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Date	Player	News
12/3/2008	Chris Spencer, C (Sea)	Spencer will miss the rest of the season. Coach Mike Holmgren said Wednesday that Spencer has a disk problem in his back. Analysis: Spencer became the 11th Seattle player to land on injured reserve this season. Converted guard Steve Vallos will start on Sunday against New England.
12/3/2008	Victor Hobson, LB (Cin)	The Bengals signed Hobson on Wednesday to bolster their injury-plagued defense. Analysis: A sixth-year pro, Hobson was cut by the New England Patriots just before the regular season began. He played five years for the New York Jets, making 58 starts that included 14 of 16 games last season. The 6-foot, 250-pound second-round draft pick from Michigan joins a team that has lost a half-dozen defensive players to injury. The latest was safety Marvin White, who tore knee ligaments in Sunday's 34-3 loss to Baltimore.
12/3/2008	Rosevelt Colvin, LB (NE)	The New England Patriots shored up their injury-riddled linebacker corps Wednesday by signing Colvin. Analysis: Colvin spent five seasons with the Patriots before being released in February. He was signed by the Houston Texans, but was released in August and has not played a game this season. Colvin has 414 tackles and 52.5 sacks with the Chicago Bears and Patriots in nine seasons.
12/2/2008	Grady Jackson, DT (Atl)	The NFL suspended six players on Tuesday for four games for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. Jackson was part of the original investigation, but was not suspended. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said league chief counsel Jeff Pash had asked for additional information from Jackson. Analysis: Jackson has 15 solo tackles and a sack for a stout Falcons defense, and he's started 11 of the team's 12 games.
12/2/2008	Deuce McAllister, RB (NO)	McCallister was among six players suspended for four games Tuesday by the NFL for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. Analysis: McCallister didn't have much of a fantasy impact this season, and with Reggie Bush returning to full strength, he wouldn't have factored in much down the stretch.
12/2/2008	Charles Grant, DE (NO)	Grant was among six players suspended for four games Tuesday by the NFL for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. Analysis: Grant was already out for the season because of a triceps injury, meaning his suspension will likely be served at the beginning of the 2009 season.
12/2/2008	Will Smith, DE (NO)	Smith was among six players suspended for four games Tuesday by the NFL for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. Analysis: Losing Smith is a big blow to the Saints' defense, which will be hurting for pass rushers as they try to claw their way back into the NFC playoff picture. New Orleans ranks 24th in the league against the pass.
12/2/2008	Pat Williams, DT (Min)	Williams was among six players suspended for four games Tuesday by the NFL for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. Analysis: The punishment - fellow Vikings tackle Kevin Williams was also suspended - is an especially harsh blow to Minnesota, which leads the NFC North and relies heavily on the two Williamses in its run defense, which ranks second in the league.
12/2/2008	Kevin Williams, DT (Min)	Williams was among six players suspended for four games Tuesday by the NFL for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. Analysis: The punishment - fellow Vikings tackle Pat Williams was also suspended - is an especially harsh blow to Minnesota, which leads the NFC North and relies heavily on the two Williamses in its run defense, which ranks second in the league.
12/2/2008	Marvin White, S (Cin)	White tore the ACL in his knee Sunday against Baltimore, and has been placed on injured reserve. Analysis: White started 10 games and leads Cincinnati's secondary with 81 tackles. Kyries Hebert or John Busing could make their first NFL start Sunday at Indianapolis.
12/2/2008	Bryan Pittman, C (Hou)	Pittman was suspended four games without pay by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's anti-doping policy.
12/2/2008	Matt Jones, WR (Jac)	Jones caught eight passes for 104 yards, but it wasn't enough as the slumping Jaguars fell 30-17 at Houston on Monday night. Analysis: Jones topped the 100-yard receiving mark for the second time this season and for the sixth time in his young career. He has two touchdown receptions this season, and leads the Jaguars with 727 yards in 11 games.
12/2/2008	Fred Taylor, RB (Jac)	Taylor rushed nine times for 67 yards and a touchdown, but it wasn't enough as the slumping Jaguars fell 30-17 at Houston on Monday night. Analysis: This was Taylor's first touchdown of the season. He has been held below the 100-yard mark in all but one game this season, but he's second on the team with 503 rushing yards on 130 carries. Jacksonville visits Chicago on Sunday, and the Bears are limiting opponents to 88.8 rushing yards per game this season.
12/2/2008	David Garrard, QB (Jac)	Garrard went 25-for-35 for 287 yards and a touchdown, but it wasn't enough as the slumping Jaguars fell 30-17 at Houston on Monday night. Analysis: Garrard has averaged 248.2 yards and has totaled six touchdowns in the Jaguars' last six games - a span in which they have gone 1-5. Overall, the quarterback has thrown 2,748 yards and 10 touchdowns in 12 games this season. Jacksonville visits Chicago on Sunday, and the Bears are allowing 240.5 passing yards per game.
12/2/2008	Sage Rosenfels, QB (Hou)	Rosenfels went 14-for-24 for 200 yards and a touchdown as the Texans posted a 30-17 win over slumping Jacksonville in their Monday Night Football debut. Analysis: Rosenfels, who has started four straight games for the injured Matt Schaub, has completed 66.7 percent (116-fof-174) of his passes this season and has thrown six touchdowns. However, he has also totaled 10 interceptions, tossing one in Monday's win.
12/2/2008	Andre Johnson, WR (Hou)	Johnson had seven receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown as the Texans posted a 30-17 win over slumping Jacksonville in their Monday Night Football debut. Analysis: Since turning in four consecutive 100-yard performances, Johnson has reached that plateau just once in the last five contests. He has caught four touchdown passes this season, and leads the league with 1,146 yards receiving.
12/2/2008	Steve Slaton, RB (Hou)	Slaton scored with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead the Texans to a 30-17 win over slumping Jacksonville in their Monday Night Football debut. Analysis: Slaton's 7-yard score made it 23-3 with 4:35 to go, and he tacked on a 40-yard TD run in the final two minutes. He finished with 130 yards rushing on 21 carries, and also had two catches for 52 yards in front of a franchise-record crowd of 70,809. "Nothing's too big for him," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. "To watch him get stronger at the end of the game is impressive." Slaton leads Houston in rushing with 180 carries for 904 yards and eight touchdowns.
12/2/2008	John McCargo, DT (Buf)	McCargo was placed on season-ending injured reserve on Friday because of a back injury. Analysis: The backup defensive lineman appeared in seven games for the Bills in 2008, but hadn't played since a loss at New England on Nov. 9. McCargo's trade to Indianapolis earlier this season was voided after he failed his physical with the Colts because of a reported bulging disk in his back.
12/2/2008	Kenny Pettway, LB (GB)	Pettway was placed on the injured reserve on Monday with a knee injury. Analysis: Pettway played in the Packers' loss to Carolina on Sunday, but it is unclear how he was hurt. The third-year linebacker had played in eight of Green Bay's 12 games this season.
12/2/2008	Nick Barnett, LB (GB)	Barnett has a torn knee ligament and is expected to miss the rest of the season, according to the Packers' official Web site. Analysis: Barnett was hurt on the opening series of the second half in a loss to Minnesota on Nov. 9, and has since missed the Packers' last three games, most recently their 35-31 loss to visiting Carolina on Sunday. Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Barnett would need surgery, but that hasn't been scheduled yet. This season, he totaled 49 tackles, with all but eight of those being solo efforts.
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