NFL | Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan will miss Eagles game with turf toe

The Atlanta Falcons will be without quarterback Matt Ryan as they try to improve their playoff hopes in a key NFC game against Philadelphia this week.

Coach Mike Smith said Monday that Ryan will miss at least one game with a turf toe injury. Chris Redman, who took over for Ryan in Sunday's 20-17 win over Tampa Bay, will start against the Eagles.

Post-concussion symptoms linger for Warner

Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner said he plans to see an ophthalmologist about lingering post-concussion symptoms that kept him out of Sunday's last-second 20-17 loss at Tennessee.

Warner said Monday he's having hard-to-describe issues with his eyes, a condition he had hoped would subside last week but never did. He said the Cardinals medical staff told him before Sunday's game he shouldn't play and he agreed.

The decision ended Warner's string of 41 consecutive starts.

Notes

• St. Louis Rams offensive tackle Jason Smith was in a lighthearted mood Monday, tossing out one-liners a day after passing precautionary tests that revealed no new concerns regarding his recovery from a concussion.

That's not to say he's confident of returning to the lineup this week.

"Who knows when I'll be Superman again?" Smith said. "Right now, I'm just Batman. I can't fly."

• A broken finger — not coach John Fox — may bench struggling Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme.

Fox said Monday that Delhomme fractured a finger on his throwing hand late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's loss to the New York Jets and may be replaced by untested Matt Moore on Sunday against Tampa Bay.

• The NFL is keeping mum on the latest developments in the trash-talking episode between Denver coach Josh McDaniels and San Diego linebacker Shaun Phillips.

Phillips said after the Chargers' victory at Denver on Nov. 22 that McDaniels had sneered "We own you!" during warmups. McDaniels repeatedly declined to tell his side of the story but in the face of mounting criticism, he told ESPN over the weekend that Phillips had confronted and taunted him.

The coach said his response was meant to imply that McDaniels' former team, the Patriots, had always made Phillips eat his words.

Both have said they are sorry, although McDaniels indicated the Broncos asked the NFL to look into the encounter, according to ESPN. League spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press on Monday, "We are not commenting on the report."

• Chiefs coach Todd Haley insisted that the team has not contacted Charlie Weis about joining the staff in Kansas City.

But Haley, a rookie head coach who also is calling plays as offensive coordinator, acknowledged that someday he would prefer to let someone else be coordinator and call the plays. Weis and Haley worked together when they were assistants with the New York Jets

• DeSean Jackson's playmaking skills helped the Philadelphia Eagles overcome losing Brian Westbrook. What will they do now if both players are sidelined?

Jackson's status is uncertain after the dynamic wide receiver sustained a concussion in Sunday's 27-24 win over Washington. Meanwhile, Westbrook will be re-examined this week after missing the last two games with his second concussion of the season.

• Jon Beason, Carolina Pro Bowl middle linebacker, was arrested and charged with punching a man at a Charlotte, N.C., strip club.