GREEN BAY, Wis. -- If the Green Bay Packers are going to become only the eighth NFL team to start a season 13-0, they will have to do so short-handed.
Running back James Starks and linebacker Desmond Bishop will not play Sunday against the Oakland Raiders, the team said Friday.
Bishop, the team's leader in tackles, will miss a second straight game because of a calf injury. Starks, the team's leading rusher, won't play after reinjuring an ankle in Green Bay's 38-35 win over the New York Giants last weekend.
The Packers also will be without right guard Josh Sitton (knee) for the second consecutive game.
Cornerback Charles Woodson (concussion) is probable to play, and Green Bay's struggling defense also might have linebacker A.J. Hawk (calf) back in action. Hawk is listed as questionable for the Raiders game.
Rookie D.J. Smith and second-year player Robert Francois started at the two inside linebacker positions against the Giants. McCarthy said Smith would get another start with Bishop still out. Full Story
Lions cut DB McDonald, sign DT Haye
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The Detroit Lions have released defensive back Brandon McDonald and signed defensive tackle Jovan Haye.
Haye was a starter two seasons ago for Tennessee and played in 14 games for the Titans last season. Coach Jim Schwartz says injuries and the suspension of Ndamukong Suh have hurt Detroit's depth a bit on the defensive line.
McDonald appeared in 11 games this season for the Lions.
Bears S Wright declared out against Broncos
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears have ruled safety Major Wright out for Sunday's game at Denver because of a shoulder injury, leaving them without three starters.
The Bears are also missing their top two players on offense, with quarterback Jay Cutler (broken thumb) and running back Matt Forte (sprained knee) out indefinitely.
Cutler was injured in a win over the San Diego Chargers on Nov. 20, and Forte left in the first quarter of last week's loss to Kansas City after taking a hit to his knee. Wright was also injured in the Chiefs game.
Colts' Caldwell says tight end Clark likely Sunday
INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts tight end Dallas Clark and linebacker Pat Angerer could be back in the lineup Sunday at Baltimore.
Clark has missed the last four games after injuring his lower left leg. Angerer went into last week's game at New England as the NFL leader in tackles but left with a right knee injury during the Colts' first defensive series.
Both were full participants at practice. Coach Jim Caldwell says Clark is likely to play against the Ravens. Angerer is listed as questionable on the team's injury report.
Also Friday, Caldwell acknowledged that one of offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen's daughters went into labor during last Sunday's game. After the game, Caldwell says Christensen was relieved after the game to learn that mother and child were both healthy.
Redskins S Landry out for second straight game
ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry will miss his second straight game Sunday because of a groin injury. Coach Mike Shanahan said that Landry won't suit up against the New England Patriots.
It will be the fifth game Landry has missed this year and the third in four weeks.
He sat out the first two games of the season with a sore hamstring and was later sidelined when he aggravated the left Achilles tendon injury that hampered him most of last year.
Jets G Moore ready, returner McKnight questionable
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Brandon Moore is ready to play, even without any practice this week.
The New York Jets right guard was listed as questionable Friday for the team's game against the Kansas City Chiefs because of a sore hip that sidelined him all week. Moore had offseason surgery on both hips, and had expected some soreness as the season wore on.
"I don't know if anybody is 100 percent," Moore said, "but I'll be ready to go."
Running back Joe McKnight, the NFL's top kick returner, is questionable with a hyperextended right elbow, and Ryan says he will be a game-time decision. Antonio Cromartie would replace him as the primary returner if he can't go, and Ryan expects rookie Bilal Powell to get a few more carries.
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