Tampa Bay quarterback Simms has spleen removed
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TAMPA, Florida  - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback   Chris Simms had his spleen removed after it was ruptured during   the game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, the team   said.
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady reportedly was very sick the night before he helped make the Pittsburgh Steelers look ill in the AFC Championship game.
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Big Ben was back, but he wasn't back to normal. Wearing protective padding around his midsection, Ben Roethlisberger returned to Pittsburgh's lineup against the Jacksonville Jaguars last night, barely two weeks after an emergency appendectomy. He was far from effective, though, and Jacksonville's defense had a lot to with that.
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Miami quarterback Jay Fiedler will miss the rest of the season with a herniated disc in his neck. Fiedler and fellow QB AJ Feeley have had a tough time this year as the Dolphins have slumped to a 10-1 win-loss record.
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Chris Simms will make his first pro start at quarterback for the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week, replacing Brad Johnson. &quot;I hope I can give us the spark we need,&quot; Simms said Wednesday, when the Bucs
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NASHVILLE (Sports Network) - Tennessee Titans quarterback  Steve McNair was released from a Nashville hospital Tuesday  morning following a two-night stay with a bruised sternum.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had an emergency appendectomy after becoming ill before practice yesterday and will miss Thursday night's season opener against Miami.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hoped the son of a former Super Bowl quarterback would help them get their first victory. They got their wish. But it was not Chris Simms, son of 1987 Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms, who led the Bucs (1-4) to a 20-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Simms, making his first NFL start, hurt his throwing shoulder in the first quarter and was replaced by Brian Griese, son of Bob Griese, who played in three Super Bowls.
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The Tampa Bay fullback felt his right knee pop when he was tackled for a 4-yard loss during the second half of a 19-7 victory over Chicago and will be sidelined at least a month with a sprained medial collateral ligament.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben  Roethlisberger has undergone an emergency appendectomy and will  not play in the season opener on Thursday, the team said on  Sunday.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms was taken to a hospital for an undisclosed reason after Sunday's 26-24 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
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It was hard to tell Sunday who was the biggest deer in the headlights - Chris Simms, the new Bucs quarterback, for now; or Jon Gruden, who threw him to the Seahawks.
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Big Ben is back. Wearing protective padding around his midsection, Ben Roethlisberger returned to the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup Monday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars &#151; barely two weeks after having surgery to remove his appendix.
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Quarterback Marc Bulger of the St. Louis Rams left Sunday's game against San Francisco with a right shoulder injury.
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The sharpest young quarterback on the field was Chris Simms, not Carson Palmer. Simms, the second-year pro competing with Brian Griese for Tampa Bay's No. 2 job, completed 12 of 15 passes for 110 yards to help the Buccaneers to a 20-6 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms had his spleen removed after taking several hard hits in 26-24 loss to the Carolina Panthers and was resting comfortably in a hospital Sunday night.
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Jon Gruden can understand why Tampa Bay fans are talking about Chris Simms.