PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AFC : Injured Jaeger May Get Night Off

The Oakland Raiders will probably give place-kicker Jeff Jaeger the night off when they play Minnesota tonight in their third exhibition game.

Jaeger is nursing a sprained right knee, suffered while making a tackle on a kickoff during the Raiders’ 27-22 victory over the St. Louis Rams last weekend.

The Raiders have given backup quarterback Billy Joe Hobert a long look as a possible emergency kicker. They also had former Arena League kicker Sean Cheevers in for a tryout earlier this week with the possibility of signing Cheevers or another kicker for this one exhibition game.

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Andre Rison took on his old team, the Atlanta Falcons, as he prepared to fly to Atlanta for an exhibition with his new team, the Cleveland Browns.

Asked to list his biggest accomplishment in Atlanta, Rison said:

“I made it out of there. People were throwing knives at me for no reason. The only way I could shield myself in a positive way was to turn my head, walk away and go to a better situation.”

The Falcons let Rison go, never making him a contract offer, and he signed a five-year, $17 million deal with the Browns.

“It’s a lot different here than it was in Atlanta,” Rison said. “Down there, we didn’t know if we could win and some of us didn’t want to win. I happened to be one who wanted to win, so I stood out like a sore thumb.”

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San Diego’s unsettled offensive line took another step backward when center Courtney Hall didn’t practice. Hall suffered a hip flexor injury late in Wednesday’s practice, and his status for Saturday’s exhibition game with the Oilers is unclear.

Charger tackles Harry Swayne and Stan Brock are recovering from knee injuries.