Charles Woodson

STEELERS: OUT: DE Travis Kirschke (calf), S Troy Polamalu (knee). QUESTIONABLE: RB Carey Davis (hamstring). CHIEFS: DOUBTFUL: G Andy Alleman (knee), LB Justin Rogers (thigh), RB Dantrell Savage ( ankle ), LB Mike Vrabel (knee).  

Packer's D won't get to the top 8 this year. AFC has the better defenses. In the NFC the Giants, Cowboys , Eagles , and Carolina will keep the Packers D out of the elite. *  

Jared Allen's monstrous year rushing the quarterback and Darren Sharper's penchant for returning interceptions for touchdowns have put those two defensive standouts in the national spotlight. Allen, the Minnesota Vikings' defensive end, ranks second in the NFL with 10½ sacks — 7½ of which came in two games against the Green Bay Packers' porous pass protection unit. Sharper, the New Orleans Saints safety, has returned three of his seven interceptions for touchdowns.

Well, he sacked the quarterback, he intercepted passes and he made big plays.   -Dom Capers

 

STEELERS: OUT: DE Travis Kirschke (calf), S Troy Polamalu (knee). QUESTIONABLE: RB Carey Davis (hamstring). CHIEFS : DOUBTFUL: G Andy Alleman (knee), LB Justin Rogers (thigh), RB Dantrell Savage (ankle), LB Mike Vrabel (knee).  

The Packers' offensive line has had to deal with more than its share of injuries already this season, but the unit received some good news on Friday when starting center Scott Wells returned to the practice field. Wells had missed Thursday's padded practice after reporting concussion symptoms following Wednesday's practice. He said he thinks he sustained the concussion against Dallas, but passed a concussion test during the game and did not have any symptoms until Wednesday when he physically exerted hi

They told me that when you have symptoms three days later, they want to be cautious with it   -Scott Wells

 

So far in 2009, the Green Bay Packers have managed to keep opposing tight ends from having a major impact on gameday. But that task gets perhaps as difficult as it's been all season on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers and Vernon Davis. Davis, a fourth-year athletic freak whose 6-foot-3, 250-pound listing doesn't do him justice, is a player that Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers calls not only the fastest tight end in the NFL, but maybe the fastest pass-catcher in the 49ers' offensive arse

You don't have to look at much tape to see that he's just such a major part of their offense   -Dom Capers

 

Winning on the road has been a quandary the last year for the playoff-hopeful San Francisco 49ers. That's exactly where they'll be in three of the next five weeks, however, starting with Sunday's tough bout against the Green Bay Packers at legendary Lambeau Field. San Francisco has dropped three of four games away from the Bay this season, and is 3-8 in its last 11 road tilts dating back to September 28 of last year.

90 loss, including 6-0 at home. The Packers   -Mike McCarthy

 

It wasn't that Miles Austin ended up at Monmouth University because he flew below college football's recruiting radar. "He was off the radar," Monmouth coach Kevin Callahan said. "It was just one of those things," said Mark Fabish, a former Monmouth assistant who discovered and recruited Austin.  

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice): PITTSBURGH STEELERS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — STEELERS: DNP: DE Travis Kirschke (calf), S Troy Polamalu (knee). LIMITED: RB Carey Davis (hamstring). CHIEFS: DNP: G Andy Alleman (knee), LB David Herron (knee), RB Dantrell Savage (ankle), LB Mike Vrabel (knee).