ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Matt Paradis can’t recall ever feeling this good heading into training camp.Emmanuel Sanders Jersey

The Denver Broncos’ star center who missed the offseason program following double hip surgery said Tuesday he’s ready to return to the football field although ”I think they’re going to ease me back in.”

”My hips are feeling great,” Paradis told The Associated Press on Tuesday. ”It’s been a long process but we jumped on it right after last season, got the surgeries done so that I’d be good to go by now. And here we are going into fall camp tomorrow and I’m feeling pretty great.DeMarcus Ware Jersey

”I mean, there’s some soreness. But that just goes with the territory,Von Miller Jersey and I’m ready to go for fall camp.”

Paradis didn’t miss a single snap for the second straight season last year, when he was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate.Demaryius Thomas Jersey But his inability to practice during the week kept the O-line from attaining the kind of chemistry and cohesion they’re counting on in 2017.

”I’m just not sure when was the last time I played pain-free, at least in my hips,” Paradis said. ”But I’m very excited to be feeling this good and being able to practice. Not only is it big for me to be able to play but as an O-line it’s the unit just practicing together.