Jamal Carter wore a stern expression as he walked into the Broncos’ locker room on Wednesday. The usually-jubilant third-year safety was almost silent, his mind fixated on the opening day of training camp less than 24 hours away.
His teammate, safety Will Parks, was concerned.
“When a guy like that is quiet, when he doesn’t come in smiling, you always think something’s wrong,” Parks said last week after the Broncos’ opening practice. “But he was excited to get out here. He was kind of a little bit calm and collected and cool, just to go out there on the field.