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Published on 07/25/2008 at Fri Jul 25 15:58.
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Carlton Powell to Miss Season with Torn Achilles

Posted Fri Jul 25th by

[Carlton Powell]

An update on the status of rookie DT Carlton Powell – When addressing the media after Friday morning’s practice, Head Coach Mike Shanahan dropped the following bomb regarding his 5th round pick:

“(The injury) happened a number of weeks ago. His Achilles popped in the offseason conditioning program, and obviously he’s out for the year.”

There you have it folks. Fifth round pick Carlton Powell will miss the 2008 season with an Achilles injury.

That’s a lot more serious than a PUP-listing. It’s a wonder the Broncos didn’t place him on IR to start. I feel like we’re a deep football team in a lot of areas; defensive tackle is not one of them. Powell would have made a difference this year.

Thanks sirsam. More notes from camp in a bit.

  • Riverscanbl&wme

    I agree that we are not deep enough at DT and that Powell would have played important minutes this year. I wonder if he needs surgery which I would imagine he would, or how it compares to others who have torn their achiles (Stokley)?

    Either way this is not a good omen for our hopes of a healthier year in 08.

  • sirsam

    Do you think we go out and get another DT from somewhere?

  • dbroncos

    This is certainly not good news, i dont see any other option than trying to bring someone else in. I was extremely excited about how good he is and would have been.

  • Person

    We definitely need another DT or for Kenny Peterson to turn into a monster. At least we’re getting Eukuban back.

  • http://birty.blogspot.com mikebirty

    Anyone got Big Sam Adams’ phone number? ;)

    This is not good news at all.

  • myerda00

    MAN, this was one of my surprise guys. OK, Thomas and Robertson will be real good. McKinley, and Peterson will need to be good. I did not know if Steven Harris would make the squad but now I hope he is ready.