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TXBRONC
10-07-2008, 03:20 PM
I don't know how many of you have already heard this from Shanahan's press conference or read about it, but it looks like Ryan will see his first action after the bye week.

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_10659817

Torain waiting in the wings
By Jim Armstrong
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 10/07/2008 01:30:57 PM MDT


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Oct 6:
Not sure if I've ever typed these words before, but here goes: The Broncos' running game is struggling.

When it comes to running the ball, Denver has been the standard of the industry in the NFL since 1995, when Mike Shanahan became the Broncos' head coach.

No team has more yardage or 1,000-yard runners than the Broncos. But that was then and this is now. The view from the here-and-now reads like this: The Broncos have had two 100-yard runners in their past 17 games. And Selvin Young accounted for both against the sad-sack Chiefs.

The good news is that rookie Ryan Torain, who was moving in on the starting job before dislocating his left elbow in training camp, is expected to begin practicing next week. That's practicing, not playing.

Shanahan said Monday that Torain wouldn't play until after the bye week, which would put his debut at early November. But when that day comes, he would give the Broncos something their other tailbacks don't.

He's bigger than Young and faster than Michael Pittman. He could be, at minimum, the short-yardage back, and possibly the starter. It's difficult to project how much he'll contribute, what with Torain having missed so much playing time, but the potential is there to upgrade the running game.

Not that the Broncos are going to become a running-oriented team again. Oh, sure, they'll grind up the clock when they get leads, but make no doubt, the Air Cutler era is here to stay.