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PITTSBURGH (AP) Former Pro Bowl linebacker and current Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter was charged early Monday with assaulting a doorman at a bar and a police officer who intervened hours after the team's wild card win over the Miami Dolphins. The altercation happened at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday,...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) The Washington Redskins have interviewed Mike Pettine for their defensive coordinator opening. The team announced Monday on Twitter that the interview had taken place. Joe Barry was fired as defensive coordinator last week, along with some of his assistants. The Redskins went 8-7-1 and missed the playoffs, a...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Receiver Jordy Nelson will sit out Green Bay Packers practice at midweek to focus on rehab for his rib injury. But coach Mike McCarthy says Nelson could play in the Packers' divisional-round playoff game this weekend in Dallas if he can practice Saturday. Nelson left in the...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese has told star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. that he needs to look at some of his antics on and off the field and be more responsible. Beckham has been under the microscope for the past week after taking a...

MIAMI (AP) The NFL has begun a review of the concussion protocol conducted on Miami Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore when he left his team's playoff game at Pittsburgh after being shaken up. Moore was hit in the chin as he threw a pass, and the play drew a roughing-the-passer penalty...

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) Laughter broke out in one corner of the Miami Dolphins' locker room Monday, briefly lifting the gloom as players packed their belongings and headed into the offseason. The cause for mirth: the Alabama-Clemson national championship game and trash-talking between Dolphins teammates from the two schools. Anything to change...

Forget Dak Prescott, Tom Brady, and Matt Ryan. Aaron Rodgers has probably been the NFL's top quarterback since Thanksgiving in late November. He's re-established that dynamic connection with receiver Jordy Nelson for the Green Bay Packers, and Ty Montgomery's emergence as a receiver-turned-running back has been a revelation. Rodgers is on a...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The options for quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the Green Bay Packers' passing game are growing at just the right time. It's not just Jordy Nelson making the big plays as the Packers roll into an NFC playoff game on Sunday against the New York Giants with...

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) Dan Quinn got a shot at being a head coach because of his work molding one of the league's best defenses. Now, heading into the playoffs for the first time with a team of his own, he'll be relying heavily on the NFL's highest-scoring offense. The incongruity...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) Ezekiel Elliott pelted fellow rookie Dak Prescott with straw wrappers and a spitball , and the Dallas quarterback tried to get his teammate to move along with an offer of candy. Not that Prescott is innocent in such exchanges when reporters surround the lockers of these road-trip...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) With Tom Brady under center, the Patriots have always had one of the NFL's best passing games. But New England is starting its playoff run with unprecedented efficiency. The Patriots set an NFL record this season by throwing just two interceptions . The previous record for fewest...

When Gary Kubiak resigned for health reasons less than a year removed from coaching the Denver Broncos to a Super Bowl championship, he left behind a great gig. ''There's 32 of these jobs, and to think that you're doing one of them is the greatest feeling in the world. I'll...