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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15,2008
FANTASY FOOTBALL
Cowboys down four players while Giants no longer unbeaten
Here's all you need to know about week six in the NFL.
ACHE-MEN ALL-STARS
The Cowboys have to be utterly dejected after their overtime loss to the Cardinals. Not only did they lose the game on a blocked punt, but they also lost multiple players for multiple games. The biggest name to go down was obviously quarterback Tony Romo, who will miss up to four weeks. The Cowboys also lost running back Felix Jones for two to four weeks, and punter Mat McBrian broke his foot on that game-ending blocked punt and will be out six to eight weeks. The NFL also suspended corner Adam "Pacman" Jones on Tuesday for at least four games.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, right, loses the football as Arizona Cardinal Darnell Dockett makes a hit in the second quarter on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. The play was ruled an incomplete pass. Romo will miss this week and possibly more with a broken finger.
SOUND THE FEASTING HORN(S)
The Rams actually won a game, and against a good Redskins team. What's even more spectacular is that they did it with almost no offense. The Redskins committed their first turnover of the season and gave the ball away three times in the game. The St. Louis defense had a 75-yard fumble return for a touchdown and sealed the victory with a field goal at the end of the game.
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SAFETY IN NUMBERS
Minnesota won by unlikely means on Sunday. Yes, quarterback Gus Fronterre threw for nearly 300 yards in the game and running back Adrian Peterson added 111 yards on the ground, but they found the end zone only once for a touchdown. The Vikings got some help from Detroit quarterback Dan Orlovsky,
who made one of the weirdest plays you'll see this season. Backed up deep in his own territory, Orlovsky rolled out on a boot leg but ran too far back and out of the end zone for a safety that ended up being the deciding factor in the game. Maybe he can call Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins for advice.
THUNDERCATS, HO!
The Jaguars are back on track. After the running game struggled through the first five games of the season, running back Maurice Jones-Drew got jump-started on Sunday in Denver. Jones-Drew ran for 125 yards on 22 carries while teammate Fred Taylor battled injury problems. Quarterback David Garrard also had a solid game with 276 passing yards and a touchdown. The Jacksonville defense forced three turnovers on the way to a big victory against the Broncos. Jacksonville needs continued success from the running game to compete in the AFC South division, where all the teams are starting to heat up.
MORE COWBELL
Fear the Reaper" to heal, we will never know. Schaub led the Texans to their first victory of the season after two consecutive losses by seven total points. If Schaub keeps showing he knows how to run the passing game, the Texans may not be completely out of the playoff picture.
Speaking of the AFC South, Houston quarterback Matt Schaub recovered from sickness last weekend to burn the Dolphins for 379 yards and one touchdown. If he listened to Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't
CLEVELAND ROCKS
The Brown's put an end to the Giants' perfect record on Monday night with help from an offense that finally found its stride. Quarterback Derek Anderson was in danger of losing his startling job to Brady Quinn? It didn't
look like it, as Anderson threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns on Monday night. Wide receiver Braylon Edwards was also struggling but broke through with five catches for 154 yards and a touchdown. Even running back Jamal Lewis began to look like the
workhorse of old, with 21 carries for 88 yards and a touchdown. If the Browns can keep the offensive ship righted, they may be able to challenge for a playoff spot again this year.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
NFL
Commissioner suspends Dallas cornerback for at least four games
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was suspended for
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will then determine the
Jones was in repeated legal trouble while with the Tennessee Titans
full length of the suspension following the Cowboys' game in Washington on Nov. 16.
and was involved in an alcohol-related scuffle Oct. 7 with one of his bodyguards at a private party in Dallas.
The disturbance at an upscale Dallas hotel came only six weeks after Goodell reinstated Jones from a 17-month suspension.
At an NFL meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla., Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he had spoken to the player, whom he described as "devastated" by the news. Jerry Jones last week said the team wouldn't
In a letter to Jones on Tuesday, Goodell cited a "disturbing pattern of behavior and clearly inconsistent with the conditions I set for your continued participation in the NFL."
discipline the cornerback
"We respect and support the decision of the commissioner," he said in a statement released by the team. "I regret that this issue has brought negative attention to the Cowboys and the NFL.
"We move forward with a very clear knowledge as to what the process will be for a possible reinstatement. Adam is well aware of where he stands and what he has to do."
The league said reinstatement would depend on strict compliance with treatment plans by the NFL and the Cowboys and an evaluation by "clinical experts."
The player's agent, Worrick Robinson, didn't immediately return messages left with his assistant and on his cell phone.
Dallas police said officers responded at about 11 p.m. on Oct. 7. Officers said the matter was over by the time they arrived and that some hotel employees reported overhearing a tussle in the men's restroom in the lobby.
The player and his bodyguard, part of a security detail provided by the Cowboys to be with him at all times, said everything was OK. Police said both were driven from the hotel by an acquaintance, and the bodyguard didn't want to press charges.
Jerry Jones said last week the scuffle was the result of back-and-forth banter between the player and his bodyguard that got out of hand. A small glass item on the vanity in the restroom was damaged.
Before getting traded to Dallas in April, the cornerback was arrested six times and involved in 12 instances requiring police intervention after Tennessee drafted him in the first round in 2005.
Tennessee got a fourth-round pick from the Cowboys in the April draft and was supposed to get a sixth-round next year for Jones. But because Jones has been suspended again, Dallas is instead expected to get the Titans' fifth-round pick next April.