Tomlinson Expects to Play Against Raiders
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LaDainian Tomlinson missed practice Wednesday and will probably sit out Thursday because of a strained groin, but the San Diego Chargers running back expects to play against the Oakland Raiders.
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Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison likely will start tomorrow night against the Tennessee Titans after practicing a second day in a return from a left knee injury that has sidelined him most of the season.
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Kurt Warner will start Friday night, but both Giants quarterbacks will play on the starting offense, which is expected to play until the middle of the third quarter.
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Packers Coach Mike Sherman said he expects Brett Favre to play against the Redskins on Sunday despite several injuries.
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San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson limped off the field with a left leg injury during Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts and remained on the sideline at the start of the second half.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Sports Network) - Kevan Barlow of the  San Francisco 49ers underwent a precautionary MRI on his sore  right knee Wednesday, but the running back expects to play  Sunday in Seattle.
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San Diego head coach Marty Schottenheimer improved to 22-7 in his career against Oakland...Tomlinson surpassed Chuck Muncie, who ran for 43 touchdowns from 1980-84...Brees finished one TD pass shy of Dan Fouts&#39; club record of six, set against the Raiders
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LaDainian Tomlinson&#39;s streak of 12 games with a rushing touchdown will remain intact if one of two things happens Sunday against Kansas City: He is declared inactive, or he suits up and doesn&#39;t take a snap.
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T.O. looks like a go for the season opener. Terrell Owens got in plenty of work during practice Monday, then stayed late to run some extra routes for quarterback Drew Bledsoe. He came away sounding confident that he'll be over his hamstring injury and in the starting lineup when the Dallas Cowboys face the Jaguars in Jacksonville on Sunday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., (Sports Network) - Kansas City Chiefs  quarterback Trent Green is expected to start in Sunday's game  against the Oakland Raiders despite suffering from bruises to  his ribs and hip.
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Thomas Jones had yardage to gain and a game to win. He was not worried about what would happen to him or the Jets after they played the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
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LaDainian Tomlinson ran for two first-half touchdowns and Shawne Merriman led a defense that's starting to take this "Lights Out" thing seriously. Six days after blanking the Oakland Raiders, the Chargers came within 3:09 of consecutive shutouts for the first time in club history in a 40-7 rout of the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
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The Green Bay Packers might have to play at Washington next week with four starters in the secondary who weren&#39;t in the lineup last season.
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Oakland Raiders running back Tyrone Wheatley expects to miss 2-to-4 weeks with a shoulder injury.
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Terrell Owens' first game action with the Dallas Cowboys will have to wait yet another week &#151; at least. The star wide receiver, who has yet to play in the preseason, said he reaggravated his left hamstring injury by returning to practice too soon last week.
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Already on record as calling the Patriots classless, Chargers star LaDainian Tomlinson yesterday ratcheted up his enmity for Bill Belichick &amp; Co. after learning that the NFL is investigating whether the Patriots spied on the Jets in Sunday's victory at the Meadowlands.
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Running back LaDainian Tomlinson was planning to phone unsigned first-round draft choice Philip Rivers this week to see how the record-setting quarterback was doing and to tell him to keep up his spirits.