PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Michael Vick left Sunday’s game against the Redskins with rib and chest injuries.
“He’s got a sore chest is what I can tell you right now,” coach Andy Reid said.
Vick needed X-rays in the locker room after he was hit in the first quarter and did not return to the bench for the second half. He will have an MRI today.
“I talked to him at halftime and he said his sternum and collarbone were hurting,” wide receiver DeSean Jackson said.
Vick scrambled 23 yards, but was sandwiched on a hard hit by Kareem Moore and DeAngelo Hall and was slow to get up late in the first quarter. Kevin Kolb, the No. 1 QB when the season started, quickly warmed up and was in on the next play.
Vick’s run was wiped out on a holding penalty by guard Max Jean-Gilles.
Vick declined to speak to the media.
Kolb suffered a concussion in the season opener, allowing Vick to take over the job.
Vick was sensational as the starter. He had 750 yards passing, six touchdowns and no interceptions, and had also run for 170 yards and one score in 10 quarters. For his efforts, Vick earned NFC offensive player of the month honors.
He was 5-for-7 for 49 yards passing and rushed three times for 17 yards against the Redskins.
The Eagles also lost Pro Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel and wide receiver Riley Cooper to concussions.
Giants honor greats
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Three members of the Mara family, three coaches who led the Giants to championships and 11 Hall of Famers are among the 30 men being inducted into the team’s new ring of honor.
The ring honors the men who helped the Giants win seven NFL championships and almost 650 games in the team’s 86-year history. Their names will be displayed on the facing of the upper deck of the New Meadowlands Stadium.
The 11 Hall of Fame players are Mel Hein, Ken Strong, Tuffy Leemans, Emlen Tunnell, Frank Gifford, Rosie Brown, Sam Huff, Andy Robustelli, Y.A. Tittle, Harry Carson and Lawrence Taylor.
Foster pays the price
OAKLAND, Calif. — Arian Foster was benched for the first 23 minutes of the Texans’ game against the Raiders for reasons that will remain between the running back and coach Gary Kubiak.
“Bottom line, we all have responsibilities, and over the course of the past few weeks he’s neglected responsibilities, he’s been unaccountable in a couple of situations,” Kubiak said. “When that happens, you’ve got to learn a lesson, pay a price.”
Foster, the NFL’s leading rusher, said: “I didn’t handle my business off the field, I got disciplined for it. I slipped up.”
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