Five players sat out practice with various minor ailments: wide receiver
Art Powell (knee), wide receiver
Bo Roberson (pulled leg muscle), wide receiver
Bill Miller (knee), defensive back
Warren Powers (pulled thigh muscle), and middle linebacker
Arch Matsos (illness). Powell and Roberson were expected to be good to go for the
Oilers game on the 19th. The status of Powers, Miller, and Matsos was less certain.