Malele, Davis’ foot injuries not serious

Great news: the foot injuries sustained by DT Matt Malele and DE Rulon Davis are far less serious than originally suggested.

It was feared after the Louisiana Tech game that Davis had a stress fracture in his foot and Malele tore his plantar fascia tendon. Yesterday’s MRIs must have been negative, as Jon Okanes reports: “Malele has a strained muscle in his foot while Davis has a sprained foot.”

Losing these two for the season would have been devastating to the Bears’ defensive line unit. Instead, they are now day-to-day but it is not certain whether they will be playing on Saturday against Arizona. Hopefully they will recover speedily and be ready at least by the time Cal visits Oregon on the 29th.

Also, LB Zach Follett remains day-to-day with a neck stinger and WR/PR DeSean Jackson is still struggling with his sprained thumb. According to Coach Jeff Tedford, Jackson “probably won’t catch a pass in practice this week to preserve” it.