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AP Sports WriterRedskins, Lions meet with combined 6-game winning streakBy LARRY LAGEDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Lions looked like they were headed down a familiar, disappointing path.Detroit dropped to 1-3 this month, playing poorly enough to allow weak Chicago to beat it. The Lions lost seven of their...

Hey NFL players: If you want a safe way to celebrate touchdowns and big plays, just hug it out. Don't twerk. Don't pretend to shoot a bow and arrow. Don't even think about playing basketball with a football. And, never take your helmet off. ''Hugs are always legal,'' Dean Blandino, the...

Ali Marpet is one of the most unlikely prospects in this year's NFL draft.The Division III offensive lineman from Hobart College wowed scouts at the Senior Bowl against some of college football's best, then measured up to other top prospects at the combine.Marpet, 6-foot-4, 307 pounds, will share his...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Browns general manager Ray Farmer says he alone is responsible for sending text messages to the sideline last season in violation of NFL rules.Farmer told reporters Thursday in Indianapolis that nobody asked him to contact the coaches and that he was ''owning up to the mistake.''...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - Free agent cornerback Terence Newman has visited Minnesota, considering the possibility of reuniting with Vikings coach Mike Zimmer.The Vikings confirmed Tuesday that Newman met with team officials. The 36-year-old played the last three seasons with Cincinnati, two with Zimmer as defensive coordinator. Zimmer previously...

AP Sports WriterQB Schaub gives Falcons 'cool' backup to starter RyanBy CHARLES ODUMFLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) Matt Schaub's cool presence in the huddle has the Falcons believing the offense can keep moving should starting quarterback Matt Ryan's long string of consecutive starts end this season.Schaub, 35, is entering...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) Jared Goff nearly made his NFL debut Sunday after starting quarterback Case Keenum bruised his non-throwing hand during the Los Angeles Rams' fourth consecutive loss. ''I said, `Jared, get warmed up, get ready,''' Rams coach Jeff Fisher said Monday. ''He said, `Coach, I'm ready.' I said,...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Jurors in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez will continue deliberating for a fourth day.The twelve jurors have spent nearly 16 hours considering whether to convict Hernandez of the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd. Lloyd was dating the...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Chargers opened OTAs on Tuesday with Philip Rivers at quarterback.''Just like I thought I would be,'' Rivers said.Rivers is entering his 12th season and it comes on the heels of an eventful few months.In the run-up to the NFL draft, speculation was...

Former Rams, Jets RB Zac Stacy announces retirementBy The Associated PressFormer NFL running back Zac Stacy announced that he has retired from playing football after three seasons in the pros, a career cut short by a broken ankle in 2015.In a post on Instagram on Thursday that he titled...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Rams rookie running back Todd Gurley has taken the next step toward returning to action following his knee injury.The No. 10 overall pick in the 2015 draft, Gurley has begun practicing without the yellow beanie on his helmet that signifies to defenders he is off...

AP Sports WriterRoll Tide: Giants' Collins and Packers' Clinton-Dix shineBy GENARO C. ARMASGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The Crimson Tide-tinted friendship of Landon Collins and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix will be tested on Sunday at Lambeau Field.Two of the game's top young safeties have known each other since college. Collins...