A new season hasn't changed the recent run of bad luck for Denver Broncos starting OG Chris Kuper.
Chris Kuper Breaks His Forearm, Out 4-6 Weeks
One of the players assigned with keeping Peyton Manning upright this year will miss 4-6 weeks.
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His 2011 season was ended after a gruesome injury to his lower leg during their regular season finale against the Kansas City Chiefs. On Tuesday, he broke a bone in his left forearm in a training camp drill, an injury that will keep him out 4-6 weeks.
The 6’4, 302-pound offensive lineman was an ironman before his recent streak of injuries: from 2007-2012, he appeared in 78 out of 80 games. A fifth round pick out of North Dakota in 2006, he’s been a fixture on the Broncos offensive line and was a co-captain during the 2010 season.
With Peyton Manning behind center, any injury to the offensive line in Denver is even more of a concern than usual, as Manning was never the most mobile QB in the world, even when he wasn't coming off a serious neck injury at the age of 36.
Kuper is expected to replaced in the starting lineup by Manny Ramirez (no relation), a sixth-year guard who came to the Broncos last season after spending the first four years of his career with the Detroit Lions.
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