about so far this season as our team sits at 3-6 going into a bye week Cheap Chris Harris Jr Jersey , and likely yet another season of missing the playoffs. However, there have been a few bright spots along the way, mainly coming in the form of young players stepping up their game. Jeff Heuerman’s performance against the Houston Texans last week certainly fits that bill.Heuerman, also known as ‘the other Jeff’, went off for 10 catches on 11 targets for 83 yards and a touchdown, with the majority of his yards coming after the catch as he showcased excellent open field elusiveness. This was one of the best performances by a Denver tight end since Peyton Manning and Julius Thomas set the league on fire in 2013 - 2014, and has been a key missing piece of this Broncos offense. What was even more encouraging, was not only Heuerman individually stepping up his game, but the coaching staff’s clear plan to get him more involved with Demaryius Thomas no longer in Denver.Heuerman was moved all around in nearly every alignment imaginable on Sunday. He was split out wide as a Z-receiver on a key 3rd down pass play to clear out the zone for Courtland Sutton.Here Youth Justin Simmons Jersey , he starts out wide and is motioned into the slot underneath Sanders’ tight split.He even came out of the backfield on this 3rd and short catch and run.Play #1He also found success from a traditional tight end alignment off of play action.Here, Denver fakes outside zone right and everyone goes that direction, except for Keenum and Heuerman.He gets a chip on JJ Watt on his way out to further sell the run.Now he’s wide open with plenty of room to run. Keenum hits him a little low and late, but Heuerman is able to bounce off tacklers for a nice gain.This is the kind of thing we saw multiple times on Sunday and was a great move by the coaching staff. This not only got Keenum in his comfort zone and got Heuerman involved, but also helped combat the Texans fierce pass rush.Play #2Another thing I really liked was Denver’s coaching staff taking advantage of matchups. This is something the Vikings did will Kyle Rudolph quite often last year with good success. The Texans played a lot of man coverage, and would shadow Heuerman with a linebacker. So Denver split him out wide and let him work 1-on-1 against the 250 lb Bernardrick McKinney on the outside.Keenum does a nice job identifying the matchup pre-snap and throws with great anticipation here before Heuerman even breaks off his route.Great back shoulder throw from Keenum, and nice catch here by the tight end.Play #3Saved the best for last.The Texans are in a cover-2 at the goal line, and Denver is going to run to both Sanders and Sutton to the left to widen the safety and nickel corner, isolating the MLB Cheap Case Keenum Jersey , McKinney again.You can see the safety drift to Sanders in the slot, and the nickel corner is focused on the QB.Keenum once again throws with great anticipation and puts it in the perfect spot, away from the linebacker.Heuerman hang in there for an incredible catch, and Denver gets the score.I wrote last week how Denver’s passing game had been failing in the red zone and on 3rd downs this year. This week, they converted 100% of their red zone trips, and converted some key 3rd downs propelled by Heuerman and Keenum’s connection, plus great scheming to correctly utilize him.Look for more of this as the season progresses, and the offense continues to try new things and find it’s rhythm.Denver Broncos and New York Jets injury report: Punter Marquette King misses his second straight practice The Denver Broncos and New York Jets released their second injury report of the week today and it’s not looking good for the Broncos punter. Marquette King missed his second-straight practice and is looking unlikely for Sunday’s game.King is dealing with a thigh injury that he suffered late during Monday night’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. If he were unable to go, punter Colby Wadman would make his NFL debut with the Broncos. Head Coach Vance Joseph said he is comfortable with Wadman if King is unable to go for the Broncos.The other two players to sit out practice were tackle Jared Veldheer and linebacker Todd Davis. Their participation in Friday’s practice will likely decide their playing status for Sunday’s game Cheap Emmanuel Sanders Jersey , but neither seems likely to go as of now. Look for tackle Billy Turner and rookie linebacker Josey Jewell to get the starts in place of those two. Another noteworthy injury to keep an eye on is the one to All-Pro linebacker Von Miller. He was once again limited with a thigh injury today. He will be out there Sunday, but it will be interesting to see if he is hampered at all by this thigh injury going forward. As for the Jets, everything remained the same except for three new additions to their injury report. Defensive backs Darryl Roberts, Trumaine Johnson, and wide receiver Quincy Enumwa were all listed as limited. Here is your entire Thursday injury report for the Denver Broncos and the New York Jets. Denver Broncos injury reportPlayerPos.InjuryWednesdayThursdayFridayGame StatusPlayerPos.InjuryWednesdayThursdayFridayGame StatusBOLD - Indicates change in status; NIR颅- Indicates not injury relatedSTATUS DEFINITIONS: Did not participate (DNP); Limited: means less than 100 percent of a player’s normal repetitions; Full: 100 percent of player’s normal repetitions; Out: will not play; Doubtful: Unlikely to play; Questionable: Uncertain to playNew York Jets injury reportPlayerPos.InjuryWednesdayThursdayFridayGame StatusPlayerPos.InjuryWednesdayThursdayFridayGame StatusBOLD - Indicates change in status; NIR颅- Indicates not injury relatedSTATUS DEFINITIONS: Did not participate (DNP); Limited: means less than 100 percent of a player’s normal repetitions; Full: 100 percent of player’s normal repetitions; Out: will not play; Doubtful: Unlikely to play; Questionable: Uncertain to play