Message-ID: <29001729.1075853089277.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:07:58 -0700 (PDT) From: bryant@cheatsheets.net To: cheatsheets@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Footballguys] BREAKING NEWS - TD Says He's "On Schedule To Play Sunday" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Joe Bryant X-To: Cheatsheets post to list X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MCUILLA (Non-Privileged)\Cuilla, Martin\Deleted Items X-Origin: Cuilla-M X-FileName: MCUILLA (Non-Privileged).pst The latest for you twisting in the wind Denver RB owners. Questions on Davis' Health Linger Entire story: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/broncos/article/0,1299,DRMN_17_857787, 00.html Clipped from the Aaron Lopez article: Terrell Davis has enough trouble staying healthy without other people creating new injuries for him. Five weeks removed from arthroscopic knee surgery, the Denver Broncos running back was taken by surprise Wednesday when told of news reports saying he may have a stress fracture in his leg and could be lost for the season. ``At this point in time, I'm on schedule to play this Sunday,'' Davis said. Davis, who has missed five games this year and 29 since 1999, admitted that his right knee remains sore, but he has been well enough to play on the scout team the past two weeks. He was part of Denver's offense Wednesday as the Broncos (3-3) prepared for this week's game against the New England Patriots (3-3). Davis was listed as questionable on the weekly injury report. ``Some days he feels good, other days he feels bad,'' coach Mike Shanahan said. ``Is he going to be back this week? Until he actually says, `Hey I'm ready to go and I'm close to 100 percent,' it's all speculation.'' The speculation was rampant Wednesday when the CNNSI.com and the Baltimore Sun reported that a potential trade between Denver and the Baltimore Ravens fell through because of uncertainty about Davis' health. Both stories, citing unidentified NFL and Ravens officials, said the Broncos were reluctant to trade backup running back Olandis Gary because they were worried Davis may not return this season. The Internet report said Davis may have personally quashed the deal by telling Shanahan he was unsure about his status for the rest of the season. Davis denied speaking with Shanahan about the trade. ``It's difficult because my knee is sore. Can I say my knee will never be sore again? I can't comment on things I have no control over,'' Davis said. ``As far as it being a stress fracture, at this point, no it's not. Does it get sore at times? Yes it does, but I don't know what that means.'' Finally thought to be healthy, Davis ran for 101 yards in Denver's season-opener but needed surgery 10 days later to remove debris from his knee. Tests since Sept. 20 have shown Davis' legs to be structurally sound. ``We check everything out,'' Shanahan said. ``Every X-ray or MRI we've given him has been negative, but we'll keep on looking at it, and hopefully he'll be back some time this season. But I can't give you a time frame because I don't know.'' In the meantime, the Broncos will continue to use Gary and Mike Anderson in the backfield. Both have maintained that they are merely keeping Davis' spot warm until he returns to health. ``He's really frustrated. Everyone would be,'' Gary said. ``He's got a thing where he wants to get back on the field and show his critics and the guys who have supported him alike that he's back, and he's 100 percent.'' [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ OUR VIEW ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] We told you this morning to be leery of the "unnamed Raven sources" and that you could expect a rebuttal / denial from Denver. Here it is pretty much like clockwork. What to believe? I believe it's a very dicey situation here and I'd avoid it if I could. If you can't, it's my guess (and it's honestly a guess) that this week you'll see mostly Anderson with Gary having an increased presence and very little Terrell Davis. Something tells me we'll be talking about this soon... Joe Thanks to Footballguy Darren Patz for pointing me to this one. /**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/ Bryant Analytics, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1999-2001 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: cheatsheets-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/