Young didn't appear Tuesday on the Broncos' estimated practice report and appears to have cleared the NFL's five-step concussion protocol, Aric DiLalla of the Broncos' official site reports.
Young was sidelined for a third straight game in Sunday's 34-13 loss to the Chargers due to the head injury, but his absence from the team's first Week 18 report seemingly implies that he would have been listed as a full participant if included. Unless Young suffers a setback in practice over the next two days, he should be ready to play in Saturday's season finale against the Chiefs. Young has compiled 75 tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles across 13 games between the Rams and Broncos this season.
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Broncos' Kenny Young: Out Sunday
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Young (concussion) will not play in Sunday's matchup with the Raiders, Aric DiLalla of the Broncos' official website reports.
Young's absence will mark his second straight missed contest due to a concussion. As a result, both Baron Browning (illness) and Jonas Griffith are candidates to see extra snaps.
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Broncos' Kenny Young: May miss Sunday
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Young (concussion) is doubtful for Sunday against the Bengals, Ryan O'Halloran of The Denver Post reports.
Young suffered the concussion during the Broncos' week 14 win against the Lions and has yet to clear protocols. When Young exited the game, he was replaced by Jonas Griffith, who would likely be the beneficiary of Young's potential absence Sunday against the Bengals.
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Broncos' Kenny Young: Enters concussion protocols
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Young remains in concussion protocols Monday according to head coach Vic Fangio, Zac Stevens of TheDNVR.com reports.
Young suffered a concussion in the Broncos' win over the Lions on Sunday. It was reported after the game that Young would be entering concussion protocols, and head coach Vic Fangio reiterated that Monday. Fangio also noted that he believed fill-in Jonas Griffith did, "fine for his first action in the NFL." If Young were to sit out Sunday against the Bengals, Griffith would likely be looking at extra opportunity once again.
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Broncos' Kenny Young: Traded to Denver
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The Rams traded Young and a 2024 seventh-round pick to the Broncos on Monday in exchange for a 2024 sixth-round pick, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
The Broncos recently placed Micah Kiser (groin) on injured reserve, which brings their total number of linebackers on IR to seven. The trade to acquire Young is Denver's second move to add linebacker help in the past few days, as they traded for outside linebacker Stephen Weatherly on Saturday. Young will likely step into the starting middle linebacker role with Justin Strnad during Kiser's absence.
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Rams' Kenny Young: Rings up 10 stops
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Young produced 10 tackles (five solo) in Sunday's 34-14 win over the Bears.
Young played all 69 defensive snaps in the season opener after winning the starting job during training camp. Young is a tackling machine, and with an every-snap role in hand, the fourth-year linebacker has massive IDP upside.
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Rams' Kenny Young: Bounces back in 2020
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Young managed 52 tackles (31 solo), one sack, two pass breakups, an interception and a fumble recovery across 16 games in 2020.
Young, who only had 17 tackles in his last two seasons, bounced back to rookie-year form in 2020. His rotational role doesn't lend itself to much real fantasy upside in IDP formats, but his resurgence as a consistent contributor should give the Rams some confidence in his upside as a developmental option. He'll play out the final year of his rookie contract with Los Angeles in 2021.
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Rams' Kenny Young: Goes down with ankle injury
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Young exited Saturday's loss to San Francisco with an ankle injury.
Young has exclusively played special teams since being traded to the Rams in October, and he didn't record a tackle before suffering the injury. The 25-year-old's status should be updated when the Rams return to practice Wednesday.
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Ravens' Kenny Young: Gets shot at starting job
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Young is poised to compete for a starting job, Joe Schiller of the Ravens' official website reports.
The 2018 fourth-round pick spent his rookie season splitting time with Patrick Onwausor at inside linebacker next to C.J. Mosley, who recently signed a five-year, $85 million contract with the Jets. There's now room for both Onwausor and Young to handle three-down roles, though it will depend on Baltimore's other moves this offseason. Young flashed impressive IDP potential in 2018, with 51 tackles (40 solo), 2.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery across 369 snaps on defense and 178 on special teams.
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Ravens' Kenny Young: Suiting up Week 1
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Young (knee) is active for Sunday's Week 1 tilt against the Bills.
Young was trending in the right direction after full practice participation Thursday and Friday. The 2018 fourth-round pick will open his rookie season backing up Patrick Onwuasor at one of the Ravens' inside linebacker spots.
