New England Patriots running back Sammy Morris(notes) has been out since Week 6 when he exited the game against the Tennessee Titans with a torn medial-collateral ligament.

At the time, it wasn't clear just how bad the tear was, but as he continues to miss game after game, it appears that it wasn't tiny. Now it's looking like Morris will be out for two more weeks and won't be back in action till Week 11 against the New York Jets, according to the Boston Herald.

The longer he takes to get back, the slower coach Bill Belichick will be about working him into the lineup.

Source: Boston Herald

It's looking like Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith(notes) and wide receiver Calvin Johnson(notes) will be both back in the lineup on Sunday when the woeful 1-6 Lions take on the Seattle Seahawks, according to the Detroit News.

Coach Jim Schwartz isn't showing his cards on that front, though. He is saying that both of these players are game-time decisions on Sunday. However, Smith had a full practice yesterday, taking plenty of reps with the first team, after skipping the pervious day's because of the shoulder injury he earned last Sunday against the St. Louis Rams.

And Johnson apparently looked good in practice after missing a few weeks due to a right knee injury. "We are just going to keep on taking it like we are," Johnson said. "We are going to be careful, do what I can do, and as long as I don't have any setbacks, things look brighter for Sunday."

Source: Detroit News

Terrell Owens(notes) and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo(notes) never really seemed very connected while the pair shared the Lone Star State, even though this was supposedly Romo's No. 1, go-to receiver. And you can be sure Owens took note of that fact.

Now Roy Williams is doing the same thing: taking note that more balls are headed in the direction of the supposed No. 2 receiver than to him, the supposed No. 1 receiver. "It's just not even close," said Williams to ESPNDallas.com. "It's not even funny. Not even close. . . . I'm the No. 1 receiver. But things are just going No. 2's way."

No. 2, otherwise known as Miles Austin(notes), has 563 receiving yards this season and six touchdowns. He's averaging 80.4 yards per game. Williams, meanwhile, has 249 yards receiving this season, good for an average of 41.5 a game and two touchdowns.

Williams lays the blame on Romo. "(Austin) gets the ball thrown correctly his way," Williams said. "I'm stretching and falling and doing everything. Everybody [else] who's been here's balls are there. Our footballs [from Romo to Williams] are everywhere right now."

Others are thinking it could be Williams' fault. It's safe to say there is a new No. 1 receiver in Dallas, though.

Source: ESPN Dallas

Arizona Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin(notes) didn't practice yesterday due to a hurt ankle and it's starting to seem more and more likely that he won't be playing this weekend, according to azcardinals.com.

"We'll do what it is the best interest of the team," head coach Ken Whisenhunt said, which likely means that Boldin will be sitting this weekend, which is too bad because the former Rookie of the Year is averaging 11.5 yards per reception right now.

Guess he can use his extra time now to hang out with his son, Anquan Jr. and plan for a new way to try and get himself traded this off-season.

Source: azcardinals.com

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver is hoping for a miracle, it appears, so that he can keep trying to catch some balls this season. The word is that the injured third-year pro was drafted in the first round from Ohio State is looking for a second opinion on a knee injury that won't go away, according to the Indianapolis Star.

The word is that he's asking Dr. James Andrews, who is likely to confirm that he's got more than sprained PCL. The thought is that it is likely torn.

If Gonzalez wanted to keep playing, he should have looked in the Yellow Pages for a doctor. Instead he goes to one of the best in the business.

Source: Indianapolis Star

Ernie Accorsi has retired from pro football. He served as general manager for the Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants. And the Browns want him back. Rumor has it they want him back pretty badly, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Head coach Eric Mangini is supposedly very into the idea of working with Accorsi as well. But if Accorsi doesn't want to give up the chances for (though unlikely reality of) Sunday-afternoon dozes in the Barcalounger to help fix the ailing Browns, the team would at least like to have help make the decision on who the next GM should be.

He was apparently consulted before the team hired the toothless George Kokinis and had nice things to say about the fella who was once the pro personnel director of the Baltimore Ravens.

Still, that wouldn't have been Accorsi's choice for the job. That honor goes to New York Giants director of pro personnel David Gettleman.

Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher has had a nice long run with the team and owner Bud Adams but it's looking like his ride on the employment rainbow may come to an end when this sorry season finishes, according to the Tennessean.

And there won't be a pot of gold at the end unless you count the fact that Fisher has a contract till the end of 2011. Even with that, there's no reason to think Adams will keep him onboard for another year more than the 16 he's served with the team.

The main sticking point, of course, is the quarterback situation. Fisher really seemed to think Kerry Collins(notes) was the right man for the job and it took massive applications of pressure by Adams to get Fisher to start Young, who won his first game back as starter. "We'll just have to see what happens the rest of the way," Adams said. "I'll have to make my decision after the season is up."

Right now, his decision is looking pretty easy.

Source: Tennessean

The Buffalo Bills have gone a few weeks without their starting quarterback but the word is that the team will have Trent Edwards(notes) chucking balls downfield after their bye in Week 10, a source tells Buffalo News.

Edwards is apparently recovered from the concussion he suffered during the early October game against the Arizona Cardinals. Backup Ryan Fitzpatrick(notes) would have a greater argument for holding onto the spot if he hadn't been so horrendous in a Week 8 loss to the Houston Texans. After all, he had led the team to two wins before that.

Hope that concussion didn't hurt the brain of Edwards too much. Here's a guy who graduated from Stanford and nearly took a job in the electronic design automation industry instead of the NFL.

Source: Buffalo News

An ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend came out recently and said Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable assaulted them when they were with him. This comes on the heels of Cable supposedly breaking the jaw of one of his assistant coaches in training camp this summer. So the team is apparently going to "conduct a serious evaluation," according to the Oakland Tribune.

The team has apparently canned past employees for nasty behavior. Seems like his could fit the bill.

The team said in a statement, "Over the last few days, we learned of the allegations made against coach Cable, and we are, of course, aware of his response thereto. In conjunction with the league office, we will undertake a serious evaluation of this matter. We wish to be clear that we do not in any way condone or accept actions such as those alleged."

In the statement, the team says that some of those past firings, which were done for obviously confidential reasons, the team has "endured public opprobrium for the dismissals, all the while knowing our basis for them was appropriate."

OK, time to go through past Oakland Raider firings that didn't make a whole lot of sense at the time.

Source: Oakland Tribune

There's been a belief for some time that former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren would be at the top of the list for Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder if there came a time that he decided to fire his current coach, Jim Zorn. After all, Holmgren has said that he's interesting in coaching on the East Coast after stints in the West and Midwest.

Well, it appears that all may be thrown out the window, according to the Washington Post. Holmgren is apparently upset with the treatment Snyder is giving Zorn, who previously was an assistant for Holmgren in Seattle.

He reportedly told a Chicago radio station that "it was very unfair" to strip Zorn of his play-calling abilities.

"The position they put Jim in, it shouldn't happen," he said. "You can be upset with me as a play-caller or how the team's going, [then] fire me. But don't do that. Don't pull the rug out from under me, tie my hands, make me look foolish ... take away what I came there for to do in the first place. Don't do that."

Go ahead and scratch his name off your list, Mr. Snyder.

Source: The Washington Post