Denver Broncos Training Camp Recap Day One: Marshall, Fields Stand Out

The Denver Broncos opened their training camp officially on Friday, and for as raw as the team is supposed to be with a new system, over 40 new players, and an almost entirely new coaching staff, the overall consensus at Dove Valley was that head coach Josh McDaniels has his team on the right track. Even without Jay Cutler. This new regime was doing things fans have never seen before, including "gassers" at the conclusion of the evening practice session, which brought back high school football memories. Casual fans like myself were hard-pressed to get a strong view of the defensive position players other than one-on-one drills and roughly a half-an-hour of full squad action, but many of the defensive newcomers stood out. Starting nose tackle Ronald Fields was consistently in the backfield, using a lower center of gravity and excellent strength to anchor the line of scrimmage.  A good portion of running plays were virtually shut down solely because of the efforts of t...