Broncos’ Siemian in walking boot
Denver coach says QB’s injury isn’t too serious
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — This is not what Trevor Siemian had in mind when he said he wanted to follow in Peyton Manning’s footsteps.
The Broncos quarterback was placed in a walking boot Wednesday and held out of practice after spraining his left foot in Denver’s 30-27 overtime loss to Kansas City on Sunday night.
Siemian was injured on a sack by Tamba Hali just before Brandon McManus kicked a 44-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime. Siemian said his foot “felt kind of funny but wasn’t too painful” and he stayed in the game, scrambling for 8 yards to kick-start Denver’s next possession.
The foot was sore when he awoke Monday but has been improving. He said he was “a little sore today but nothing too crazy.”
Coach Gary Kubiak indicated the injury wasn’t too serious, terming his quarterback day to day.
Siemian demurred when asked if he was worried he’d miss the game Sunday at Jacksonville (2-9).
“I’m really not looking too far ahead,” he said.
PACKERS: Clay Matthews didn’t mince words about the play that got him injured against the Eagles.
“It was a cheap shot,” Matthews said.
Matthews suffered an injured left shoulder on a crunching first-quarter block on a reverse from Philadelphia lineman Allen Barbre on Monday night.
Matthews missed three plays and returned, then missed the next series while receiving a pain-killing
injection.
RAIDERS: Derek Carr says he will have no limitations this week because of the injured pinkie on his throwing hand that forced him to miss a series last week.
Carr deflected all questions about the finger Wednesday, saying repeatedly that it’s “doing great.”
Carr dislocated the finger while taking a snap on the second play from scrimmage in the second half of Sunday’s 35-32 win over Carolina. He left for a series before returning to play the rest of the game with a glove on his throwing hand. Carr took all snaps out of the shotgun to protect the finger and led the Raiders to a comeback win.
COLTS: Andrew Luck took the next step in the concussion protocol Wednesday by returning to full workouts at the team headquarters.
If he is cleared by an independent doctor following practice, Indy’s franchise quarterback could start Monday night against the New York Jets.
Luck missed his first game of the season last Thursday after complaining of concussion-like symptoms after a win Nov. 20 against Tennessee.
DOLPHINS: Miami defensive tackle Leon Orr has been cut after his arrest on drug charges in Florida.
Coach Adam Gase says the team cut Orr immediately after learning of the arrest during Wednesday’s practice.
A Collier County Sheriff’s Office arrest report says deputies stopped Orr on eastbound Interstate 75 on Tuesday afternoon. The report says the 24-year-old’s black BMW appeared to have illegally tinted windows. Deputies reported they could smell marijuana and that a search turned up marijuana wax and a substance labeled Kush Syrup.
BILLS: Buffalo receiver Sammy Watkins was a late scratch from practice after complaining about soreness in his surgically repaired left foot.
Bills spokesman Scott Berchtold made the announcement following practice Wednesday, saying Watkins was held out when he expressed a concern to the team’s training staff. Coach Rex Ryan opened the day saying he was expecting Watkins to work on a limited basis.
The severity of the injury is unclear and it’s not known whether it will affect his status for Sunday, when Buffalo (6-5) plays at Oakland (9-2).
Watkins had three catches for 80 yards in a 28-21 win over Jacksonville on Sunday in his first game since missing nine weeks because of the injury.
49ERS: San Francisco coach Chip Kelly said Wednesday he has no interest in the Oregon Ducks coaching job and has not spoken to anyone associated with the program about it.
Kelly was head coach at Oregon from 2009-12, compiling a 46-7 record. He then became coach of the NFL Eagles.