The Broncos returned to work Monday after their bye but had one remaining item to address from the team's victory over San Diego last week.
Coach John Fox brushed aside an ongoing NFL investigation into whether the Chargers were using Stickum, or a similar banned adhesive, during the Oct. 15 game in San Diego. Stickum and similar products that are designed to improve a player's grip on the football have been banned since 1981.
An official, line judge Jeff Bergman, confiscated a cloth covered with an unknown substance during the game. The cloth was sent to the NFL.
"I'm not really all over that," Fox said Monday. "I'm sure the league has got their ways of dealing with it and will let us know the outcome. I believe
it is in the rule book."Stickum is sold by many sporting goods suppliers, both on-line and in stores, in aerosol form, a paste and a powder.
The Chargers could lose one or more draft picks if the league determines a banned substance violation has occurred. San Diego will face the Broncos again Nov. 18 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Chargers, tied at 3-3 with the Broncos atop the AFC West, also had a bye Sunday.
Remember when??The last time the Broncos faced the Saints, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees threw for the sixth-highest yardage total by any opposing quarterback in Broncos history.
In a Sept. 21, 2008, meeting ? Mike Shanahan's last season in Denver ? Brees completed 39-of-48 passes for 421 yards and a touchdown. The Broncos also sacked Brees just once in that game, a 34-32 Denver victory after the Saints missed on a two-point conversion attempt with 10 minutes left in the game.
One of just two players in the current Broncos defense to play in that game, Elvis Dumervil was asked if the Saints' offense of 2011 bears any resemblance to 2008 since Brees still is behind center.
"Just a lot better, more experienced," Dumervil said.
The Saints had four players finish with at least 75 yards receiving in that game. Cornerback Champ Bailey is the other current Broncos defensive starter who played in that game.
Follow the rules. Fox routinely tells his players before the bye weekend he doesn't "want to read about them unless they won the lottery."
After a four-day weekend for the players ? Thursday through Sunday ? Fox said he felt like the team got back to business without a major stumble.
"I think we did well in that department, maybe not so well winning the lottery, but we didn't read about them," Fox said.
Footnotes.?Rookie linebacker Danny Trevathan had an excused absence from Monday's practice. ... Fox said cornerback Tracy Porter, who missed the Chargers game with what the Broncos described as an illness, was cleared for "noncontact" work Monday. ... Fox, a former Carolina coach, on the Panthers firing general manager Marty Hurney: "It's a tough business. We had some good moments, some very good moments there. Went to a Super Bowl, couple of championship games. It's unfortunate. I'm sure he'll do fine moving forward." Hurney was the team's general manager during Fox's nine-year run as the team's coach.
Jeff Legwold, The Denver Post
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