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In the wake of Darryl Sharpton's season-ending injury, it sounds like Tim Dobbins is going to have a much bigger role at LB.

Well, crap. The article also says Andre Johnson won't play Sunday, but you already pretty much knew that.

He didn't practice again yesterday.

From Gary Kubiak's post-game press conference: "...Kasey (Studdard) did have surgery on Friday, yesterday. I talked to him after surgery. He’s doing well. Matter fact I think he actually came home this evening. I’ll find out when I leave here. Actually Kasey’s gonna, it looks like he will not play this year. I don’t know. We’ll see, but he did have surgery and he’s well on his way to recovery." If Studdard does get stashed then a door of opportunity opens for Shelley Smith and the rest of the young guards. UPDATE: Per CBSSports Rapid Reports, Houston will decide Studdard's fate on Monday.

Per the Twitter account of Houston Chronicle writer John McClain, The Captain's rehab of his season-ending Achilles injury is going better than expected. Ryans even says that he should be good for training camp, should the lockout end of course. Does this ease some of the gloom and doom that some have had when thinking about DeMeco in 2011?