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Published on 09/16/2010 at Thu Sep 16 17:34.
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Kuper, Harris miss second practice

Posted Thu Sep 16th by

Chris Kuper

Having drawn two of its starters from the 2010 draft, the Denver Broncos‘ offensive line was expected to be in a state flux in 2010.  Repeated injuries are only expounding this effect.

Until this week, only right guard Chris Kuper had been the healthy exception to this rule, but now even his status is in question.  Kuper missed his second straight practice Thursday with knee and ankle injuries.  Head Coach Josh McDaniels said they are taking the careful route with he and right tackle Ryan Harris, who has been missing several weeks of work, but wouldn’t rule them out for Sunday, either.

“I mean obviously we would like to have a full group out there — the group that we think will ultimately be playing together,” McDaniels said, “but there’s nothing we can do other than get ready to go with the players that are healthy. Both (OL) Ryan (Harris) and (OL) Chris (Kuper) have a shot at playing, but we are going to try to be smart about that too, because rushing them back and playing them before they are ready to go — that could be worse.”

If Kuper and Harris can’t go, the lineup (from left tackle to right tackle) will be Ryan Clady, Stanley Daniels, J.D. Walton, Russ Hochstein, and Zane Beadles.

The offensive line was a sieve at times in Jacksonville; in other words, the Broncos’ offensive line is undergoing some growing pains, as expected.  But having to change the lineup due to injury all the time certainly isn’t helping.  Hopefully Kuper and Harris return to the lineup soon.

  • anthony33

    This is not good… obviously.

    This offensive line is going to be very good if not great at some point. Hopefully Harris is not snake bit. When healthy he is a very solid player.

    Could get ugly on Sunday if both these guys are out. BTW… did Kuper miss the JAX game?

  • Dan

    Clady (clearly not 100%), Daniels (new to starting in the NFL), Walton (Rookie), Hochstein (coming off of knee surgery and probably not 100%), Beadles (Rookie)…I wish them the best on Sunday, but wow that is some pretty obvious downside risk. The rest of Broncos hopefully will be coached-up better than last week against Jacksonville (especially the field position we give-up and get on special teams), or it could get disappointing again. Maybe we will see some bigger plays by Thomas, Decker, Royal, Cox, Lloyd, or Moreno…We sure need them. Go Broncos!

  • Jake White

    We're screwed…

  • Dave

    Why not put Tebow in? At least he is mobile.

  • Dan

    This is yet another example of McDaniels’ horrible personnel decisions. He dismantled the offensive line like he did to the rest of the offense because they didn’t fit his system. Way to go Josh. Take the #2 offense and put it at the bottom of the NFL. What an arrogant bum. Go Redskins!

  • anthony33

    So Dan… since you apprently know so much about offensive lines…. just what horrible personnel decisions did McD make to the O-line to cause Harris and Kuper to be on the injury list?

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