At his Friday press conference, Head Coach Josh McDaniels announced that Brandon Marshall will be deactivated for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs. Here’s what McDaniels said regarding the coaching decision.
“Our word for the week has been ‘accountability,’” he said. “We’re looking to put the 45 guys on the field on Sunday who want to play together (and) want to help us try to win and qualify for the playoffs. We talked about it as a squad on Wednesday that that’s what’s going to happen this week, and anybody who showed any indifference to that we’ll play without them, and we’ll play well anyway.”
To watch the rest of McDaniels’ conference, click here. To read Brandon Marshall’s interview with the media, click here.
INJURY UPDATE
On Friday’s Week 17 Injury Report, Daniel Graham (knee) and Eddie Royal (head/neck) were both limited participants in practice and are questionable for Sunday’s game.
Royal was inactive for Week 16 against the Eagles, but McDaniels noted there is a chance that the second-year speedster will return against the Chiefs.
“He’ll be out there and (will) go through our walkthrough today,” McDaniels said. “We’ll see how he progresses here the next couple days and make a determination on Sunday.”
If Royal cannot go, McDaniels added that Matthew Willis would be signed from the team’s practice squad to the active roster.
“He’s the last guy standing in terms of the practice squad,” McDaniels said. “If Eddie couldn’t do it, then that would be the move we would make to make sure that we had at least four (receivers) active.”
McDaniels added that there was no timetable on that potential move.
“We could do it today; we could do it tomorrow,” McDaniels said. “Right now the situation as it stands, the best thing for us to do is to wait and see how Eddie progresses, and then we’ll make our decision.”
Darrell Reid (knee), Correll Buckhalter (ankle), Brian Dawkins (knee), Renaldo Hill (ankle), Ty Law (hamstring), and Spencer Larsen (hamstring) were all full participants on Friday. Each is listed as probable.
There were no changes on the Chiefs side, but C/G Andy Alleman (back) is officially out for Sunday’s game at INVESCO Field at Mile High.
The Broncos did a walkthrough earlier this morning, and here are some photos from that session.
– Chris Gentilviso, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Head Coach Josh McDaniels, Kansas City Chiefs, Week 17
bay. Inlight of recent events, I would like to also re-predict my score.
Broncos 52
Cheifs 25
kddn!
TheRoyalBeast, Shanahan in his latter years was more of an upset to me then almost anything McD has done. His coaching ability was put into question or at least one had to wander about the effectiveness of it. Now that he is gone it is easier to forget the prior three seasons and the outcomes of each due to the inability of adaptation to the current game. He brought two superbowls to Denver when his offensive scheme’s were still the most effective, but unfortunately was never able to grow. I will always have much love and respect as a fan for Shanahan but when your time is up, it is up.
bay,
Maybe you should tally up all the scores and award a Cutler jersey to the winner. You might just have one hanging around somewhere that you could donate?…..lol
OC, as I read the first line, I grabbed my pen, then LMAO.
Actually this week I might as well use a pencil with eraser. LOL.
OC, you couldn’t be more right, except the winner for that specific prize maybe should go to the one who made the wall of shame most often. LOL. Stay tuned, I have kept all year’s prediction records except the first two weeks, because I didn’t start this madness til the third week.
hometeam007 – you forgot one more – Peyton Hillis.
You know man, I think I’m going for it! I really want to put my pick at 52-25 Broncos win….
This is It! It’s all or nothing! No man will be on the field unless he wants to give his life, sacrafice his body and sell his soul for the glory of the playoff berth!!!!!!
GO McDeterminotor!!!!!!!!!!
there are somethings we are not seeing IMHO
1st is; b-marsh got what he wanted– 1,000 yards, 101 catches, and the pro bowl. look what happened after last years election….(he got a big head)…and he is still dropping a lot of balls. now the week after he has HIS goals covered he comes up lame. the DR. say he can play. but marsh don’t want to practice, only play.
2nd IF HE IS ONLY 50% WHY NOT BENCH HIM????? what is the deal?
the press is making this thing more than it is, again. and now we are too.
Got you down for 52-25, one more shot at the wall of shame, you really would like a chance at that Cutler Jersey, don’t you? LOL.
I’ll probably end up on the wall of shame but heck….
I want to go out in flames!!!!
DO OR DIE WITH A LITTLE HELP!!!!
I LOVE ME SOME DENVER BRONCOS!!!!
rbf1, Hometeam 007 did mention Hillis, if I understand what you mean.
Someone here – refresh my memory. I recall Scheffler was rumored to be on the trading block back in the Spring of 09, but was it for a run in he had with Coach or what exactly was it?? Don’t remember reading there being any specifics to the situation.
We all know about the drama between Coach McD & Marshall and of course the media made sure we knew.
Texark Fan,
Im a big Marshall fan and i said well if the man cant go, its a coaches right to deactivate him so that he can use another WR since we are thin at that position. But McD could have said multiple things…one being “Brandon Marshall hurt his hamstring….A bit touch and go right now….he hasn’t been completely ruled out for Sunday by the medical staff…so its a game time decision” we hear all that ALOT. But to come out and say what he said…was so unnecessary… disrespectful…bad PR move…and just plain pompous and arrogant.
Yea he has reached his goal but to play injured like he did last year when he had a bum hip and then have that held agaisnt him in the offseason….I wouldnt. And we should be able to beat the cheifs without him…so why not just say u resting him for playoff game if we make it. From what im hearing…McD sounds like McD doesnt even believe they can win without Marshall or this shouldnt be that big of a deal.
Baylin,
As you requested earlier, I have just now had the time to grab it, this is off of walterfootball.com’s Mock Draft:
Denver Broncos: Rolando McClain, ILB, Alabama
Andra Davis was playing on an extremely high level at the beginning of the year, but has worn down a bit as the season has gone on. Davis will be 31 soon, so there’s no telling how long he’ll be effective.
The Broncos’ defense has quickly decayed after a hot start, so they need to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Rolando McClain is one of the top players in this class. He could be a dynamic force in Denver’s defense for the next decade.
If I win the jersey, I will make sure it also goes out in flames!!!!lol
Royalbroncofan
I mentioned about Sheffler a couple of posts ago…dunno what the reason was…but i figure they just bumped heads…especially if you are a receiver and close to Cutler like Marshall and Sheff were….the trade did affect them. Marshall admitted it in the sunday morning sitdown…still has some artwork of him and cutler in his locker space.
rbf1, in my view, it was because he was such close friend with Cutler, same as Marshall, so he even so he did his best to keep quiet about Cutler’s trade, you could clearly feel his miscontent, hence if a good trade could of been made it probably would of been something McD would of done. There was nothing else to it to my knowledge.
I posted that as well codybleed,
…some didnt seem to agree that andra has slowed down tho….he currently has 84 tackles and 3.5 sacks…I personally think he slowed down because the first couple of games the man was averaging like 10 tackles a game lol….Mclain would be a good addition in my book to help out DJ our only solid LB…Elvis of course…Haggan forces fumbles and Ayers is coming up…and even if we move back to 4-3…..Mcclain can play MLB….DJ used to be ROLB…elvis can go back to the line….and so could ayers or ayers could cover the other OLB spot…so i think he would be a great addition….I would also like us to get colt McCoy cuz the system he plays in is very identical to McDs
I’m surprised at how many people are believing Marshalls story on this after what he pulled just a few months ago.
Obviously the Coach thinks the Player is faking it. Maybe it also has something to do with “dropped balls” against Oakland?
It’s all about the $, Cash, Bling, Denero, frog skins.. Bread Man! it’s about the Bread, Marshall wants it and the Broncos aint spreadi’n the Butta!
cody, I appreciate the info, but it must of been someone else who was wondering about ILB, this is what I had to say about Andra in a previous post:
I feel I must voice my opinion about whatever the mock drafts say about Andra Davis as reported by Deify above. Regardless of how they think Davis’ intensity has gone down since the start of the season, heck on the front 7, everyone’s intensity has gone down since the Baltimore game, I think that statement is a mockery, no pun intended, Andra has been one of the brightest spot on the front 7 all year along with Doom and DJ, he brought tremendous leadership to the team in what was one of the best free agent pick up in the off-season along with Hill, Dawkins and Goodman. He now is third on the team in tackles with 65, only behind DJ and Dawk, he is also tied for the lead in assists (21) with DJ and has the same sack total as DJ (3.5). Those mock draft people, whoever they are are out of their minds, I think it’s garbage, Andra is going nowhere (I hope), we need help at outside LB (Doom only plays one side, Haggan may need replaced, Woodyard definitely doesn’t cut it and Ayers is still a project) and on the D line (all three of them are struggling), we are solid at ILB, IMO, at least way more solid there than anywhere else on the front 7 with the exception of Doom.
Ok thx baylinor…missed it the first time. M
Thx for feedback baylinor and theRoyalBeast as Cutler and Scheff were tight.
I’ve enjoyed watching Scheffler’s play for the Broncos the last few years. We all know he is a talented TE and this year he improved his pass/run blocking skills. Don’t like the sound of him being benched this weekend either. Obviously Coach has his reasons. Maybe Marshall was on to something with his comments.
I dont agree benching Tony! Royal is probably out, and Marshall is gone! I’m 50% bout Marshall! Its Josh’s team not Shanahan (cant believe im saying it) Marshall and everybody else better get with the program and get us into the playoffs!
Here’s a link on Scheffler situation.
http://www.denverpost.com/premium/broncos/ci_14108873
Broncos4ever you may say that but have you ever played with a muscle injury, no, didn’t think so. Things like that don’t heal over night you need to rehab it so it can feel better if you can’t explode off the LOS and get seperation then it hard to be a WR in this leauge. For Mcdaniels to question his toughness is just beyond me this guy has played with injury in the past if the man can’t play then just “say we have ruled Brandon Marshall out for this weeks game”, not we the coaches have decided to deactivate him because we don’t think he’s tough enough…
Baylin,
I was just showing you what the mock drafts have to say word for word…I agree with you. If I had to choose between McClain and Cody, I would take the latter and it is not because his surname is my first name either!
FYI – Running in the snow is not my idea of fun.
KC 24 DEN 17.
Football is not that complicated. Trade everybody at the skill positions and get a HALL OF FAME QB and HALL OF FAME LINE. Then you can put cheerleaders in at rb wr and still win. If a good QB has time anyone can get open, and with good blocking anyone can run the ball. You don’t need a 1st round pick on a RB. Same goes for defense. If you can get to the QB with 3 linemen and stop the run…..game over.. Not complicated, you don’t need all these fancy complicated screen passes and timed routes etc…. Just dominate at the line. These are football players half of which can not read so make it simple……
Agreed about it starts in the trenches, and as long as we are not competitive in the trenches, our stuggles will endure. We must address the D line first, then the O line, then eventually the running game, the rest is kind of an after thought if you don’t solidify the trenches first. It ‘s not sexy, but that’s what works. Heck with the sexy stuff, we have been loaded with that the last few years, look at what it got us .
I say the score of this game is KC 17 DEN 35. I think that this week is a game to show that other players on this team can play, and now they have a chance to step up and show everyone what they can do. All the Broncos can control is them winning. The rest is up to Houston and Oakland/Cincinnati. I can’t wait to see the Broncos make the playoffs.
About the draft, I really want someone who can stop the run up the middle well. We haven’t been doing that so well lately. Also, we need another edge pass rusher. I say the Broncos pick up Seymour or a Umenorya (spelling?) to make the pass rush better. If the Broncos draft McClain in the draft, they should try and get a NT in free agency, such as Vince Wilfork.
BRONCOS WILL MAKE IT FAR IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okay so no spread on these boards. Well i will go with Broncos winning 20-17.
Man this feels weird, but GO RAIDERS!!!!!!?????? I can’t believe that this is what has become of the season, cheering for the Raiders.
Yea Its definate the battle begins in the trenches…and we need help in it both on O and D. We need some power Olinemen cuz of the switch and we need a big NT. I figure we can get some Olinemen in FA (but drafting as well) and we would need to draft a solid NT as well.
I just really like what Mcclain brings as an ILB…has a large frame 6’4 258, young prospect at 20yrs old, and he is well versed in the 3-4 and good tackler against the run. And he is pretty good in coverage from what i have read. But we need a stud LB in coverage man…TE’s torch us. Plus we can build him up…doesnt have to take Andra Davis spot immediately.
But I dunno….cuz i want him AND Colt McCoy so i dunno….no matter what we say tho…they will draft what they would draft but ID like to see LB McClain, QB McCoy, DT, OL, DE, OL, DT…IMO…
Atwater4HOF,
So you are saying there should be two sets of rules. It is ok to punish a player and set a standard for your team in the preseason, but when it comes down to a must win game you are going to let the players run the team?
I think he is being consistent and I would not want anything different out of a coach.
You all can call him what you want, but it takes a real man with solid principles to stay consistent whether it is preseason or playoff time. I respect him alot more for that.
As for the people saying that free agents wouldn’t want to come here because of McDaniels…. The only people that would not want to come here are the people who are selfish and do not want to have to follow the rules. I do not want those guys anyway. Give me guys that want to play for a team and a super bowl, not guys that just play for a big contract and personal statistics.
I think that we have a great coach here, both in football knowledge and in his principles.
What is he being punished for? Being hurt? I don’t understand what point you are trying to make…
I said Marshall deserved what he got in the offseason, but this? At this point in the season… it is really a stretch to say a guy is faking an injury and call him out on his toughness when he’d been our ENTIRE offense this year. Without Marshall we are a 5 win team.
Football knowledge and McD don’t go hand in hand. Loyalty to his NE players is all he’s been good for. Just look at our red zone inefficiency and overall horrid use of personnel (i.e. Moreno consistantly over Buckhalter and Hillis on the bench in goal line and short yardage situations)
My point was McD is causing unecessary drama in the most important week of the season, the immaturity is shining through this week and I hate watching this unfold
I understand we have alot of people injured and it has been a decent season but I dont understand why some people that we need playing such as peyton hillis are not playing? Denver has a much better team than what they had last year but something is going wrong here. Our defense has played great all year and the offense started off playing great but what has happend. Starting off at 6-0 and then going to we dont know if we will make the playoffs? Something or someone needs to be changed in the offense.
We got this one weoples…baylinorcrush put me down for
Broncos 24-Chiefs 13
Orton goes 27-34/238 yds./2 tds/0 ints.
Moreno goes 18 rush/96 yds/1 td/4 rec./36 yds.
Gaffney goes 7 rec./86 yds./1 td.
Graham goes 5 rec./66 yds/1 td.
Our D puts this one away in the second half.
The Jets lose 24-10…Ravens win 34-3 and the 2009-2010 Denver Broncos get in the playoffs.
marshall15law……Na, i understand that and im sure it hurts like hell! But Marshall still carries the “All bout me and my stats and now i want an extension crap! I dont care who u are shut up and play the game. if he’s injuried okay but dont go on and complain like he did in training camp and then get mad when his coach questions him! Until he gets his act right and plays like the team player week 1 – 6 then coaches, fans, and even some teammates r gonna question u! I like Marshall but Marshall still has some growing up to do as also McDaniels!
This has been the most turbulant season I can ever remember since I’ve been a Bronco fan, that’s about 37 years. I didn’t buy into McDaniels until the draft, which I though he and Zanders used good judgement and common sense. Yea, I jumped on the bandwagon then to support my team and support fellow long time fans. Then came the bye week. When Kern and Williams were let go, I tought McD was nuts, especially when I found out who he signed to take their places. Then the bleeding began and hasn’t stopped. Now this, Marshall and Sheffler out for the final game. I don’t know much about Shefflers situation, but Marshall? We see it in all major sports, when a player pulls a hamstring, they don’t practice so they can hopefully participate in the next game. Chancy Billups sat out 3 or more games, coach Karl wasn’t taking any chances. This makes no sense what McD has done here, none what so ever. Is he that much smarter than every other coach in sports??? I don’t think so, do you? With Royal hurt , we are screwed and the team has to be demoralized. I think we could very well lose this game, you need your best players on the field to win in the NFL, McD has seen fit that we won’t have that today. I’m worried about the off season now more than ever, I don’t want to see are best players heading for greener pastures….