The San Francisco 49ers participated in the last of two joint practices with the Denver Broncos at the UCHealth Training Center in Englewood, Colorado. The 49ers will hold a walkthrough on Sunday, which is closed to the media, before the two teams face each other in a preseason game at Mile High Stadium on Monday night.
Quick Notes
RB Raheem Mostert (concussion), RB Matt Breida (shoulder), and DT D.J. Jones (knee) returned to practice.
General manager John Lynch informed reporters before practice that G Mike Person suffered a foot strain on Friday and is day-to-day.
"Person made it through practice, had a little bit of a scare after," head coach Kyle Shanahan said after practice, "but with the x-rays and stuff, going well and he's day-to-day. So, scary at first, but day-to-day. It's a good sign."
While Friday's practice was lively but fight-free, Saturday's practice did have one skirmish. As a result, two Broncos players, TE Bug Howard and WR Brendan Langley, were ejected from practice. No 49ers players were disciplined.
"Looked like 49ers Marcell Harris got floored by cheap push to start rumble," Cam Inman of Bay Area News Group tweeted. "Emmanuel Moseley in vicinity with cadre of others rushing to defense."
"Yeah, they got into a little scuffle over there," Shanahan said. "I actually wasn't on the field, so I didn't see much of it. By the time I got over there, it was pretty much broken up.
"I know a couple guys got sent in. I was told none of our guys threw punches, so when I see the tape, we'll see if they were telling the truth. Hopefully, they were."
Injuries
S Antone Exum is dealing with a knee sprain and is day-to-day.
Did not practice: DE Nick Bosa (ankle sprain), S Antone Exum (knee sprain), Edge Dee Ford (knee tendinitis), G Joshua Garnett (finger), TE George Kittle (calf), LB Elijah Lee (thumb), RB Jerick Mckinnon (knee), G Mike Person (foot), WR Trent Taylor (foot), CB Jason Verrett (ankle sprain), DB Jimmie Ward (collarbone), CB K'Waun Williams (knee)
PUP: TE Garrett Celek (back, concussion), C Weston Richburg (knee)
Saturday's Practice Reports
The following are in the order in which they were posted.
Cam Inman, Bay Area News Group
49ers defensive fight shows in final practice with Broncos
Takeaways: An air horn blew the fight dead under a minute. No takeaways by the defense but almost every defensive back broke up a pass. DL Arik Armstead had a would-be sack on Broncos QB Joe Flacco. DEs Dee Ford and Nick Bosa made the trip to Denver and are walking around "without hindrance." Garoppolo had one pass intercepted on Friday and none on Saturday. K Robbie Gould made a 55-yard field goal to end the practice.
Matt Maiocco, NBC Sports Bay Area
49ers camp report: Competitive practices lead to skirmish with Broncos
Takeaways: WR Richie James had a good couple days. CB Tim Harris ripped the ball loose from Broncos TE Bug Howard. CB D.J. Reed broke up a deep Flacco pass. LB Fred Warner punched the ball loose from Broncos WR Tim Patrick. CB Ahkello Witherspoon had the recovery. Flacco hit WR Courtland Sutton on a deep ball against CB Richard Sherman.
Keiana Martin, 49ers.com
17 Observations from 49ers Joint Practice with Broncos: Aug 17
Takeaways: LB Mark Nzeocha had a big run stop behind the line of scrimmage. S Marcell Harris recorded multiple PBUs. DL Damontre Moore and Jordan Thompson recorded back-to-back would-be sacks against Broncos rookie QB Brett Rypien. DL Kentavius Street and Arik Armstead recorded several pressures. RB Matt Breida had a rushing touchdown during team drills. QB Nick Mullens connected with WR Deebo Samuel for a big gain. QB C.J. Beathard evaded pressure and connected with WR Dante Pettis. WR Marquise Goodwin had a solid showing.
On Social Media
Fight between the #49ers defense and #Broncos offense. Tough to see who was involved.
— Chris Biderman (@ChrisBiderman) August 17, 2019
#49ers D vs #Broncos O first fight of practices lasted about 30 seconds:
— Cam Inman (@CamInman) August 17, 2019
Broncos eject Brandon Langley, Bug Howard
Looked like 49ers Marcell Harris got floored by cheap push to start rumble. Emmanuel Moseley in vicinity with cadre of others rushing to defense
On practice field with Broncos offense vs SF defense, all players involved in fight/pushing&shoving. Broncos backup TE Bug Howard, WR Brendan Langley got thrown out of practice. No 49ers booted far as we can tell. #9sports
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) August 17, 2019
Goodwin has been easily the most impressive Niners WR the last two days.
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) August 17, 2019
#49ers and #Broncos off the practice field Saturday. Another spirited session, though a skirmish broke out about midway through between Denver O and Niners' D. Broncos WR Brendan Langley and TE Bug Howard ejected for it. Kyle Shanahan said he was told no 49ers threw a punch.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) August 17, 2019
Spent most of the day watching defense (I'm equal opportunity, if nothing else) but #49ers offense had a strong period late in practice with RBs Tevin Coleman and Matt Breida both breaking free for would-be long touchdowns. Also, Garoppolo hit Goodwin and James for big gains.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) August 17, 2019
On other side, some good work in coverage with pass breakups from S Marcell Harris, S Jaquiski Tartt and CB Richard Sherman. Sherman also just missed a PBU on a deep ball to Courtland Sutton, who made an acrobatic catch. Also appeared Armstead would have had a sack before throw.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) August 17, 2019
Linebacker Fred Warner also continued his strong camp, showing up in coverage and the run game. Read and reacted to a swing pass on third down for a would-be stop to get the defense off the field. Niners very encouraged by his progress entering Year 2.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) August 17, 2019