The Denver Broncos lost to the Oakland Raiders to fall a game behind in the AFC West on Sunday night. They also lost starting defensive end Derek Wolfe to a fractured elbow, possibly for a month's time.
On Monday morning, some more bad news came, with a report from ABC 7 in Denver that Aqib Talib, who has missed the past two games with a back injury, might be out through the team's Week 11 bye.
Talib flew to California last week to get a second opinion on his back. Broncos coach Gary Kubiak seemed encouraged by the reports and said that Talib was essentially day-to-day with the injury.
"We talked to the people in California and we'll see where we're at tomorrow," he said at the time. "But it's a day-to-day situation, and we just thought it'd be best to get another opinion."
Talib was subsequently ruled out for the game against the Raiders, as he didn't practice all week. Now it appears he will also miss Denver's Week 10 game against the New Orleans Saints, and not return until Week 12 against the Chiefs.