The Broncos set out to add competition to the roster this offseason, and that hasn’t changed as OTAs continue.
Fourth-year fullback Kyle Eckel joined the team Friday, now one of two fullbacks on the roster alongside Spencer Larsen.
That means Matt Prater is the only Bronco without competition on the roster at his position.
Eckel, who is already practicing with the team this morning, has spent time with the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles and most recently the New Orleans Saints.
Fresh off a Super Bowl XLIV win, Eckel has carried the ball 59 times for 175 yards and two touchdowns in his career, also hauling in three receptions for 20 yards.
The fullback played his college career at Navy, leaving the academy with 2,906 rushing yards — including 13 100-yard rushing games — and 25 rushing touchdowns. He became just the third player in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season twice.
We’ll have more from Friday’s practice this afternoon.
-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Kyle Eckel, Matt Prater, Spencer Larsen
Glad to see some competition for the ground and pound!
I just heard a rumor the Brandstater has been cut…
Anyone else heat this?
This is Broncos Country!!!
Appears to be true wildman…….and then there was 3!
Where did you hear that???? What are your sources????
PFT.
NFL.com is reporting it
I have a feeling Brandstater will end up in New England.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/06/04/broncos-release-tom-brandstater/
Thanks.
Well I know that Brandstater had no future here in Denver so at least Mcd did him right by releasing him early so he has a chance to catch on somewhere else. Best of luck Brandstater.
Im tired of all these names and bodies… Cant wait for training camp and cant wait even more for the final 53 man roster. Maybe Eckle is the FB and Maybe Larsen becomes ILB like many people hope….who knows. It will be interesting to find out tho. I think we are a team unlike any other, which both scares me and interest me. More than ever, I believe this season will either be brilliant or a trainwreck. No 500 this seaoson. Lets hope is brilliant. Go Broncos Twenty-Ten. TRB out.
Brandstater did get cut.
maybe nobody will pick him up and we can pick him back up on the practice squad……….. well , anythings possible , right ?
we all knew this was coming
This should be no surprise to anyone. Saw this one coming. That was too obvious.
I am glad to see all but one of the positions are getting competition… makes the players EARN their spot on the team instead of it just being handed to them. That’s usually when egos kick in cuz the player then think their all that & a bag of chips because they didn’t have to fight for their spot, there was no competition. Well, not this season. A spot on the roster should be earned, no matter what position you play. I love that Prater is our kicker… he’s awesome but it wouldn’t hurt to give him some competition as well & it also wouldn’t hurt to have a backup for him in case (God forbid) something goes wrong. Plan ahead.
Keep the faith Bronco Country…
GO BRONCOS in 2010!!!!
I like the new addition!! Now we need to sign doom to a six year contract!!! lets go broncos!! 2010 sb champs
Hey Jim,
I have noticed on the roster that information has not been updated.
Example, Wesley Woodyard does not still weight 222 lbs.
Who needs to be notified to update the data?
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