It appeared a monkey wrench was thrown into the Broncos’ defense just when the unit had found their groove. Alex Singleton suffered a torn ACL during Week 3’s win over Tampa Bay, leaving the inside linebacker room with Cody Barton, a rotational player on his third team in three seasons, Justin Strnad — who hadn’t played a single defensive snap since 2021 — and newly signed practice squad members Zach Cunningham and Kwon Alexander, a 10-year veteran coming off a torn Achilles that he suffered last year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But any concerns about how the unit would respond after Singleton’s season-ending injury have been silenced in recent weeks.