NFL Quick Hits (Sep. 27)

Frank Gore Expected Out For "at least" Two Weeks

NFL Network's Jason La Canfora is reporting that Gore will miss about two weeks with what seems to be a high ankle sprain.

There are conflicting reports, but the fact that Gore only had one carry in a very close and heated battle with the Vikings, shows he was hurt fairly badly.

This benefits rookie Glen Coffee immensely, as he has soft match-ups against the Rams and Falcons coming up. Coffee had a horrible rush average, but did find his way to 50+ yards rushing against a tough Minnesota front-line.

Chad Pennington Misses Half of Sunday's Action With Shoulder Injury

Not much is known specifically about the injury, but it did force trainers to cut Pennington's jersey just to take a good look at it. Pennington was also seen inspecting and flexing his wrist while exiting the field.

It's never a good sign when trainers have to use scissors to remoe a jersey, simply to look at an injury.

Chad Henne stepped in and performed well enough to suggest a controversy if Pennington is even slightly less-than-ready for next week's action.

Donovan McNabb Expected Back After Bye Week

Kevin Kolb has been playing well, and the Eagles got past the Chiefs (quite handily) without McNabb, Brian Westbrook, and Kevin Curtis.

Sure, it was only the Chiefs, but Kolb moved the ball with ease, while DeSean Jackson was more explosive than he had been all season.

LeSean McCoy also filled in nicely for Westbrook, giving Andy Reid and the coaching staff extra confidence that McNabb can take all the time he needs to rest.

Jim Zorn Still Redskins Head Coach, For Now

Zorn's Redskins are 1-2, with their only win being a less-than-impressive 9-7 victory over the St. Louis Rams. And their latest loss? A 19-14 defeat by the hands of the formerly hapless Detroit Lions.

Their offense is virtually non-existent, and even when it's working, it's fairly predictable.

Zorn and the Redskins have a match-up with Tampa Bay next week that looks like a win on paper. And if Zorn want to keep his job, it better be one.

Terrell Owens Held Catch-less For First Time Since 1997

This is bigger than T.O. or anyone in Buffalo will let on.

Remember when Jerry Rice went an entire game without a catch for the first time in over 10 years? Yeah, he was with the Raiders, regressed the rest of the way in his final season with them, and was out of football by the end of the next year.

Owens may not be too far off. With regressing hands (if you can imagine that) and an inability to effectively beat double teams, Owens value is dropping on a run-first team.

Byron Leftwich to Remain Starter

It's still his job, if only by default.

Josh Johnson didn't look too much better, and Raheem Morris still isn't about to throw Josh Freeman into the fire.

After seeing how awful his offense with a veteran under center, Morris would be smart to stick with his guns. Freeman's career would be over before it even started.

Leftwich, on the other hand, would have a hard time not rebounding from a horrible showing with a relatively friendly match-up with the Redskins in week four.