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Jets sign veteran CB Marcus Cooper for depth in secondaryFLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) The New York Jets have signed veteran cornerback Marcus Cooper for depth in their depleted secondary.The team also announced Tuesday it waived tight end Nick Truesdell to make room on the roster.Cooper has played in...

AP Sports WriterAnother Seahawks playoff run falls short of expectationsBy TIM BOOTHRENTON, Wash. (AP) It’s been six years since Russell Wilson raised the Super Bowl trophy. Five years since his fateful pass from the 1-yard line.While he’s become one of the top quarterbacks in the time since Wilson...

AP Sports WriterSteelers rookie Highsmith not focused on being "Bud Light"By WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Alex Highsmith is not trying to imitate Bud Dupree. There's no point. The rookie Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker understands he doesn't have Dupree's mixture of experience, size and physicality.Yet Highsmith also knows he doesn't have...

Jaguars sign 4th-round draft pick Sheldon Day to rookie dealJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed fourth-round draft pick Sheldon Day of Notre Dame.The defensive tackle agreed to a four-year deal worth about $2.95 million Monday. It included a $600,000 signing bonus.Day became the fifth of Jacksonville's...

Redskins linebacker Mason Foster to have shoulder surgeryASHBURN, Va. (AP) The Washington Redskins will be without center Spencer Long against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, and without linebacker Mason Foster for longer than that.Long has a knee injury, and Foster is set to have surgery on his right...

AP Pro Football WriterJalen Hurts gets first start vs. Saints, NFL's No. 1 defenseBy ROB MAADDIPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles picked the toughest spot to give Jalen Hurts his first career start.Hurts, the 2019 Heisman Trophy runner-up, takes over for Carson Wentz and leads the Eagles (3-8-1) against...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Montee Ball is confident his current comeback will turn out just like the last one.As a sophomore at Wisconsin in 2010, Ball leapfrogged John Clay and James White on an October afternoon at Iowa and scored the winning TD in the closing minutes of a...

AP Pro Football WriterMatchup of unbeatens in Buffalo, of all placesBy BARRY WILNERNot since the days of Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, Jim Kelly and Marv Levy has there been this much optimism about football in Western New York.Can't blame the folks in Buffalo, either. Through two weeks, the Bills...

AP Pro Football WriterBig-talking Jalen Ramsey tops AP's list of NFL cornerbacksBy SCHUYLER DIXONJalen Ramsey backs up his big talk with big plays.Now the Jacksonville cornerback can crow about something else.Ramsey was the overwhelming choice as the NFL's top cornerback by a panel of 10 football writers for The...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is active for Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game against the Carolina Panthers.It will be Lynch's first game in more than two months. He was injured in Seattle's 39-32 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Nov. 15. The Seahawks have...

Associated PressFalcons coach: Jones, Freeman held out of 3rd preseason gameBy GEORGE HENRYFLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) Julio Jones and Devonta Freeman are healthy and practicing at full speed again this week but will be held out for the third straight preseason game when the Atlanta Falcons visit the...

AP Pro Football WriterPatriots-Chiefs rematch headlines Week 14By ROB MAADDIBeating the New England Patriots has been the primary focus for the Kansas City Chiefs since losing the AFC championship game last January.The Chiefs had home-field advantage and NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes but the Patriots escaped Arrowhead Stadium with a...