NFL ROUNDUP News and notes

Titans: Strong safety Tank Williams will miss the rest of the season after an MRI exam Monday confirmed he had torn left knee ligaments, and tackle Brad Hopkins will miss at least one game and possibly three with broken bones in his right hand. Tennessee, which already had lost four players for the season, will be without six starters for Sunday's game against Jacksonville. Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth also will be out with damage to his right elbow.
Bears: Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher will miss four to six weeks because of a lower left leg injury. Urlacher, out for the entire preseason and two regular season games with a hamstring problem, had a surgical procedure done early Monday morning on his leg, coach Lovie Smith said. There was some internal bleeding. Smith said Urlacher would not be put on injured reserve. Rookie defensive back and special teams player Alfonso Marshall has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will be placed on injured reserve, ending his season.
Ravens: Punter Dave Zastudil is lost for three to four weeks with a separated shoulder. Cornerback Chris McAlister (shoulder numbness) and left guard Edwin Mulitalo (broken toe) hope to be ready for Dallas.
Vikings: Randy Moss will probably miss at least one more game. The All-Pro receiver hasn't caught a pass in a month because of a strained right hamstring. Coach Mike Tice said that Moss is progressing well, but won't be allowed to play again until he completes a week of practice. The Vikings (5-4) have lost three straight, although Daunte Culpepper passed for 345 yards without Moss in a 34-31 defeat at Green Bay. Tice said a return for the Nov. 28 game against Jacksonville is "more than likely."
Lions: Joey Harrington is still the starting quarterback. Coach Steve Mariucci gave the third-year quarterback a lukewarm endorsement one day after Harrington went 11-for-33 in a 23-17 overtime loss in Jacksonville. "Right now, we're headed that way this week; we haven't really discussed making a change," he said when asked if Harrington would start Sunday in Minnesota. "We expect a certain level of performance and competence at every position, and that is constantly being evaluated."
Colts: Starting guard Tupe Peko has a high ankle sprain and could miss two to three weeks. Coach Tony Dungy said Peko had an MRI on Monday, but the results were not available. He would be replaced in the lineup by either Makoa Freitas, a second-year player, or rookie Jake Scott. Backup linebacker Gilbert Gardner also could miss two to three weeks with a strained hamstring.
Seahawks: Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck had his right knee wrapped with ice Monday, treatment for a bruise from a collision with running back Shaun Alexander. "It's not real good," Hasselbeck said. "I'm going to work hard this week and try to get better." It wasn't known if the injury would sideline Hasselbeck when the Seahawks (5-4) play visiting Miami (1-8) on Sunday. He's made all nine starts, with reserve Trent Dilfer playing in mop-up situations.
Chargers: Jim Steeg, the NFL official who's been in charge of the Super Bowl for a quarter century, is taking on another Herculean task -- trying to get a new stadium built in San Diego. Steeg was hired Monday as the team's executive vice president and chief operating officer. He'll take over the team's business operations, and his main task will be continuing the Chargers' difficult push to replace Qualcomm Stadium.
Chiefs: Priest Holmes will likely miss next Monday night's game against the New England Patriots with sprained knee ligaments, the same injury that kept him out of Kansas City's loss to New Orleans. Holmes, who leads the NFL in scoring with 90 points and ranks third in the AFC in rushing with 892 yards, injured his right knee against Tampa Bay on Nov. 7. While he sat out the 27-20 loss to the Saints, his replacement, Derrick Blaylock, ran for 186 yards.
Redskins: Patrick Ramsey will start instead of Mark Brunell at quarterback, a move coach Joe Gibbs hopes will end the team's worst scoring drought in seven decades. Gibbs benched Brunell in the second quarter of Sunday's 17-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, but the coach waited until Monday to announce that Ramsey will start next week's game at Philadelphia.
Giants: Eli Manning, the No. 1 pick in the NFL was given the starting job Monday after Tom Coughlin benched two-time MVP Kurt Warner following losses in three of the last four games. Manning will face the Atlanta Falcons (7-2) on Sunday at Giants Stadium in a game New York (5-4) needs to win to renew its playoff hopes "It's exciting," said Manning, who has seen limited mop-up action in two games. "This is something I want to do. This is what I want to do for a living. This is why I want to play football, so I can go out there and be the starting quarterback. I'm looking forward to the opportunity. Now it's time to go out there and play football." The change came less than a day after the offense struggled for the second straight week in a 17-14 loss to the Cardinals in Arizona.
Associated Press