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With no improvement in knee, Portis unlikely to play
ASHBURN, Va. --
Clinton Portis' sprained knee showed no improvement Thursday, and the
Washington ******** running back appears unlikely to play in Sunday night's game against the
Dallas Cowboys.
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The NFL's second-leading rusher left ******** Park during practice, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and burgundy sweatpants as he stepped into his Maserati.
"I was hoping today that there would be a little more optimism, and there's not," coach Jim Zorn said. "He's still questionable. I would say there's no change today. I was looking for another jump, but there wasn't."
Portis sprained his left knee in the 23-6 loss to the
Pittsburgh Steelers before last week's bye.
With Portis ailing,
Ladell Betts appears set to start Sunday. Betts has missed the last three games with a sprained knee, but he was on the field in steady rain for Thursday's practice.
"Betts looked good," Zorn said. "He's got a brace on but made some cuts. That was encouraging."
Shaun Alexander would start if both Portis and Betts are unable to play.
Zorn also said he doesn't expect defensive tackle
Anthony Montgomery (Achilles) to play and was pessimistic about
Marcus Washington (shoulder). The coach said he expects
Shawn Springs (calf) to be available, but Springs did not practice and said he doesn't expect to practice again Friday. If Springs doesn't play, new signing
DeAngelohttp://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=5533 Hall would have a greater role in his ******** debut.
Devin Thomas missed practice with an illness. Fellow rookie receiver
Malcolm Kelly, who has been battling knee problems all season, practiced but probably won't play Sunday.
"I don't believe I'm going to activate him," Zorn said. "He's so far behind. I'm just glad he's out there."
at dudes praying and updating that Clinton wont play...
Do you know how bad your team is? Granted if he doesn't play it will help your chances of winning but its the Cowboys secondary you should be worriedabout.