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Published on 05/21/2008 at Wed May 21 15:14.
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Tony Scheffler to Miss Camp with Foot Injury

Posted Wed May 21st by

Tony Scheffler

One year ago today, Denver Broncos tight end Tony Scheffler suffered a fracture in his left foot while running a route during the team’s Quarterback Camp. After a slow start to his 2007 season, he came on strong, finishing 10th in the NFL in receiving yards for tight ends. It appeared that he had overcome the injury and found a way to become one of the better tight ends in his second year.

Fast forward one year and the same foot is still giving him issues. After appearing in the team’s first practice sessions on Monday, Scheffler has been sidelined due to soreness in his left foot and is expected to miss four weeks, the Denver Post reports.

Scheffler is now wearing a boot on his left foot. He had been working out with Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall in Atlanta shortly after the 2007 season was under wraps.

I was really, really excited to see what Scheffler could do with a full bill of health this season, so this news is a real downer for me. How does “soreness” come with an expected 4-week down time, anyway? There’s something else going on here.

The injury bug is already biting this team, a la 2007. Let’s hope this time the bumps and bruises are not of the lingering variety.

  • azbronco7

    I think its about time the broncos medical staff gets a real close look taken at it. I mean first it was javon’s knee, which was supposed to be just sore than suddenly needed surgery. hamilton was always a week away from coming back until they just put him on IR. cutler’s diabetes went unnoticed for months. DO YOUR JOBS! FIX THESE BRONCOS! DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN INJURIES DAMN IT!

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    Wow um… yeah… what he said. :)

  • flbronc

    amen.

  • http://birty.blogspot.com mikebirty

    I wonder how much of this is precautionary? There’s 16 weeks to the new season – why make Henry workout with a slight strained hamstring and why make Schef take any risks with his ankle? Last thing they want is little conditions becoming major problems before camp.

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Jonathan Douglas

    Mike,

    Yeah, I agree in part. However, wearing a ‘boot’ doesn’t seem precautionary… that seems a bit more serious.

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Jonathan Douglas

    P.S. The Post is now saying: “There is fear Scheffler may have suffered another small fracture in his foot.”

  • adam

    Makes you wonder if this is why they gave Nate Jackson the money they did…seemed odd when they gave him the signing bonus they did, but does it still? While I hear the frustration over medical stuff, don’t we have to empathize with the inherent need for teams to posture, especially to the media.

  • http://denverbroncos.com Jon

    he’ll heal