49ers star Dre Greenlaw lambasts Denver's altitude after Broncos' tenure: 'Fighting demons'

Home is wherever the bosom is. For linebacker Dre Greenlaw, that surely was not with the Denver Broncos.

Greenlaw spent past play with the Broncos aft signing a three-year, $31.5 cardinal contract, but was chopped astir a twelvemonth later. Greenlaw past returned to the San Francisco 49ers, wherever helium spent the archetypal six years of his career, connected a one-year deal. While it wasn’t the main crushed Greenlaw near Denver, helium surely won’t miss the altitude of the Mile High City.

"F—ing altitude," Greenlaw told The Athletic. "My mouth’s dry, my chemoreceptor is dry, I can’t sleep. … I’m warring demons near and right."

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Dre Greenlaw #57 of the Denver Broncos stretches connected the tract anterior to an NFL crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Dec. 7, 2025, successful Las Vegas, Nev. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

"I archer you, it’s antithetic being present successful California," Greenlaw said. "This caller air, bro, it makes a difference. You consciousness similar you tin tally each time retired here."

Greenlaw’s Broncos tenure got disconnected to an inauspicious start, arsenic helium suffered a terrible quadriceps strain connected the 2nd time of OTAs, and it held him retired until Week 7. Greenlaw said helium felt caput manager Sean Payton’s ire due to the fact that helium wasn’t capable to beryllium connected the field.

"We were good, particularly erstwhile I archetypal came in," Greenlaw said. "And past you popular your quad, radical commencement looking astatine you. Then, erstwhile we played the Jaguars (on Dec. 21), I had a small spot of a hamstring (injury). After that, you benignant of consciousness erstwhile the manager is, like, not truly messing with you. I felt alone."

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Green Bay Packers moving backmost Josh Jacobs catches a touchdown walk nether unit from Denver Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw during the 2nd 4th astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High successful Denver, Colo., connected Dec. 14, 2025. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

The linebacker said helium knew the trainers amended than his teammates due to the fact that helium wasn’t connected the field. Last season, helium appeared successful 8 games (seven starts), recorded 43 tackles, with 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack and 1 interception.

The Broncos ran a antithetic strategy than the 1 Greenlaw utilized with the 49ers, and helium said helium ne'er mastered it. He took accountability for his shortcomings successful Denver.

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"I don’t blasted thing connected the Broncos," helium said. "Coming disconnected the Achilles and the calf (injuries), I conscionable wasn’t successful the signifier that I needed to beryllium to spell retired determination with them and springiness it each I got. I should person taken it slow. (But) naturally, they’d conscionable paid me, truthful that’s each I wanted to bash — spell amusement them what I could do. And it spot maine successful the ass, the 2nd time I got there."

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Washington Commanders backmost Marcus Mariota scrambles with the shot nether unit from Denver Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw successful the 4th fourth astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Md., connected Nov. 30, 2025. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

"I cognize what I could person done better, arsenic acold arsenic being successful that film," helium said. "That’s wherever I consciousness similar I fto myself and everybody down."

After being chopped by the Broncos, Greenlaw signed a one-year, $7.5 cardinal woody to instrumentality to the 49ers. The familiarity of Southern California is 1 helium enjoys.

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"It conscionable feels similar home," Greenlaw said. "I get to inactive play shot and beryllium radical wrong. And that’s what I’ve been doing my full life."

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