Denver Broncos receiver Jaylen Waddle exited Sunday’s victory over the Arizona Cardinals with a chest injury.<\/p>\n
The injury occurred on a reverse with under five minutes remaining in the 30-16 triumph. Waddle fumbled the pitch from quarterback Bo Nix and dove to recover the ball as Arizona’s Josh Sweat landed on top of him.<\/p>\n
Waddle left for the locker room and didn’t return. <\/p>\n
Waddle was dealing with a chest injury during the week and was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday. He was a full participant on Friday and received no injury designation.<\/p>\n
Broncos head coach Sean Payton criticized his own play call per the reverse in which Waddle was injured.<\/p>\n
“Why didn’t anybody ask me about the dumb reverse call?” Payton said during his postgame press conference. “…It was awful. I’m sorry.”<\/p>\n
Waddle caught four passes for 48 yards on Sunday. He has 26 receptions for 276 yards and one score through seven games.<\/p>\n
Denver defensive end Zach Allen (hamstring) was injured in the fourth quarter and told reporters he was fine. He had three tackles against Arizona.<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n
Field Level Media 2026 – All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n
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