"I feel so bad for Mario, because he's such a heck of a player," Kubiak said yesterday. "He had really taken to the position he's playing. He was improving every day in practice, improving in every game. I'd never seen him so upbeat about what was going on."
The Texans (3-2) play at Baltimore (3-1) on Sunday, and Williams isn't their only injury concern. Quarterback Matt Schaub has a sore throwing shoulder and a thigh bruise, and fullback James Casey left Sunday's game with a strained pectoral muscle. Kubiak said both players are "day to day."
Right guard Mike Brisiel left Sunday's game with injuries to his ankle and knee, and Kubiak said he will be reevaluated tomorrow.
The Texans were already playing without star receiver Andre Johnson, who injured his right hamstring in last week's win over Pittsburgh. Kubiak couldn't say if Johnson could be ready in time for Sunday's game."
Noteworthy *
San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh said wide receiver Joshua Morgan will miss significant time with a broken bone in his lower right leg that requires surgery.
* Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said veteran left tackle Chad Clifton suffered a "significant" hamstring injury during Sunday's win over Atlanta. The team has not established a timeline for Clifton's return, but McCarthy said it may be "a couple of weeks" before the Packers' medical staff even has a full picture of how serious the injury is.
In other news, the Packers, the NFL's only publicly owned team, are moving toward a new stock sale by the end of the year to raise money that would help pay for $130 million in renovations at historic Lambeau Field.
