AP

In the aftermath of Sunday’s win over the Raiders, the news regarding the back injury suffered by Denver linebacker DeMarcus Ware was encouraging. The injury for which Ware was carted off wasn’t believed to be serious.

It’s serious enough that he could miss Sunday’s game against the Browns, per a source with knowledge of the situation.

The current thinking is that Ware will miss the game at Cleveland and then return to action after the bye week, for a Sunday night game against the Packers. Ultimately, however, his status will depend on healing and discomfort.

The injury has been described both as a strain and as spasms. Regardless, anyone who has had back problems knows that it’s hard to do anything when there’s a problem. Then, when it resolves, it’s as if nothing even happened.

For the Broncos, the sooner Ware gets to the point where it’s as if nothing ever happened will allow the Broncos to keep making bad things happen to opposing offenses.