"There is no longer a question whether Broncos running back Willis McGahee? will play despite a broken hand Sunday against the Oakland Raiders?.

The question is whether McGahee can grip the ball sufficiently with a broken hand.

"Want to shake my hand?" McGahee said.

A mere 10 days after McGahee underwent an operation in which he had a plate and five pins inserted to repair a fourth metacarpal fracture on his right, ball- carrying hand, his handshake was strong enough to crush a medium-sized cantaloupe. "It's strong, it's good and it just gets better," McGahee said.

The Raiders don't need a seance with Al Davis to know the Broncos will try to run the ball Sunday to help take some pressure off quarterback Tim Tebow?, who has passed erratically since he became the starter two weeks ago."