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AP Sports WriterGarrett, Ross, Western Michigan linemen impress at combineBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett may have solidified his status as the best player in the draft at the NFL's annual scouting combine.Washington receiver John Ross III turned heads with a record-breaking time in...

AP Pro Football WriterFree agency means finding right fit on field, in locker roomBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) NFL free agency isn't as simple as making a shopping list among available players and positions, then writing checks.No matter how much a team needs a top cornerback to...

Redskins sign coach Jay Gruden to contract extensionASHBURN, Va. (AP) Amid an offseason of potential upheaval, the Washington Redskins have made an investment in continuity by signing coach Jay Gruden to a multiyear contract extension.Gruden was going into the fourth year of a five-year contract. The team announced...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Latest from the NFL's annual scouting combine (all times local): -- 3:55 p.m. San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch would consider bringing back Colin Kaepernick - if the quarterback is interested. Kaepernick is expected to opt out of his contract before free agency opens next week. But during a...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Latest from the NFL's annual scouting combine (all times local): --- 3:40 p.m. The NFL scouting combine is known as much for the grilling as the drilling of prospective pros. Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, for instance, says every team he's met with wondered why he had transferred from Alabama. He...

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) Former NFL wide receiver Davone Bess was sentenced Thursday to one year of supervised probation after pleading no contest to an endangerment charge in Arizona. The 31-year-old Bess originally had pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful flight from a law-enforcement vehicle near his suburban Phoenix...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Latest from the NFL's annual scouting combine (all times local): --- 3:05 p.m. Longtime linebacker Chad Greenway is still contemplating his NFL future. The Minnesota Vikings think he'll make a decision within the next week. ''Obviously he'll want to get the decision done before the start of free agency,'' coach...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Latest from the NFL's annual scouting combine (all times local): --- 2:45 p.m. Houston Texans general manager Rick Smith and Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio both said they enjoyed their time in Mexico City last season. In fact, Smith was such a big fan of the experience he thinks...

WASHINGTON (AP) Washington Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan is not attending the NFL combine in Indianapolis. Team spokesman Tony Wyllie confirmed McCloughan's absence in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday, saying McCloughan ''is taking care of some family matters.'' Coach Jay Gruden and other officials are representing the Redskins...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Latest from the NFL's annual scouting combine (all times local): --- 1:25 p.m. Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio is a happier man now that he has a new contract. Three weeks ago, team owner Mark Davis rewarded the coach for the team's playoff run by tearing up the original...

On first look, it's tempting to ask ''Is that all there is?'' on the NFL free agency front. A deeper investigation reveals some talent being available at most positions. As for studs, game changers and franchise players, well, there simply isn't much now that the Steelers won't be letting prize...

NEW YORK (AP) Free agency is not the lifeblood of NFL teams. The draft remains the most significant means by which to build and fortify a franchise. Yet, as the salary cap increases exponentially each year under the 10-year labor agreement reached in 2011, the lure of veterans on the...