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Dayne is expected to miss the Broncos preseason game on Saturday against the Tennessee Titans due to turf toe. The running back suffered the injury in the team's preseason-opening 20-13 loss to the Detroit Lions on Friday. He has missed four practices with the injury. |
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Dayne has rushed for 2,337 yards on 638 carries for 17 touchdowns in 72 career games with the New York Giants (2000-04) and Broncos (2005). The 11th overall selection by the Giants in the 2000 NFL draft, Dayne has been a disappointment in the league. |
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Cutler had a solid debut for the Denver Broncos in Friday's preseason game against the Detroit Lions. The 11th pick in the draft was 16-of-22 for 192 yards and a touchdown. |
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Brown underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Wedneday, the Denver Broncos announced Thursday. The Broncos defensive end is expected to miss all four of Denver's preseason games but should return for the Sept. 10 regular season opener against the St. Louis Rams. |
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Brown, 28, has a history of knee problems, having undergone surgery on his right knee in 2001 and on his left knee in 2002 and 2004. He joined the Broncos prior to last season after five years with the Cleveland Browns. He started 13 regular season games with Denver and had 38 tackles, two sacks, two fumble recoveries and one pass breakup. |
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Warren will be out 2-4 weeks after dislocating a toe on his left foot Saturday at Denver Broncos training camp. The Broncos defensive lineman was injured on a goal-line drill when rookie running back Mike Bell tried to find an opening in the defense from two yards out. |
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This is the second straight season the Broncos have lost a defensive lineman in training camp. Warren had 19 tackles, three sacks and one forced fumble last season. |
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Sauerbrun lost his appeal this week of his four-game suspension for using the banned dietary supplement ephedra. The Broncos' punter said he knowingly took an over-the-counter weight loss product this summer that he strongly suspected contained ephedra. "I wanted to be up for my workout," said Sauerbrun, who is allowed to attend training camp, but won't be allowed around the team during his suspension. |
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Sauerbrun's suspension will cost him $328,000 of his $1.395 million salary next season. The 12-year veteran led the NFC in punting from 2001-2003, while with the Carolina Panthers. He averaged 43.8 yards per punt for Denver last season. Sauerbrun has averaged 44.0 yards per punt during 11 NFL seasons. |
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The Panthers released Meadows on Tuesday, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent. Meadows is attempting a comeback after retiring two years ago. "We just felt like he hadn't played in two years and that it was best for us to release his rights as soon as possible and give him an opportunity to sign (with another team)," Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said. |
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The Panthers signed Meadows to a five-year contract worth $15 million in 2004 and projected him as their starting right tackle. But he retired just two weeks into training camp that year, complaining of chronic pain in his surgically repaired shoulder. Meadows didn't receive any of the $15 million, voluntarily returning his $2.5 million signing bonus. Because he never played in a regular-season game with Carolina, the rest of the contract was voided. |
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Hollowell signed a two-year contract with the Denver Broncos on Saturday. The free-agent linebacker has appeared in six regular-season games, including two with the New York Jets last season and four with the New York Giants in 2004. |
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Sauerbrun was suspended for the first four regular-season games after testing positive for the banned supplement ephedra, a person close to the player told the Associated Press on Friday on the condition of anonymity. The Broncos' punter is attending the team's three-day minicamp this week. Sauerbrun led the NFC in punting from 2001-2003, while with the Carolina Panthers. He averaged 43.8 yards per punt for Denver last season. |
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Sauerbrun has averaged 44.0 yards per punt during 11 NFL seasons. |
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Middlebrooks signed a one-year deal with the Denver Broncos on Thursday after a brief stint with the San Francisco 49ers. The Broncos drafted the cornerback in the first round in 2001. He played four seasons in Denver before he was traded to the 49ers in 2005. He appeared in five games in San Francisco in three separate stints and was waived for the fourth and final time in December. |
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In 56 regular-season games, Middlebrooks has 23 tackles, one sack, 12 pass breakups and one fumble recovery. He has 41 tackles on special teams in regular-season games and one defensive tackle in one postseason appearance. |
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Walker signed a one-year, $2.15 million contract with the Broncos on Wednesday. The deal could become six years and over $42 million, if Walker can regain his 2004 Pro Bowl form, where he caught 89 passes for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns with the Green Bay Packers. |
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Walker was traded to the Broncos from the Packers in exchange for a second-round draft selection on April 29. He suffered a torn ACL in the 2005 season opener and became upset with the Packers after they would not renegotiate his contract and asked to be traded. |
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The Broncos signed Webster to a one-year contract on Tuesday. The linebacker played the last two seasons with Cincinnati, but appeared in only one game in 2005. He suffered a knee injury in 2004 and missed most of that year. |
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Walker was dealt to Denver on Saturday in exchange for the Broncos' second-round draft pick. The wide receiver had grown disgruntled in Green Bay and had vowed to never play again for the Packers after they refused to redo his contract. |
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Walker suffered a serious knee injury in the 2005 season opener, but had a big year in 2004, catching 89 passes for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns. |
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Burns signed a one-year contract with Denver on Thursday, keeping him in the city where the linebacker has spent 11 of his 13 seasons. Burns has 222 special teams tackles and 75 defensive tackles in 182 career regular-season games. His 12 career postseason appearances is 10th in Broncos history. |
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Walker might be in for another story-filled offseason as the wide receiver did not show up Wednesday for Green Bay's offseason program. Walker has threatened to hold out and has sought a trade. Walker suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the Packers' season-opener last season. |
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Walker made 89 catches for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2004. |
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Ron Dayne agreed to a three-year deal, including a $750,000 signing bonus, to remain with the Denver Broncos. |
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Dayne ran for 270 yards and a score on 53 carries as a reserve in his first season with the Broncos last year. He is considered the favorite to overtake Tatum Bell for the starting spot. The 1999 Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Wisconsin had previously spent his career with the New York Giants before joining the Broncos last season. |
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Warren re-signed with the Denver Broncos Saturday, agreeing to a six-year deal. The defensive end joined the Broncos last season and had 44 tackles and three sacks, helping Denver rank second in run defense at 85.0 yards per game. |
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Warren played his first four NFL seasons with the Cleveland Browns. |
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Brown signed a contract extension through the 2009 season with the Denver Broncos Tuesday. The 28-year-old defensive end joined Denver last season as a free agent after playing five seasons with the Cleveland Browns. |
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In 13 regular season starts with the Broncos, Brown tallied 38 tackles, two fumble recoveries and one pass breakup. |
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Lynch and the Broncos agreed to a contract extension Tuesday that will keep the hard-hitting safety in Denver through the 2008 season. Terms were not disclosed. Lynch made his second straight Pro Bowl and the seventh of his career in 2005, when he had four sacks and 61 tackles as the leader of the Denver secondary. |
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Brandon and the Broncos agreed to a contract extension on Thursday. Terms were not disclosed. The safety, a fourth-round pick in the 2002 draft, appeared in 14 games last season for Denver, playing defense and special teams. He had 20 tackles, three pass breakups and one fumble recovery. |
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The groin strain injury Plummer suffered in the AFC championship game won't prevent him from participating in offseason workouts. The Broncos' quarterback, however, won't play in the Pro Bowl. Tennessee Titans' quarterback Steve McNair is filling his roster spot as a replacement. |
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Plummer completed 17 of 30 passes for 223 yards and one touchdown in Denver's 34-17 loss to the eventual Super Bowl XL champion Pittsburgh Steelers. |