Lepsis back on field for Broncos Team Camp
Lee Rasizer, Rocky Mountain News
Published May 29, 2007 at midnight
ENGLEWOOD ‑- Left tackle Matt Lepsis, coming off major knee surgery, took the field for the first time in more than seven months Tuesday at the opening day of Broncos team camp.
Lepsis only went through position drills and not the team portion of the workout.
Nevertheless, it was a significant step for the player, who had a torn anterior cruciate ligament and cartilage damage in his right knee repaired.
"It felt good," Lepsis said. "No pain or anything. I didn’t do a whole lot."
Lepsis added he could line up against defensive linemen possibly next week, rather than wait until July mini-camp.
"If something happens, they’ll just pull me out. Everybody has setbacks with these things. I hope it doesn’t happen. But if it does, I’ll kind of give it a rest and come back when I can."
Denver was 4-1 to start the 2006 season before Lepsis’ was hurt during an Oct. 22 game vs. Cleveland. He had surgery Nov. 7. The tackle had similar surgery on his left knee coming out of the University of Colorado and sat out the 1997 season. He has been a fixture in the starting lineup since ’99.
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