This whole "Jon Gruden lied about Jeff Garcia" thing is starting to get legs, and it's about to piss me off. I'm all for cracking down on coaches who fudge the report. If you're going to have an injury report at all, you have to follow the rules. But Gruden can't be fined or reprimanded for ignoring the reporting policy because at this point, so many other violations have gone unchallenged. For example...

• Marvin Harrison has had a bruised knee since October.
• Tom Brady has been listed on the injury report since 2005 with a bad shoulder despite the fact that he started the season 108 consecutive starts.
• Meanwhile, Jarvis Green went unlisted despite an ankle injury.
• Ahman Green was listed as probable despite telling Gary Kubiak, "Coach, I can't go. My knee is bothering me, it's hurting me. I need this week."
• And does anyone really know the extent of Alex Smith's shoulder injury?

These are just the guys that come to mind and are relatively recent. I'm sure there are plenty more by lower-profile players that I don't know about. When it comes to competition, you can't change the rules midseason. Despite the fact that truthful injury reporting is a written rule, if the NFL is overlooking obvious violations, it becomes de facto policy that it is ok to disregard that rule. In 2008, the NFL should start fining teams and coaches who are caught lying on their injury report to any degree. It really is just another form of cheating. But the NFL has made it a free-for-all this year and that's the way it needs to stay for the duration.