Broncos' Demaryius Thomas coming along

The Denver Broncos have another first-round draft pick besides quarterback Tim Tebow.

His name is Demaryius Thomas.

The big wide receiver from Georgia Tech lined up with the first-team offense during a Saturday minicamp and caught a touchdown from quarterback Kyle Orton.

“He’s doing great," Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said in remarks distributed by the team. "In terms of trying to get better at the things that he has struggled with or made an error with, he has really worked hard to try to fix those. He’s had a great attitude and approach. He hasn’t made the same error a lot. You know, he’s dropped a couple balls.

"I think that everyone has seen this guy make tremendous catches and then there’s been some other ones that he’s dropped. I think that comes with playing and knocking off some of the rust and you know, it’s only his fourth or fifth practice where he’s been out there against NFL caliber defensive backs. Like I said, he’ll only get better every day and today was better than yesterday.”

Thomas has been limited to a few practices this offseason as he continues to recover from a broken fifth metatarsal in his foot.

“It’s going good," Thomas said. "It’s just little things that I learn from veterans, so I’m pretty sure I’ll be fine. It was just some little stuff that I was doing wrong and came out and tried to correct some of it today so I think I’m doing okay.”

Thomas said the biggest challenges are learning the playbook and getting back to 100 percent from the foot injury he suffered prior to the NFL scouting combine.

Thomas has been working with former Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith after practices, picking up tips.

“He helped me out a lot, actually," Thomas said. "Just some of the stuff that he told me he did and would help me out and I tried it today and it did help.

“It was basically getting off the line and getting off press and using my body and using my shoulders, something I never did before.”

What has he learned so far about NFL defensive backs?

“I know they’re good and they don’t make mistakes," Thomas said.

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