Trio vying to become Broncos' starting RB

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2525853

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One of those will be in Denver, where speedy Tatum Bell, former Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne and the relatively unknown Cedric Cobbs will vie for the right to become the latest Broncos 1,000-yard rusher. There is no odds-on favorite entering camp, although the odds are excellent that whomever wins the job will register four-figure rushing yards.


Tatum Bell
Running Back
Denver Broncos

Profile
2005 SEASON STATISTICS
Rush Yds TD Rec Yds TD
173 921 8 18 104 0

Bell was the man Denver coaches privately hoped would seize the No. 1 job last season, but he seemed to take things for granted in camp, and Mike Anderson grabbed the top perch on the depth chart and posted the second 1,000-yard season of his career. Bell rushed for 921 yards, and an impressive 5.3-yard average, on just 173 carries, and demonstrated breathtaking long speed at times. He probably goes to camp a slight favorite, but will have to convince coaches he can handle the workload, and will have to hold off Dayne, whose career has been resurrected, and Cobb.


During head coach Mike Shanahan's previous 10 seasons in Denver, the Broncos have rated outside of the top 10 in rushing offense just one time, in 1999. That year, the Broncos were, gasp, 12th. In the other nine seasons, they've been first or second in the league on four occasions. In that stretch, Denver had 10 individual 1,000-yard rushers, spread among five different tailbacks.


Indeed, being the Broncos' starting tailback is about as close to a guarantee of a 1,000-yard season as any back might ever get. Still, outside of Rocky Mountain area codes, not much has been made of the pending tailback tussle. Then again, some of the best and most heated camp competitions often get lost in the frenzy surrounding many over-hyped ones.

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Bah I looked for this and didn't see it but just now saw it in general. Sorry for duplicate post.