Dumervil Goes Down

By Justin Worsley

It's official, the team with the injury bug this year is the Denver Broncos.

Bad luck first struck the team when their left tackle Ryan Clady tore the patellar tendon in his knee in April while playing a pickup game of basketball. The injury has put Clady on the active non-football Injury list.

On the opening day of training camp, Denvers two feature running backs went down as well. Knowshon Moreno injured his hamstring while Correll Buckhalter suffered a back injury. Both are expected to return by the season opener, but that didn't stop Denver from signing LenDale White.

Now Denver will have to go without their best pass rusher. Defensive end Elvis Dumervil suffered a torn pectoral muscle in a one-on-one passing drill on Wednesday night. The injury is expected to take five months to recover from, which could potentially end Dumervil's season.

Dumervil, 26, broke out as a pass rusher in the NFL last season, leading the league with 17.0 sacks. The former Louisville star was named to his first All-Pro team.

After the breakout season, Dumervil threatened to hold out of training camp, demanding a new contract. The Broncos and Dumervil were quick to settle this manner, agreeing to a six-year, $61.5 million contract extension through the 2015 season.

Dumervil will be the seventh player on Denver's injury list this season.