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Notebook: Injury Updates

January 11th, 2012 - 3:55pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by Gray Caldwell

Against the Chicago Bears in Week 14, Brian Dawkins injured his neck.

Since then, the veteran safety has missed three games — including last week’s 29-23 win in the Wild Card round of the playoffs — and was absent from the majority of a fourth game when he left the Buffalo contest in Week 16 in the first quarter.

But Head Coach John Fox said Wednesday that there is some positive news.

“He’s way further along this week than he was last week, and we’ll play it by ear,” Fox said of Dawkins. “When he gets cleared medically, we’ll have him out there.”

Dawkins (neck) did not participate in Wednesday’s practice, and neither did Eric Decker (knee) and Lonie Paxton (personal).

David Bruton (Achilles), Daniel Fells (ankle) and Elvis Dumervil (ankle) had limited participation, and Von Miller (thumb) participated fully in the session, which was moved indoors due to snow.

Fox was asked about those players’ injuries after practice.

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Tags: Aaron Hernandez, Brian Dawkins, D'Andre Goodwin, Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen, Demaryius Thomas, Divisional Round, Head Coach John Fox, Matthew Willis, New England Patriots, Offensive coordinator Mike McCoy, Rob Gronkowski, Tim Tebow
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Notebook: Hochstein Stepping Up

January 10th, 2012 - 5:14pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by Gray Caldwell

In Sunday’s win against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the offensive line took pride in its performance.

Tim Tebow wasn’t sacked, the offense picked up 131 yards on the ground and the unit did it without one of its leaders.

“We miss Kup (Chris Kuper) terribly,” said Russ Hochstein, who took over Kuper’s right guard spot. “He was a phenomenal leader here and we miss him a lot. We wish (the injury) wouldn’t have happened, but I just have tried to step in and play the role that I’m supposed to and that’s to help out in situations like this. I’m just trying to play the best I can, trying to play mistake-free and help the guys out on both sides of me.”

Head Coach John Fox said Hochstein did “a great job” doing just that, and Willis McGahee agreed.

“Russ did an awesome job filling in for Kuper,” McGahee said Monday. “I don’t think there was really a dropoff even though Kuper is a big part of our offense.”

Part of that can be attributed to Hochstein’s experience.

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Tags: Divisional Round, Head Coach John Fox, New England Patriots, Quinton Carter, Russ Hochstein, Tim Tebow, Tom Brady
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Week 17: Quick Hits from Fox

December 26th, 2011 - 1:35pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by Gray Caldwell

Head Coach John Fox met with the media Monday morning, touching on a variety of subjects as the Broncos begin preparations for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Denver can clinch the AFC West with a win against the Chiefs or an Oakland Raiders loss against San Diego.

Below are a few quotes from the head coach as the regular-season finale approaches.

On taking a playoff mindset this week:
“In my mind, it’s much like a playoff game already. For most intents and purposes, we need to win this game. That will determine our fate.”

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Tags: Head Coach John Fox, Kansas City Chiefs, Week 17
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Quick Hits From Fox

December 19th, 2011 - 2:33pm by Max HensonOther posts by Max Henson

After a 41-23 loss to the New England Patriots, the Broncos’ attention has immediately turned to preparation for Buffalo on a short week.

Denver and Buffalo will meet Saturday, condensing the Broncos’ weekly schedule.

Yesterday’s defeat vs. the Patriots stung a team that had previously won six straight, but Head Coach John Fox is confident his team will put it behind them with two crucial weeks left in the regular season.

“Immediately after the game, obviously disappointment,” Fox said Monday of the mood in the locker room. “I didn’t think we played as well as we’re capable of and I think our opponent had a little bit to do with it. In this league you’ve got to have a short memory and we need to forget about it and move on to Buffalo.”

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Tags: Head Coach John Fox, Week 16
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Quick Hits from Fox

November 28th, 2011 - 4:33pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by Gray Caldwell

On Willis McGahee’s late-game success:
“He’s one of those guys—I’ve had players like that in the past—that take a little time to get a feel for it and get in a groove. In the run game, that can be particularly true. Then, there’s a wear-down effect on your opponent as well. It’s like body blows in a heavyweight fight. They might take their toll, maybe not in the first five rounds but in the last five rounds. Part of that’s just a culmination of sticking to it and pounding it until you open it up.”

On Von Miller’s development:
“Whether it’s quarterback, outside linebacker, fullback, left guard, this is the best there is in the world. When you take level jumps like going from JV to Varsity, you’re taking a big level jump, so it takes a minute for any young player. He’s gotten better every week. I think his body of work proves that whether it’s run, pass rush, I think he’s improved quite a bit since the beginning of the season.”

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Tags: Andre' Goodman, Eric Decker, Head Coach John Fox, Von Miller, Willis McGahee
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Fresh for San Diego

November 21st, 2011 - 2:45pm by Max HensonOther posts by Max Henson

Leading up to their Thursday Night Football matchup with the Jets, the Broncos were tight on time with an accelerated schedule.

But a short week is followed up by long one and Denver has enjoyed extended time to rest and prepare for Week 12 in San Diego.

“The fact that we gave them a weekend off both Saturday and Sunday — guys are freshened up,” Head Coach John Fox said. “We conditioned today. We’ll lift today, get a good lift in, and just kind of get an opportunity to refresh and get it back going. We pretty much just went through some things, some tweaks, some ideas we had. It gave us an opportunity to go Broncos-on-Broncos, training camp-type of practice.”

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Tags: Britton Colquitt, Head Coach John Fox, Peter King, Sports Illustrated, Von Miller, Week 12
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Broncos Brace for Quick Turnaround

November 14th, 2011 - 4:57pm by Max HensonOther posts by Max Henson

The Broncos had no time to waste.

After defeating the Chiefs in Kansas City, Head Coach John Fox boarded the plane and immediately got to work on preparation for Thursday night’s game against the Jets.

“I watched our game flying back on the plane, got that out of the way,” Fox said earlier today. “When I got home I watched the Jets play New England, probably for the second half, and watched it in its entirety today.”

Quarterback Tim Tebow was in a New York state of mind before the plane back to Denver even took off.

“I am going to start watching Jets film in a few minutes when we get on the bus and try to prepare and get ready,” Tebow said after the game.

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Tags: Head Coach John Fox, New York Jets, Thursday Night Football, Tim Tebow, Von Miller, Week 11
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Fox on Veterans Day

November 11th, 2011 - 1:39pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by Gray Caldwell

Head Coach John Fox grew up in a military family. His father, Ron, was a U.S. Navy SEAL. So Fox knows as well as anyone the importance of today — Veterans Day.

After Friday’s practice, Fox addressed the topic.

“We talk in football about sacrifice and commitment,” Fox said. “I grew up in a military family and I know a lot of family and friends today that are (abroad). I was over in Afghanistan two years ago and just seeing the commitment and sacrifice by the people that are overseas now and people that have done it before for our freedom so we can live the way we do –- it doesn’t get much better than that.”

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Tags: Head Coach John Fox, Veteran's Day
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Fells a Factor in Offense

October 24th, 2011 - 4:18pm by Max HensonOther posts by Max Henson

Yesterday in Miami, tight end Daniel Fells’ two catches couldn’t have been any different.

They also couldn’t have been more critical.

Fells’ first catch came with 56 seconds to go and the Broncos trailing by eight. Quarterback Tim Tebow fired a pass deep over the middle for the tight end, who laid out for a spectacular 28-yard catch between two defenders, spotting the ball at the Miami 3-yard line.

“It was one of those things where Tim was able to put it up and I was able to get around the linebacker manned up and dove, saw the ball and came down with the catch,” Fells said.

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Tags: Daniel Fells, Head Coach John Fox
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Tebow to Start

October 11th, 2011 - 12:46pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by Gray Caldwell

Tim Tebow is now the starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos.

On Tuesday, Head Coach John Fox made the announcement to the media after telling the team in an early morning meeting.

“We announced (to the team) that Tim Tebow would start the Miami game and we’re moving forward.”

Tebow, who has thrown for 733 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions — in addition to 264 rushing yards and seven touchdowns — in 12 career games, will make his first start of the 2011 season against the Miami Dolphins in Week 7.

-Gray Caldwell

Tags: Head Coach John Fox, Miami Dolphins, Tim Tebow, Week 7
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