Broncos rookie wide receiver Pat Bryant was transported to a local hospital for evaluation after taking a crushing hit late in Denver’s 34-20 loss to Jacksonville on Sunday at Empower Field.
Broncos head coach Sean Payton said after the game that Bryant was able to move his arms and legs.
“That’s encouraging,” Payton said. “… He was moving his hands and his legs.”
Bryant was injured with 31 seconds left in the game and Denver trailing by two touchdowns. He reached up high to catch a pass from quarterback Bo Nix and took a blow that caused his head to whiplash. He was on the ground for several minutes as Denver’s medical and training staffs attended to him, then immobilized him and loaded him onto a stretcher.
Bryant was transported to an ambulance and taken out of the stadium. A source with knowledge of the situation said the 2025 third-round draft pick was being evaluated at the hospital for concussion-like symptoms.
Teammates were visibly shaken on the field and in the locker room after the game. None more so than Nix, who took his helmet off after the play and slammed it to the turf. He stood apart from the rest of his teammates as Bryant was attended to on the field with his hands on his hips.
“You never want to see somebody in that situation and I feel responsible because I threw it,” Nix said after the game. “You can say it’s part of the game, but you just never want to see it. I really pray he’s OK and he can be back out there as soon as he can. It’s just one of those things that you wish you could avoid.
“That was a tough situation.”
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