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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: July 7, 2009
Future Broncos' Ring of Famer and possibly Hall of Fame selection Tom Nalen, the lone remaining Bronco from the Super Bowl days, had suffered his second consecutive season-ending injury before the year had even started.
Fortunately, Denver had a backup plan. City Chiefs, and had been one of their better players over the course of the decade Late in the 2008 offseason, the team signed veteran Casey Wiegmann to a two year contract. Wiegmann had played most of his NFL career with the rival Kansas.
Wiegmann had every intention of backing up Nalen at the outset, but after the injury, he was thrust into the starting role.
To say he relished his role would be an understatement.
Whilst extending his NFL record for consecutive starts among active offensive linemen to 152 games (amassing 7,062 consecutive plays), Wiegmann earned his first career trip to the Pro Bowl as an alternate.
After his stellar 2008 campaign, the 1...
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