Riley Moss was listed as questionable for Thursday Night Football against the Seahawks after being limited in all three of the Broncos' practice reports this week following a ribs injury in Week 4. It gives Denver one more defensive back with a live chance to play on the final injury report before the prime-time game.
Moss did not play in Denver's Week 5 win over the Chargers, so his status now becomes the biggest late-week question in the Broncos Injury Report. The game is set for Thursday at 6:15 p.m. MT on Prime Video, and the listing comes after Moss spent the entire week working in a limited role rather than returning to full participation.
The weight of that update is sharpened by what else changed. Pat Surtain II and Talanoa Hufanga were both ruled out with ankle injuries, and both were nonparticipants on all three practice reports. That leaves Denver with two defensive backs unavailable and a third, Moss, still unsettled heading into a game that already carries the feel of a depth test in the secondary.
Brandon Jones, Sai'vion Jones and Ben Powers were full participants on Wednesday and were not assigned game statuses, which helps stabilize other parts of the roster. Sai'vion Jones had already moved up after being estimated as limited on Monday, while Brandon Jones and Ben Powers were estimated as full participants before the final report. Denver also added a pair of defensive backs to its game-day roster for Thursday Night Football against the Seahawks, another sign the Broncos were preparing for a thin margin at the back end of the defense.
That is why Moss matters so much now. If he is active, Denver gets one more healthy option for a matchup it has already entered without Surtain and Hufanga; if he is not, the Broncos will have to absorb the loss of three defensive backs in the same prime-time game. The final answer arrives Thursday night, but the injury report has already made the secondary the part of Denver's roster most worth watching.
