Rod Smith, Jarvis Moss Out for Season

Wide receiver and team captain Rod Smith and rookie DE Jarvis Moss are to be placed on the Injured Reserve list, Head Coach Mike Shanahan announced Thursday. Smith is unable to come back after hip surgery nine months ago. Moss suffered a “freak accident” in practice Thursday and fractured his right fibula and tore ankle ligaments.

Smith’s news comes in the wake of his first practice this year after spending all of preseason and the first six weeks of the year on the physically unable to perform list. “After seeing the doctor (and) after practicing for about a week, he could see that he’s a little too far away to have a chance to be activated in the next couple of weeks,” coach Mike Shanahan said. “So, obviously, he won’t be activated in the next two weeks, which means he won’t be activated for this year.”

Moss had broken the starting lineup several times this season, and was really starting to show development. His loss on the defensive line will be felt.

John Lynch did not go through a full practice as was previously reported, but instead was limited in action Thursday.

We’ve been hit harder by injuries than I can remember in quite some time. These two bring the total of players on IR to 8 for the Broncos, by my count. This doesn’t count the career-threatening injury to Al Wilson, either. More as it comes.