BroncoBuff
08-18-2006, 04:33 AM
Didn't see this posted - sorry if it was:
RUMBLE THROUGH THE VALLEY
Thursday, August 17, 2006
For all intents and purposes, training camp ended this morning -- and it concluded with a wallop.
The last play was a 60-yard pass from Bradlee Van Pelt to Darius Watts up the right sideline, beating coverage from Tyler Everett and Hamza Abdullah to give the crowd one last chance to roar before the double-horn sounded at the end of practice. But what had onlookers buzzing was the donnybrook that erupted among David Kircus and Domonique Foxworth during punt-return drills midway through the practice.
The opening act came when Curome Cox blocked Kircus -- operating as a gunner -- to the ground. On the next play, Kircus knocked Cox's helmet off, and Foxworth jumped in. The two jostled, with Foxworth getting his hands in Kircus' face and turning his helmet sideways. Yelling ensued, and special-teams coach Ronnie Bradford stepped in and shepherded Foxworth away.
When that period of practice ended, Head Coach Mike Shanahan convened the team for a midfield huddle and let them know that such actions would not be tolerated.
"If you lose your poise out here, you're going to lose it in the game," Shanahan said when the session was done. "(Teams have) lost a number of games because people can't keep their poise, so you can't have it in practice."
The afternoon special-teams practice was cancelled. The team has a walk-through practice Friday morning, which will be open to the public, but the full-scale camp sessions have concluded for another year.
RUMBLE THROUGH THE VALLEY
Thursday, August 17, 2006
For all intents and purposes, training camp ended this morning -- and it concluded with a wallop.
The last play was a 60-yard pass from Bradlee Van Pelt to Darius Watts up the right sideline, beating coverage from Tyler Everett and Hamza Abdullah to give the crowd one last chance to roar before the double-horn sounded at the end of practice. But what had onlookers buzzing was the donnybrook that erupted among David Kircus and Domonique Foxworth during punt-return drills midway through the practice.
The opening act came when Curome Cox blocked Kircus -- operating as a gunner -- to the ground. On the next play, Kircus knocked Cox's helmet off, and Foxworth jumped in. The two jostled, with Foxworth getting his hands in Kircus' face and turning his helmet sideways. Yelling ensued, and special-teams coach Ronnie Bradford stepped in and shepherded Foxworth away.
When that period of practice ended, Head Coach Mike Shanahan convened the team for a midfield huddle and let them know that such actions would not be tolerated.
"If you lose your poise out here, you're going to lose it in the game," Shanahan said when the session was done. "(Teams have) lost a number of games because people can't keep their poise, so you can't have it in practice."
The afternoon special-teams practice was cancelled. The team has a walk-through practice Friday morning, which will be open to the public, but the full-scale camp sessions have concluded for another year.