Six days, two practices and one preseason game. That’s all that remains for Broncos players on the edge of contention to either secure one of the coveted 53 roster spots or seek work elsewhere.



By 2 p.m. MT on Saturday, the Broncos’ initial — though not necessarily final — team for the season will be determined. Its practice squad can be formed a day later and by the end of the weekend, the team will have officially moved on to preparing for Oakland.



Despite an extended training camp and preseason, many positions still lack clarity among the reserves, making last Saturday’s loss to the Rams in Los Angeles and the final game against the Cardinals on Thursday critical tryouts for bubble players.



“I think it will be valuable,” coach Vic Fangio said. “It’ll be very valuable because our practice is limited this past week with the short week, (and) we have a short week again, so this game and the next game will...