Twelve things about the Broncos entering Sunday’s game against Cincinnati:
1. Rookie outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper in is line to make his fifth start because of Malik Reed’s COVID-19 absence. A seventh-round pick who was held out of the offseason program following multiple heart procedures, Cooper has played 372 defensive snaps and has 28 tackles. I’ve charted him for 15 pass-rush disruptions — two sacks, three knockdowns and 10 pressures — and five run “stuffs.”
2. Cooper said his biggest progress has been in, “knowing the game of football in general.