Tampa Bay Buccaneers 09/25/2006 10:09 AMThe Tampa Tribune reports QB Chris Simms' season is probably over. His career as an NFL quarterback may be in jeopardy as well. Simms, who was named the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' starting quarterback a few months before the start of the 2006 season, had his spleen removed during an emergency operation following Sunday's 26-24 loss to the Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium. Simms is expected to be hospitalized for several days. The operation became necessary after Simms was hurt during the first half of Sunday's game, one in which he was hit hard on several occasions, including once while running for a touchdown in the third quarter. Carolina defensive tackle Kris Jenkins delivered a big hit in the first half.Read more
Indianapolis Colts 09/25/2006 10:02 AMThe Indianapolis Star reports Colts WR Reggie Wayne apparently returned to Louisiana late Sunday to be with his family after his brother was killed earlier in the day when a delivery truck he was driving crashed into a highway guardrail near Kenner, La. Rashad Wayne, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to James Gallagher, a spokesman for the Kenner Police Department. Police responded to a call at 10:15 a.m. and discovered Rashad Wayne with a severe head injury.Read more
Cleveland Browns 09/25/2006 9:57 AMThe Dayton Daily News reports in the second quarter Sunday, Baltimore Ravens LB Adalius Thomas hit QB Charlie Frye with such force that the quarterback's feet flew into the air. Sacked seven times and pressured on a dozen more occasions, Frye this time landed hard on his right shoulder. "Man, I was hurtin'," Frye said following the Cleveland Browns' 15-14 loss. "My whole right side. You don't want the defense to see it. I wanted to get back up, not let my teammates down." And that's what he did. Again and again. He got back up. "On the first couple of sacks, (the Ravens) told me it was going to be a long day," Frye said. "That just made me play harder."Read more
Cincinnati Bengals 09/25/2006 9:52 AMThe Dayton Daily News reports free S Madieu Williams turned in one of the biggest plays in the Cincinnati Bengals' 28-20 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. His end-zone interception of QB Ben Roethlisberger's pass intended for tight end Heath Miller at 14:53 of the second quarter saved the Bengals, who trailed 7-0. "It was almost like they knew it was coming," Roethlisberger said. "We had run the ball all the way down the field. How did they not expect the run to come?" Said Williams: "We were playing a type of blitz coverage. I just played my assignment and read (Roethlisberger's) eyes. His eyes took me straight to the ball."Read more
