The Broncos roll into Monday night’s game against Cleveland feeling good but running on tired legs. Denver’s playing for the 13th straight week in the regular season, with its bye week set to finally arrive on Tuesday.

Linebacker Drew Sanders is back on the 53-man roster in Denver. The Broncos announced that Sanders was activated from the physically unable to perform list on Tuesday. The 2023 third-round pick has spent the entire season recovering from a torn Achilles he suffered this offseason.

Sanders played at Alabama in the 2020 and 2021 seasons before transferring to Arkansas for 2022 and joining the Broncos in 2023 as the 67th selection in the NFL Draft. As a rookie, Sanders played in all 17 of Denver’s games, with four starts. Those starts came at inside linebacker because of injury issues at that position.

Sanders has been on the PUP list since he tore an Achilles tendon during the early part of Denver’s offseason workout program last spring.