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Tuesday brought a report that Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay suffered “significant damage” to his wrist when he injured it in Monday night’s loss to the Raiders and that he’d miss both Week 17 and the Pro Bowl as a result.During a Wednesday appearance on Orange and Blue 760 https://www.broncoslockerroom.com/authentic-phillip-lindsay-jersey , Broncos coach Vance Joseph confirmed Lindsay’s injury is “serious” and said the rookie will be having surgery as a result.Before Joseph announced Lindsay would have surgery, Mike Klis of KUSA reported it was a possibility and that Lindsay is looking at a 4-6 month recovery timeline after suffering ligament damage around the scaphoid bone. That would likely leave Lindsay limited for the offseason program and OTAs if he’s participating at all, but should leave him ready for the start of training camp next summer.Lindsay ran 192 times for 1,037 yards and nine touchdowns and caught 35 passes for 241 yards and a touchdown on his way to becoming the first undrafted offensive rookie to earn an invite to the Pro Bowl. Kyle Shananan didn’t want to lose any of his assistants.But after blocking one initially, he let him go while retaining a pair of his staffers who were wanted elsewhere.Shanahan initially blocked the Broncos from interviewing quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello for their offensive coordinator job, but ultimately changed his mind and let them go. He also lost assistant offensive line coach Adam Stenavich to Matt LaFleur’s staff with the Packers as offensive line coach, but he prevented passing game coordinator Mike LaFleur (Matt’s brother) and run game coordinator Mike McDaniel opportunities to be coordinators who didn’t get to call plays.while the Cardinals were interested in McDaniel.“I needed more time to talk about it,” Shanahan said of the initial denial on Scangarello Phillip Lindsay Jersey White , via Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area.Shanahan said he talked to Broncos coach Vic Fangio and General Manager John Elway to make sure it was an actual promotion for his assistant before letting Scangarello go.“The initial reaction [was] I don’t want to lose good coaches, at all, and you don’t have to,” Shanahan said. But it’s very tough to keep a coach back when he’s getting a huge promotion. It’s a tough position that we’re in because I want to do right by people, always. But my No. 1 job is to do what’s best for the 49ers. That’s what you got to always think about, and losing good coaches is not what’s best for the 49ers.”LaFleur and McDaniel have a year left on their contracts, and Shanahan said they were being offered one-year extensions.But they’d also have to weigh the financial security against the possibility of moving onto other jobs after next season.