WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- When the Washington Redskins travel to Jacksonville Sunday to play the Jaguars, they likely will be without veteran running back Stephen Davis a second straight week.
The Spartanburg, S.C., native suffered a knee injury Oct. 27 in the team's 26-21 win over the Indianapolis Colts. He left that game in the second quarter and did not play in the team's 14-3 victory at Seattle last Sunday.
Coach Steve Spurrier said the team will wait until this weekend to make an official decision on Davis, the former Auburn star, who himself remains optimistic.
"I'm still trying to get better," Davis said after practice Thursday. "It's better than it was last week."
If he is out, Spurrier said the team will keep all six of its wide receivers active for the game.
Davis, who holds the Redskins' single-season rushing record, is expected to be replaced in the starting lineup by Kenny Watson, who was a wide receiver in college at Penn State.
He gained a career-high 110 yards on 23 carries, and also caught four passes for 42 yards against the Seahawks.
Also getting playing time at Seattle was rookie Ladell Betts, the former star at Iowa, who had five carries for 37 yards.
This season, Davis has rushed for 528 yards on 123 carries, an average of 4.3 yards per carry. In his nearly seven NFL seasons, he has 5,498 yards on 1,299 carries. He has gone over 1,000 yards three times, and gained a team-record 1,432 in 2001.
