Orlando Franklin leaving Broncos on Monday to be with family

Broncos right tackle Orlando Franklin will travel to New Jersey today to be with his mother and older brother while he mourns the death of his younger brother, who died Wednesday in Jamaica at age 20.

Franklin remained in Denver last week and did not miss a practice. He played every offensive snap in Sunday’s 29-24 loss and had one of his best games of his short career, helping provide the block’s for Willis McGahee’s 135-=yard rushing day.

“It was a tough week, but at the end of the day, I have to be a professional,” Franklin said, adding that playing football and his Broncos teammates helped him get through a “tough week.”


(denverpost.com)