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Shanahan gets no kicks out of run call

 
Published Dec. 5, 2006|Updated Dec. 5, 2006

Broncos coach Mike Shanahan is kicking himself for listening to his kicker.

Jason Elam suggested a fake field goal at the end of the first half Sunday against Seattle. The call backfired when Elam gained just 2 yards and strained his left hamstring on the play in a 23-20 loss.

"I always have regrets," Shanahan said Monday. "How many fake kicks have I had since I've been here?"

Zero, in 12 seasons.

It was Elam's first career run - and likely his last - in 14 seasons, all in Denver.

He said he has practiced the play for a dozen years.

"I'm not kidding, 12 years. I didn't think he would ever, ever run it," Elam said. "He actually told me earlier in the week, he said, 'Now, you can't pull a hamstring on this.' "

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