Staying off the field hurting Ravens' Suggs
By Sean Leahy, USA TODAY
<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>var yahooBuzzArticleId = 'usatoday:' + document.URL.replace('&se=yahoorefer','') + '&csp=34';</SCRIPT><!-- BEGIN YAHOO BUZZ -->OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Terrell Suggs is used to being a hot topic in the middle of the Ravens' heated rivalry with the Steelers.
But with a shoulder injury casting doubt on his status for Sunday's AFC Championship Game, the Ravens' Pro Bowl linebacker can only wish the buzz were about bounty allegations and cheap shots that have added spice in the past.
"I would rather talk about that stuff," Suggs said Thursday, with his strained right shoulder in a sling. "(But) this game is bigger than all that nonsense. It's 10 times bigger than cheap shots."
Suggs, hurt in Saturday's victory against the Titans, hasn't practiced this week and is taking a "wait-and-see" approach to Sunday. He hasn't missed a game in his six-year career.
"If I feel that me going out there will hinder us, that we'll be playing with 10 (defenders), then the decision is obvious: I can't go," said Suggs, who has a team-high 10 sacks, including the playoffs.
Suggs is among several high-profile players nursing injuries. Steelers all-pro safety Troy Polamalu (calf) returned to practice Thursday after sitting out Wednesday's drills.
He's not the only big-time player with an uncertain outlook. Cardinals Pro Bowl wide receiver Anquan Boldin (hamstring) has practiced two straight days after missing last week's win in Carolina.
"He looked better today,'' coach Ken Whisenhunt said of Boldin on Thursday. "It looks to me like it's improving and he's feeling better.''
Eagles running back Brian Westbrook, averaging 1.9 yards a carry in the playoffs, hasn't practiced this week while rehabbing a sore left knee that's bothered him for weeks.
"I've been battling injuries all year long," Westbrook said. "I continue to be positive I can do things I need to help this team."
Suggs can relate. "I'm doing whatever I can," he says of his rehab. "I've never missed a game, and I definitely don't want to start with the AFC championship."
:smoker2:
By Sean Leahy, USA TODAY
<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>var yahooBuzzArticleId = 'usatoday:' + document.URL.replace('&se=yahoorefer','') + '&csp=34';</SCRIPT><!-- BEGIN YAHOO BUZZ -->OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Terrell Suggs is used to being a hot topic in the middle of the Ravens' heated rivalry with the Steelers.
But with a shoulder injury casting doubt on his status for Sunday's AFC Championship Game, the Ravens' Pro Bowl linebacker can only wish the buzz were about bounty allegations and cheap shots that have added spice in the past.
"I would rather talk about that stuff," Suggs said Thursday, with his strained right shoulder in a sling. "(But) this game is bigger than all that nonsense. It's 10 times bigger than cheap shots."
Suggs, hurt in Saturday's victory against the Titans, hasn't practiced this week and is taking a "wait-and-see" approach to Sunday. He hasn't missed a game in his six-year career.
"If I feel that me going out there will hinder us, that we'll be playing with 10 (defenders), then the decision is obvious: I can't go," said Suggs, who has a team-high 10 sacks, including the playoffs.
Suggs is among several high-profile players nursing injuries. Steelers all-pro safety Troy Polamalu (calf) returned to practice Thursday after sitting out Wednesday's drills.
He's not the only big-time player with an uncertain outlook. Cardinals Pro Bowl wide receiver Anquan Boldin (hamstring) has practiced two straight days after missing last week's win in Carolina.
"He looked better today,'' coach Ken Whisenhunt said of Boldin on Thursday. "It looks to me like it's improving and he's feeling better.''
Eagles running back Brian Westbrook, averaging 1.9 yards a carry in the playoffs, hasn't practiced this week while rehabbing a sore left knee that's bothered him for weeks.
"I've been battling injuries all year long," Westbrook said. "I continue to be positive I can do things I need to help this team."
Suggs can relate. "I'm doing whatever I can," he says of his rehab. "I've never missed a game, and I definitely don't want to start with the AFC championship."
:smoker2:
If you happen to see the press conference from 2 days ago with T.Suggs listen closely to the background noise, look at his sling and listen to his sighs that are nothing more than good acting in order to build up some drama for the AFC championship. A reporter at this conference told me that the Ravens PR Rep started laughing once Suggs sighed and sounded like he would never play again. If you look at the sling you can tell it was put on half ass and I also hear from numurouse sources that the sling was thrown on right before he came out for questions.
TRUST ME.....HE PLAYS.
TRUST ME.....HE PLAYS.
trust me...Suggs is a no play for this evening
