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Friday, September 07, 2007

Joseph, Ghiaciuc questionable for Ravens

Johnathan Joseph, the starter at right cornerback, returned to practice today after missing the previous two days of on-field work. He was limited in practice and listed as questionable (50-50 chance of playing) on the official Friday injury report.

He is working to return from a fractured bone in his left foot.

"I'm going to play Monday. I don't know how long (and) don't know how effective I'm going to be, but going into it I know I'm going to play," Joseph said after practice.

Joseph and rookie cornerback Leon Hall would split time during the game if Joseph is limited. Hall also is the nickel back in pass situations.

A reason for the quick re-acquisition of center-guard Dan Santucci came clear on the official injury report today. Starting center Eric Ghiaciuc (neck) did not practice and was listed as questionable. Alex Stepanovich is the Bengals’ No. 2 center.

Offensive right tackle Willie Anderson (heel) practiced fully and was listed as questionable.

Two players -- wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh (knee) and kicker Shayne Graham (hip) -- were listed as probable (75 percent likely to play). Graham had a full practice, and Houshmandzadeh participated in a limited fashion.

For the Ravens, starting left offensive tackle Johnathan Ogden (toe) and defensive tackle Trevor Pryce (back) were listed as questionable today and both were limited in practice.


3 Comments:

at 9/07/2007 4:25 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why do our players have such lingering injuries? See Levi's knee, Willie's foot, now Joseph's foot. We have to take a close look at our medical staff and their ability to effectively rehab our players.

 
at 9/08/2007 10:52 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

It amazes me how much athletes get injured today. With the all year around training and lifting weights etc. I played 4 years in HS and one one person broke a wrist in practice. I was a student trainer for all men's sports in college and in all the sports we seldom had anyone get injured during practice and only a three serious ones in a game in my 4 years. Yet we didn't have the year around training that today's player do. There must me sume other underlying cause.

 
at 9/10/2007 4:13 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just guessing here, but I would imagine that the NFL is just a tad more physical than high school sports...

 
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