NFL Capsules - NFC: Vikings' Harvin has migraine attack at practice
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Percy Harvin experienced the scariest episode yet in a career plagued by migraine headaches when he collapsed at Minnesota Vikings' practice Thursday and was taken to a hospital by ambulance.
Coach Brad Childress left team headquarters after practice and spent the rest of the afternoon at the hospital with Harvin, who also got visits from other coaches and teammates.
"Percy appreciates everyone's concern," the coach said in a statement posted on the team website Thursday evening. "He is alert and resting comfortably, but will remain in the hospital overnight."
Harvin, who has dealt with migraines most of his life, returned to the field Monday after missing more than two weeks, but at the beginning of Thursday's workout the wide receiver experienced another episode that was scary enough for the Vikings to halt practice while their teammate received medical attention.
"To see a guy go down, it's never a good thing," defensive end Ray Edwards said. "Just pray that the Lord is with him and he gets back to us safely, and to his family most importantly."
Childress said that Harvin's episode was triggered when he looked up into a mostly cloudy sky to field a punt during a special teams drill. Harvin went inside to see team physician Dr. Sheldon Burns, then came back out to the field.
Soon after, Harvin was seen doubled over and trembling. Players and coaches stood in front of him to shield him while reporters watched from a distance as Harvin received medical attention.
"I don't know how they classify it," Childress said after practice. "Not really a seizure, but he had some trouble over here. I'd be remiss if I tried to qualify it one way or another. It seemed like he was stable."
Childress added: "I'm putting it in a migraine category, just because of what preceded that, but I certainly don't know what put him down on the ground over there, if it was some kind of reaction or what."
The Vikings continued with practice for about five minutes while Harvin was being worked on, then drills were stopped. After Harvin was loaded into the ambulance, the team gathered on the field and took a knee in prayer. Players resumed their work for a few more minutes before calling practice over at least an hour early.
"It was an eye-opener," running back Adrian Peterson said. "It's been tough for him. I just encourage him the best way I can."
The ambulance did not leave immediately after Harvin was loaded, and it left without its siren or lights on. Though the situation didn't appear grave, the mood was somber.
"Obviously that one hit, and it hit hard," Childress said. "It's always scary for all of our guys when you see a teammate struggling with whatever."
Childress said that Harvin has had to go to the hospital for a migraine before, as a college star at the University of Florida.
"I've seen him with one before. I've gotten him off the field with one before. I've seen the start of one coming on before, but certainly nothing to that magnitude," Childress said.
Migraine triggers vary from person to person, but rising humidity and changes in barometric pressure can cause them, as can the glare of the sun.
Since Harvin started missing practice as a rookie last year, the Vikings have received all kinds of suggestions to treat the migraines. Harvin has sought treatment from expert after expert, but Thursday's episode was the latest example of how hard of a problem it is to solve.
"I think by this happening it kind of lets the team know exactly how hard it is," left tackle Bryant McKinnie said. "A lot of times it doesn't take place in front of us. So now by people actually seeing it, they see it's really not a joke.
"Some of us knew for real that he was really suffering from it," McKinnie said. "Maybe some other people in some of their minds they weren't sure, but I think they are aware now."
Redskins’ Landry moves back to strong safety
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — For the last practice of training camp, LaRon Landry had a fashion accessory dangling from his waist. It was a rolled up white towel striped with black tape, resembling something like a large zebra-themed nightstick.
"I’ve got my own swag," he said.
Always a little different. Never hard to miss. And certainly someone who leaves an impression on unsuspecting receivers and running backs. Landry has always been grouped with the words "hard-hitting" and "intense" since the Redskins drafted him No. 6 overall in 2007, and this season he’s in a new defense that will showcase his ferocity even more.
"The 3-4 defense," Landry said, "has enabled me as a player to go out and fly around and have fun."
Landry is at home as a strong safety, playing close to the line of scrimmage to stuff the run and helping out in coverage. But the shooting death of Sean Taylor in November 2007 forced the Redskins to move him to free safety, where he had to play with more caution and less abandon. He was starting to get noticed more for giving up long touchdown passes over the middle than for his bone-jawing hits, particularly last season as the team struggled to a 4-12 record.
The arrival of Jim Haslett has brought a defensive overhaul, with Landry back at his natural position.
"Last year it was ‘Don’t let anything behind you, you’ve got to be safe,"’ Landry said. "This year, it’s more aggressive, let’s go get it. Read your keys. Be smart about it, but get it."
The move was somewhat of a gamble because the Redskins didn’t have an obvious candidate to start at free safety. Three players were expected to contend for the job at training camp, but third-year player Kareem Moore has had a superb three weeks of practice and left Chris Horton and Reed Doughty far behind.
That means Landry can stay right where he is. Well, most of the time. In this scheme, it might not be easy to tell. He leaped to pick off a pass 20 yards downfield during Thursday’s practice.
"Disguise plays a major factor in this defense," Landry said. "And we’re always constantly moving and disguising things, and that makes it a lot of fun."
Haslett called Landry a player "that can do almost anything he wants."
"He’s a guy, 225 (pounds), that is probably the fastest guy I’ve been around," Haslett said. "He’s explosive and fast. He’s a good tackler. He’s a good blitzer. He can play in the back end, but I think he prefers to play closer. We’ll try to accommodate these guys and put them in the best position to succeed and to help this football team."
Landry doesn’t let up, even when going against high-profile teammates in practice. It was an instant highlight when he sent tight end Chris Cooley to the ground with a thud early on the second day of camp.
"Most guys just bump up against you when you have the ball," Cooley said. "LaRon likes to go into the full tackling mode. He’s in scrimmage mode all the time. We talked about it in the locker room and he said, ‘Why are you giving me a hard time?’ I said ‘You are the only one that tackles.’ ... He laughed.
"You know what you’re getting out of (No.) 30. He’s not making us worse; he’s making everyone better. He loves playing the game, he’s an extreme competitor and you can’t ask for more out of a guy."
Coach Mike Shanahan is just fine with Landry’s practice intensity, as long as he’s not hitting below the waist and risking injury to his teammates.
"I don’t mind those hard hits. We’re going to get those in games," the coach said. "I’m excited about him because hopefully we’ll put him in position to make a lot of plays. We’re not going to hold him back. But at the same time, the game has to slow down for you. You can’t just be running to run. There’s times to run, there’s times to lay back. Hopefully, he’ll learn that."
Notes: Shanahan said the starters will play about 30-35 plays Saturday night against Baltimore, which should be most or all of the first half. ... Thursday marked the end of camp, which means the players can move out of the team hotel. The schedule will have a regular season feel starting next week, with a more compact workday of meetings and practice. ... While Shanahan isn’t into rookie hazing, he did lighten up the mood at the nightly meetings by having players perform skits. "Basically what they do is make fun of coaches," Shanahan said. "To me, it kind of loosens the guys up a little bit and kind of brings the team together." Did anyone make fun of the head coach? "There’s only one guy that did that, and we cut him yesterday," he said, joking.
-- Joseph White
Packers rookie Bulaga gets time at guard
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Bryan Bulaga’s journey to become the Green Bay Packers’ left tackle of the future might include a lengthy layover at left guard.
Packers coaches have been cross-training Bulaga at both positions in training camp. And with veteran Chad Clifton still entrenched at tackle, the No. 23 overall draft pick out of Iowa could be in the mix to win a starting job at guard.
Bulaga said learning a new position is challenging, but the possibility of getting on the field as a rookie is exciting.
"Like I’ve said this entire time, none of these guys come here to play behind someone," Bulaga said. "Everyone wants to be on the field and play. That’s what makes a team great, is guys push each other to get competition. It feels good to have an opportunity to get on the field and win a job, and if I don’t, then I wasn’t the best guy for the spot."
Bulaga said Thursday that he doesn’t yet know how coaches will balance his work load between tackle and guard in Saturday’s preseason game at Seattle.
For now, he’s more concerned with trying to "improve on all the things I did wrong" in the Packers’ first preseason game against Cleveland.
"Every game in these preseason games, I kind of have to earn that confidence and gain that comfortable level they need to have putting a guy in the game," Bulaga said. "That’s why these preseason games are so important."
Packers general manager Ted Thompson said Bulaga’s move to guard isn’t permanent.
"Obviously, we’re looking at him long-term as a tackle," Thompson said. "At the same time, we want to try to make sure we get him trained for some other things."
Cross-training offensive linemen at several positions has been common in Green Bay under head coach Mike McCarthy, although McCarthy acknowledged in April that the team might have taken that too far in the past.
"You have to have the ability to move offensive linemen around," he said after the NFL draft. "It happens every year, especially when you get down to the 53 (man roster) and when you are getting ready to play games with the 45. With that said, you like to work from developing younger players in one or two positions instead of two or three, like we have had the past couple of years."
Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin said allowing Bulaga to compete at guard is consistent with the coaches’ philosophy of trying to get as many of their best players on the field as possible.
"This is a win-immediately (league). People want gratification just like a baby does," Philbin said. "Yeah, we’re just looking to find that right combination, which we’ve attempted to do at all times. So we’ll have to see how it all shakes out."
Philbin said Bulaga has shown a good understanding of the offense so far, with good athleticism and strength. Now he needs to prove that he can play quickly and decisively — especially at guard.
"Things happen a little faster in there," Philbin said. "So mentally, he’s got to process some things. I think there’s going to be a little bit of a curve there, obviously, because the new things he’s seeing defensively just as a rookie player and positionally as he adjusts inside. He’s off to a very good start."
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said Bulaga has improved since offseason drills.
"A lot of people were questioning, maybe not negatively, but uncertain about how he would look after the spring," Rodgers said. "I got a lot of questions from back home about how Bryan was doing, and my comment to them, and I think to you guys at times (was), ‘Let’s just wait and see what he does in pads."’
Once that happened, Rodgers said Bulaga had a better chance to show off his physical style.
Rodgers said Bulaga has an advantage because he’ll be lining up next to left guard Daryn Colledge or center Scott Wells. While Colledge has been criticized for uneven play — and could even end up getting beaten out for the starting left guard job by Bulaga — Rodgers said Colledge is "maybe our smartest lineman."
Bulaga calls Colledge a "great player," and said their push for playing time will make the entire offensive line better. And even if Bulaga doesn’t win a starting job, he figures the experience still will help his development.
"It can help me learn what everyone else on the offensive line’s doing if you know the guard position, and an opportunity to get on the field and learn a couple different positions," Bulaga said. "That’s always going to help. So yeah, it’s exciting."
-- Chris Jenkins
DE Jackson hopes for better experience with Lions
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Lawrence Jackson thought he had everything going for him two years ago.
After a stellar career at Southern California, he had been drafted in the first round by Seattle and was looking forward to a successful career as an NFL pass rusher.
Now he's in Detroit, hoping that this time, it will work that way.
Jackson's unhappy tenure in Seattle came to an official end Thursday when he passed his Lions physical and took part in Detroit's afternoon workout. In exchange, the Lions sent a sixth-round draft pick to the Seahawks.
"It was very frustrating the way things went in Seattle," he said. "Now I have a new opportunity and a chance at a fresh start."
Even though Jackson was a highly productive pass rusher for the Trojans, the Seahawks used him mainly to stop the run, a decision he never understood. In two years, despite playing every game, he managed only 6½ sacks.
"I was brought into do one thing, and then they changed it to something else, and I've been trying to figure out why for two years," he said. "People say that I haven't gotten many sacks, but the guys who get sacks in this league are the ones on the field on third down, not the ones being used to play the run on first and second down."
This season, Jackson thought things might get better when Seattle hired his college coach, Pete Carroll. Instead, it got even worse.
"They brought in a new defense, and suddenly I was stuck in the middle," he said. "I was the only defensive lineman they had that was over 260 pounds and under 280, and I didn't fit in."
Meanwhile, the Lions have been struggling to find a starter at left defensive end and decided to give Jackson a shot.
"He didn't get his career off to the start he wanted, but sometimes a change of scenery can do wonders for you," said Lions coach Jim Schwartz, who thinks Jackson can help at other defensive line positions, as well. "You get into a situation that is different from your skill set, and it just doesn't work. That's what happened to Tony Scheffler in Denver, and look how productive he's been for us in camp."
Schwartz, though, stresses that he only cares about Jackson's performance in a Lions uniform, not his pedigree.
"Yes, he was a first-round pick because of his college performance, but that doesn't matter any more," Schwartz said. "And yes, he played four years at USC and they've got a pretty good stable of players, but that doesn't matter either. We need to find out if he can perform for us right now."
NOTES: The Lions had a second new player on the field Thursday after claiming safety David Roach off waivers from St. Louis. Roach took the field midway through the morning workout. To make room for Roach, the team waived safety Marvin White. ... The banged-up Lions practiced twice on Thursday, but spent most of the afternoon session in non-contract drills without helmets. ... Safety Louis Delmas sat out the morning session while continuing to rehab a groin injury, but Schwartz isn't worried yet. "He can run around at full speed, but it is still hard for him to put two of those days together. We're sticking with our plan and taking things slowly."
Arizona's Grimm coaches reshuffled offensive line
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — His Pro Football Hall of Fame induction behind him, Russ Grimm is back on the job working to hone what he calls a "reshuffled" offensive line.
His is one of the major reconstruction projects of the Arizona Cardinals training camp. Only one player is new to the team, 12-year NFL veteran Alan Faneca at left guard. But Levi Brown has moved from right tackle to left tackle and Reggie Wells has shifted from left guard to right guard. The only player in the same position is center Lyle Sendlein.
Grimm's biggest challenge is at right tackle, where the Cardinals have decided to go with third-year pro Brandon Keith, a seventh-round draft pick who was inactive for all but four games in his first two years in the NFL.
"He's going good but it's still early," Grimm said after practice on Thursday. "We've got to see what he can do in a game. We feel confident that he's ready to take over the position, otherwise we wouldn't have put him in there, but he's still got to prove it on game day."
Keith, who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 335 pounds, played at Northern Iowa, Kurt Warner's alma mater, and was the 225th selection in the 2008 draft. As a rookie, he didn't play in any games in Arizona's stunning run to the Super Bowl. Last year, he was inactive for the first 11 games but played some as a backup tackle and guard when starting left tackle Mike Gandy was injured. Mostly, though, when played at all, it was on special teams.
He admits he was surprised when told he would be the No. 1 right tackle.
"Your always confident in yourself and your abilities," Keith said, "but at the same time when an organization puts that trust in you, it just gives you that assurance that you've been doing something right."
He got a quick lesson in how tough the job can be on his second play in the preseason opener against Houston, when Mario Williams shoved him almost to the quarterback, then made the sack.
"I'm still learning. There's still a lot of growing to do," Keith said. "Things you think you know you really didn't know. It's a learning curve, basically."
With a left-handed quarterback, Keith will be the primary protector on Matt Leinart's blind side.
"Somebody's got to do it. On every play, somebody's got a tougher job than somebody else," Grimm said. "That's just the nature of the business. I think he's up to it. He's worked hard the last two years."
The Cardinals chose not to re-sign Gandy, then brought in Faneca after the nine-time Pro Bowler was released by the New York Jets. It was a reunion for Grimm and Faneca. Grimm, a starter at guard for 11 seasons with the Washington Redskins, knows what it's like to remain effective after so many years in the NFL.
"Is he a five-, six-year player? No," Grimm said of Faneca, "but he's still better than a lot of guards in this league. He's got a great feel for the game. When a player loses athletically toward the tail end of his career, he can pick up for it mentally. So I mean he sees things a lot faster."
Deuce Lutui, the starter at right guard the last 22 games, came in to camp a bit overweight after holding out in a contract dispute in the summer. For now, he's playing backup at both guard spots.
Leinart, the starter following Warner's retirement after last season, treated his linemen to a trip to Hawaii over the summer. He knows his success depends, in large part, on how the team protects him.
"I'm confident," Leinart said. "It takes time for a new group to mesh. ... We have a lot of guys who have played a lot of games up there and I think in camp and this preseason it has started jelling together. I have full confidence in BK (Keith). I think he's a tremendous athlete and he works very hard. I haven't' doubted him one bit.
"Those guys are going to be really good. I have full faith we have that bond together. I'm not worried about that."
-- Bob Baum
WR Ziegler working way onto 49ers roster
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — After three seasons spent almost entirely on San Francisco's practice squad, Dominique Zeigler is making his mark for the 49ers.
The undrafted free agent receiver has turned heads in training camp and may have earned a spot on the active roster as the fourth receiver.
"Dominique's a unique guy," coach Mike Singletary said. "He doesn't mind going across the middle, going underneath, doing some of the dirty work. He's a guy that does everything for us and wears a lot of different hats. He can play any of the receiver positions, gives us some flexibility. And he's really good on special teams as well."
Zeigler's versatility became more important to the 49ers this week after the team released veteran receiver Brandon Jones, San Francisco's top pickup in 2009 free agency.
The 49ers gave Jones a five-year, $16 million deal last year, but he became expendable by the emergence this summer of Zeigler, who wasn't drafted in 2007 out of Baylor.
Zeigler made San Francisco's practice squad that season and since then has seen numerous receivers come and go on the roster while he patiently waited for his opportunity.
With starter Michael Crabtree sidelined with a neck sprain, Zeigler took snaps with San Francisco's first-unit offense during team drills Wednesday. Zeigler appears to have climbed past veteran Jason Hill as the 49ers' No. 4 receiver behind Crabtree, Josh Morgan and Ted Ginn.
"I knew my time would come as long as I keep working hard," Zeigler said. "And when my time comes, I just have to take grab of it with both hands."
Zeigler worked his way onto the 53-man roster in 2008, then onto the field over the last half of that season when he had five catches for 97 yards and contributed seven tackles on special teams.
Zeigler was in competition to make the final roster last summer before he sustained a high ankle sprain in San Francisco's final exhibition game. He spent the entire 2009 season on the 49ers' practice squad.
This summer, Zeigler has been one of the 49ers' more impressive and consistent performers. He had one catch for 18 yards and returned one punt 11 yards in San Francisco's 37-17 preseason opener at Indianapolis last week.
"Dominique has had an outstanding camp," offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye said. "But a year ago I saw the same things. It just didn't come to fruition because he was injured in the last exhibition game. This time, he's stayed, he's been healthy and he's taken another step. Right now, it's what you've seen in a pretty good performance."
Zeigler, who carries 185 pounds on his slender 6-foot-3 frame, gives the 49ers a tall target that can play all three wide receiver positions. As he beat defenders for several catches Thursday, Zeigler continued to look like a natural.
"We've moved him around a bunch in there and every time he goes in he knows what he's doing," Smith said. "All the quarterbacks feel good about throwing him the ball in traffic because he is so strong-handed. He's a guy that everyone in the huddle feels good about when he steps in. He just continues to do it."
EXTRA POINTS: LB Travis LaBoy returned to full practice for the first time since sustaining a concussion during the first week of training camp. ... Newcomer RB Brian Westbrook was given the morning practice off, his second consecutive veteran courtesy. ... OL Tony Wragge continues to get more time at both guard positions with veteran Adam Snyder out due to a concussion. ... S Reggie Smith came down with a leaping interception during team drills and continues to impress this summer. The third-year veteran returned an interception 91 yards for a touchdown last week against the Colts. ... Sunday's game will be the first time the Vikings have ever played a preseason game in San Francisco. Singletary will wear a wireless microphone for the "Sunday Night Football" broadcast on NBC.
Carroll ends rollicking Seahawks training camp
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Pete Carroll took his Seahawks on bowling parties. He brought in high-profile guests and enlivened evening meetings so much the players' roars often shook team headquarters.
He had hip-hop and dance music blaring through training camp practices. There was even a VIP tent off the end zone — complete with a small, stocked bar in the middle.
Now that the rollicking camp some dubbed Club Carroll is officially over and the players leave the hotel and go back to families and video games each night, Carroll says he's learned lessons from his first NFL training camp since 1999.
Yet the former USC coach says there's still way more to accomplish with a team that is 9-23 the last two seasons.
"Camp has been really competitive. I really appreciate the focus from the players, and really the atmosphere we've had around it with the people being close to us. It's added to it to make this a really good event," Carroll said Thursday, minutes after he chatted and smiled with Seahawks owner and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen following practice.
"We needed to have a solid camp," Carroll said. "This part's gone well. We've practiced well. That doesn't necessarily you mean you will win the games, but hopefully it will help us out."
Winning over his new players is no longer one of his many needs in Seattle. They are crowing and tweeting over how cool Carroll is.
"Coach is soo tight! Team bowling match" rookie wide receiver Golden Tate posted on his Twitter page Tuesday night.
Veteran wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh saw two full days off inside the first 10 days of camp. He noticed Carroll had scheduled just five two-a-days in the entire preseason. And he proclaimed it the best camp he'd ever been in.
Then Carroll canceled one of those two-a-days.
When they practiced, these newly charged Seahawks often pummeled each other. Tackling wasn't encouraged — but wasn't punished, either.
Safety Lawyer Milloy was with Carroll when he coached the New England Patriots from 1997-99. He says Carroll has since learned how to preserve players.
Carroll said this is the way USC worked while winning seven consecutive Pac-10 titles and two national championships under him.
"Always been the approach. Really high, energetic practice really demands that they focus in on it — we don't stop from the moment we get out there," he said. "I want to make sure they don't wander in there focus and all of that, so that's part of the part of the energy that we generate around it.
"And then we rest well."
The tough-love part of that care is the competition Carroll constantly preaches. The coach and new, first-time general manager John Schneider have made a whopping 125 transactions since Carroll arrived in January. More than half the roster has been turned over since Seattle's last game of the 2009 season.
And even though the opener against San Francisco is only three weeks away, the roster churn isn't over.
"We are going to keep competing to find out if we can upgrade the roster at all times," Carroll said. "It's the theme of the program. We are going to let it live."
The biggest accomplishments of his first NFL training camp in 11 years:
—Finding a pass-rush defensive end to replace retired former Pro Bowler Patrick Kerney. Carroll calls Chris Clemons, acquired from Philadelphia in March for smaller end Darryl Tapp, "a great surprise for us. Chris has really sharp every day, and it's such a needed position to beef up the pass rush."
—Converting seldom-used 335-plus pound tackle Red Bryant into one of the biggest ends in the league.
—Getting proof former All-Pro Leon Washington, acquired from the Jets in April, is back from a compound leg fracture. Washington is likely to make his Seahawks debut Saturday night against Green Bay.
—Learning Mike Williams is ready for a return to the NFL. Carroll's former star at USC and former top-10 pick of the Lions ballooned out of the league for two years. But he's gone from a free-agent tryout in April to the third wide receiver with the starting offense on the first play of Thursday's scrimmage.
—And having successful surgery on his left knee. Carroll's nagging limp is almost gone.
As for what the Seahawks still need to do, Carroll almost sighs.
"Oh, there's everything," he said.
-- Gregg Bell
Rams' Bradford again back up Feeley
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A.J. Feeley will start ahead of No. 1 pick Sam Bradford in the St. Louis Rams' second preseason game, although Bradford may get a few more plays.
Bradford's role in Saturday night's game at Cleveland will probably be similar to the opener, when he went 6 for 13 for 57 yards and was sacked four times in a 28-7 loss to the Vikings.
"It's just another opportunity to play in a game and get live reps," coach Steve Spagnuolo said Thursday. "I think at this position it's probably the most valuable thing you can get."
He'll also get his first look at a 3-4 defense.
"I think the more I can see that in the preseason the better it will prepare me to see that in the regular season," Bradford said. "There's a lot I can gain out of this week."
Feeley, a veteran backup, has played in the Rams' system previously. He had a poor opener, though, going 3 for 6 for 19 yards and two of the incompletions could have been intercepted and returned for touchdowns.
"I think what I'd say is he's a little bit more comfortable with (the offense), because he's been in it in prior years," Spagnuolo said of Feeley. "I think both of them are doing a pretty good job."
Bradford bobbled a few more snaps in practice Thursday, but said he felt much more comfortable. The rookie had some exchange issues in the preseason opener.
"Saturday I'll see what it's like in a game situation," Bradford said. "But I expect to go out there and execute everything cleanly."
The Rams managed only 150 total yards in their preseason opener and the lone touchdown came on Danny Amendola's 93-yard punt return.
Spagnuolo said offensive guard Jacob Bell and cornerbacks Ron Bartell and Bradley Fletcher, who all missed the preseason opener with injuries, should play. Kicker Josh Brown attempted field goals for the first time since injuring a hip flexor before a scrimmage Aug. 7, and might play.
Rookie tight end Michael Hoomanawanui left practice early due to illness.
-- R.B. Fallstrom
