The Broncos recently gave their players a refresher on social media protocol. They encourage their players to engage with the public — just not to the extent Williams did.

"Basically, we discussed it," coach John Fox said, "and I think all in all our guys do a great job of keeping our fans informed, and you're going to have a couple of mishaps and you just move on."

Williams, the team's starting weak-side linebacker, played a couple of snaps on the strong side Tuesday but otherwise manned his usual position.

Williams walked past reporters without stopping to answer questions after practice, but several of his teammates said that while Williams might have breached NFL protocol, he didn't give away secrets that would hurt the team next season.

"To be honest with you, everybody in the league runs that same type of defense," LB Joe Mays said. "We're not really showing anything that's private or anything like that."

"People could look at that a million times and not know what the hell is going on," Bailey said. "... Even people in the NFL don't know what the hell that is. They know what it is, but it doesn't tell me anything. Everybody does that (type of formation)."

CB Tracy Porter said it would be nearly impossible for opponents to capitalize on Williams' tweet.

"I guess he wanted everyone to see that our job isn't just showing up on Sunday and play. Showing them we in fact have to learn a thick playbook, as well," Porter said. "We have things we have to learn outside of showing up and playing football. It's a minor mistake, nothing that guys are harping on around here. We know D.J. is a good guy. We're not taking anything negative from it."

Besides, Porter said, it's not like he gave away the entire playbook.