Packers' Woodson out with broken collarbone; Redskins resign Cooley after Davis injury
GREEN BAY, Wis. Green Bay Packers safety Charles Woodson has a broken collarbone and will be out approximately six weeks. However, a source close to Woodson tells CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman that Green Bay's defensive leader hopes to return to the field sooner than the six-week timetable.
Coach Mike McCarthy confirmed the severity of the injury Monday, a day after the team's 30-20 win at St. Louis.
The 36-year-old Woodson broken his clavicle in the 2011 Super Bowl win over Pittsburgh. McCarthy says Woodson is nervous about his latest injury.
The Packers played without four defensive starters against the Rams. They host Jacksonville on Sunday.
Elsewhere, tight end Chris Cooley has passed a physical exam and agreed to rejoin the Washington Redskins. Cooley's return to the Redskins on Monday comes a day after tight end Fred Davis was lost for the season with an Achilles tendon injury during Washington's 27-23 loss at the New York Giants.
Cooley was released in August by the Redskins, the team he spent his entire eight-season NFL career with. He is a two-time Pro Bowl pick and his 428 catches are the franchise record for a tight end.
Injuries limited Cooley to five games and eight receptions last season.
Other injuries around the NFL:
Jacksonville lost star running back Maurice Jones-Drew to a foot injury. Then quarterback Blaine Gabbert hurt his left shoulder.
This was one rough day for the Jaguars.
Jones-Drew was on the field for just two snaps Sunday, carrying the ball on the first two plays at Oakland before leaving with an ailing left foot. When Gabbert departed midway through the second quarter with the injury to his non-throwing shoulder, Jacksonville was in control of the game.
But the Jaguars managed only two downs after halftime behind backup quarterback Chad Henne went on to a 26-23 overtime loss.
Jones-Drew hurt his foot on the first play and remained on the field for one more run but couldn't come back after that.
"It felt like a little boo-boo but the second time obviously I felt it so I came out," he said. "I wanted to be out there with those guys today."
"I didn't know what it was right away," said Davis, who will miss the rest of the season. "I have never experienced anything like that. I was unable to walk and then I knew something really was wrong.
"I was running my route and stuck my leg in and either got stepped on or it happened naturally."
Redskins linebacker London Fletcher, who has played in 231 successive games, left in the fourth quarter with a right hamstring injury. Coach Mike Shanahan called it a mild strain.
The status of Tennessee linebacker Zac Diles is uncertain after he hurt his right ankle and was carted off from the sideline during a 35-34 win at Buffalo.
Coach Mike Munchak would only say that Diles' injury initially appeared to be more serious than an injury sustained by reserve linebacker Patrick Bailey, who hurt his chest while covering a kickoff in the third quarter.
Diles was hurt while attempting to tackle running back C.J. Spiller on the Bills' first possession. Diles was leaning to his left when he lost his footing and his right ankle twisted beneath him.
Diles slowly limped off the field after being tended to by Titans trainers, and was then driven off from the sideline. He was starting in place of Colin McCarthy, who missed his fourth game with an ankle injury.
The Bills lost right guard Chad Rinehart early in the third quarter after he hurt his left ankle blocking during a run by Spiller. A Titans player fell on the back of Rinehart's leg, forcing Rinehart to be carted off the field.
Coach Chan Gailey had no update on Rinehart's status following the game. Buffalo was already minus starting offensive linemen Kraig Urbik (knee) and Cordy Glenn (knee).