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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian was held out of practice Wednesday due to a foot injury and his status Sunday for the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars is in question.Broncos coach Gary Kubiak called the injury a foot sprain, and Siemian has worn a walking boot on for the past two days.You know what? Its just something he came out of the game and very, very sore Monday morning, kind of swelled up on him and [head trainer Steve Antonopulos] thought it was best to put him in a boot for a few days, Kubiak said. ... Well see where hes at tomorrow.Siemian was injured in the Broncos first possession of overtime Sunday in a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Siemian is believed to have been injured on a 1-yard scramble in the Broncos field goal drive to open overtime.Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston tackled Siemian from behind on the play.[I] kind of woke up the next morning and was a little sore, Siemian said, adding that he felt just kind of funny immediately following the play. Siemian finished out the game and had a career-most 368 yards passing on the night to with three touchdowns.At 7-4 the Broncos are in the tightest of battles for a playoff spot with five games remaining in the regular season. At the moment the Broncos are the seventh seed in the AFC playoff picture given they are in third place in the AFC West and the Miami Dolphins (7-4) currently have a better AFC record.If Siemian cant play against the Jaguars, rookie?Paxton Lynch?would get his second start of the season.?Lynch started the Broncos Week 5 loss to the Atlanta Falcons when Siemian had a left shoulder injury.Siemian was sacked five times in the game and took several other big hits. He has taken his share of punishment this season as the Broncos offensive line has struggled at times. He has been sacked 13 times in the last three games.As he did when Siemian was recovering from the shoulder injury, Kubiak said Wednesday that Siemian could be held out of practice all week and still play against the Jaguars if the the team feels the quarterback has sufficient mobility to play.Trevor could play without practicing, Kubiak said. 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On the day last week that Team USA announced its leadership group, a few eyebrows were raised that Patrick Kane got an A as an alternate captain.Even Kane, the defending Hart Trophy winner and NHL scoring champion, acknowledged that wearing a letter with this team wasnt something he had necessarily anticipated.Its a pretty huge honor, he said. I dont know if I was really expecting it. But I think theres so many great leaders in here.Team USA head coach John Tortorella, as he is wont to do, was unequivocal about his decision to not only include Kane in the teams leadership group, but to bestow upon him an even greater symbol of leadership with an A.He deserves it, the coach said, who also named Joe Pavelski captain and Ryan Suter the other alternate captain.Its not that Kanes resume doesnt speak to greatness. It does.Three Stanley Cups, rookie-of-the-year honors, a playoff MVP award, a silver medal in the 2010 Olympics and, of course, last years dazzling regular season that saw him become the first-ever American to win a scoring title, which went along with his first MVP nod.A money player? One of the best of his generation. But a heart-and-soul guy? A leader?Thats a different story.With the Chicago Blackhawks, it has always been captain Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Marian Hossa. Those were the guys, at least in terms of the notion of leadership. Sure, its nuance, but Kane was different, an immense talent to be sure. But different.Maybe part of this has been his style of play: wildly creative as opposed to possessing the grit we ascribe to most so-called leaders in the game. Maybe part of this has been his past, which has always been a complicated bit of work, given repeated off-ice troubles, including last summers allegation that he sexually assaulted a girl in his Buffalo-area home. Criminal charges were never filed, but the incident polarized how the public views a player who might well end his career as the greatest American player of all time.But the A signals something different for Kane as we head into the World Cup of Hockey. On a U.S. team full of grit and determination, he is now being expected to be something different -- or perhaps something more.I dont coach him, but I watch him during our year, and I listen to him and I see maturity about him, Tortorella said. I cant get too deep into that, but I want him to take more responsibility now. I think hes ready for more responsibility as a leader of a USA team.And so coming off his most successful season as an individual, Kane has now been given a platform that will allow him to, if not redefine himself, then at least enlarge his portfolio, expand his hockey persona.I dont think its something that is going to change who I am or change the way I play or anything like that, Kane said, but its just kind of a nice honor for the team to give me. And, besides, I think were looking to everyone in this locker room to help lead in some way or another.Longtime NHLer and current national broadcaster Ed Olczyk said he would have gone as far to give the C to Kane, although he did praise the selection of Pavelski as the Team USA captain.In my eyes, whether he has a letter or not, he has learned and earned how to and is a leader, Olczyk said.Former goalie and longtime NHL analyst Kevin Weekes, who is providing analysis for ESPN during the World Cup, echoed those sentiments, saying that there is often a predisposition to downplay the leadership roles of highly skilled players.They discredit his work ethic because of his skill, Weekes said. But they dont know his skill is because of his work ethic.I think this is another step for him, Weekees added.dddddddddddd. I know that hes had missteps along the way, as many of us have had, all of us. Hes a very, very, very passionate hockey player and hes committed to being great.Not everyone feels the same way. One longtime player and scout said simply he believes the A is based solely on skill.Either youre a leader or you arent, the former player said via text. Maybe the most dangerous offensive player in the world. His name and game-breaking qualities allow them to put an A on his jersey. Not because of leadership and character qualities. Just how I see it.This past summer was a different one for Kane, 27, on a number of different fronts. First, it was a lot longer than most recent summers because the Blackhawks were dispatched in the first round by the St. Louis Blues,?after going to either the conference finals or the Stanley Cup finals five of the previous seven seasons. Second, he spent most of his summer in Chicago, as opposed to his native Buffalo, where he has traditionally spent most of his offseasons. He played golf and worked out with a different group of NHLers and Blackhawks prospects. But one thing he didnt do was spend much time reflecting on his season, instead looking forward to proving it was not a one-off.You win an award like [the Hart], and I think for me you dont really want to see that as a fluke, Kane said. You want to come back, and I think thats where the motivation is for me now. Obviously, you dont want to have that one good season and then fall down. You want to keep that level of consistency.Is he more mature? Different?I still feel Im the same person, Kane said. For me, ... I havent really changed who I am as a person, just kind of as you get older, you figure some things out. Kind of grow up at your own rate, I guess.Whether its a throwaway line or not, his teammates and opponents seem to agree there is an ongoing maturation from Kane.Someone that has the vision that he has and sees the game, slows it down, said former Blackhawks teammate Dustin Byfuglien, who now faces Kane regularly as a member of the Winnipeg Jets and is a Team USA teammate.Its just maturity, the big defenseman added. The older you get, the more you get comfortable with your environment. You know how to slow the game down. He can make some adjustments as he goes. Hes done a lot of great things.David Backes, now with the Boston Bruins, has played with Kane in two Olympics and has squared off dozens of times as a member of the Blues.I think theres no denying theres world-class skill and ability there, said Backes. Winning a Hart Trophy last year is definitely a symptom of that. A guy you always have to be aware of on the ice. If you dont play him the right way, hes making you pay in a big way and can win games on his own. ... All those things come to mind.Like many of his U.S. teammates, there is much to prove for Kane in the short-term at the World Cup of Hockey. He had a difficult Olympics in Russia, coming pretty much straight from his grandfathers funeral to then fail to score in six games, missing two penalty shots in the Americans disappointing loss to Finland in the bronze-medal game.Its kind of the challenge thats ahead of us, Kane said. Canadas proven themselves for the last five, six years as the best hockey country in the world, and we feel we have something to say about that and want to prove ourselves. Its a great opportunity for us to do it here in this World Cup.As it turns out, opportunities might abound for both this team -- and those chosen to lead it. ' ' '