Six weeks and five days before the Broncos open their regular season in Cincinnati, heralded defensive tackle Daryl Gardener was diagnosed with torn ligaments in his right wrist that will leave him in a cast for six weeks and out for up to eight.
The Broncos already are thinking of Gardener as questionable for the Bengals. Gardener declared himself probable.
"Right now," Gardener said Tuesday night from New York, "I'm anticipating that I will be ready for that game."
Until then, Gardener will have plenty to overcome. On Thursday, Charles P. Melone - chief of division of hand surgery for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City and the doctor who operated on boxer Lennox Lewis and former Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo - is scheduled to do his work on Gardener.
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The Broncos already are thinking of Gardener as questionable for the Bengals. Gardener declared himself probable.
"Right now," Gardener said Tuesday night from New York, "I'm anticipating that I will be ready for that game."
Until then, Gardener will have plenty to overcome. On Thursday, Charles P. Melone - chief of division of hand surgery for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City and the doctor who operated on boxer Lennox Lewis and former Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo - is scheduled to do his work on Gardener.
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