ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- As Denver Broncos rookie running back Phillip Lindsay struggled, with a badly swollen right wrist to finish off a suit-and-tie look for the chartered flight back to Denver after Monday night's 27-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders, he joked he'd already been "Santa for everybody this year." So a Christmas Day visit to the doctor wouldn't get in in the way of the good tidings.
"Christmas came early,'' Lindsay said. "I think it'll be all right.''
It was not, however, as Lindsay's exam from the team's medical staff Tuesday revealed ligament damage in his wrist and more tests were set to be conducted to check for a fracture in one of the small bone of the wrist, according to team sources.