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AP Pro Football WriterBig Apple rotten with Jets, Giants off to 0-4 startsBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.NEW YORK (AP) No wins, eight losses and lots of frustrated fans.The Big Apple is pretty rotten when it comes to its professional football teams, and it's tough to imagine things getting better...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) Detroit Lions running back Joique Bell has been working hard to get back on the practice field. If he needed any extra incentive, he got it Thursday night.Lions rookie Ameer Abdullah's hype train picked up a lot of speed in the 23-3 win over...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Saints, Winston in 'advanced' negotiationsBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) The Saints and quarterback Jameis Winston are working on a contract proposal to make the former Buccaneers starter a backup to Drew Brees in New Orleans, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated...

AP Pro Football WriterDarnold practices fully, on track to start Sunday for JetsBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.NEW YORK (AP) Sam Darnold was a full participant at practice Thursday, putting the New York Jets quarterback on track to start Sunday against the Miami Dolphins.Darnold missed the 0-10 Jets' past two...

AP Sports WriterRedskins TE Reed starts camp on PUP list with toe injuryBy STEPHEN WHYNORICHMOND, Va. (AP) Tight end Jordan Reed was a surprise inclusion on the Washington Redskins' physically unable to perform list at the start of training camp because of a toe injury.A team spokesman said...

AP Sports WriterPanthers owner under contract to keep Richardson statueBy STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) While new Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper would like the focus to be on his plans for the team's future, he cannot completely put the franchise's sullied past behind him.Tepper has to keep the...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Ty Zimmerman believes this is exactly where he belongs, on an NFL field making plays and living his dream.He just needed another chance - and for his body to stop betraying him.The former Kansas State star safety was in rookie minicamp with the New...

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) It will be the end of an era of sorts this weekend in Oakland. Not that anyone figures to be mourning what should be the final NFL game ever played on a field with infield dirt, especially the players who have had to deal with the bad...

AP Sports WriterDE Adrian Clayborn joins Patriots to bolster pass rushBy JIMMY GOLENFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Doctors told Adrian Clayborn not to play football.His mother decided it was safer than letting him hang out on the streets.The free agent defensive end, who signed with the defending AFC champion New...

AP Sports WriterPryor not concerned about uncertainty surrounding RedskinsBy STEPHEN WHYNOASHBURN, Va. (AP) Terrelle Pryor doesn't know if Kirk Cousins will be the Washington Redskins' starting quarterback, but he hopes so.Pryor signed a one-year deal with the Redskins last week hours after Cousins signed his franchise tender, and...

Former Denver Broncos backup QB pleads guilty to trespassingCENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) Former Broncos backup quarterback Chad Kelly has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor second-degree criminal trespassing for entering a couple's suburban Denver home uninvited.After Kelly entered the plea Wednesday in Arapahoe County District Court, he was sentenced to one...

AP Sports WriterDoor is open for Patriots' Harris to contribute in 2nd yearBy KYLE HIGHTOWERFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Damien Harris hardly saw the field for the Patriots last season. This year, that could change for the second-year running back.A third-round pick out of Alabama in 2019, Harris was stuck...