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The Reign of King Henry

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

New Broncos running back Travis Henry doesn’t look all that imposing. He’s 5’ 9” tall and weighs 230 pounds. But he rules the roost of Denver rushers.

Henry has had a great start to training camp and the initial reports are more than positive. Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler loves having Henry in his backfield.

“I’m probably more excited about him than anybody else,” Cutler said after Monday morning’s practice.

“The way he’s hitting holes and how he’s reading blocks and getting downhill…we’re throwing some new protections at him and he’s able to pick up all that stuff and get out and catch the ball.”

Cutler makes it sound like Superman just changed the color of his tights to orange and blue.

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