{"id":886064,"date":"2026-01-18T18:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/broncos-injury-updates-concern-for-justin-strnad-but-not-rj-harvey\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:28:05","slug":"broncos-injury-updates-concern-for-justin-strnad-but-not-rj-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/broncos-injury-updates-concern-for-justin-strnad-but-not-rj-harvey\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos injury updates: Concern for Justin Strnad (but not RJ Harvey)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Dec. 15, 2025, 6:28 p.m. MT<\/p>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Denver Broncos<\/a>&#8216; win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/packerswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Green Bay Packers<\/a> on Sunday came at a cost.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" data-autotag=\"80ecb2c2-c4e3-4c9a-8c53-01c0a2da3542\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Broncos<\/a> safety Brandon Jones (pectoral) <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/12\/15\/nfl-news-broncos-brandon-jones-on-injured-reserve\/87784258007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">landed on injured reserve<\/a> on Monday, ruling him out for at least the next four weeks. It&#8217;s worse than the pec injury that cornerback Pat Surtain suffered earlier this season and Jones is seeking a second opinion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/sports\/nfl\/denver-broncos\/mike-klis\/denver-broncos-to-lose-defensive-starter-brandon-jones-indefinitely-due-to-pec-injury\/73-95b47a46-7dc0-4a7a-8884-8f3f8b2ff857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">KUSA-TV&#8217;s Mike Klis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If the second opinion leads to Jones undergoing surgery, his season will be over. Denver is also concerned that linebacker Justin Strnad may have a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/sports\/nfl\/denver-broncos\/mike-klis\/denver-broncos-to-lose-defensive-starter-brandon-jones-indefinitely-due-to-pec-injury\/73-95b47a46-7dc0-4a7a-8884-8f3f8b2ff857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">serious right ankle injury<\/a>,&#8221; according to Klis. If it is a serious injury, the Broncos would be left with Dre Greenlaw, Alex Singleton and Jordan Turner (plus Levelle Bailey <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/12\/15\/nfl-news-jets-sign-keidron-smith-from-broncos\/87784732007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">on the practice squad<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Now, some good news: RJ Harvey&#8217;s rib injury does not seem to be serious, based on the Klis story. The 9News insider indicated that Strnad is the &#8220;other injury the Broncos are concerned about&#8221; after Jones. That presumably means the team is not concerned about Harvey, at least not to the extent of Strnad or Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Denver did add more running back depth on Monday, <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/12\/15\/nfl-news-broncos-claim-rb-cody-schrader\/87784513007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">claiming Cody Schrader<\/a> off waivers. Schrader spent most of the 2025 season with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, who will visit the Broncos on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social<\/strong>: Follow\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BroncosWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thebroncoswire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0<strong>Did you know<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2019\/08\/03\/denver-broncos-famous-fans-celebrities-include-paul-george-amy-adams\/79446413007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/12\/15\/broncos-injury-updates-for-justin-strnad-rj-harvey\/87786201007\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Dec. 15, 2025, 6:28 p.m. MT The Denver Broncos&#8217; win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday came at a cost. Broncos safety Brandon Jones (pectoral) landed on injured reserve on Monday, ruling him out for at least the next four weeks. It&#8217;s worse than the pec injury that cornerback Pat Surtain suffered earlier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":886065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22187,1767],"tags":[7853,10679],"class_list":{"0":"post-886064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-broncos","8":"category-injury","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-injury"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}