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RG3 ‘looks good’

Robert Griffin III felt good enough to attend something called a Rookie Success Program meeting yesterday and seemed, by all accounts, to be doing just fine on the day after suffering his first NFL concussion.

Griffin still has to complete the league’s mandated return-to-play protocol before he’s cleared for practice, but his Redskins teammates and coach Mike Shanahan were optimistic the Heisman Trophy winner will be able to play in this week’s game against the Vikings.

“We should find out in the next few days exactly what happens,” Shanahan said. “Right now it looks good. ”

Griffin was injured while scrambling near the sidelines on a third-and-goal play. He couldn’t find an open receiver, so he tried to turn the corner and lost his footing — just in time for his helmet to ram into the upper body of linebacker Sean Weatherspoon.

PATRIOTS:
Kevin Faulk is retiring after 13 seasons with New England.

He missed all but two games in 2010 with a knee injury and began the 2011 season on the physically unable to perform list before playing in seven games.

CARDINALS: Arizona’s already embattled ground game has taken a severe blow with the announcement running back Ryan Williams is out for the season with a left shoulder injury that will require surgery.

The Cardinals already are without Beanie Wells until at least Thanksgiving weekend because of a severe turf toe injury.

CHIEFS: Quarterback Matt Cassel sustained a concussion in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against Baltimore and is unlikely to play in next weekend’s game at Tampa Bay.

Cassel was hit by the Ravens’ Haloti Ngata while completing a pass to Jamaal Charles in the Chiefs’ 9-6 loss. He remained on the ground for several minutes before walking off the field.