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    Default Rookie McBath no longer hidden

    By Jeff Legwold
    The Denver Post
    Posted: 08/12/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT


    Broncos rookie safety Darcel McBath said he has taken a rather simple approach to his first NFL training camp.

    "I have a lot to learn, I know that," McBath said. "This is my first camp, so I'm just trying to learn something new every day, something I didn't know the day before."

    And now it seems McBath has learned enough to at least take some practice reps with the starting defense in Brian Dawkins' absence. Rookie David Bruton had been working in Dawkins' free safety spot since the veteran fractured his hand, but McBath worked there in Tuesday morning's practice.

    Bruton is a little bigger — 211 pounds compared to McBath's 198 — and also ran faster in predraft workouts, but scouts considered McBath a more polished tackler on defense.

    McBath was a late riser on many teams' draft boards before the Broncos selected him in the second round, 48th overall. He started 39 consecutive games to close out his collegiate career at Texas Tech, but also played on a defense camouflaged by the vapor trail of the Red Raiders' high-flying offense.

    "We were hidden some, maybe," McBath said. "But just coming in, watching my film, maybe guys could see I can play."

    The Broncos have not said when Dawkins will return to the field, but the expectation is that the veteran safety, currently wearing a heavy wrap on his repaired right hand and shaking hands left-handed, is at least a couple weeks away from returning to practice.

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    with young mcbath and brutton as apparently talented backups to two good vets, this is the first time in a long time that i feel good about our safeties for now and the distant future...

    hope they develop well under dawkins and hill...
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    We sure spent enough on DBs in the draft to expect results.
    Smith must play and I have high hopes that McBath will show us something this year too.
    That being said. Dawkins is the guy I want to see out there sooner rather than later...

    Shocker...I know..

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