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The University Daily Kansan
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Falcons lose running back Jamal Anderson for season
The Associated Press
SUWANEE, Ga. — An 0-2 start became an afterthought for the NFC champion Atlanta Falcons, who received the devastating news yesterday that All-Pro running back Jamal Anderson is out for the season with a knee injury.
Anderson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee Monday night in a 24-7 loss against the Dallas Cowboys, going down without being touched on his third carry of the game.
Without their two best offensive players, the Falcons failed to move inside the Dallas 30 until the fourth quarter. They avoided their first shutout since 1983 when third-string quarterback Danny Kanell threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Tim Dwight with four minutes remaining.
"I'm extremely upset and saddened by this turn of fate," Anderson said. "I will do everything in my power to
He won't be returning this season. The personable 26-year-old, whose "Dirty Bird" dance became a symbol of the Falcons' improbable run to the Super Bowl, is expected to undergo surgery in about two weeks.
return better than I was before, as quickly as I can."
Under the best of circumstances, he would recover in time for the start of training camp next year.
Anderson rushed for a franchise-record 1,846 yards and set an NFL mark with 410 carries last season. His punishing style and remarkable durability set the tone for a ball-control offense that helped the Falcons reach the Super Bowl for the first time in their 34-year history.
Now, Atlanta will hand the ball to third-year back Byron Hanspard, who missed last season with an injured knee after rushing for 395 yards as a rookie.
"We have got to move forward and try to get the job done," said coach Dan Reeves.
This season, Anderson missed two weeks of training camp in a contract dispute, finally reporting two days before the first exhibition game after receiving a five-year, $32 million contract — including a $7.5 million signing bonus.
Anderson was injured on a seemingly harmless play, raising more questions about the effects of playing on artificial turf. After taking a handoff, he attempted to cut to the left while still in the backfield. He crumpled to the ground in obvious pain with no one around him.
Against the Cowboys, Atlanta already was missing quarterback Chris Chandler, who strained a hamstring against the Vikings.
Anderson was held to 50 yards on 16 carries in a season-opening loss to Minnesota, and managed only nine yards against the Cowboys before his season came to an end.
Reeves was asked if the holdout might have contributed to Anderson's injury.
That is the tough part."
"Everybody has got their opinions and so forth, but you don't know and you never will know," Reeves said. "It seems like when a guy holds out, he comes back in and has injuries.
At first, the injury was diagnosed as merely a sprain. A more extensive examination revealed the Falcons' worst fears: Anderson to his ACL.
Reeves said that Anderson could possibly play in a couple of the last games in the season, but that it might jeopardize his career.
Anderson, an obscure seventhround pick from Utah in 1994, developed into one of the Falcons' most dynamic players, rushing for more than 1,000 yards in each of the last three seasons.
KC rookies may have to step up
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Less than a month ago, John Tait went storming out of town saying he might sit out this season and go back into the draft next year rather than play for Kansas City.
Chiefs' coach Gunther Cunningham and general manager Carl Peterson were having public verbal battles with the first-round draft pick's agent. Tait missed all of training camp in a bitter contract dispute.
Things were starting to get ugly. Now, although he has a world of catching up to do as an offensive lineman, Tait has a chance of being called to duty on an emergency basis this week against the Detroit Lions.
All, it seems, is forgiven.
He may have to be ready. Dave Szott, the Chiefs' former All-Pro left guard, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Monday and will be out at least 2 weeks. That means left tackle Glenn Parker might move to Szott's place.
Cunningham said veteran a b c k u p Marcus Spears would probably start if Parker moved. But Tait
envisioned long-term as the next starter at left tackle, will have a chance in practice this week to show he's ready to provide help.
"Mentally, it will be interesting this week to find out where he is. But he's a bright guy so he should be close," Cunningham said. "It
would be nice to work him in, but you don't anticite it."
The Chiefs will be careful not to ask too much too soon of Tait.
"He's ticketed for the future around here, no doubt about it," Cunningham said. "He's big, he's strong, and I've been a lot more impressed with him than I was at minicamp."
This could be the first week the Chiefs use either of their first two picks from the last draft. Running back Mike Cloud, taken in the second round from Boston College, is expected to be activated as the Chiefs try to fill the hole left by halfback Kimble Anders, who is out for the season because of an Achilles tendon injury.
The 5-foot-10,205-pound Cloud was the seventh running back selected and looked promising during camp.
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