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The Broncos Monday came to the conclusion they no longer needed Justin Fargas on the roster, as the team released the former Raider running back. Fargas got a carry Sunday night in the win over Pittsburgh, but didn’t overall see a lot of action.

The Broncos made two more roster moves Monday by releasing running back Justin Fargas and waiving injured cornerback Tony Carter. Fargas, the former Oakland Raider, was signed during the second week of training camp. He got only one carry in Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh.

Carter spent most of 2009 on the Broncos practice squad but was promoted to the active roster late in the season and played in two games, with one start. He missed all of last week with a hamstring injury and did not play in Sunday’s game.

The team feels that running backs Knowshon Moreno, Correll Buckhalter and LenDale White will all be ready to go once the season starts, and they no longer felt they needed to carry Fargas on the roster.

Quarterback Kyle Orton left Sunday’s preseason game with an apparent injury. Orton was trying to make a tackle on James Harrison, who had recovered what was thought to be a fumble. Orton went low and Harrison aimed his helmet for Orton’s back and connected. Orton was able to walk to the sidelines, and the call was overturned, but he was able to return after a Steelers turnover.

Good news for the Broncos, as Tim Tebow was back on the practice field for the Broncos Thursday after missing 8 days after getting hurt in the Bengals game.

A couple of injury updates to pass along out of Denver. Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said Thursday that backup QB Tim Tebow, who practiced Wednesday for the first time in eight days after suffering a rib injury, will be evaluated the rest of the week to see if he can play Sunday against the Steelers. “He’s still pretty sore,” McDaniels said, via the team’s Twitter acount. According to The Denver Post, McDaniels said he expects to play the team’s starters into the third quarter. Following the news that top draft pick Demaryius Thomas wasn’t likely to play in the season opener because of a re-aggravated foot injury, McDaniels offered up some good news by saying he didn’t expect the rookie receiver to be “out very long.” That update, which followed The Post report that Thomas doesn’t have a stress fracture as originally feared, has to make Broncos fans breathe a little easier.

The Broncos got some good news on the tests on Demaryius Thomas’ left foot, as the Denver Post reports that he does not have a stress fracture in the foot.

When Broncos rookie wide receiver Demaryius Thomas left Tuesday’s practice with more pain in his left foot, there was at least some concern he had suffered a stress fracture that could potentially have kept him on the sideline for three to four months. However, initial tests, including X-rays and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam, indicate Thomas did not suffer a stress fracture, but he is still in doubt to play in the Broncos’ regular-season opener Sept. 12 in Jacksonville Thomas, who fractured the foot in a pre-draft workout in February, was evaluated to attempt to locate the source of the discomfort he felt in his surgically-repaired foot when he returned to practice Tuesday. Thomas had been out 17 days since the team’s Aug. 7 practice in Invesco Field at Mile High. During that stadium practice he had an issue with scar tissue around the area of his original fracture, a common aftereffect of the injury and the usual surgery to repair it and his latest bout could involve some additional scar tissue.

For a team that simply just needed some good news, the Broncos got some on Wednesday. The club, which has been crushed so far with injuries, is getting back a couple key players in time for their third preseason game Sunday vs the Steelers at home.

First the team saw RB Correll Buckhalter for the first time for awhile on Tuesday. He practiced for the first time since wrenching his back on the first day of training camp, and All-Pro left tackle Ryan Clady will practice Wednesday for the first time since blowing out his left knee in a pickup basketball game in the spring.

“This isn’t one of those things where he’s going to go out there in a hat and kind of go through a walkthrough,” Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said.

“He’ll be out there, and we’re going to go ahead and bring him along just like you would any player that’s coming off of an injury where he’s been away for a period of time.” McDaniels said “the goal is for him to be as ready to go for as long as he could be in the opener”

Denver opens the season in Jacksonville on September 12th. Clady practiced footwork drills with strength coach Rich Tuten on the field a few hours before the Broncos played the Detroit Lions in a preseason game Saturday night.

“Feeling a lot better,” Clady said after the game, when he suggested he was on pace not to miss any regular-season games.

The Broncos made some moves on Monday, as the team cut veteran offensive lineman Kirk Barton today as well as wide receiver Patrick Carter and running back Toney Baker. Barton was claimed by the Broncos off waivers from the Detroit Lions in July.

Baker was an undrafted free agent from North Carolina State who was used sparingly in the Broncos’ first two preseason games. Carter didn’t catch a pass in the first two games. He has previously played for the Ravens.

PFW reports that it looks as if two rookies will start on the O-line for the Broncos in 2010:

It appears the Broncos will start two rookies on their offensive line. J.D. Walton, a third-round pick, has taken all the first-team reps at center in training camp, and second-round choice Zane Beadles, who played left tackle during his last two seasons in college, will start at left guard. Denver can call on swing backup Russ Hochstein, who started 10 games for the Broncos last season, if either of the rookies isn’t up to the task in the regular season, but the team will likely be patient with them.

The Broncos are playing it safe with Tim Tebow’s bruised ribs, resting the rookie quarterback in their second preseason game against Detroit.

The University of Florida standout had plenty of company on the sideline as the Broncos were without 16 players, including Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey, linebacker D.J. Williams and wide receiver Brandon Stokley.

Tebow missed two days of practice this week after bruising his ribs on the final play of an exhibition game against Cincinnati last weekend. Tebow was crushed on his left side as he scrambled into the end zone for a 7-yard TD.

Hours before kickoff Saturday night, Tebow sauntered onto the field and did some light stretching. He also threw passes before heading back into the locker room.