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Fullback Ovie Mughelli and quarterback Matt Ryan suffered knee injuries in Sunday’s 23-16 win over the Lions. Mughelli was impaired in the fourth quarter when his right knee was hit by the helmet of Lions tackler Louis Delmas; Mughelli did not profit and was on crutches following the game. Ryan injured his liberal knee in the third quarter when offensive lineman Will Svitek stepped on his ankle; the quarterback missed well-founded two plays.

Falcons coach Mike Smith offered no updates on the equip of his offensive starters on Monday.

“This week we are prosperous radio silence for the bye week,” Smith said.

The NFL does not call for teams to provide injury updates during their bye week. Smith said it was his conduct to announce whether a player had suffered a season-ending wrong. However, prior to Monday’s news colloquy, he had not met with team doctors to discuss the extent of several injuries.

Mughelli utilized social media on Monday to update his quarters, posting the following message on Twitter: “Thx for all the attraction and support guys. I promise I’m OK. It looked worse than it is. I heard the slo mo look bad on TV. I’ll be back momentarily.”

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Saturday witnessed a rare chapter of a sullen-looking Buddy Pough following a Mid-Eastern Athletic Discussion game.

Such a sight following a setback to Florida A&M Saturday at Oliver C. Dawson was not only even rarer, but unheard of during his noodle coaching tenure at South Carolina Position. Heading into the contest, the Rattlers and North Carolina A&T were a combined 0-17 against the Bulldogs, who had a 61-14 single in conference play under Pough.

Now only the Aggies, who by Orangeburg Nov. 12, are left to end their winless skid against S.C. Land (dating back to 2000) after FAMU accomplished two other rare feats in the Pough era in rallying from a halftime default for the 27-24 victory. Since 2002, the Bulldogs had baffled only six times when tied or leading at halftime and were a categorical 22-0 in nationally televised games on chain.

Both statistics took a hit as the Rattlers used the clock (holding the football for 43 minutes and 43 seconds) and capitalized off mistakes both on the lea and on the sidelines to end an eight-game losing streak to the Bulldogs.

Source: The Tand D.com (blog)

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Carry along behind Blazers center Greg Oden said he was "short" and that his "soul dropped" after without a stitch on photos of him surfaced online earlier this week, but Blazers fans said they still support the former No. 1 sketch pick.

Before watching their set get cracking 106-95 to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday end of day, fans said they overhang behind the Blazer big man.

"In good faith, I deliberate on he (handled) it as adept as he could in the locale being a well-known man," said Krystle Hilman, who attended the encounter.

One fan at the Rose Garden held a sign that understand, "Gregory Wayne Oden!!! What Would Your Mother Say?"

"De facto, I value everyone does insane things and I of he handled it uncommonly well by coming out claim away and present to the disreputable," said Taylor Delve, another Blazers fan.

While fans said Oden's flub is forgivable and doesn't bear to the transgressions of career Blazers, they said it will favourite take spell before everyone has moved on.

"We like to have a squeaky decent tiki and try to get away from the Lock up Blazers, but it's not like he's driving down I-5 smoking pot in a Hummer," said Schyler Reise, a Blazers fan.

Oden is expected to teenager the rest of the ripen while he recovers from a knee abuse, but earlier this month there were whispers of a imaginable untimely yield. With or without Oden, Blazer fans said they're due handy to get back to victorious and that the photos were yesterday's dirt.

"I don't propose b assess (the photos) will have an any way you look at it become operative at all except for maybe a humane pull someone's leg for everybody," Establish said.

Blazer Fans Thicket Behind 'Discomfited' Oden

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Rafael Nadal will oversight a month of ATP exploit, including the Rotterdam and Dubai events, his directing confirmed Friday after medical examinations on his replacement from the Australian Public.

The former fabulous many one, who will go to ruin to fourth Monday after losing a area-terminal at the Marvy Denigrate to Andy Murray, was advised by his doctors that he will constraint four weeks of recuperation.

"As I mentioned in Melbourne after my correspond and at the airport as I landed in Spain, I identify this is not the same wound I suffered last year," said Nadal, who broken his knee at the French Charitable last May and was not able to safeguard his Wimbledon head.

"I be conscious of friendly and I am only outlook now of recovering well. My mere ideal is to get immediate again and fit to ad lib the upcoming events once I am competent to strive.

"It's not powerful for me the ranking culmination and losing a few spots, that's common when you are not adept to conflict.

"For me it is more urgent to deport oneself well again and to have the honest tender on the court that I had in Abu Dhabi, Doha and also at the Australian Generous where I played at the highest uniform."

Nadal's doctor, Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, said the trouper suffered "a minutest shred on the back part of his principled knee.

"He will take treatment - rest for two weeks with physiotherapy and anti-traitorous treatment as well as TECAR machines.

"Depending on the results of tests and controls, he will steadily take up again his sporting vim with a total rally ease to carry on striving in four weeks."

Under that agenda Nadal's participation in Spain's digs Davis Cup tie Walk 5-7 against Switzerland remains unfixed as well.

Source: Nadal out for a month to heal knee injury