The Associated Press

Oakland Raiders linebacker Bill Romanowski missed the first game of his 16-year career Sunday when the Raiders hosted the San Diego Chargers.

Romanowski sustained a concussion in the opener against the Tennessee Titans, but he played in two more games before team doctors held him out of Sunday's game. He had 20 tackles in the first three contests.

The Boston College product had played in 243 consecutive games - the fifth-longest among active players at the start of the season. He had started 131 straight.

• Titans linebacker Peter Sirmon was hospitalized for precautionary reasons with several small fractures in his lower back. Titans coach Jeff Fisher said the injury was not spinal cord-related and there was no paralysis.

• Clinton Portis, star running back for the Broncos, missed Sunday's game at home against the Lions with a bruised sternum.

• Bills running back Travis Henry was held out of Sunday's game against Philadelphia because of torn rib cartilage, leaving Buffalo without its leading rusher.

• Carolina linebacker Dan Morgan did not play against the Falcons because of a pulled hamstring, making it the 15th game the Panthers' former first-round draft pick has missed because of injury.

• Ravens defensive end Terrell Suggs tied an NFL record by getting a sack in each of his first four games, a feat accomplished previously by Santana Dotson of Tampa Bay in 1992.

• Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde overtook Dan Fouts for fifth in NFL history with 3,301 career completions.

• Byron Leftwich made his first start at quarterback for Jacksonville as Mark Brunell sat out with an injured throwing elbow. Leftwich finished 17-for-36 with three interceptions and 231 yards in a 24-20 loss to the Houston Texans.

• Pittsburgh had 69 yards rushing against the NFL's top-ranked run defense and has only 181 yards rushing in its last three games against Tennessee.

• With 41 yards rushing against Miami last weekend, the Bills have combined for 62 yards on the ground in their last two games.

• New England had seven inactive players: LB Mike Vrabel, LB Ted Johnson, G Damien Woody, T Adrian Klemm, WR David Patten, NT Ted Washington and FB Fred McCrary.

This week's leaders

PASSING

Name	Tm	Com	Att	Yds	TDs	Ints
R. Gannon	OAK	26	43	348	3	1
T. Maddox	PIT	31	47	332	0	2
P. Manning	IND	20	25	314	6	0
D. Bledsoe	BUF	27	43	296	1	0
T. Brady	NE	25	38	289	2	3
T. Couch	CLE	23	36	280	2	1
J. Plummer	DEN	25	34	277	2	0
M. Bulger	STL	28	42	272	2	1
G. Frerotte	MIN	16	21	267	4	0
D. Carr	HOU	23	36	234	1	1

RUSHING

Name	Team	Att	Yds	TDs	Fumb
L. Tomlinson	SD	28	187	1	0
S. Davis	CAR	21	153	1	0
T. Hambrick	DAL	24	127	1	0
J. Lewis	BAL	26	115	1	0
D. McAllister	NO	17	101	1	0
T.J. Duckett	ATL	14	100	0	0
B. Westbrook	PHI	11	96	1	0
P. Holmes	KC	22	90	0	0
L. Gordon	STL	21	81	1	1
S. Bryson	DET	13	73	0	0

RECEIVING

Name	Team	Recp	Yds	TDs	Fumb
R. Moss	MIN	8	172	3	0
M. Harrison	IND	6	158	3	0
T. Holt	STL	12	133	1	0
J. Rice	OAK	7	118	0	0
E. Moulds	BUF	8	114	0	0
T. Edwards	JAC	3	111	1	0
T. Brown	OAK	6	110	1	0
J. Galloway	DAL	5	100	0	0
A. Johnson	HOU	8	97	0	0
B. Shaw	BUF	8	92	1	1

DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS

•  Kansas City's Dante Hall scored on a 97-yard kickoff return late in the fourth quarter to boost the Chiefs.

•  Tennessee's Rocky Boiman scored on a 60-yard interception return to seal the Titans' win.

•  The Dallas defense held the New York Jets to six points in the Cowboys' win.

•  The Washington defense intercepted New England quarterback Tom Brady three times in the Redskins' victory.

•  Oakland kicker Sebastian Janikowski made a 46-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Raiders over San Diego. He contributed two field goals and four extra points to the win.

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