Archive for September, 2010

Stovall out for Bucs, but Faine is active

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without wide receiver Maurice Stovall when they play host to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Stovall, who had not appeared on the injury report, was declared inactive. The Bucs did have starting center Jeff Faine, who had been listed as questionable with a calf injury, active. Steelers No third quarterback QB Dennis Dixon CB Keenan Lewis RB Jonathan Dwyer DB Crezdon Butler T Tony Hills T Trai Essex WR Emmanuel Sanders LB Thaddeus Gibson Buccaneers QB Rudy Carpenter (designated third quarterback) CB Myron Lewis RB Kareem Huggins LB Niko Koutovides C Ted Larsen DL Michael Bennett WR Maurice Stovall

Bengals will play without ‘Pacman’ Jones

The Cincinnati Bengals’ defense will be without its leading pass rusher, DE Antwan Odom, and nickel cornerback Adam Jones, both of whom were declared inactive for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers.

Vikings CBs Griffin, Cook active vs. Lions

Vikings cornerbacks Cedric Griffin and Chris Cook will be making their season debuts vs. the Detroit Lions Sunday as both are active.

Jenkins, Coleman won’t play for Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons will head into a key NFC South game against the New Orleans Saints without two key starters who had been listed as questionable — wide receiver Michael Jenkins and safety Erik Coleman.

Colts sign WR White off practice squad

I tossed this out on Twitter on Friday night (why are you not following?) that rookie WR Blair White could be somebody to watch this week. White has been signed off the practice squad and figures to be thrown into the mix against the Broncos today.

Haley, you top the list as fantasy enemy No. 1

This kind of speaks for itself. Tweet your fantasy questions to @nflfantasy. Your Tweet might end up on the air on NFL.com Fantasy Live.

Anxiety Friday: Texans WR Johnson questionable

Texans WR Andre Johnson is listed as questionable with an ankle injury, but do you think that Johnson is going to sit out a huge matchup against the Cowboys? The Texans are playing in their third Super Bowl in three weeks, and there is no way the team is going on without its best player.

Wells had a minor scope

Cardinals RB Beanie Wells had a minor scope on his knee according to Darren Urban of the team’s official site (via Twitter).

Fun facts: Who is the only team without passing TD?

Want to impress your pals when you gather to watch the Week 3 action Sunday? As we pored through the voluminous stack of notes prepared this week by the crack NFL Network staff for the NFL GameDay Morning crew to use, we pulled out a few nuggets you can use as fun facts or tough trivia:

A lot of awesome running backs in the AFC West

Take a moment to consider who will be the probable running backs for the AFC West teams this weekend. Darren McFadden, Thomas Jones, Laurence Maroney and Mike Tolbert. Somebody please explain to me why Jamaal Charles is sitting on the bench?

Stunner: Moreno out for Week 3

If you have Knowshon Moreno, it’s time to go out and grab Laurence Maroney.

Commitment to run is what Cowboys are missing

NFL Network analysts Jamie Dukes and Trent Green discuss how to get the 0-2 Dallas Cowboys back on track, and both agree it starts with a committment to the running game.

Whitner: Bills are getting laughed at

It’s never fun being laughed at, unless, of course, you intend to be. Donte Whitner and the Bills don’t intend to be.

Beanie will be back, but do you start him?

Beanie Wells is expected to be back in Week 3, but he’ll be a risky option for fantasy owners.

One more reason to applaud Peyton: selflessness

Peyton Manning doesn’t go through many weeks of the NFL season without being applauded for his game day heroics. The latest reason to applaud Manning is his display of selflessness.

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