Shaun Alexander drags LB Julian Peterson
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SEATTLE - It was a year and 12 days since the Seahawks last held an opponent scoreless in a game. The last time the 49ers were held scoreless in a game was in 1977: Jimmy Carter was in office and David Krieg
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San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - San Francisco 49ers linebacker Julian underwent successful surgery on his torn left Achilles&#39; tendon Tuesday and will miss the remainder of the season.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (Ticker) - Denver Broncos defensive tackle Luther Elliss has a herniated disc and will miss the rest of the season, coach Mike Shanahan announced on Friday.
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STAFF WRITER. Peterson joined several fellow defensive starters on the sidelines: linebacker Derek Smith (leg), defensive end Andre Carter (back) and cornerback Mike Rumph (broken arm).
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The Seahawks' shield against the hex of the Super Bowl loser has its first crack: Shaun Alexander broke his left foot, and will be sidelined for at least a couple of weeks.
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Shaun Alexander scored his fourth rushing touchdown of the season to stake the Seattle Seahawks to a 7-3 halftime lead over the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night.
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Vikings RB Adrian Peterson, who led the NFC with 1,341 yards rushing, is named NFL offensive player of the week.
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Shaun Alexander and Darrell Jackson put their names into Seattle&#39;s record books, and for the first time in 20 years the Seahawks made the playoffs for a second straight season.
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Adrian Peterson ran away with The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year voting the same way he surged past opposing tacklers this season.
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Shaun Alexander has always had a knack for getting into the end zone. Lately, Seattle's offensive line has been making it easy for the Seahawks running back to find the open lanes and open field, too.
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San Francisco linebacker Julian Peterson left Sunday's game against Arizona late in the first quarter with a torn left Achilles' tendon.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars placed three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Marcus Stroud on injured reserve Wednesday, three days after he reinjured his surgically repaired right ankle.
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Englewood, CO (Sports Network) - Veteran defensive tackle Luther Elliss of the Denver Broncos will miss the remainder of the season because of a herniated disk in his lower back.
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Will Peterson, generally regarded as the Giants&#39; most reliable cornerback, is believed to have been late for a meeting Monday and might be held out of the starting lineup Sunday against the Bengals.
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Linebacker Julian Peterson leaped into the path of Cardinals quarterback Josh McCown on Sunday as he fled the pocket. The slippery McCown faked a pass, then tried to run, then tried to pass again.
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Eric Alexander, who made his first career start in the Patriots' AFC Championship game loss to the Indianapolis Colts in January, has re-signed with the team. New England inked the fourth-year linebacker, an exclusive-rights free agent, to a one-year, $435,000 deal this week, according to his agent, Albert Elias.
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Shaun Alexander will start for the Seahawks on Sunday against the New York Giants despite a sore left foot. The league MVP practiced for the first time this week on Friday. Coach Mike Holmgren then fulfilled Alexander's promise to play from the day before.