Arizona’s Shipp Breaks Leg, Out at Least Eight Weeks

Arizona running back Marcel Shipp, the team’s leading rusher last season, will miss at least eight weeks because of a broken left leg suffered in an intrasquad scrimmage at Flagstaff, Ariz.

Shipp will have a plate and screws inserted into the injured leg in a few days to stabilize the fracture, and additional surgery to add pins is expected.

Shipp, who led the Cardinals with 830 rushing yards in 2003, was caught beneath a pile during a routine running play and had to be helped off the field on a cart.

“I talked to him ... and he seemed pretty good, so I assume he had some pretty good pain medication,” Cardinal running back Damien Anderson said. “He was up in spirits. He seemed very, very positive.”

Anderson and Josh Scobey will battle for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart behind starter Emmitt Smith.

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Buffalo running back Willis McGahee found the end zone often in his first NFL scrimmage.

The former Miami standout was selected 23rd overall in the 2003 draft but missed all of last season after reconstructive surgery on his left knee. McGahee finished with 10 carries for 40 yards and one reception for eight yards against Cleveland.

McGahee scored on a one-yard run to cap a six-play, 65-yard drive and scored on three consecutive plays from the two during a goal-line drill.

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Coach Joe Gibbs named Mark Brunell the starting quarterback for Washington’s Hall of Fame game against Denver on Monday night, but the 11-year veteran says no one should expect to see regular-season crispness in the first exhibition game.

“We’ve got to be patient, understand that during the course of this preseason that there may be some three-and-outs,” Brunell said. “There may be some moments where we struggle a little bit, but I think we’re going to be all right.”

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Cleveland linebacker Brant Boyer will be sidelined eight to 10 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a broken bone in his right foot.

Boyer, a 10-year veteran and the Browns’ special teams captain, was hurt Friday, when someone stepped on his foot during the first of two scrimmages against Buffalo.

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Indianapolis offensive tackle Tarik Glenn missed his fifth consecutive day of practice as he tries to get under a team-mandated weight limit.... Tampa Bay receiver Joey Galloway left practice with a sore right knee. Receiver Michael Clayton missed workouts because of a bruised sternum.

San Diego signed journeyman quarterback Joe Germaine, who played in the Arena Football League last season and hasn’t played in an NFL game since 1999. Starter Drew Brees is healthy, but backup Doug Flutie will be sidelined for two weeks after having arthroscopic surgery on his knee.... Tests on the injured right knee of Houston center Dennis O’Sullivan revealed only a sprain.