Michael Vick doesn’t understand all the fuss over his sore right hamstring. Neither does his new coach, Jim Mora.

But they understand the concern Atlanta fans have about their star quarterback, who pulled the muscle on Thursday when the Falcons scrimmaged the Titans in Nashville, Tenn.

“It makes it seem like I’m just getting dinged up and injuries are starting to come around a lot. I’ll be fine, man,” Vick said Friday. “It’s just small injuries there, just nagging injuries, things that happen in training camp. It’s nothing severe, so I don’t know why it’s being made a big issue of it.”

Mora agreed.

“I don’t want it to be a situation where every time he gets dinged everyone thinks the sky is falling because it’s not,” he said. “He’s a tough kid. He had an unfortunate injury last year. That doesn’t mean he’s injury prone. He’s not injury prone. He’s a big healthy strong man,” Mora said.

Falcons fans can be forgiven for wincing every time Vick calls for a trainer. After breaking his right leg last Aug. 16, he didn’t play again until Nov. 30. By then, a season that started with so much promise had disintegrated. Vick’s return helped salvage two more victories for a 5-11 record.

The way Vick grimaced and grabbed at the back of his right leg Thursday made it appear that the quarterback as dangerous with his legs as with his arm had seriously hurt himself. Vick said he was caught off-guard.

Mora aid Friday he should have realized the intense interest.

“I can appreciate the people in Atlanta’s concerned for him. He’s an important part of our team and important part of our community, and we’re all concerned when he goes down,” Mora said.

Vick was dressed in pads Friday morning, but he didn’t take part in any drills. He worked on dropping back some before standing around wearing his helmet and watching rookie Matt Schaub take a bigger share of the work in a joint practice with the Tennessee Titans.

These last few days also have helped Mora learn how to handle a player whose every pain is news for the country.

“That’s better than the alternative of having no superstar. We’ll take that anytime,” he said.

Tight end Alge Crumpler will sit out Saturday’s scrimmage with the Tennessee Titans after an MRI test Friday on his aching left knee revealed a bruise.

“It was really precautionary to have that done,” Mora said. “He hyperextended his knee. When he came down, he caught just a little bit of the bone, but it’s nothing serious at all.”

Rams

It could be another lost season for Jimmy Kennedy, the St. Louis Rams’ first-round draft pick a year ago.

The 330-pound defensive tackle broke his right foot Thursday and could be out for the season. He was injured during a non-contact drill at the team’s training camp in Macomb, Ill., but it was not considered serious at first.

However a later exam revealed the break. He will undergo surgery next week.

Kennedy was the 12th overall pick in 2003 but was a huge disappointment last season. He showed up for training camp overweight and played only sparingly in 13 games.

Things had been looking up for him this season. New defensive coordinator Larry Marmie was allowing Kennedy to play at 330 pounds, closer to his playing weight at Penn State. Lovie Smith, the Rams’ defensive coordinator last season and now head coach of the Bears, directed Kennedy to play at around 305 pounds.

Coach Mike Martz had seen improvement.

“He’s not where he needs to be, but he’s made terrific progress,” Martz said earlier this week.

Panthers

Wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad has a compound fracture of his right ring finger that is expected to keep him out of several practices.

Despite the pain, Muhammad said it may be a good omen.

In 1999, Muhammad had the same injury to a finger on his other hand. He came back to catch 96 passes for a career-high 1,253 yards and eight touchdowns and was named to his only Pro Bowl.

“Maybe it’s a sign of good things to come,” Muhammad said with a laugh.

Muhammad, who has started 87 games over the past six seasons for the Panthers, left practice Thursday afternoon after a ball deflected off his right ring finger.

“It’s something I can play with, but right now I’m going to let it heal up and rest it for awhile,” Muhammad said.

Jets

Santana Moss will skip practice against the New York Giants in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday with a sore hamstring.

Moss didn’t practice Thursday or Friday, and coach Herman Edwards said he was holding Moss out for precautionary reasons. Moss had a breakout year last season, catching 74 passes for 1,105 yards and 10 touchdowns and averaging 11.1 yards on punt returns.

Safety Reggie Tongue (left calf) and linebacker Eric Barton (left hamstring) are still out with their injuries. Both signed as free agents in the offseason and are expected to start on the Jets’ revamped defense. Josh Evans will be able to go against the Giants after sitting out a few days with a sore left knee.

First-round pick Jonathan Vilma is questionable for the practice with a sore left calf. Vilma was injured Tuesday, and Edwards also wants to be cautious with the rookie middle linebacker.

The team signed veteran guard Pete Kendall on Friday to help shore up their offensive line. Kendall, entering his ninth season, was released Sunday by the Arizona Cardinals.

Browns

Linebacker Brant Boyer is out indefinitely after breaking a bone in his right foot during practice with the Buffalo Bills on Friday.

The injury happened late in the first of two sessions between the teams at the Bills’ training camp site in suburban Rochester, N.Y., where they will scrimmage Saturday. Boyer was carted off the field by the Browns’ training staff.

Redskins

Linebacker LaVar Arrington didn’t practice Friday morning because of a bruise on his lower left leg. He spent the morning session walking gingerly, with the leg wrapped.

“It’s sore,” Arrington said. “I’ve been fighting a little sprained ankle and the bruise to my shin kind of made my whole lower region kind of worse. They felt like, for whatever reason, they didn’t want to let me go today, but I’m always prepared to try.”

Linebacker Mike Barrow aggravated an injury to his left knee in the morning practice. Coach Joe Gibbs said he expected both linebackers to be fine.

Chiefs

Backup tight end Billy Baber injured his left knee during a joint practice Friday with the Minnesota Vikings in Mankato, Minn.

Baber was sandwiched by Vikings safeties Corey Chavous and Brian Russell after catching a pass from Trent Green. Baber came down awkwardly on the knee after Russell drove his shoulder into him.

Coach Dick Vermeil said preliminary examinations show a sprain.

The injury sparked a couple of brief squabbles between the teams. No one was hurt in either fight, but a few punches were thrown, helmets were ripped off, and former pro wrestler-turned NFL hopeful Brock Lesnar walked around looking like he had just pummeled someone in the ring.

Giants

Linebacker Carlos Emmons missed his third straight practice because of pain in his left leg, the same one he broke late last season while playing with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Emmons downplayed his absence, noting that doctors told him he would occasionally have swelling in the leg. The nine-year veteran who signed with the Giants as a free agent said he wasn’t even supposed to practice during the first week of camp, adding he probably did a little too much work.

“It is nothing out of the ordinary, it’s part of the injury,” Emmons said, adding there is a chance he might do some work in the practices with the Jets on Saturday.

Eagles

Several injured Eagles did not practice Friday, including S Brian Dawkins (knee), C Alonzo Ephraim (hamstring), TE Ronnie Ghent (concussion), WR Greg Lewis, DE Jerome McDougle (shoulder), DT Darwin Walker (hamstring), LB Nate Wayne (ankle), and WR Jerome Leslie (knee).

Linebacker Ike Reese (knee), DE Corey Simon (foot) and G Jermane Mayberry (hamstring) all tried to practice before Reid sent them back for more rehabilitation.