Out of danger and released from the hospital a week later, Wolfe hurried back, and was at practice as the Broncos prepared for the AFC championship game against New England.
Notes: Draft picks Cody Latimer (WR),Cheap China Jerseys, Matt Paradis (C) and Corey Nelson (LB) all signed their rookie contracts with the Broncos on Monday. All were at practice.
Other linemen, including Malik Jackson, have stepped up in Wolfe's absence. There are no guarantees the 2012 second-round draft pick, who has 10 sacks over his first two years, will get his starting job back.
But he had dropped about 20 pounds and was low on energy. He couldn't get much done, even working on the edges of the defensive line — not the interior, which is where he was used to playing.
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The lessons learned from his harrowing weeks on the sideline: "It's taking things in stride, saving my energy for game day," Wolfe said.
"Something happens and you don't know if you're going to be able to play again," Wolfe said. "To be out here and to feel better than you've ever felt, it's an emotional feeling. It's a happy occasion."
That Wolfe kept football on the front burner through the difficult times is a testament to the third-year veteran's love of the game. This was not, by any means, your typical football injury.
He doesn't shy from the competition. Says he appreciates it, in fact.
Wolfe suffered a seizure during the bus ride to the airport for Denver's flight to Kansas City last Nov. 29. He ended up in the hospital for several days, and was put in a medically induced coma while doctors performed procedures to rule out a brain tumor.
He missed the Super Bowl — not such a terrible game to miss,Cheap NFL Jerseys, it turns out — and now he's getting ready for the 2014 season,Nike Huarache Shoes For Sale, playing on the inside, and back at his ideal weight at around 290 pounds.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The seizure, the weight loss, the false-start of a comeback. Derek Wolfe endured them all while always keeping one goal in mind: Getting back on the football field.
"He's a motivated kid,Cheap Jerseys 2018," coach John Fox said. "Football's a pretty big part of his life."
"I wasn't feeling right, and I didn't tell anyone I wasn't feeling right,Cheap Jerseys China," he said. "That came back to bite me. It's kind of my fault. I tried to push it aside because we were playing great and I didn't want to miss out."
Simply being back on the field is the reward that means the most to him right now.
"That's my life, that's my love," the Broncos defensive lineman said Monday,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, after the team's latest offseason workout. "It's what I love to do. Take that away from me and I'd have a rough time."
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