November 20
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown will undergo surgery Friday morning to repair a Lisfranc fracture to his right foot, according Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland. Brown stayed in Charlotte to have Dr. Bob Anderson, a renowned foot expert based in the city, work on the injury he suffered last Sunday in the team's 25-23 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's uncertain how long the recovery time will be, but Donald Thomas, the Dolphins starting right guard, suffered a similar injury and began training four months later. Brown, who has rushed for 677 yards and scored six touchdowns this season, was played on the injured reserve, which means he won't be eligible to return this ..."
November 19
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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Safety Troy Polamalu, who did not practice Wednesday, was not permitted to speak to the media about his injured left knee. Spokesman Dave Lockett informed the media that questions about Polamalu's injury would not be answered by Polamalu, who attended practice wearing a cumbersome brace on his leg that stretched from his shin to the middle of his calf. • Put Ryan Clark down as one player who wouldn't have been very happy if his coach went for it on a fourth-and-2 in their own territory late in the game, like New England's Bill Belichick did Sunday against the Colts. "Our guys would've been extremely (mad)," Clark said. "We all have a little bit of an ego defensively. But when said he guys ..."
November 19
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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The Buffalo Bills' ever-changing quarterback picture took another interesting turn this morning as the team announced it has signed Brian Brohm to its active roster. To make room for Brohm, the Bills released third-string quarterback Gibran Hamdan. Wednesday, new coach Perry Fewell announced that Ryan Fitzpatrick would be taking over as the starter in place of Trent Edwards. Now, he has added a former college star to the future mix. Brohm was a highly regarded player coming out of Louisville who set several career passing records at the school and was a second-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 2008. However, he struggled in preseason games and served as the team's third-string ..."
November 19
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Ronnie Brown, the Miami Dolphins' leading rusher, leads a list of four key players the team has declared out for Thursday night's game at Carolina. While Brown will miss his first game since 2007 with an injured right foot, he'll be joined on the shelf this week by starting tight end Anthony Fasano (hip), special-teams ace Erik Walden (hamstring) and backup nose tackle Paul Soliai (left ankle). Fasano, Walden and Soliai will be missing their second straight game. Starting left guard Justin Smiley is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury that kept him out of Sunday's 25-23 win over Tampa Bay. Smiley did participate fully in Wednesday's practice. He would likely be replaced again by ..."
November 19
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Quarterback Brian Brohm is no longer a member of the Green Bay Packers' organization. And this time that was his choice. On the practice squad since being cut by the Packers at the final roster trim before the regular season, Brohm was signed Wednesday night by the Buffalo Bills to their active roster, a source said. The Packers had an open roster spot after waiving wide receiver Jake Allen and attempted to retain Brohm by offering the same two-year deal as the Bills did. But in the end, the Packers' second-round pick in 2008 thought it best to go to a team searching for a quarterback, not stay on one that has its long-term answer at the position in Aaron Rodgers. Brohm also gets a chance ..."
November 18
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Former NFL great Jim Brown told a luncheon group in Cleveland on Tuesday that Browns owner Randy Lerner was "meeting with one of the great football minds in this country" to discuss a front-office role with the franchise and later intimated that he was speaking about Mike Holmgren. But a source close to the former Seattle Seahawks coach told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Holmgren won't make any decisions about his future until after the season ends. You can read the whole story here in the Plain Dealer. I'll stick with my previous take on this situation. Holmgren is smart. He'll test the waters and see what might be available. He'll let people know that he's interested in various ..."
November 18
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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The Saints have signed former Pro Bowl cornerback Chris McAlister to help shore up a position that has been weakened in recent weeks by injuries, Coach Sean Payton confirmed late Tuesday night. Terms of the deal were not available, but it is a one-year contract. With starting cornerbacks Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter slowed by injuries, the Saints were down to three healthy cornerbacks. Greer, who sat out Sunday's 28-23 victory against the St. Louis Rams with a groin injury, said he hopes to play this week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But he couldn't say for certain if he'll be able to play. And Porter sprained the MCL in his left knee against the Rams and is definitely out this ..."
November 18
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Marv Levy's mark on the Buffalo Bills as a head coach is indelible. More than 110 victories in 12 seasons. Four Super Bowl appearances. A bust in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Levy's mark on the team as general manager? Not so indelible. He oversaw front-office operations for just two years and did so as a favor to owner Ralph Wilson, who needed someone he trusted to "put the train back on the tracks," as he called it, after five years of turmoil under Tom Donahoe. That train has intermittently jumped on and off the tracks over the past four seasons under Dick Jauron, the coach Levy hired in what was his most important decision as Bills GM. On Tuesday, the Disoriented Express officially ..."
November 18
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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Troy Polamalu almost certainly won't play Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, but the Steelers probably couldn't have gotten much better news on the knee that the All-Pro safety re-injured earlier this week. Polamalu strained the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the Steelers' 18-12 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. He sprained the medial collateral ligament in that same knee Sept. 10. Much to the relief of the Steelers, an MRI showed that Polamalu, who left the Bengals game near the end of the first quarter, did not damage the MCL again. Coach Mike Tomlin said Polamalu's status for the 1 p.m. game Sunday is "questionable at best," but he added that the five-time Pro ..."
November 18
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown will miss Thursday night's game against the Carolina Panthers, according to coach Tony Sparano. "Ronnie Brown is out for this game," he said. "He will go see a specialist and we'll see. It's more of a foot injury." The Dolphins also could be without several other starters. Tight end Anthony Fasano sat out Tuesday's practice nursing the hip injury that kept him out of Sunday's 25-23 win over Tampa Bay, and while starting left guard Justin Smiley is working on a limited basis, Nate Garner, his replacement in Sunday's game, remains with the starting unit. Smiley, who is nursing a shoulder injury he suffered on Nov. 8th in the loss to the Patriots, sat ..."
November 17
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Throughout their run to a franchise-best 9-0 start, the Saints have continued to have most of the breaks go their way. Monday was no different. After early speculation that starting right cornerback Tracy Porter had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury Sunday, New Orleans Coach Sean Payton said that Porter's injury is less severe. Porter sprained his left medial collateral ligament in the Saints' 28-23 victory at St. Louis and will not need surgery, Payton said. "He does not have an ACL; he does not need surgery," Payton said. "I don't have a time frame on it, but it's an MCL -- and that's great news. "You never know until you have an MRI, and we were obviously excited for ..."