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NFL Notebook: Cardinals get extra time to reach sellout
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Published: October 30, 2009
■ Cardinals: The NFL has given Arizona a 24-hour extension to the television-blackout deadline for Sunday's game in Glendale against the Carolina Panthers.
In order to air live on local television, league rules require games to be sold out 72 hours before kickoff.
Arizona's blackout deadline has now been extended until 2:15 p.m. local time today.
As of yesterday afternoon, the Cardinals said they have about 1,000 tickets remaining to be sold.
The Cardinals have sold out all 37 games played at University of Phoenix Stadium, which opened in 2006.
But this is the third time this season that Arizona has needed a 24-hour blackout deadline extension from the league.
■ Steelers: Pittsburgh doesn't have to be playing for Ben Roethlisberger to get sacked.
A scoring change of what was initially a 1-yard loss on a run gave the Minnesota Vikings an additional sack of Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh's 27-17 victory on Sunday. Roethlisberger was sacked four times, giving him 20 for the season, and he is on pace to match last season's total of 46.
Roethlisberger has been sacked a league-high 212 times since starting his career in 2004. No other quarterback has been sacked more than 174 times.
■ Redskins: The NFL is OK with Washington preventing fans from bringing any signs to home games.
League spokesman Greg Aiello called it "a team and stadium matter" in an e-mail to The Associated Press yesterday.
Redskins COO David Donovan said during a radio appearance on 106.7 The Fan this week that spectators can't carry signs or banners into the stadium. He said the new ban is for fan security and comfort.
The policy coincides with an increase of signs critical of owner Dan Snyder and front-office chief Vinny Cerrato during Washington's 2-5 start.
■ Vikings: Percy Harvin, a rookie receiver and return man, didn't practice yesterday because of illness.
Coach Brad Childress didn't specify the illness, but Harvin has had trouble with migraine headaches this season. Childress said he's hopeful that Harvin will return to practice today, two days before a game at Green Bay.
Receiver Bernard Berrian and linebacker E.J. Henderson missed practice for the second straight day. Berrian has an injured hamstring and Henderson is dealing with a knee injury.
Cornerback Antoine Winfield continued to miss practice while he recovers from a foot injury.
■ Seahawks: Lofa Tatupu is the latest Seattle player to go on the injured-reserve list.
A team spokesman said that Tatupu, Seattle's three-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker, is having surgery today in Alabama to repair a torn left pectoral muscle.
Tatupu, the defensive captain, was injured in the first half of Seattle's loss to Arizona on Oct. 18 while trying to make a tackle.
Wednesday, six-time All-Pro left tackle Walter Jones went on injured reserve because of a surgically repaired left knee.
Tatupu, 26, didn't miss a game in his first 3½ seasons in the NFL. He played through assorted injuries including concussions, strained groins and hamstrings and a broken thumb.
Sunday's game at Dallas will be his third absence in less than 12 months.
■ Giants: Backup running back Ahmad Bradshaw will continue to play despite having a cracked bone in his right foot.
Bradshaw, a third-year player, disclosed the injury yesterday, a day after going to North Carolina to be examined by foot and ankle specialist Dr. Robert Anderson.
Anderson's diagnosis was the same as the one Bradshaw got from Giants' physicians, a cracked fifth metatarsal. It's a bone that runs along the outside of the foot between the ankle and the toes.
Bradshaw, who has gained 455 yard rushing, has seemingly known about the injury since the spring but has played in pain. He hopes to finish the season, but acknowledged the bone might break. He said he probably will need surgery after the season ends.
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