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NFL Notebook: Injury to Goff is another blow for struggling Chiefs
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Published: November 12, 2009
■ Chiefs: The beleaguered Kansas City offense took another hit yesterday when right guard Mike Goff went on injured reserve.
That means the Chiefs (1-7) and their struggling ground game will be without their starting right guard and their most accomplished running back, Larry Johnson, against Oakland on Sunday. Johnson was released on Monday after being suspended for making inappropriate posts on his Twitter account.
Averaging fewer than 97 yards, the Chiefs' rushing game will depend now on Jamaal Charles and Kolby Smith. Both offer more speed and a better chance of breaking a long play than Johnson, who was averaging only 2.7 yards per carry this season.
■ Eagles: Cornerback Joselio Hanson was suspended four games by the NFL yesterday for violating the league's drug policy.
Hanson's attorney, David Cornwell, said in a statement that Hanson did not use steroids but tested positive for a diuretic after last year's NFC title game against Arizona.
While not specifying what product Hanson used, Cornwell said that Hanson "felt ‘bloated' after eating Chinese food and ingested a pill that turned out to be a diuretic."
Cornwell said that the NFL's policy on diuretics is misguided because it assumes they are used to mask the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
■ Falcons: Tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October, posed in the nude for an anti-fur advertisement from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The newly released ad, which was photographed over the summer in Los Angeles, shows the couple sitting together for the group's "We'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign. They're following celebrities who have posed in the buff, including Dennis Rodman, Pamela Anderson and Dominique Swain, while others such as Paul McCartney and Charlize Theron have worn clothes in the campaign.
■ Dolphins: Linebacker Joey Porter and guard Justin Smiley were sidelined with injuries yesterday as Miami prepares for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay.
Porter has had a right-hamstring injury for much of the season and also has a sore knee. He made no tackles in Sunday's loss at New England and has only 2½ sacks this season, compared with an AFC high 17½ last year.
Smiley has a shoulder injury; Soliai is slowed by a sore ankle; and Walden has a hamstring injury.
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