Consider it a holiday miracle.
In a season marred by injuries, every player on the Broncos’ active roster practiced fully Friday in the team’s final regular-season drills in preparation for today’s de facto playoff game at San Diego.
That list included offensive tackle Ryan Clady, who is battling an ankle injury, and cornerback Champ Bailey, who was up to full speed last week for the first time in two months.
Still, coach Mike Shanahan joked that the Broncos weren’t taking any chances of getting more players injured before the team left for San Diego on Saturday.
“Nobody’s allowed to walk past the running backs room,” Shanahan said. “Danger zone.”
The Broncos have placed seven tailbacks on season-ending injured reserve this season, including two (Selvin Young and P.J. Pope) last week.
“Everybody is ready to go,” Shanahan said.
Ignoring trash talk. Shana- han said Friday he hasn’t paid attention to the banter between San Diego players and his team this week, though he acknowledged he did hear that San Diego linebacker Matt Wilhelm called Denver quarterback Jay Cutler “a punk.”
“To each his own,” Shana- han said.
Lindsay H. Jones: 303-954-1262 or ljones@denverpost.com
