendon in his right foot during Saturday’s practice, a source confirmed to The Denver Post on Sunday afternoon.

Sanders needed a cart ride from the practice field to the team’s facility when the injury happened. When fellow linebacker Justin Strnad came over to check on him, the third-year linebacker simply responded with a thumbs down signal.

The subsequent imaging showed tendon damage. The team and Sanders are still working through exactly what the treatment plan will look like and whether he’ll need surgery, a source said, so the exact timeframe for his recovery and potential return is not yet known.