Broncos have ruled out three players for first preseason game Head Coach Vance Joseph on Thursday announced that safety Su’a Cravens http://www.denverbroncosteamonline.com/connor-mcgovern-jersey , tight end Jeff Heuerman, and guard Menelik Watson will not play in the Denver Broncos first preseason game on Saturday against the Minnesota Vikings.He added that both inside linebacker Joseph Jones and cornerback Tramaine Brock would be game-time decisions.“Right now we’ve got Su’a Cravens out,” Joseph said. “I would say [Jeff] Heuerman is out. Menelik Watson is out with a pec injury. I would say Joseph Jones is probably a game-time decision and so is Tramaine Brock.”Both Cravens and Heuerman are close and will likely be back practicing next week, but Joseph saw no need to risk further delays by rushing them into a meaningless game. Watson’s injury is a little more recent and it is unknown how severe it is.Against the Vikings, the first-team offense and defense are expected to play a max of two series. One of the more interesting things Joseph noted on Thursday was that tight end Jake Butt is going to be a part of those first two series.“Yes, he’s playing,” Joseph said of Butt. “He’ll be with the first group probably for two series and maybe a little bit after, but not much more than that.”Despite Heuerman being listed first on the depth chart, it has been Austin Traylor and Butt who have been getting all of the first-team reps. The question of who will control the Denver Broncos has landed in court. The Broncos want it to be decided elsewhere.In a 15-page document filed on Friday, the three trustees charged with managing the franchise during the incapacitation of owner Pat Bowlen seek a stay of litigation recently filed by Pat Bowlen’s brother regarding the procedures put in place for determining the next controlling owner of the team.Pat Bowlen http://www.denverbroncosteamonline.com/ronald-leary-jersey , before surrendering control of the team due to his ongoing battle with Alzheimer’s disease, established a three-person trust that would eventually determine which, if any, of Pat Bowlen’s seven children would be capable and ready to serve as controlling owner of the team. Last month, Pat Bowlen’s brother, Bill, filed a legal action challenging the authority of the trustees. As alleged by the trustees in the motion to stay the action pending arbitration, Bill Bowlen’s formal challenge to the authority of the trustees represents a “thinly-veiled continuation” of the efforts of Beth Bowlen Wallace, one of Pat Bowlen’s daughters, to secure control of the team.The document contends that the trustees previously have concluded that Beth Bowlen Wallace is “not capable or qualified” to serve as the controlling owner.The trustees hope to submit the matter to arbitration by the NFL Authentic Derek Wolfe Jersey , pursuant to the league’s Constitution and Bylaws. The filing makes it clear that the league has not yet accepted the matter for arbitration, but that the trustees want the litigation to be delayed until the NFL makes a decision on whether the ownership dispute allegedly at the heart of Bill Bowlen’s legal action will be resolved by arbitration.The document asserts that Beth Bowlen Wallace and her sister, Amie Klemmer, “have attempted to circumvent [Pat] Bowlen’s succession plan,” which allegedly contemplates that the trustees eventually will determine — with no predetermined deadline — which of Pat Bowlen’s children is qualified and capable of running the team.It’s believed that the trustees have identified Brittany Bowlen, 28, as the best candidate among the children of Pat Bowlen to eventually qualify as controlling owner. The trustees have not yet decided whether Brittany Bowlen or any of the other children of Pat Bowlen should inherit the power to run the franchise. Last month, Brittany Bowlen expressed publicly her interest in eventually qualifying to serve as controlling owner.