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CBCca SportsHockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Fantasy Pool Olympics Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing National Football LeagueScoreboardStatsStandingsTeamsPlayersPlayer NewsInjuriesTransactionsHomeRaidersBroncos PreviewNFL HeadlinesFalcons beat Ravens on TD with 20 left Manager Sterger meets with NFL Browns LB Benard released from hospital McNabb hopes to work on 2minute drill Bills LB Merriman out indefinitely Titans QB Young returns to practice Migraine keeps Harvin out of practice NFL players want more say in discipline Portis wears Phillies cap could return Giants WR Smith hurts pectoral muscle By ALAN FERGUSONSTATS Writer(AP) Since they last met the Oakland Raiders the Denver Broncos have gone from surprising division leader to a team just trying to hang on to a wildcard berth Another strong performance Sunday against the visiting Raiders however would move the Broncos a step closer to ending a fouryear playoff drought Denver fired veteran coach Mike Shanahan who led the franchise to its only two Super Bowl titles in part because of last seasons disastrous finish following a 30 start which included three straight losses in December The Broncos turned to 33yearold Josh McDaniels and they got off to another strong start by winning their first six games including a 233 victory in Oakland on Sept 27 With injuries piling up once again Denver is scrambling to avoid another late swoon The Broncos had seemed to buck that trend with backtoback wins but that run ended with a 2816 defeat last Sunday at unbeaten Indianapolis Denvers fifth loss in seven games Despite those losses Denver (85) leads the AFCs wildcard race by one game over Miami New York Baltimore and Jacksonville The Broncos still have a faint chance of catching San Diego in the AFC West but face a twogame deficit A loss this week and a Chargers win put a division title out of reach We all understand where were at McDaniels said At the beginning of the season we wanted to put ourselves into a position at this point to be able to play in the postseason Weve done that Now our urgency has to go up along with the rest of the leagues We cant take any days off (or) any plays off The Broncos could use a strong performance from Brandon Marshall and quarterback Kyle Orton as theyre potentially facing a shorthanded backfield Last season Denver used seven different running backs none playing more than 12 games Correll Buckhalter hasnt practiced all week d...