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New Broncos backs hit the ground running
Hillis, Pope, Bell out to be stopgaps for ailing backfield
By Lee Rasizer, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published November 12, 2008 at 9:51 p.m.
In the mid-1980s, while Bobby Turner was coaching at Fresno State, things got so desperate, he had to pull an offensive guard into tailback duties.
Turner's team was 5-0 at the time, then a succession of injuries hit.
"It was just one of those deals," Turner, now the Broncos' running backs coach, recalled this week. "So I've been through it before."
This situation isn't as dire - four Broncos tailbacks are on injured reserve - but it's the worst hand Turner has been dealt in his 14 NFL seasons.
At least guard Kory Lichtensteiger already has spent time as an H-back in the Broncos' oversized goal-line package.
"No. Right now, I'm not planning on that," Turner responded with a smile. "But at one point over the weekend, I was desperate. I was telling my wife and kids I might have to suit them up."
11-13-2008, 01:18 PM
New Broncos RBs Hit the Ground Running
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