"RB Knowshon Moreno's status for Sunday's game vs. San Francisco became more interesting when he grabbed his right hamstring Wednesday during a drill and then was seen commiserating with the head trainer.

Moreno pulled his right hamstring on the first day of camp, forcing him to miss the entire preseason. A pulled left hamstring kept him inactive for three games. It was only recently that the '09 first-round pick had begun to get his conditioning up to the point where he could be an every-down contributor. In fact, coach Josh McDaniels only hours before Moreno seemingly tweaked his leg was talking about him not being "a two-down player" and a possible factor in the passing game on third down.

If Moreno is hampered, Laurence Maroney

can expect more carries. Maroney has been pedestrian in a fill-in role. ... If there's a coup d'etat brewing in the Broncos' locker room about McDaniels' 4-13 record in his last 17 games, it hasn't surfaced publicly."