Jonah Coleman

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• Week 1Sep 15, 2026

  Jonah Coleman — Week 1: One Kickoff Return, No Touches

  Coleman was active and did not carry the ball or draw a target; his one appearance in the play-by-play is a 27-yard kickoff return with 3:17 left in the third quarter. J.K. Dobbins carried eight times and RJ Harvey three, in a 31–10 loss to the Chiefs.

• Camp · Aug 31, 2026Aug 31, 2026

  Jonah Coleman Camp Update — August 31: A Second Straight Silent Week

  Denver waived Cody Schrader and Jaleel McLaughlin, the two backs who produced most in Friday's finale, and kept Tyler Badie as the fourth back for blocking and special teams, per Chad Jensen. Coleman himself went a second straight week without a single mention in the reporting we read.

• Camp · Aug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026

  Jonah Coleman Camp Update — August 23: The Knock Went Quiet This Week

  After two straight weeks of evidence, no Coleman reporting surfaced this week — no charted practice work, no stat line in the Green Bay coverage we read. The opening above him is still open, with J.K. Dobbins rested for a second straight game.

• Camp · Aug 16, 2026Aug 17, 2026

  Jonah Coleman Camp Update — August 16: The Evidence Phase Started Early

  Coleman scored on Denver's first-team defense in camp, ripped off multiple first-down runs in Atlanta, and then J.K. Dobbins got hurt. The praise-versus-proof gap we flagged in June is closing faster than expected.

• 2026 PreviewJul 2, 2026

  Jonah Coleman 2026 Season Preview — what we know, and what nobody does

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  Show notes & transcript

  Sean Payton spent a fourth-round pick and an entire June complimenting Jonah Coleman, and the market moved him to pick one 53 on the compliments alone. That's the trade you're being offered: praise now, evidence later.

  The record: Denver took him one-oh-eight overall out of Washington, per the team site, where he ran for 15 touchdowns last season per the club's draft coverage. The Payton quote of the spring — he's "all football," per SI's Broncos coverage in June — came attached to minicamp reports of strong team-period runs and a red-zone catch, and the beat consensus flagged his passing-game value all spring.

  The situation: this backfield already has two paid claims on it. J.K. Dobbins re-signed after a season that was verified-good and verified-short — 772 rushing yards in 10 games — and RJ Harvey caught 47 passes and scored 12 total touchdowns as a rookie. The offense also changed hands in January: Davis Webb was promoted to coordinator after the title-game loss, per ESPN, with Payton saying he'll hand over most of the play-calling, per the Denver Gazette in February. Three backs, new play-caller, one ball.

  What we know that the buzz doesn't: June praise for fourth-round backs is the cheapest currency in football, and it predicts nothing at a standard we'd cite — we checked. The price has already moved on words. The results haven't started. We'll grade those in October.

  Watch: preseason third-down snaps — if Coleman is the two-minute back over Harvey, that's a real job — and Dobbins' early-season workload pattern, because 10-game seasons tend to get managed. He's one of your guys? This show covers your whole roster — every player, every week, all season.