Brees Expects to Start Despite Concussion
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San Diego Chargers quarterback Drew Brees expects to start Sunday at Denver despite sustaining a mild concussion in a loss to the New York Jets.
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Patrick Ramsey will start tonight when the Redskins face the Rams, a team looking to rebound from a 24-7 loss Monday at Kansas City.
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The Green Bay Packers are confident quarterback Brett Favre&#39;s first concussion in nine seasons was mild and won&#39;t prevent him from starting next Monday night against the Tennessee Titans.
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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - The San Diego Chargers Monday named Drew Brees as the team&#39;s starting quarterback for their regular-season opener on September 12 against Houston.
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SAN DIEGO - Drew Brees was selected the starting quarterback of the San Diego Chargers on Monday, a move that was expected after he followed last seasonâs miserable performance with a solid exhibition season.
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Drew Brees went from forgotten man to one of the NFL's best quarterbacks this season. He was rewarded for his turnaround as The Associated Press 2004 Comeback Player of the Year.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme will not need surgery on his injured right elbow and will be day-to-day leading up to Sunday's game against Tampa Bay.
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Adam Vinatieri isn't talking about his injured nonkicking leg, but the Indianapolis Colts still hope he'll be kicking in next week's season opener against the New York Giants.
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The starting call has come earlier than expected for Matt Leinart, who went through his first practice as an NFL first-string quarterback on Wednesday.
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Chargers Coach Marty Schottenheimer named Drew Brees the club's starting quarterback for Sunday's regular season opener at Houston, ahead of first-round draft choice Philip Rivers.
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A few weeks ago people in San Diego were screaming for a change at quarterback. Now it seems that sort of talk has been quieted by the play of Drew Brees.
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CHARGERS 42, RAIDERS 14: At San Diego - Drew Brees continued his remarkable turnaround from last season&#39;s catastrophe, throwing a career-high five touchdown passes and setting the team single-game record for pass efficiency in leading surprising San Diego
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This isn't quite what Drew Brees signed up for. His new team's top receiver from last year was traded out of New Orleans during preseason, replaced by a seventh-round draft pick out of Division I-AA Hofstra. One of the Saints' most experienced linemen has been placed on injured reserve, and a rookie out of Division II Bloomsburg is starting in that spot.
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Brendan Shanahan expects to play again this season even though he's still feeling the effects of his first career concussion.
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Wayne Chrebet wanted so badly to play against the San Diego Chargers last week. Even though he sustained a mild concussion in the regular-season finale against St. Louis, Chrebet prepared as though he would play. He got on the airplane to California thinking he would play. Then came the bad news: Jets coach Herman Edwards decided against it.
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Rookie quarterback Troy Smith will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks, Ravens Coach Brian Billick confirms.
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Joe Gibbs says veteran backup Todd Collins will remain the Redskins' starting quarterback for Saturday's playoff game at Seattle, with Jason Campbell "a long ways away" from recovering from a knee injury.