Parker Misses Practice on Thursday

It certainly seems overly optimistic to expect Parker to be productive when he’s telling the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette things like this:

“You ever have turf toe?” Parker asked yesterday before watching practice from the sideline. “Oh, it’s painful; yeah it’s real painful.”

As we noted before, turf toe can cripple a running back since it makes pushing off and making cuts almost impossible. Considering Parker has now missed two practices, it looks doubtful that he’ll play this week, or be much of a factor if he does.