{"id":37345,"date":"2017-07-29T06:09:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T06:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=37345"},"modified":"2017-07-29T06:09:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T06:09:05","slug":"broncos-lb-shane-ray-6-8-weeks-torn-ligament-wrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nfl\/broncos-lb-shane-ray-6-8-weeks-torn-ligament-wrist.html","title":{"rendered":"Broncos LB Shane Ray out 6-8 weeks with torn ligament in wrist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broncos LB Shane Ray out 6-8 weeks with torn ligament in wrist<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Shane Ray was so pleased with how training camp practice went Friday morning, he stopped to talk with his media friends for a lengthy interview session.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I\u2019m pushing myself to be the best Shane I can be every day,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

When he got inside, however, discomfort in his left wrist continued to nag him. Tests revealed a torn ligament that will require surgery. He will be out six to eight weeks, which means he could miss one to three games of the regular season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ray, a first-round draft pick in 2015 who seemed ready to become a double-digit pass rusher this season, suffered the injury during the Broncos\u2019 first training camp practice Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Just taking on a block,” said Broncos head coach Vance Joseph. “His wrist got caught, flipped way in, and he tore a ligament. He worked through it yesterday, he worked through it today. He got X-rays and he needs surgery.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Where have you gone, edge pass rush from that Super Bowl 50 championship team? A huge key to the Broncos\u2019 success that season was their pass rush came in droves from the outside. Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware started at outside linebackers. When they needed a blow, Ray and Shaq Barrett came in to continue to apply pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Miller is the only one standing. Ware retired, Barrett is expected to miss the first month of the regular season with a hip injury suffered during a personal workout in May, and now Ray.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As a 3-4 defensive front football team you want to have rushers,” Joseph said. “You want to have at least three. Again, we don\u2019t play for a month-a-half for a real football game, so we\u2019ve got time to figure it out.”<\/span><\/p>\n

On the current roster, the top candidates to fill in as a pass-rushing outside linebacker are Kasim Edebali and Vontarrius Dora. The Broncos are expected to sign a free-agent pass rusher, though, much as they did with running back Stevan Ridley following the Devontae Booker’s wrist surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although there may be speculation the Broncos could place a call to Ware, who has been working out vigorously, the team is expected to go in another direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph never said this NFL head coaching business would be easy. The football gods are challenging him. A few days ago, the Broncos lost Booker to a fractured wrist \u2014 an injury suffered in June.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2017\/07\/29\/shane-ray-out-surgery-torn-ligament-left-wrist\/522346001\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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