Daily NFL News November 21 2008
Please use our Rumors Form to send us your NFL Rumors
The Steelers honored defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a pregame ceremony for his 50 years as an NFL coach and player.
Brady Quinn got his 1st NFL win as a starter almost single-handedly. Quinn broke his right index finger during the 1st half of Monday night's game against the Buffalo Bills, but Cleveland's new starting QB stayed in and led the Browns to a 29-27 win. Inspite of the injury, Quinn will attempt to play on Sunday when the Browns host the Houston Texans.
The mystery surrounding injured Dallas Cowboys rookie Felix Jones was solved, and the running back will not play again this season. Jones has a torn ligament beneath his left big toe, sustained 2 weeks ago whilst doing rehabilitation on the left hamstring he hurt on October 12. The hamstring is healed, but he will need surgery on the toe and up to 6 months to fully recover.
Giants receiver Plaxico Burress missed practice on Thursday due to a hamstring injury. Coach Tom Coughlin was short in discussing Burress' injury, saying time would tell whether Burress plays Sunday against the Cardinals in Arizona.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Thursday that one of the reasons he is willing to take another chance on Adam Pacman Jones is because he thinks partly to blame for the cornerback's latest trouble. "Yes, I do take responsibility for the fact that it was my own security that the issue was part of", Jerry Jones said.
The Vikings went to work on Thursday without their star defensive tackles. Perhaps it will serve as good practice, to learn what playing without them would be like. Whilst Kevin Williams and Pat Williams met with NFL officials to talk about their positive test for a banned diuretic, Bumetanide, their teammates prepared for Sunday's game at Jacksonville.
Cleveland Browns GM Phil Savage has apologized to a fan for sending a profane e-mail following Monday night's game against the Buffalo Bills. Savage used an expletive in his response to the fan, who criticized the GM in several e-mail exchanges. "It happened after the game", said Savage in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
Former Green Bay Packers cornerback Bob Jeter, the father of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball coach Rob Jeter, has died. Wisconsin-Milwaukee spokesman Kevin O'Connor said Rob Jeter found out of the death on Thursday afternoon and went to join family members in Chicago, where his father lived. He said Rob Jeter informed him by phone that his father was thought to have died of cardiac arrest.
The Vikings gave Adrian Peterson's body a break. Peterson was held out of Thursday's practice; he did some running in the pool instead. Coach Brad Childress said he decided the NFL's leading rusher needed a day to rest after taking a lot of hard hits in last week's game against Tampa Bay.
| 
