Steelers safety Polamalu is likely to miss against Chiefs

The Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu remains questionable for this Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs, and it is very likely that he will miss the game while in need of time to take care of his injured left knee.

It is the second time for this season he injured the left knee, and the first injury caused him to miss the Steelers’ second through fifth games. The five-time Pro Bowl player suffered the second injury during last Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals while tackling running back Cedric Benson. He strained a posterior cruciate ligament, a less serious injury than his first one which was a medial collateral ligament sprain.

But it is still serious enough to keep the safety out of at least one game as the posterior cruciate ligament teams with the anterior cruciate ligament to secure the knee. It is better either for Polamalu or the team to have the safety rest for a week and return in his No. 43 Steelers jersey for the AFC North game against the Baltimore Ravens on Nov. 29.

Bye week could give Bears injured players time to recover

After winning three straight games, the Chicago Bears welcomed their bye week. Without game to play this week, the team will have time to take a good care of the injured players.

During last Sunday’s 48-24 win over the Detroit Lions, another player was added to the wounded list- wide receiver Devin Hester had an injury to the shoulder area during the game and his status became uncertain for the game against the Atlanta Falcons in two weeks. Other injured players to look other include back up running back Adrian Peterson, receiver Johnny Knox and defensive lineman Israel Idonije.

The list of banged-up Bears is long, as defensive tackle Tommie Harris said. “A lot of things didn’t happen the way we wanted them to happen, with all the injuries.” And Coach Lovie Smith said the team has not yet ruled out anybody and he hoped to see all of the guys wearing chicago bears jersey by the time of game.

Colts kicker Vinatieri is ready for the regular season

Adam Vinatieri, one of the NFL's great clutch kickers, had surgery on his right hip this week and will likely come back to team before regular season begins.

But the Colts did not release the timetable on when Vinatieri will be back. It is guessed that he probably is able to play in the opener Sept. 13 against Jacksonville.

"I kind of would fall back to Dr. Phillipon's directions and he said he would be ready for the season," coach Jim Caldwell said. "So we'll follow his lead in that regard."

So Colts fans need not worry much for Vinatieri, neither for cornerback Marlin Jackson and running back Mike Hart--the former already participated in drills and is ahead of schedule after anterior cruciate ligament surgery, and the latter is expected to be ready for the regular season too after his ACL surgery.