Broncos' Henry reworks contract

INDIANAPOLIS - Running back Travis Henry will have a shot at redemption with the Denver Broncos.

Henry’s agent Hadley Engelhard confirmed in an e-mail that Henry restructured his contract. Henry was due a $6 million bonus last week, and the Broncos wanted him to agree to a new contract before they brought him back for another season.

“He’s looking forward to a great year,” Engelhard said.

Henry was the NFL’s leading rusher through four games. But rib, ankle and knee injuries slowed him the rest of the year. He finished with 691 yards and didn’t have a 100-yard game after Sept. 30. Henry also battled the NFL over a positive drug test, winning an appeal in December and avoiding a one-game suspension.

The Broncos needed a back to go with Selvin Young. Coach Mike Shanahan said after the season that he didn’t think Young, who gained 729 yards as a rookie last season, could remain healthy getting 20-25 carries per game. Henry and Young will probably split carries this season.

No change likely on time out trend

Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher, a member of the NFL’s competition committee, said he didn’t think there would be a rule change to eliminate timeouts before field-goal attempts.

In Denver’s second game last season, Shanahan called a timeout just before Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski made an overtime field goal. Janikowski had to kick again, missed the second attempt and other coaches copied Shanahan’s strategy.

Later in the season, Shanahan tried the same tactic on Tennessee’s Rob Bironas, who missed his initial attempt but made the attempt after the timeout. Fisher said that tactic wasn’t used as much after that, and there probably wouldn’t be any rule changes because it is hard to legislate when a team can call a timeout.

“I don’t think it’s going to be an ongoing issue,” Fisher said. “I think it was just an early-season trend, and I don’t think we’ll see much more of it.”

Former Broncos receiver Johnson surrenders to police

Former Denver receiver Vance Johnson surrendered to Rifle police after allegedly failing to appear for a court hearing in a bad check case, The Associated Press reported.

Johnson was accused of writing two bad checks in Larimer County in 2001. He was supposed to appear at a related hearing Feb. 8, but Garfield County jail records indicate a warrant for his arrest was issued when he didn’t show.