SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco 49ers lost another key defender for the remainder of the season, placing rookie nickel cornerback and top draft pick Jimmie Ward on injured reserve Saturday with a foot injury. Tony Wolters Jersey .It has been a tough week for the defence ahead of Sundays road game against the New York Giants. Ward was hurt in last Sundays overtime win at New Orleans, and its the same foot that needed surgery in March for a Jones fracture.Ward joins seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Patrick Willis on season-ending injured reserve. Willis season was ended Tuesday, and the team announced he would need surgery for a strained muscle in his left big toe. He was injured in the third quarter at St. Louis on Oct. 13.The 49ers (5-4) filled Wards roster spot with star linebacker Aldon Smith, who was added to the 53-man roster from the exempt list after he served a nine-game suspension by the league for violations of the NFLs substance-abuse and personal-conduct policies.He is set to make his season debut against the Giants, though in what capacity is unclear.Even defensive co-ordinator Vic Fangio wasnt sure what to expect from Smith, who also missed five games last season to undergo treatment following his September 2013 DUI arrest.Hes a little rusty. Ive heard people say that hes in a better situation than he was last year, Fangio said Thursday. I dont really see it that way because last year he played in three regular-season games and was gone for five weeks.He hadnt played in any regular-season games and hadnt played and missed the first nine games. Its been a long time since hes had action. Hes rusty, but hes a young, good athlete, who I think will get the rust off pretty quickly. Havent really decided how Im going to play him on Sunday, how much.Ward, the 30th overall draft pick out of Northern Illinois, finished with 20 tackles and two passes defenced in eight games.The 49ers have until Monday, at the conclusion of a 21-day evaluation window, to decide whether to activate nose tackle Glenn Dorsey or keep him on IR. He returned to practice Oct. 27 after recovering from a torn left biceps muscle that required surgery.And 2013 starting nose tackle Ian Williams, who was sidelined last year following a Week 2 ankle injury against Seattle, was in a walking boot and using crutches this week for a fractured fibula in his left leg.___AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Nolan Arenado Jersey .com) - Klay Thompson is quickly proving he is worth every penny of his recently signed four-year contract extension. Jake McGee Jersey . Harris has played in six games since joining the Argos in 2012, completing 17-of-35 passes for 256 yards and one touchdown. http://www.rockiesgearproshop.com/Rockies-Chris-Rusin-Kids-Jersey/ .C. -- With a chance to start over and maybe drive in any series he wanted, Juan Pablo Montoya thought long and hard about what mattered most at this stage of his career.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - To Andrew Luck and Chuck Pagano, studying Denvers secondary this week must have seemed like watching the Pro Bowl announcements.Denvers hard-hitting safety T.J. Ward and shutdown cornerbacks Aqib Talib and Chris Harris Jr. were selected to the leagues annual all-star team last month.You can bet when the Colts (12-5) and Broncos (12-4) meet Sunday with a trip to the AFC championship on the line that Luck will be just as leery of Rahim Moore. He picked off Luck twice in the season opener and made an outstanding comeback from a rare muscle condition.Its not just four guys, Luck said. Youll see six, seven DBs out on the field. I think a ball-hawking group. They understand football, they know what they are doing, and they do it well.It was, after all a rookie cornerback — first-round draft pick Bradley Roby — who sealed the Broncos 31-24 win back in September when he broke up Lucks pass to Reggie Wayne on fourth down.And hes only gotten better playing alongside Talib, Harris and Ward for 16 games.Those are three Pro Bowl guys Im learning from every day, Roby said.Talib and Harris, former teammates at Kansas, reunited this season to form the top cornerback tandem in the NFL.Two great corners, marveled Pagano, the Colts coach.Studs, Luck said.Talib, whom GM John Elway lured away from New England last winter with a $57 million contract, picked off four passes, returning two for touchdowns (a third one was called back when a teammate jumped offside).Harris didnt allow a single touchdown all season after needing just seven months to recover from ACL surgery.Hes probably been the fastest guy to ever come back off an ACL, Elway said last month when Harris signed a $42.5 million contract extension You look at what he did, the time that he spent this off-season to get healthy and be ready to go and be ready to start the regular season. Im not sure anybody has ever come back as fast as hes come back, so that kind of tells you what kind of guy he is.Colts tight end Coby Fleener came closest to scoring a TD with Harris in coverage, but Harris broke it up at the last moment.Beccause Id torn my ACL, I figured teams would be going after me like crazy from the jump, Harris said. David Dahl Jersey. So, I had to shut it down early and thats what I did. I had to let them know early that just because I tore my knee, I wasnt going to have that.Harris played just 39 of 74 snaps in the season opener and he likes to point out he was on the sideline in the fourth quarter when Luck threw TD passes to Dwayne Allen and Hakeem Nicks to turn a 31-10 laugher into a nail-biter.Having two cornerbacks who can lock down receivers in single coverage has ripple effects on the rest of Denvers defence.When you have two guys that can play man-to-man, that gives the rush up front a lot more time, said DeMarcus Ware, who teamed with Von Miller to get two dozen sacks.We can switch (matchups) during the game, defensive co-ordinator Jack Del Rio said. And dont forget about Bradley, whos really had an outstanding rookie season. When you look at it in his totality, name me a young DB that has played better.Pagano has a similar situation in Indy with cornerbacks Greg Toler and Vontae Davis.Theyve got two guys like we have that allow you to do as much as you want to do with the other players on the defence, whether you want to rush four, five or six, blitz or whatnot. Youve got two guys that can shadow, get up in peoples faces, play great zone coverage, man coverage, Pagano said.Theyve got instincts, awareness and ball skills. They run around. They can match up. Weve been down that road before with Talib in last years playoff game in New England. Theyre talented guys.Notes: The Broncos had 100 per cent participation in practice on back-to-back days for just the second time all season (Oct. 2-3). ... On the third-year anniversary of his 80-yard TD catch from Tim Tebow in overtime that beat Pittsburgh in the playoffs, Demaryius Thomas admitted, I didnt even know we won the game. 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