Raiders´ Curry re-injures Achilles, out at least week
Asociated Press
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Oakland receiver Ronald Curry re-injured his right Achilles´ tendon and will miss at least this week´s game against Philadelphia and possibly more if the injury is as serious as the one he had last year.
Curry was hurt in the final 2 minutes of Oakland´s 23-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night and the severity of his injury won´t be known until doctors get the results of his MRI exam.
"It´s not in the same spot as before," Raiders coach Norv Turner said Monday. "They don´t know if it´s torn, if it´s a sprain or strain, or whatever that is."
Turner said no matter what the results of the tests, Curry would not be available for Sunday´s game against the Eagles as the Raiders try to avoid their first 0-3 start since 1992.
Curry spent the entire offseason working to recover from a torn Achilles´ tendon that forced him to miss the final four games last season.
He came back for the final exhibition game and played sparingly in the opener against New England. He has just two catches for 12 yards so far this season.
Last season was a breakthrough year for Curry before the injury, finishing second on the team behind Jerry Porter with 50 catches for 679 yards and six touchdowns in 2004.
Curry, a seventh-round pick out of North Carolina in 2002, had been using a weighted boot at night to strengthen and stabilize his right ankle and other muscles with hopes of avoiding hurting himself again. That´s what made the injury so discouraging, he said Sunday night.
In other injury news, an MRI exam on cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha´s sprained right foot came back negative and defensive linemen Warren Sapp and Tommy Kelly were fine after being nicked up, Turner said.