Hurt Broncos OL Garett Bolles, CB Ronald Darby out for year

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After an ugly loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday night, the Denver Broncos will be without two players for the rest of the season.

Since Sunday's loss to the Las Vegas Raiders and Thursday's loss to the Colts, the Broncos have seen three running backs suffer season-ending injuries.

There was a fractured lower right leg with three minutes left in the overtime period of the Colts game. When the tackle was examined by the team's medical staff, they were not optimistic about his short-term future.

The need for surgery to repair the broken bone was confirmed when he was taken for more tests Friday. One of the team's more durable players has been Bolles, who started from the first game of his career when he was a first-round draft pick. He missed just four games in his career, two with an ankle injury and one on the reserve list.

He injured his knee just before halftime when he was with the Eagles. Adding in the fact that wide receiver Tim Patrick, who led the team in touchdown catches last year, suffered a season-ending knee injury in training camp to go with Williams' injury this past Sunday, the Broncos have suffered significant losses at the top of the depth chart.

Randy Gregory injured his knee against the Raiders and will be out for a while.

As a coach, I cannot control injuries. It's long-term things. I have to find a way to put people in good positions and the new guys have to go in there. They need to find a way to succeed.

The Broncos have more time to prepare for their next game, which will be against the Los Angeles Clippers. Billy Turner, a free agent signee who hasn't played this season because of a knee injury, is closing in on a return to the lineup.

Turner was inactive for the Colts game because it was a shortprep week.

The fifth-round pick played in the second half.

Outside linebacker Baron Browning was day-to-day with a wrist injury, while inside linebacker Josey Jewell was week-to-week with a knee injury.