FanHouse Darrell Hackney

The Florida Tuskers and New York Sentinels squared off with each other in their first scrimmage of the season Thursday night at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.

However, the teams were not at full strength thanks to injuries to some key players. Tuskers safety Dexter Jackson, a former Super Bowl MVP with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, sat out with a shoulder stinger. Former NFL standouts Simeon Rice and Koren Robinson of the Sentinels also did not participate for undisclosed reasons.

During the scrimmage, Tuskers offensive lineman Julius Wilson injured his foot/ankle, though the severity of the injury is unclear as the team awaits test results.

Roddy White may be holding out from Atlanta Falcons' training camp, but he's not just lying on the couch eating Doritos.

White, until he and his agent Jonathan Feinsod can work out a new contract with the Falcons, will be working out on his own about three hours down the road from Flowery Branch in Birmingham, Alabama.

In 2008, White set career-highs with 88 receptions and 1,382 yards receiving. Heading into the 2009 season, White feels he deserves to be paid like the best receivers in the NFL. He's missed five days of training camp thus far to prove his point; each day missed costing the pro-bowl receiver $15,888.

Maybe drafting Matthew Stafford would be a total success for Detroit. Maybe it would be an unmitigated disaster. There's just no way to know for sure how things will work out. It's a total crapshoot -- so the Lions should put the dice down, pick their money up and cash in whatever chips they hold in exchange for Denver quarterback Jay Cutler.