Spires out a couple more weeks

Defensive end Greg Spires finally talked about his calf injury today.

He tells me he tore the left calf muscle and has been told it will take him four to five weeks to return. Since Spires sustained the injury two weeks ago, he's looking at another two to three weeks on the shelf. He says his recovery is coming along well, and the swelling has subsided considerably.

To clarify, Spires initially thought he had injured -- or even ruptured -- his Achilles' tendon, and shared that with me after the game in which he was hurt (that's what we originally reported). But it was later discovered that the Achilles was intact and the damage limited to the calf.