Philagape
12-31-2004, 06:29 PM
Just saw this on the AP wire at work .......
Steelers' Bettis out for Bills game
PITTSBURGH (AP) … Steelers running back Jerome Bettis was
downgraded on Friday with a sprained ankle and will miss
Sunday's game at Buffalo.
The injury means that Bettis will finish 59 yards short of
his ninth 1,000-yard season since breaking in with the Rams in
1993. Bettis has started only six games this season as a backup
to Duce Staley, but gained at least 100 yards in all six.
Staley is questionable with the hamstring injury that has
sidelined him for six of Pittsburgh's last eight games. If he
can't play, third-string running back Verron Haynes likely will
get most of the carries against the Bills (9-6), who must win
to stay in the AFC playoff race. Haynes is averaging 5.3 yards
per carry on 47 carries.
Steelers' Bettis out for Bills game
PITTSBURGH (AP) … Steelers running back Jerome Bettis was
downgraded on Friday with a sprained ankle and will miss
Sunday's game at Buffalo.
The injury means that Bettis will finish 59 yards short of
his ninth 1,000-yard season since breaking in with the Rams in
1993. Bettis has started only six games this season as a backup
to Duce Staley, but gained at least 100 yards in all six.
Staley is questionable with the hamstring injury that has
sidelined him for six of Pittsburgh's last eight games. If he
can't play, third-string running back Verron Haynes likely will
get most of the carries against the Bills (9-6), who must win
to stay in the AFC playoff race. Haynes is averaging 5.3 yards
per carry on 47 carries.