Denver Broncos nose tackle Mike Purcell (98) Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Broncos DT Mike Purcell out for season, will undergo foot surgery

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 10/26/20

The Denver Broncos lost more than a game to rivals the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

Denver head coach Vic Fangio has confirmed that starting nose tackle Mike Purcell will miss the rest of the season because of a foot problem. Per Mike Klis of 9News, the 29-year-old is expected to have surgery to repair a Lisfranc injury.

Purcell withdrew from Sunday's contest after the fifth defensive play and didn't make the box score for what became a 43-16 defeat that dropped Denver to 2-4 overall. Purcell previously played through a knee issue.

He joined the Broncos in April 2019 and tallied a career-best 48 total tackles during his first season with the club. Purcell accumulated 15 tackles, a sack, two tackles for loss and a quarterback hit across six contests this year before Sunday. As noted by the club's official website, Purcell put pen to paper on a contract extension through 2023 earlier this month.

He thanked Denver fans via Twitter on Monday afternoon.

Trusting the process. Thanks for the love #BroncosCountry. I hope my wife doesn’t add me to the chores list now pic.twitter.com/ucLR7VT2qK
— Michael Purcell (@m_purcell64) October 26, 2020

Purcell wasn't Denver's only casualty over the weekend. Running back Phillip Lindsay is in the league's concussion protocol, and his status for midweek practices and this coming Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Chargers is unknown.

"That's all done independently," Fangio said of the concussion process. "They started testing him today and that will be a process that will just have to take place during the week, and we'll see what the independent doctors say."

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