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Eight Denver Broncos<\/a> players did not play in the team’s 34-20 loss<\/a> to the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n Denver linebacker Justin Strnad (foot), quarterback Sam Ehlinger, running back Cody Schrader, cornerback Reese Taylor, offensive tackle Geron Christian, defensive end Jordan Jackson and defensive lineman Sai’vion Jones were inactive<\/a>. Ehlinger was elevated from the practice squad to get a game check, but he was a healthy scratch.<\/p>\n Jarrett Stidham, the team’s No. 2 quarterback, also did not play as QB1 Bo Nix took all the snaps on offense.<\/p>\n LB\u00a0Justin Strnad\u00a0(foot<\/a>)QB\u00a0Sam EhlingerRB\u00a0Cody SchraderCB\u00a0Reese TaylorOT\u00a0Geron ChristianDL\u00a0Jordan JacksonDL\u00a0Sai’vion JonesQB Jarrett Stidham (active)Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n The fact that Denver opted not to place Strnad on injured reserve seems to suggest there’s hope he might be sidelined for fewer than four weeks. Up next is a Christmas Day showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 22, 2025, 6:30 a.m. MT Eight Denver Broncos players did not play in the team’s 34-20 loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,116,118,117,49373,49374,298,26557,27067,5106,43,49516,420,49518,49517,442,307,49515,300,9810,34],"class_list":["post-92451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-accessfree","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","tag-sstsnbroncos","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbo-nix","tag-tagcody-schrader","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taggeron-christian","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-tagjordan-jackson","tag-tagjustin-strnad","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagsam-ehlinger","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}