Sunday News, Notes and Inactives (1 Viewer)

[Jene Bramel]

Early Games

Baltimore at Miami

Ed Reed is ACTIVE after being listed questionable with hamstring injury suffered midweek, limited in practice Friday.

No major inactives for Miami.

Dallas at St. Louis

Terence Newman and Anthony Spencer are OUT this week. Kevin Burnett, questionable with calf injury, is ACTIVE though he did not practice all week, which could mean more snaps for Zach Thomas. Roy Williams may be back taking some base defensive snaps after practicing fully on Friday.

No major inactives for St. Louis. Leonard Little is likely to get back to an every down role this weekend. Fakhir Brown was signed mid week and looks to start ahead of Jason Craft.

Minnesota at Chicago

David Herron is OUT this week. Vinny Ciurciu will start at MLB today (see below). Both Napoleon Harris and Dontarrious Thomas were signed and are active this week; Thomas was expected to get base defensive snaps this week but isn't in the lineup. Madieu Williams is INACTIVE after listed questionable after a full week of limited practice.

Danieal Manning is OUT. Charles Tillman and Nathan Vasher are both INACTIVE. Tillman returned to a limited practice Friday. Vasher was limited all week.

New Orleans at Carolina

Sedrick Ellis is INACTIVE. Brian Young was added to the injury report Friday as questionable after not practicing with a knee injury, but is ACTIVE. Kevin Kaesviharn (probable) is ACTIVE after a full week of limited practice.

No significant inactives for Carolina.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati

No significant injuries or inactives to report. Dexter Jackson starting for Marvin White today. Casey Hampton is again inactive for Pittsburgh.

San Diego at Buffalo

Jyles Tucker is INACTIVE after not practicing all week with a hamstring injury. Eric Weddle is now probable after fully practicing Thur/Fri and ACTIVE this week.

Terrence McGee is again INACTIVE. Leodis McKelvin is starting ahead of Ashton Youboty (ques –foot) in his place. Aaron Schobel is INACTIVE after being listed questionable with a foot injury and did not practice all week.

San Francisco at New York Giants

Manny Lawson should return after a full practice on Friday.

Gerris Wilkinson is OUT with a knee injury. Bryan Kehl will start and likely play every down in his place. Antonio Pierce is INACTIVE after being listed questionable with a thigh injury and didn’t practice all week. Chase Blackburn is starting at MLB.

Tennessee at Kansas City

Tony Brown (ankle) is INACTIVE and Kyle Vanden Bosch (groin) ACTIVE after listed questionable this week. Vanden Bosch was limited Thur/Fri, Brown limited on Friday after not practicing earlier in the week.

Donnie Edwards is INACTIVE after being listed questionable with an ankle injury, but practiced fully all week.

Late Games

Detroit at Houston

Leigh Bodden was added to the injury report Friday after not practicing with a knee injury.

New York Jets at Oakland

Kris Jenkins (back), Calvin Pace (foot) and Bryan Thomas (calf) are all questionable after being limited in practice all week.

Derrick Burgess is doubtful and very unlikely to play after not practicing all week with an arm injury.

Indianapolis at Green Bay

Kelvin Hayden and Bob Sanders remain out with knee injuries. Freddy Keiaho is questionable with a groin injury, but fully practiced Thur/Fri.

Al Harris remains out for Green Bay, but is rumored to be back soon. Atari Bigby is listed doubtful with a hamstring injury. He was limited Thursday but didn’t practice Friday. Aaron Rouse is off the injury report and ready to play. AJ Hawk was limited Friday after fully practicing earlier in the week, still listed probable.

Cleveland at Washington

Sean Jones expected back this week, speculated he may not play full time. Mike Adams was added to the injury report as questionable with a hamstring injury on Friday after not practicing.

Shawn Springs is questionable with a calf injury, did not practice all week. Jason Taylor is also questionable with a calf injury and did not practice all week. Chris Horton listed questionable with an ankle injury, but was able to practice fully on Friday.

SNF

Seattle at Tampa Bay

No significant injuries to report. Barrett Ruud and Derrick Brooks are both probable and practiced fully by the end of the week.

MNF

Denver at New England

Jarvis Green is doubtful with an ankle injury and did not practice all week.

 

[flooredyas]

NFL channel reported Schoebel not sounding like a go today. If you have another option I would suggest you utilize it.

 

[prosopis]

 

[Jene Bramel]

Dexter Jackson is active today.

Geoff Hobson at bengals.com, who usually posts lineup changes, has no specific information that he's in the lineup over Ndukwe. He is listing Benson as the new starter at RB. I'll check back on this one.

 

[Jene Bramel]

Kyle Vanden Bosch ACTIVE, Tony Brown INACTIVE, Donnie Edwards INACTIVE

 

[Jene Bramel]

Antonio Pierce INACTIVE today.

 

[Jene Bramel]

WOW.

Safety Dexter Jackson returned to the lineup for the first time since breaking a thumb in the opener and moved to free safety in place of Marvin White and opposite strong safety Chinedum Ndukwe. White, the second-year player out of Texas Christian, has started all six games at free and came up with his first NFL interception last week against Jets quarterback Brett Favre. But the Bengals are apparenlty seeking more secondary seasoning in an effort to cut down on big plays, particulalry on third down.

 

[Jene Bramel]

Charles Tillman and Nathan Vasher both INACTIVE today.

Morning's turning into a doozy, folks. Enjoy the ride!

 

[Jene Bramel]

Not Napoleon Harris, not Dontarrious Thomas, but Vinny Ciurciu is starting for Minnesota today.

Madieu Williams inactive.

 

[Jene Bramel]

Aaron Schobel inactive.

 

[Rovers]

ESPN radio in NY reports Calvin Pace will play... in a sound bite from Pace he called his toe a ding, not an injury, or something to that effect.

 

[duece2626]

Any word on Bodden?

 

[Biabreakable]

ESPN radio in NY reports Calvin Pace will play... in a sound bite from Pace he called his toe a ding, not an injury, or something to that effect.

Thanks Rovers.

 

[Jene Bramel]

Any word on Bodden?

Late game. I'll do some more searching after we're sure there's no more early surprises. May not have anything until an hour or so before the late kickoffs. ETA: Looks like most of the local sources don't have any information. Since the injury happened Friday, that's probably a reasonably good sign.

 

[philly_battery_thrower]

Any further word on Mike Adams?

 

[Jene Bramel]

Any further word on Mike Adams?

Nothing in the local papers about Jones or Adams in the last 48 hours. Another late gamer we probably won't know much about unless we get a homer insight.

 

[Jene Bramel]

I *think* that's a wrap on the early news.

Good luck everybody. Hope your rosters were deep enough to handle the early news.

 

[Rovers]

I *think* that's a wrap on the early news. Good luck everybody. Hope your rosters were deep enough to handle the early news.

Jene, you are golden! Thanks... and good luck to you this week too.

 

[nortobc]

Why isn't AJ Hawk playing? He was listed as probable. The Packers are running a nickel on all the plays so far but I thought Hawk was in the nickel package.

 

[Seatown Mofos]

Any further word on Mike Adams?

Nothing in the local papers about Jones or Adams in the last 48 hours. Another late gamer we probably won't know much about unless we get a homer insight.

at the half and Jones already has 5 tackles. Solid.