Danny Trevathan running through drills at Broncos training camp. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
Three times. Danny Trevathan went down with a leg injury three times last season, the last of which landed him on the injured reserve and, in January, in the operating room.
Trevathan returned this offseason a few months removed appearing farther along in his rehabilitation than fellow linebacker Brandon Marshall, who is recovering from a Lisfranc injury.
But when training camp opened. Trevathan needed to scale back his participation in team drills, and Marshall’s health improved enough to where he could be used more.
Now, with the Broncos’ preseason opener at Seattle three days away, Trevathan is working his way back fully at practice and is noticing continued improvement in his left knee.
“It feels great, man, especially sitting out a year,” he said Tuesday. “As a linebacker, you just want to hit somebody. That’s what my mentality is, just to be as physical (as possible) and make as many plays as I can.
“This year, I just want to get it right and make sure it was all the way right.”
Trevathan said that his progress is being evaluated on a day-to-day basis but that he expects to play in the preseason at some point.
“My main focus,” he said, “is just to make it to the regular season and stay the whole way.”
