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AP Pro Football WriterNotes from the Pro Football Hall of Fame news conferenceBy BARRY WILNERCANTON, Ohio (AP) Known as Weapon X when he was a dominant safety, Brian Dawkins recognizes it could have been Weapon P, as in Philadelphia.Dawkins, who enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame on...

AP Pro Football WriterPenn vows to get rid of rust by opener after shift to rightBy JOSH DUBOWALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Donald Penn acknowledged being a big rusty when he got his first game action in more than nine months at an unfamiliar position.He was beaten for a sack...

AP Sports WriterBrowns' Gordon to miss Saints game with hamstring injuryBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon will miss Sunday's game in New Orleans with a hamstring injury.The team announced Gordon's status on Saturday before flying to Louisiana. He practiced all week and was not...

AP Sports WriterJaguars' Smith questions outrage over decision to step awayBy MARK LONGJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith wants everyone to ''stop going crazy'' because he is stepping away from football for the 2019 season.Smith, the team's leading tackler the last two years, posted a video...

AP Sports WriterJaguars don't expect Robinson, Lee to play in season openerBy MARK LONGJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) The Jacksonville Jaguars don't expect left tackle Cam Robinson and receiver Marqise Lee to be ready for the season opener.Coach Doug Marrone provided an update on the two starters Saturday, saying ''we...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Jameis Winston threw for 208 yards and a touchdown, Tampa Bay held Cam Newton in check and came up with a late goal-line stand and the Buccaneers beat the Carolina Panthers 20-14 early Friday to give coach Bruce Arians his first victory with the team. Chris Godwin...

AP Sports WriterJaguars’ Marrone sticking with staff despite 3-game skidBy MARK LONGJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone is sticking with his staff.Marrone said Monday he has no plans to make any changes despite a three-game losing streak in which his team has been seemingly outcoached at...

AP Sports WriterJags starting Mike Glennon vs Bears, sitting James RobinsonBy MARK LONGMike Glennon will make his fourth start of the season when the skidding Jacksonville Jaguars host playoff-hopeful Chicago on Sunday.Coach Doug Marrone made the announcement Saturday following the team's final practice of the week, choosing Glennon over...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Browns restructure DE Olivier Vernon's contractBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Browns have renegotiated defensive end Olivier Vernon's massive contract for next season, a person familiar with the talks told the Associated Press on Tuesday.Vernon's future with the Browns seemed uncertain as he was...

87 protesters arrested at Kentucky attorney general's homeLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Eighty-seven demonstrators who gathered at the home of Kentucky's attorney general to demand justice for Breonna Taylor have been arrested, police said.Protesters with the social justice organization Until Freedom gathered for a sit-in on the front yard of...

AP Sports WriterJoe Cool: Burrow confident in adapting to Bengals offenseBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Back in pads for the first time since he won a national championship at LSU, Joe Burrow got a baptism in NFL red-zone defense.The new Bengals quarterback fumbled a snap - a steady rain...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Justin Herbert is on the verge of one of the best statistical years by a rookie quarterback in NFL history. Not bad for someone who didn't know how much he was going to play at the beginning of the season. The Los Angeles Chargers signal-caller goes...