Head Coach Gary Kubiak

(on ILB Brian Cushing’s health) “He’s back. He’s in the locker room; I didn’t bring him over here. He’s feeling a lot better. He will be a part of our meeting process tonight, and we’ll evaluate him tomorrow.”

(on if ILB Brian Cushing has a chance of playing Saturday) “Yeah, I think there’s a good chance. Obviously,  I’m going to know that he’s himself. I like to see him go out there and get his reps with the group. I think tomorrow’s a big day. We know he’s doing well right now. He’ll be a part of the process, as I said. We’ll be in here early tomorrow morning. All indications are that he will.”

(on ILB Mister Alexander) “He’s been impressive. He missed all the offseason with a couple surgeries. There was a question of whether or not he’d be ready for camp, and he’s held up like a champ. So, he’s getting a ton of reps, and he’s proven to be a good special teams player. Now, can he be a consistent linebacker? It’s been a big week for him, he’s handled it, so we’ll see how he does in the game.”

(on if he’s anxious to see anyone in particular perform on Saturday) “Obviously, there’s a lot of young guys. I’m looking forward to watching the young receivers play and see how they sort themselves out. I’m interested in (ILB) Mister (Alexander), (ILB Tim) Dobbins, (OLB Jesse) Nading, those guys are kind of our bread-and-butter-type players. They play special teams and back up players for us. So, I think it’s important to them. We’ve got some good battles going on for the secondary’s, some young players back there. Then obviously our right side of our offensive line, those guys are going to play probably more than anybody because we need to figure out who those starters are going to be. Those things just jump at me and, obviously, kicking the ball. We got a good battle going on there between two guys, and, hopefully, they both get some shots to do it.”

(on any other health issues) “No, that’s it. We do have a new guy, Omar Gaither, that we signed who’s out here today. He will not play in the game. He will make the trip with us and will go to work on Monday.”