It’s late afternoon here at Dove Valley, and the snow keeps pounding the Front Range and Dove Valley along with it.
Over a foot of snow has dropped upon the practice fields out here. The conditions have been and remain so fierce that the snow appears to be blowing horizontally; practicing outside in conditions that prompted a gubernatorial disaster declaration was immediately ruled out, sending the team to the South Suburban Sports Dome about a mile northwest of the building.
Aside from that, it was business as usual.
“If you let (the weather) become an inconvenience, it is,” tight end Stephen Alexander said. “But we have a fairly decent facility that we go to when it’s bad outside. We’re getting great work, we’re full speed, going hard. It’s not like we’ve have to go do a walk through somewhere and try to make do in a locker room or something. We have the space and we’re still going full speed. We’re still getting great reps. We’re not outside, but it’s still positive work for us.”
That left just one concern.
“I’m just worried about having to sleep here at the facility,” safety John Lynch said.
For some here, it’s more than a worry. Coaches and staffers — including yours truly — remain; I’m settling in for an overnight stay here. The players, meanwhile, were able to extricate themselves from the building; their schedule tweaked, moving practice up by two hours to allow them more of a chance to make it home through the conditions.
Said Lynch: “I’ve got a car that doesn’t do so well in the snow.”
He did, however, make it out.
More to come throughout the evening, and much of it has nothing to do with the weather. We caught up with Javon Walker, Stephen Alexander and Javon Walker to find out how all are faring with their injuries; they’re each listed as probable. Their thoughts will come your way over on the main site in the hours to come.
Tags: John Lynch, Stephen Alexander, Weather
Tough break having to stay at the facilty, though I am sure you have first class accomodations!
Still waiting to hear about Walker’s injury update. I knew he hurt something during the game, just couldn’t tell what…..
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It’s not so bad. It’s actually pretty pleasant; some good company in the building and a warm place to sleep. Beats being stranded on the Interstate, as so many were tonight.
As for Walker … he said he hurt his shoulder when he was tackled Sunday, but didn’t specify when. He dubbed it a “freak accident.” However, he practiced Wednesday and says he’ll be ready to go. Every Bronco on the injury report went through the full practice Wednesday — including Adam Meadows, out for the last three weeks.
geez I’m starting to get worried about the weather in Denver as I’m scheduled to arrive there next week. I’m a 31 (on Boxing Day) year old lifelong Bronco fan from Canada and will finally be going to see my first Broncos game in Denver vs San Fransisco and can’t wait I just hope the weather will be nice enough for my girlfriend and I to be allowed to travel there. I’ve seen the Broncos play the Lions a few times but I cannot wait to be at Invesco field and be surrounded by 75,000 plus fans like myself and feel what it’s like to be truly in Bronco’s Country.
Hey Meloche, that’s awesome!!! Enjoy your first visit. I went to several games at the old Mile High but have not had the chance to get to the new stadium…
Glad to hear everything is ok with javon…That certainly is good news…
TSG
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I think the weather here ia not going be a big factor for the Broncos, because they have been through thios so many times in there career so I have faith in them and know that they will still do good and I loe the cold weather at a Bronco game, so GO BRONCOS!!!