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The San Diego Chargers likely will be without star tight end Antonio Gates on Sunday against the Houston Texans because of a foot injury.

Gates sprained the plantar fascia in his right foot during last weekend's 33-25 victory over the Titans. He also has a turf-toe injury in his left foot. He didn't practice all week and is listed as doubtful on the Chargers' Friday injury report.

Gates has not missed a game this season and has amassed 40 receptions for 663 yards and nine touchdowns.

The Chargers will likely go another week without wide receivers Malcom Floyd and Legedu Naanee, who are both listed as doubtful. Naanee has missed three games while Floyd has sat out the past two contests.

For the rest of the Chargers' roster, kicker Nate Kaeding (groin) and linebacker Brandon Siler (foot) are listed as doubtful, while linebacker Larry English (foot) and receiver Richard Goodman (hamstring) are questionable. Linebacker Kevin Burnett (shoulder), guard Kris Dielman (neck) and cornerback Quentin Jammer (not injury related) are probable.
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I'd personally take the Wayne trade because you don't know what you're going to get from Crabtree and Forte is very unpredictable.  I ended up starting Forte during the games where he put up very little (including the shitfest vs Giants).  At least you know Wayne will consistently produce.

The Redskins QB situation is pretty hilarious this week, in between the shifting excuses for removing McNabb from the game vs Lions, they brought in Jamarcus Russell this week.  He weighed 286lbs at this week's workout.  They're very lucky most of the media has been focusing on the Vikings otherwise Shanny would be ripped in the media for this.  Shanny also has been a horrible talent evaluator after Elway retired.

Well the Chicago Bears might be souring on Jay Cutler(at least the media is) so there might be another option.  Kyle Orton has definitely been the better QB in that trade.  Too bad McDaniels ended up wasting most of their high draft picks acquired in that trade.

The Titans claimed Randy Moss.  As a fan, I'm cautiously optimistic about this.  They like to throw a lot of long passes so he'll be happy to get the ball.  Jeff Fisher, for all my numerous complaints about him actually got pro bowl seasons out of Pac Man Jones, Albert Haynesworth, and Kerry Collins (in 2008). 

Their top WR just went out with a significant hamstring injury.  If this doesn't work out, they're only out 3.3 million dollars.  OTOH, TEN is pretty much a WR graveyard.  Guys who go there either get injured or just plain suck.

So the Titans finally get Randy Moss.  They passed on him in 1998 and picked Kevin Dyson instead.

So is there anything past the first 3 Danzig albums that is listenable?  Agree with you on Hetfield.  It's pretty much painful to hear him try to sing on anything from the Load album-present.

Boorish behavior also contributed to Moss’ demise
Michael Silver

By Michael Silver, Yahoo! Sports

When Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress told his players Monday afternoon that Randy Moss(notes)  would be released because “we want good people that are good football players, and this just doesn’t fit,” several of them nodded their approval. Though Childress isn’t especially popular in the locker room, some Vikings were on board with his decision to move on without Moss four weeks after the polarizing wideout was reacquired in a trade with the New England Patriots.

Even before Sunday’s surreal address to the media following the Vikings’ 28-18 defeat to the Patriots at Gillette Stadium – during which he questioned Childress’ leadership while effusively praising his former coach, Bill Belichick, and the Patriots’ organization – Moss had alienated some of his teammates with his brash, entitled behavior, most glaringly in an incident that occurred in the team’s locker room last Friday afternoon, Yahoo! Sports has learned.

As is the team’s custom on Fridays, a local food establishment was invited to the training facility to serve a catered, post-practice meal in the locker room. In this case, a St. Paul restaurant that is a favorite of former Vikings center Matt Birk(notes). As the proprietors helped serve chicken, ribs, pasta and other dishes to Vikings players, Moss paced up and down the serving line and loudly expressed his displeasure with the offerings.

According to one player who witnessed the scene, Moss yelled, “What the [expletive]? Who ordered this crap? I wouldn’t feed this to my dog!”

Said the witness: “It was brutal. The truth is, he deserved to be cut after that. It was such an uncomfortable moment. You know that feeling where you just can tell someone feels so small? That’s what it was like being there.

“This wasn’t a chain – it was a mom-and-pop restaurant, and you could tell it was their best stuff. They had a special carving station set up, and there were players and other support staff lining up to eat it. And [Moss] is at his locker saying, ‘You know, I used to have to eat that crap – but now I’ve got money.’ You just felt so sad for them. I had never seen anyone treated like that.

“And by the way, the food was actually really good.”

While Moss had his share of supporters in the locker room, some Vikings had grown disillusioned with his attitude. From the receiver’s uneven effort in practice to his displays of self-centeredness off the field, some veterans believed Moss was becoming a bad influence to young players like second-year wideout Percy Harvin(notes).

There was also locker room speculation about Moss’ effort – or lack thereof – on two plays in recent games. With the Vikes facing a last-gasp fourth-down pass in a 28-24 defeat to the Packers in Green Bay two Sundays ago, quarterback Brett Favre(notes) threw a high pass in the back of the end zone that sailed over Moss’ head, though it didn’t appear as though the receiver made an effort to jump for the ball.

In Sunday’s game against the Patriots, with the Vikings trailing by 10 midway through the fourth quarter, Moss drew a pass-interference penalty on Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather(notes) while streaking down the left sideline. It appeared as though Moss might have been able to catch the pass for a touchdown after the penalty occurred but that he broke off the route once the flag was thrown.

The Vikings got the ball at the New England 9 and scored four plays later, though not before Favre sustained a lacerated chin that knocked him from the game.

Most of all, however, Moss’ treatment of the restauranteurs in the locker room convinced some teammates that he wasn’t worth the trouble. Since becoming the Vikings’ coach in 2006, Childress has consistently preached that he wants “good people who are good football players,” and Moss clearly didn’t seem to be projecting himself as someone who fits in the former category.

When Childress, according to one person in Monday’s meeting, said of Moss, “This just doesn’t fit with how we treat people, how we talk to people and how we act,” it was clear that he was referring to the incident that occurred last Friday. Sunday’s stream-of-consciousness statement to the media only reinforced the internal perception that Moss was going out of his way to disrespect the organization.

With all of that said, Childress still has major credibility issues with his players, most of whom side with Favre in his ongoing clash with the coach. And there’s no guarantee Childress will stay the coach for the remainder of the season. However, his decision to part ways with Moss was, for some, viewed as an understandable consequence of the receiver’s behavior.

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An extremely low class move by Moss, in my opinion.  Combine that and the bizarre rant after the Sunday and you pretty much have all the evidence you need for the reasons for the release.

Neemo, even if the season is down the tubes, you don't really want Moss and his surly attitude rubbing off on the younger players and affecting them.