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Denver Native (Carol)
04-05-2010, 10:15 PM
http://www.denverpost.com/premium/broncos/ci_14816213

Just when Correll Buckhalter's body finally was starting to feel right, starting to feel recovered from the rigors of an NFL season, it was time to start training again.

But such is the life of a 31-year-old running back whose body doesn't recover as quickly as it once did.

"Some weeks you feel better, then the next week you feel bad," Buckhalter said. "So it takes about three or four months, especially for an older guy, to get back to 100 percent."

Buckhalter said he still deals with some lingering effects of the right ankle sprain he suffered in December, but it isn't enough to keep him away from the Broncos' voluntary workout program.

Buckhalter's backfield mate, Knowshon Moreno, should be feeling much fresher. That's the beauty of having 22-year-old legs.

Moreno, the team's first draft pick in 2009, led the Broncos with 947 yards rushing in 2009. But Moreno didn't have a 100-yard game, and he averaged fewer than 3 yards per carry in three of the Broncos' final four games.

"At some point in the season, he kind of hit a wall," Buckhalter said, adding that Moreno will benefit from an entire offseason with the Broncos. Moreno missed most of training camp last year because he held out, then suffered a knee injury.

The Broncos will start 2010 with a new plan for the running game and a new running backs coach, Eric Studesville, who replaces longtime assistant coach Bobby Turner. The Broncos also will be revamping their run-blocking scheme with the departure of former line coach Rick Dennison.

"We had some very, very solid runs, some games where we had great production between (Moreno) and Buck," coach Josh McDaniels said last month at the NFL owners meetings. "Obviously we have high expectations for Knowshon in his second year, but I don't think that's anything that he doesn't feel himself."

broncofaninfla
04-06-2010, 06:57 AM
When healthy Buck is our best option at RB just not convinced he can stay healthy.

CoachChaz
04-06-2010, 08:26 AM
Insanity

HORSEPOWER 56
04-06-2010, 05:25 PM
Ready to go until contact football starts, then it's just a matter of when.

Studesville is our new RB coach, Marshawn Lynch wants out of Buffalo, dangle a 3rd rounder in their face and see if they bite.

Buck won't be around forever and Lynch is still in his prime.