Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton has announced the club’s team captains for the 2023 NFL season.
Quarterback Russell Wilson (offense), wide receiver Courtland Sutton (offense), right tackle Mike McGlinchey (offense), safeties Kareem Jackson (defense) and Justin Simmons (defense) and punter Riley Dixon (special teams) were named team captains on Wednesday.
Buy Broncos TicketsBroncos players elected this year’s captains.
“We won’t usually have the rookies vote; we’ll have the veterans [vote],” Payton said last week. “The players will vote on offense, defense, and special teams, and we’ll kind of go from there. Typically, each week, we might have a guest captain — number six — that moves around.”
Last year, players elected Wilson, Sutton, Simmons, outside linebacker Bradley Chubb and kicker Brandon McManus as team captains. Chubb and McManus are no longer with the team.
Denver’s captains will lead the team against the Las Vegas Raiders when the Broncos host their division rival in Week 1 on Sept. 10.
