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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Minnesota's Xavier Rhodes and Jacksonville's Jalen Ramsey were nearly college teammates at Florida State. They would have made a formidable combination. Rhodes and Ramsey have since emerged as two of the best young cornerbacks in the NFL, lock-down defenders in a league that puts a premium on...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Oakland and Alameda County leaders will vote Tuesday on a financial and development plan to build a $1.3 billion football stadium at the Coliseum site to keep the Raiders from moving to Las Vegas. Mayor Libby Schaaf and other local leaders presented details Friday of the plan...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen embraces Sunday's game against Houston. Yes, he and his teammates realize the winner takes control of the AFC South and has the inside track to the playoffs. He also knows the loser could spend the rest of the season playing catch-up. To Allen,...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) The idea of going to Green Bay in December, with the expected cold temperatures and the likelihood of snow, might have caused issues in the past for the Seattle Seahawks. Not anymore. Not after what the Seahawks experienced last January in Minnesota in the first round of...

LOS ANGELES (AP) When Jared Goff was preparing to become the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft earlier this year, many scouts and observers compared him to Matt Ryan, the veteran quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons. The struggling Los Angeles Rams (4-8) get a chance to compare Goff against...

NEW YORK (AP) Odell Beckham Jr. was fined $12,154 for verbal abuse/excessive profanity toward an official following the Giants' 24-14 loss at Pittsburgh last weekend. The fine wasn't related to Beckham's postgame comments to reporters when he described an unsettling exchange with one official, complained about several non-calls and suggested...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The NFL's schedule makers have done what the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers haven't been able to do for more than a month: make sure one of those struggling teams doesn't pick up another loss. The Jets (3-9) take their four-game losing streak to...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) The NFL says New Orleans Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro will serve a four-game suspension, starting this Sunday at Tampa Bay, because he violated league rules pertaining to performance enhancing drug use. The league did not specify which banned substance was found in Vaccaro's system. The league not...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Welcome to the NFC South, where two games over .500 gives the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a share of first place, and two under has the New Orleans Saints in position to make up ground in a hurry. Talk about playing meaningful games in December. The surging Bucs (7-5),...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Denver Broncos find themselves in catch-up mode in the mighty AFC West, and time is starting to run out for the defending Super Bowl champs to gain ground on Oakland and Kansas City. ''We understand this stretch, where we're at and how well we're going to...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The Dallas Cowboys have everything in front of them, and one little nagging thing behind them: the New York Giants. The winners of 11 straight games, the Cowboys (11-1) can clinch the NFC East and move a step closer to nailing down home-field advantage for the...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) Receiver Antonio Brown is well aware of the Pittsburgh Steelers' track record of successfully mounting late-season playoff pushes. When December rolls around, the Steelers traditionally heat up. ''The goal is to continue to get hot,'' Brown said. ''We know what's at stake. We know what's expected of...