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Published on 09/16/2010 at Thu Sep 16 17:34.
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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.