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Published on 04/29/2011 at Fri Apr 29 06:00.
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Tim Tebow returns to work

Posted Fri Apr 29th by

In this handout photo provided by Disney Parks, Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow attends "ESPN The Weekend" on March 05, 2011 at Disney's Hollywood Studios Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Scott Miller/Disney Parks via Getty Images)

Disney at Walt Disney World (Scott Miller/Disney Parks via Getty Images)

Nearly lost in the hubbub of Von Miller becoming the highest draft pick in Denver Broncos history is the fact that veteran Broncos players are able to return to work at Dove Valley Friday morning.

Nearly. The list of players reporting for duty Friday morning includes the impossible-to-ignore Tim Tebow, after all.

Tebow is one of a number of Broncos expected to return to workouts at the team’s facility early Friday morning. A day ago, a dozen or so players arrived at Dove Valley only to be politely turned down. Yesterday, however, the league distributed a memo to all 32 teams outlining the processes to allow players to participate in workouts on-site.

“I’m pretty sure guys who are able to go over will be there,” veteran safety Brian Dawkins said, who was among the players denied access Thursday morning. “It’s the beginning. Hopefully we can continue to go out and train and keep our bodies in shape so when the time comes for us to do football-related things, like minicamps or whatever, we’ll be able to put a great product on the field.”

“We have been on the phone with them all day, trying to collect them and get them here,” head coach John Fox said. “We have had a great response. I think they are excited to get here and we are excited to have them here.”

The prospect of real football in September may not be all that closer from these developments, but it can only benefit Tebow and others to work on-site and study playbooks. It’s good to have football again.

  • Fan From Spain

    here we go Broncos! lets get Bowers!

  • roshon2411

    I tell you after watching yesterday's draft and the teams reaching for QB's. I have to say I think Tebow might be a steal at 25 now…

  • Big_Pete

    I was thinking that Bowers in the 2nd would be a steal, but think about this… IF he needs surgery (mircrofracture), he is on IR immediately and won't play at all this year. That's a complete waste of a pick that will have any impact this year. Microfracture surgury is what Terrell Davis needed on his knee, and you see what that did to his career. Microfracture means that they need to dril/crack holes in your knee to hopefully have scar tissue grow and act as a buffer (where knee fluid normally exists) so that your knee won't be bone on bone. This is a potential career ending surgery.
    So you're willing to make our 1st second round pick on a guy who probably needs this surgery and has a very real possibility to have his career over before he plays in a single game?
    I'm sorry, but even though Bowers has great potential, the risk of him never playing a single down in the NFL for any team is just way too great. Like I've read on all the sports sites (espn, cnnsi, nfl, rotoworld, etc….), many teams have taken Bowers completely off their draft boards. That means that unless he was maybe there in the 7th round, or a free agent, there are quite a few teams that will not take him. That should speak volumes to the actual extent of his knee injury. McDaniels drafts injured players, not Elway & Fox.
    I'd only take Bowers in the 4th+ rounds, and I am pretty sure we don't have a 4th, so really, I'd draft him in the 5th + rounds.

  • flbronc

    we dont have a 5th either… so 6+…

    i went to bed thinking getting him in the second would be awesome. but a good nights sleep cleared my head. we need players that are 100% healthy the day we draft them, which bowes is not- otherwise he'd be off the board already.

  • flbronc

    glad the guys can get back in the facility and talk to coaches and get their playbooks. i hope they are taking them home and making copies in case they have to give them back again….

    the higher ups are busy with draft related stuff, but hopefully the position coaches have time to meet with guys and start getting acquainted.

  • Big_Pete

    wow, is it that dire? I didn't think our draft cupboard was that bare.
    And I agree, if Bowers was looked upon as even “probable” to be healthy this season, he'd have been drafted in the 1st. I'd say his injury status is either Questionable (50/50) or Doubtful (0/25%). That's why he is still sitting there, and that's why we shouldn't draft him.

  • NMBronc

    Yesterday was crazy. Gabbert was the only non-reach. The good news is, it left more DTs for us.

  • Fan From Spain

    I hear you Pete, but why is he still at the top of the list of all the “best players left” then? maybe his knee isn't that bad after all… I don't know.

  • http://thingsatrexdoes.tumblr.com Mike Birtwistle

    4 starters – we have 1. 3 more to get.

  • Masaga91

    so, you're a doctor and know a lot about microfracture surgery right? because you speak of it as it ended careers every time it is done, there is more than 70% chances that he gets near or to his top form, it really depends a lot on the recovery ability of the player, is true that takes at least 8-12 months to recover. Second, microsurgery didn't ended td career, it ended when he torn his ACL and MCL, and the microfracture he went through was for helping his everyday living, not for his career to be resumed, and is true that bowers will only be able to play a maximun of 6 years
    And among many players that have microsurgery and worked for them is stoudemire, jason kidd, jason seahorn, rod woodsoon, among others

  • Glm776

    Round 3 is over — why did they pass on a DT???? O-line and D-line win games — why did Elway throw for all those yards – he had a decent line – why did the Broncs have the #32 defense last year — no D-Line — I think this draft stinks, except for Miller, Elway is not getting it done!!!!!

  • Glm776

    Round 3 is over — why did they pass on a DT???? O-line and D-line win games — why did Elway throw for all those yards – he had a decent line – why did the Broncs have the #32 defense last year — no D-Line — I think this draft stinks, except for Miller, Elway is not getting it done!!!!!