Jaguars' coach Jack Del Rio expects wide receiver Matt Jones to appeal the three-game suspension the league handed him for his recent legal woes. "I think that whole Matt situation is going to get resolved over the next couple of days in terms of ... I believe he wants to appeal. So I'm not sure that we're going to be missing him this week," Del Rio said. "I believe he has a right to appeal and that he's going to exercise that right. That's what he indicated to me today [Tuesday]."

The Jaguars reportedly expect wide receiver Matt Jones to be suspended by the NFL for the legal woes that plagued him this past summer. Jones was accepted into a drug treatment program this week that could erase a felony cocaine charge against him.

The defending-champion New York Giants are reportedly interested in Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Tony Gonzalez. Two people close to the situation said that the Chiefs have had discussions with the Giants, but talks had not been productive. New York has been using Kevin Boss at tight end since trading Jeremy Shockey to New Orleans this summer.

LaDainian Tomlinson is just 54 yards away from reaching the 11,000-yards rushing mark. ? Fred Taylor is also within striking distance, as he needs 72 yards against Pittsburgh to reach the mark 11,000 for his career. Tomlinson and Taylor will become the 17th and 18th players to reach the 11,000-yard ladder, joining Emmit Smith, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin, Jerome Bettis, Eric Dickerson, Tony Dorsett, Jim Brown, Marcus Allen, Marshall Faulk, Franco Harris, Thurman Thomas, Edgerrin James, John Riggins, Corey Dillon and O.J. Simpson.