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AP Sports WriterQB Schaub gives Falcons 'cool' backup to starter RyanBy CHARLES ODUMFLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) Matt Schaub's cool presence in the huddle has the Falcons believing the offense can keep moving should starting quarterback Matt Ryan's long string of consecutive starts end this season.Schaub, 35, is entering...

Saints cut Nicks, Armstead comes off PUP listWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) Saints coach Sean Payton says New Orleans has released veteran receiver Hakeem Nicks and starting left tackle Terron Armstead is coming off the team's physically-unable-to-perform list.Armstead is now cleared to practice for the first time since...

AP Sports WriterVeteran WR Moore retires 3 days after signing with FalconsBy CHARLES ODUMFLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) Veteran wide receiver Lance Moore retired Monday, telling the Atlanta Falcons his heart wasn't in it only three days after signing with the team as a free agent.The Falcons announced Moore's...

Sanchez, Siemian listed as co-No. 1s on Denver depth chartBy The Associated PressENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Super Bowl champs have released their first depth chart and there's still little clarification on who will be the Broncos' starting quarterback in 2016.Mark Sanchez has been ahead of Trevor Siemian since...

Associated PressBrowns name RG3 as their starting quarterbackBy HAYDEN GROVECLEVELAND (AP) There were plenty of signs pointing to Robert Griffin III returning to a starting quarterback slot for the first time since 2014. Browns coach Hue Jackson made it official Monday.''It's time. Robert has earned the right to...

AP Pro Football WriterDenver Broncos have a wealth of options at wide receiverBy ARNIE STAPLETONENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Denver coach Gary Kubiak says that in his 32 years in the NFL he's never seen this much depth or deftness at wide receiver.''I've said from day one: that really has...

Associated PressMore than 66,000 attend Packers' Family Night practiceBy TODD McMAHONGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The Green Bay Packers completed their first week of training camp under the lights at a packed Lambeau Field on Sunday night.Coach Mike McCarthy put his team through a lively practice of about 90...

AP Sports WriterRams' Gurley is healthy, hungry heading into 2nd NFL campBy GREG BEACHAMIRVINE, Calif. (AP) Todd Gurley watched most of his first NFL training camp from the sidelines. He would do a few individual drills on his healing knee while his Rams teammates worked together.Just about everything...

Colts' top draft pick leaves practice early with injuryANDERSON, Ind. (AP) Indianapolis Colts rookie center Ryan Kelly missed the end of practice Sunday because of a left shoulder injury.The first-round pick from Alabama sat out roughly the final half of the nearly three-hour long workout at Anderson University.Coach...

Associated PressSteelers WR Brown wants contract, but won't hold outBy DAN SCIFOLATROBE, Pa. (AP) Antonio Brown made it clear that he wants a new contract, but never considered holding out despite greatly outperforming his current deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers.The wide receiver spoke about his contract status for...

AP Sports WriterJets' Matt Forte continues to sit out with sore hamstringBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) Matt Forte is in no rush to give his ailing hamstring a run during practice.The New York Jets running back has sat out all four training camp sessions with what...

Associated PressOfficials dismiss Trump's assertions about NFL and debatesBy DOUGLASS K. DANIELWASHINGTON (AP) Both the NFL and the Commission on Presidential Debates are rejecting Republican Donald Trump's assertions about the fall debates, which the billionaire businessman says have been rigged by his opponents to draw a smaller audience...