Speaking with the media on Monday morning from Dove Valley, Head Coach Josh McDaniels said that starting tackle Ryan Harris will not be available for Week 9’s Monday Night Football matchup with the defending Super Bowl-champion Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I don’t know the whole entire prognosis,” McDaniels said. “I am meeting with Greek (Head Athletic Trainer Steve Antonopulos) here as soon as this is over, but he will not play this week.”
Harris left Sunday’s 30-7 loss to Baltimore in the first quarter with a toe injury. He was replaced for the remainder of the game by Tyler Polumbus.
Facing an aggressive front seven — and matched up against the talented Terrell Suggs on more than a few occasions — Polumbus more than held his own. McDaniels said he was happy with how Polumbus handled himself against both bull rushers and speed rushers.
“Tyler has been in the system now as long as anybody else has this year, so he is familiar with what we are doing,” McDaniels said. “We are always giving him plenty of reps in practice. He handled himself well in the preseason, and we will expect him to go in and play well (against Pittsburgh).”
Kyle Orton agreed that Polumbus filled in effectively against the Ravens. Even with the change at tackle, Baltimore only managed one sack over the final three quarters of play.
“He played fine,” Orton said. “He came in and did his job.”
– Zach Eisendrath, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Ryan Harris, Tyler Polumbus, Week 9
We got dominated by the Ravens, but I think it was a good game to lose. It won’t affect our standings too much, and it will force us to be better. It is a bad thing to go undefeated in the NFL, so this may have been the best possible thing for us.
Bummer! Heal up ryan!
I watched only a little bit of the game(thankfully) Actually looked strong defensively in the first half but the Ravens just proved to be too much. Broncos can’t be soft. I did see some signs of that and won’t mention any names here. Broncos can’t be afraid to make mistakes or get injured. This is how good teams fight through adversity and become great. Think of going snow skiing. It actually sucks if you do it afraid of getting hurt. Otherwise it’s a blast! Got to go all out every play to be a champion and the rest will take care of itself. Otherwise, you settle for maybe just getting to the playoffs and don’t go past the first round anyway if playing too conservatively.
very true MANIAC,
it was sweet while it lasted.
Losing Harris is big. But I think this was the same situation he had. He was held out his first and most of his second year was it? Took some repetitions later and kept on improving and he and Clady have become one of the best Tackle tandems in the NFL. I hope Polumbus is the same. This guy is huge at 6′8….
I could only see bits and pieces of it, but he got injured during the game? He’d better get better soon, he’s awesome.
We do (without a doubt) have the best bookend tackle combination in the nfl today!!!The 2 Ryans are AWESOME!!!!!!!!! GET WELL SOON Ryan Harris WE NEED YOU. GO BRONCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I for 1 am very proud of what this team has accomplished this early in the season. Would’ve rather had a win against all AFC teams and then lose 1 or 2 to NFC teams so we could have a better standing in the AFC, but no big deal. I still see this team finishing maybe 11-5 or 12-6. This will give them a lot of things to work on this week.
Get well quickly Ryan. We need you and your hustle back in there, but not before you’re healed up.
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!!!!
oops! meant 12-4. LOL
ok im tripping im watchin NFL network and the scores came up…at the raider chager one it says on the stats news side **right side** it said chargers release chris chambers??????? o.o
yea wt heck?? they released wr chris chambers??? i wonder why?
Chambers has been around for a long time, he was with the Dolphins for years, if they did release him, it probably had to do with what all aging WR’s go through, they can’t get separation any longer, just lost the speed and agility, just my guess.
broncs20 - Harris had back surgery a few years back. Last year was his first as full-time starter at RT. He suffered two dislocated toes yesterday. DP says he should be out three weeks but could return earlier.
Get well Ryan.
He is not that old, 31, but this year he only had 9 receptions so far in 7 games for 122 yards. Obviously a huge drop off in production, he used to dominate at his position.
The Bolts released Chambers due to the emergence of WR Macolm Floyd plus the need to p/u another LB (injuries). Your right though baylinor - Chambers has been in the league for some time now… 8 years. (Traded from the Fins to Bolts for 2nd rd pick in ‘07).
rbf1, hope you’re right, remember when Deion Sanders had turf toe, he was out like forever… Man, it’s hard to believe that at the O lineman position, you don’t wear shoes stiff enough in the toe area to prevent such injury. I can see it at DB because you need super quickness out of your shoes to handle the position, but not on the O line, just a thought, or maybe he just got stepped on it real hard, LOL. I wonder what Coop would have to say about that.
Actually, it’s Chambers 9th year, he started in 2001.
Dislocated toes is one of those injuries where you have to be ABSOLUTELY sure that it is better before going on the field (as is the case with most injuries, but especially with the foot and dislocations) because reaggravating it can make it worse and can make it occur even easier next time. On a side note, isn’t Polumbus a guard? His size would indicate that he is; 6′8″ and 310 lbs. Maybe it will turn out that he’s amazing. He certainly didn’t look too shabby subbing in against the Ravens- did you see his block on the first play he was in? Hopefully something good could come out of this.
Right 9th year… 8 years prior to beginning of the season.
Well I hope DP is right baylinor… Harris has two dislocated toes.
Hmm… I just noticed that Polumbus allowed 2 sacks. Maybe I should rephrase what I said- Polumbus didn’t look too shabby in the run game.
I only watched the game once and I was to channeled on making sure Orton would get out of there alive to notice exactly who was doing what on the O line considering the pass rush was coming from every angle, left, right and middle. But I did hear some people saying Polumbus looked like the rookie he is out there, of course McD praised his effort today, he has to throw him a bone, he ‘ll be back in Monday. But it was growing pains at best.
Ouch, dislocated toes are worse than sprained ankles or even turf toe. If it was his big toe it causes pretty severe pain, but even worse is the instability as if your toe is loose and because the big toe carries 90% of your weight it realy feels like your about to fall over every step you take. The only dislocation on the lower body that might be worse would kneecap or maybe hip (if thats even possible ?). I know when I dislocate my kneecap it usually takes about 3-4 weeks to feel stable again, though admittedly I am in a more rounded shape than these guys (or maybe its pear shaped), hehe. All I can say is I hope he is better before they put him back in. Polumbus (spelling) has more than enough physical talent to do great in the meantime, its just a matter of him adjusting to the speed and flow of actuall gametime.