ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson set the franchise rushing record over the weekend — despite playing with a broken finger.
Coach Steve Spagnuolo said Jackson had surgery on his left ring finger Monday. Two pins were put into the finger, and his status for this Sunday’s home game against Carolina was unknown.
Spagnuolo says Jackson broke the finger during Sunday’s loss at Tampa Bay, a game in which he broke Eric Dickerson’s all-time Rams’ rushing record. The coach says Jackson simply kept playing. In his six seasons with the Rams, Jackson now has 7,324 rushing yards.
The Rams will be without safety James Butler after he suffered a knee injury Sunday, Spagnuolo said.
Revis says he’s back
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Darrelle Revis is ready to shut down receivers and questions about his balky left hamstring. The Jets’ all-pro cornerback said he’s healthy after using the bye-week break to rehabilitate it at the team’s facility.
“It felt great today,” Revis said after a light practice. “Now I can settle in and just play football. I’m 100 percent.”
He said he’ll be able to play unimpeded in the Jets’ next game at home against the Packers on Sunday. Footnotes.
Barring any unforeseen setbacks, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who missed the last three games with cartilage damage in his rib cage, is expected back and will start against the Colts on Nov. 7, coach Andy Reid said.
• Reggie Bush says he’ll try practicing on his healing right leg Wednesday with the hope of playing against the Steelers on Sunday. The Saints’ running back has missed five games since fracturing his right fibula in Week 2.
• Jaguars quarterback David Garrard says he expects to pass his post-concussion tests today and be cleared to practice the following day.
• Jaguars right tackle Eben Britton will have season-ending shoulder surgery to repair a tear in his right labrum.
• Browns coach Eric Mangini says he will not commit to rookie Colt McCoy as his starting quarterback until he knows who is available after the bye week.
• One week after drawing heavy fines for illegal hits, James Harrison and Brandon Meriweather were praised by the NFL for clean play in Sunday’s victories. Harrison was fined $75,000 and Meriweather $50,000 for hits to defenseless opponents last week, when the NFL announced it would begin suspending players for such tackles.
• A hospitalized NFL chain crew member’s son says he’s optimistic about his father’s recovery from a head injury that resulted from a collision with Saints player Courtney Roby. Al Nastasi Jr. is under constant observation and undergoing routine diagnostic testing.
• Packers coach Mike McCarthy says veteran linebacker Brady Poppinga (knee) and rookie defensive lineman Mike Neal (shoulder) are expected to have season-ending surgery.
• Injured Dolphins rookie Jared Odrick says he’s treating this year as a redshirt season. The Dolphins’ first-round pick wore a cast and was on crutches after undergoing surgery for a broken left foot.
• Three-time NFL championship team member Vince Banonis has died at a Michigan hospital. He was 89. Banonis was starting center for the Lions when they won NFL titles in 1952 and 1953, his last two seasons.
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