Favre ready to end starts streak?
Things haven't been as easy this season for quarterback Brett Favre(notes) as he probably imagined they'd be. He's got his Minnesota Vikings in third place in the NFC North with a 1-3 record and he's got a nagging inflammation on his throwing elbow (not to mention an NFL investigation into his off-field activities).
That nagging elbow kept Favre out of practice yesterday, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, as the team prepares to take on the disappointing Dallas Cowboys this Sunday.
Favre told reporters before practice that he might have to end his NFL-record consecutive-starts streak of 289 games if he was a hindrance to the team rather than an asset.
The elbow simply needs rest but Favre also has to get used to a whole new set of receivers.
Tarvaris Jackson(notes) may finally get his chance.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Packers TE Finley out 8-12 weeks
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers(notes) loves throwing the ball to 23-year-old tight end Jermichael Finley(notes), but he's going to have to find somewhere else to throw for the next eight to 12 weeks.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Finley will be out for that long, recovering from knee surgery. The original prognosis had him only out for three to six weeks. Despite the length of recovery, the team still hasn't decided whether it will put him on injured reserve or not, the paper reports, and bank on him recovering quicker than that.
"I don't think we need to decide this week," coach Mike McCarthy said, according to the paper. "We're gathering information. Once we get to next week, I think we'll probably get a little more urgency on what we are going to do with the 53-man roster."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Vick: "Don't count me out"
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick(notes) is recovering quickly from his major rib injury that kept him out of last weekend's victory over the San Francisco 49ers. So much so that even though he didn't practice yesterday, Vick isn't thinking he'll be out of commission come Sunday when the Birds take on the Atlanta Falcons.
"Don't count me out," Vick said, according to the Camden Courier-Post. "That's all I could really tell you right now."
Coach Andy Reid says Vick is day-to-day. Meanwhile, Kevin Kolb(notes) is taking the first-team offense snaps in practice and preparing "as if he's getting the nod again this weekend," the paper reports.
Source: Camden Courer-Post
Moss-Patriots breakup long time coming
Now that wide receiver Randy Moss(notes) has moved on to the Minnesota Vikings, it is becoming clearer that team executives of his former team, the New England Patriots, were not enjoying his company for a pretty long time before finally trading him.
By February of this year, coach Bill Belichick had told Moss that he "wasn't part of their future plans," according to the Boston Globe.
Then Moss showed up to camp in great shape, a source told the Globe, and Belichick approached the 33-year-old receiver "about starting talks on a new deal." The source said Moss believed he would get traded even before the season got started and told Belichick that they could negotiate such things after the season.
It didn't help Moss win any fans in the team's front office, either, when he refused to sit with fans who had paid thousands of dollars to do so at a major team fundraiser.
Still, the Globe points out that his former teammates mostly have good things to say about Moss: "Among those he suited up with every week, he was almost universally beloved. With those outside the locker room, it was a different story."
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Source: Boston Globe
