When cornerback Champ Bailey returns to the lineup, the Denver Broncos hope they will be adding an impact player that can take their defense to the next level for the final couple of regular season games and hopefully, a playoff berth.
But after Bailey has missed seven games with a groin injury and the Broncos aren’t sure if he’ll be back to play the Buffalo Bills this Sunday. The refrain has been the same for weeks – Bailey will practice, but on a limited basis, then work out before the game but he won’t go if there’s a chance of a setback.
“Just kind of wait and see,” Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said on Monday. “Just kind of hoping he’ll go out here Wednesday and feel a little bit better and hopefully get some playing time in.” Bailey isn’t the kind of player…

Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey missed his seventh straight game Sunday against Carolina because of a lingering groin injury. Safety Marlon McCree (ankle) missed his sixth straight game, while outside linebacker D.J. Williams was on Denver’s active roster after missing five games with a knee injury.

Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey missed his sixth straight game Sunday, hampered by a slow recovery from a torn groin. Bailey had insisted Monday that he’d play against the Kansas City Chiefs but he was sore and slowed after going hard in practice Wednesday. Rookie Josh Bell started in his place for the fourth straight game.

The Denver Broncos honored cornerback Champ Bailey as their man of the year Friday. They hope he can be man of the day Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. Bailey’s teammates selected him their 2008 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, and they wouldn’t mind if he celebrated by suiting up against the Chiefs.