NFL roundup: Sanchez leads Jets to first win

Mark Sanchez completed a amazing 31-yard touchdown canyon to Chansi Stuckey and denticulate 20 credibility in 2 1/2 abode as the New York Jets belted the New York Giants 27-25 on Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J., giving new drillmaster Rex Ryan his aboriginal win.

Sanchez had to dart to his appropriate to abstain charging arresting ends Mathias Kiwanuka and Osi Umenyiora. Just afore he accomplished the Jets' sideline, Sanchez threw a bang to Stuckey at the 10 and the receiver bankrupt four tackles to accomplish his way into the end zone.

Former Glencoe High School brilliant Erik Ainge threw a 70-yard touchdown canyon to Aundrae Allison and Burns built-in Kellen Clemens was 1 for 2 for 5 yards for the Jets.

San Francisco 20, Dallas 13: The 49ers won a action of the backups in the additional bisected and anguish up acceptable on a 9-yard touchdown run by Kory Sheets with 33 abnormal larboard in Arlington, Texas.

Notes: Drew Stanton threw a 21-yard canyon to amateur Dan Gronkowski and a 2-point about-face to John Standeford with 4:13 larboard to accord the Detroit Lions a home win over the Indianapolis Colts. Three-time MVP Peyton Manning was 12 of 15 for 123 yards for the Colts. ... Joe Flacco threw for 247 yards and a touchdown, the Ravens' aegis shut down Carolina's aboriginal unit, and Baltimore exhausted the Panthers 17-13 in Charlotte, N.C. ...

Ben Roethlisberger led two scoring drives while traveling 15 of 19 for 168 yards as the host Pittsburgh Steelers exhausted the Buffalo Bills 17-0. In three games, the Steelers' top-ranked aegis from a division ago has yet to acquiesce a touchdown. ... Drew Brees completed 14 of 17 passes for 179 yards and collection the Saints to touchdowns on all three drives he played, arch New Orleans to a 45-7 win over the host Oakland Raiders. ...

San Diego's Philip Rivers led touchdown drives in two of his three backing afore the Atlanta Falcons' backups rallied to exhausted the visiting Chargers 27-24. ... Former Pro Bowl abhorrent accouterment Marvel Smith has retired from 49ers afterwards getting bedeviled by aback problems during training camp.

Bengals complete Smith deal

Cincinnati Bengals accept assuredly completed the signing of abhorrent accouterment Andre Smith on a arrangement that could acquire him $42m.

Smith, the sixth all-embracing pick, was the accomplished bearding aces in the NFL with one anniversary larboard in preseason but has already been practising with the Bengals.

However, it charcoal to be apparent if the amateur is accessible to yield the acreage in Cincinnati's final preseason bold adjoin Indianapolis on Thursday.

"It was difficult just sitting there waiting. I'm acquisitive to get aback to football," Smith told NFL.com. "I don't feel like I'm that far behind. There's a aberration amid conditioning appearance and football shape. I'm accessible to get aback into football shape."

The four-year arrangement is account $26m with $21m guaranteed, while the Bengals accept an advantage to extend the accord above the 2010 division which would accomplish it a six-year, $42m contract.

It leaves San Fransisco advanced receiver Michael Crabtree as the alone bearding aboriginal annular aces from this year's draft.

 

Vick jerseys popular in Atlanta

Michael Vick now plays for a aggregation added than 800 afar abroad from the Georgia Dome. But you don’t accept biking far to appearance you’re a accurate fan.

You can acquisition replicas of the quarterback’s No. 7 jerseys in some food about Atlanta. And we’re not talking about those old-school red and atramentous styles.

“We got 20 requests for them the day he got active with the Eagles,” said Dwayne Clarke, administrator of the Champs Sports abundance at The Mall at Stonecrest.

On Aug. 13, the Philadelphia Eagles appear a accord with the above Falcon during an exhibition game. Three canicule later, Atlanta food got their aboriginal shipments of Vick jerseys.

Vick will accomplish his preseason admission Thursday night for the Eagles, who host the Jacksonville Jaguars at 7. The approved division begins Sept. 13.

“Even admitting he’s a third-string quarterback, he’s Michael Vick,” Clarke said.

Clarke said he’s cat-and-mouse on addition addition of the atramentous adult-size jerseys, which advertise for $80. T-shirts are accessible for $26.

Not into the all-black look? Head to Sports Fan-Attic at Town Center Mall in Kennesaw for your best of green, white or atramentous Vick jerseys. Even the adolescent admirers can action a jersey, says abundance administrator Matt Owen.

pay $30 for a Favre jersey

Last anniversary I searched for patio appliance bargains and begin little to blow my weary bones. And while we’re on the accountable of weary bones, even Brett Favre would accept had agitation award a amethyst jersey with his name on it this week. Especially the bargain ones.

I came up empty-handed at a brace of Target food in Minneapolis and Bloomington. Again on Tuesday I denticulate the endure jerseys at Wal-Mart and Kohl’s in Bloomington. At Dome Souvenirs beyond from the Metrodome, affluence of white jerseys remained ($80), but amethyst is awash out and not accepted to be in banal until mid-September, said administrator Ray Crump Jr. You’ll pay about $90 at the Dome, but at atomic they’ve been in banal recently.

Favre’s circumlocutory kept manufacturers at bay, which explains the shortage, said Crump. Suppliers aren’t able to get the next addition to retailers until mid-September, but apprehend food to be abounding then. If he continues to play well, addition curtailment may action about Christmas, said Crump.

Why the amount difference? The $80 to $90 ones with screen-printed book accept the NFL absorber on them at the V-neck. They aswell accept added actual and 6-inch ancillary vents to acquiesce for added nachos and beer storage. Buyers aswell get a characterization sewn abreast the basal hem advertence that the jersey is “engineered by Reebok to the exact blueprint of the National Football League.” In El Salvador. Of 100 percent polyester.

The cheaper $30 jerseys begin at Wal-Mart are aswell accountant NFL aggregation apparel, fabricated in Guatemala. The poly from Wal-Mart is solid, not mesh, of a lighter weight material. The NFL absorber and its “exact specifications” characterization are a no show, affectionate of like Favre at training camp. Target on Nicollet Mall had some men’s $30 jerseys beforehand this week, but added Twin Cities food won’t get added until mid-September, said backer Jana O’Leary. Women’s and kids’ jerseys accept been in stock, she said.

The $60 jersey at Kohl’s (on auction for $45) is a acceptable accommodation if you can acquisition them in stock. The official NFL absorber and the specs characterization aren’t there, but the bigger architecture and the added weight bolt accomplish it account the added bucks.

Call about to discounters or antic appurtenances food to acquisition which banker has the jerseys in banal to abstain disappointment. Don’t apprehend added luck with online sources. Jerseys from NFLshop.com accept a two- to four-week wait.

Gotta abrasion Favre on your sleeve, but can’t acquisition a bargain jersey? T-shirts are easier to find. Sam’s Club had the everyman amount at $13.88 for developed sizes. Added food started at $14. Maybe you’d rather pay top dollar for an accurate Pro Line jersey with sewn-on lettering. Crump said he can’t get them until January. He’s captivation aback on acclimation any of those until he sees how Favre fares. At $260 each, he doesn’t wish to be ashore with white elephants should Favre adjudge to do what he has done so generally before.

Officially the starter now, Sanchez gets another test

There was his quick bam adjoin the Rams, if he affiliated on a 48-yard canyon on his antecedent NFL throw. And there was the alarm on Monday night, if his aboriginal canyon of the bold adjoin the Ravens was intercepted and alternate for a touchdown with a civic television admirers searching on.

So, Mark Sanchez, what's in abundance for Saturday night? A safe canyon to a active aback adrift chargeless about in the flat?

Joked Sanchez, "That's what I anticipation it was endure week."

Sanchez has had his allotment of memorable firsts, such as watching 6-4, 345-pound Ravens arresting lineman Haloti Ngata ambush a canyon and boom 25 yards into the end area on the amateur quarterback's antecedent canyon in the Ravens game.

He'll add addition one to his growing lists of firsts adjoin the Giants Saturday night if he takes the acreage for the aboriginal time as the Jets' official starting quarterback. Sanchez, like the blow of the starters, should play the absolute aboriginal bisected in their final accurate dress call afore their division opener adjoin the Texans Sept. 13. So it's time to alpha accepting the allure down with the accepting band and the blow of the offense.

"It's important," Sanchez said. "You wish to get the starters as abounding reps as accessible in a game-like bearings and we'll apparently play through halftime, the starters. So this will be a acceptable aftertaste of what it's traveling to be like at Houston."

Sanchez is 6-for-12 for 131 yards with a touchdown and an interception in his aboriginal two preseason games. He's accepting a bigger butt of the breach but is still acquirements on the fly. There's affluence of nuances that he has to correct, and traveling up adjoin the Giants' appalling aegis should accommodate addition admired assignment for the Jets' $50-million quarterback.

"Hopefully, some of the things and errors that he's fabricated arch up to this - there's some able things, occasionally he'll yield the amiss footfall on the drop, and he'll be a little bit backward because he took 5 accomplish instead of three steps," abhorrent coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said. "Hopefully, you see those things alpha to decrease. But added importantly, we apprehend Mark to go out there and move the football."

This bold isn't just a accustomed preseason game, though. If the two tenants of Giants Stadium bang in their anniversary August meeting, there's usually a little added accent on the aftereffect for a amount of reasons.

Dvoracek out for season -- again

The Chicago Bears accepted Friday morning that arresting accouterment Dusty Dvoracek has a broken appropriate ACL and will absence the 2009 season, his fourth after season-ending abrasion and additional broken ACL of his career.

The Bears drafted Dvoracek in the third annular (73rd overall) of the 2006 NFL abstract out of Oklahoma. He suffered a season-ending bottom abrasion in the preseason four months later, tore his larboard ACL in Week 1 of 2007, again absent the final four amateur of 2008 with a broken biceps.

"I haven't talked to him, haven't had a adventitious of course," said Bears drillmaster Lovie Smith. "I haven't apparent a lot of players go through [constant division catastrophe injuries]. Guys accord with injuries always. With Dusty, it's one affair to accept injuries and they abide to linger, these are altered injuries, they abide to get fixed."

Dvoracek has played alone 13 amateur in his four-year career, recording 31 tackles -- 24 abandoned -- and two canyon defenses. The Bears accept not appear any agenda moves to acclimatize for the accident of Dvoracek.

"It absolutely put us down, but I anticipate we accept guys that can footfall up and ample those roles," said Bears arresting accouterment Marcus Harrison. "That's a big loss, but we accept to move on. It's boxy because Dusty works so hard. It's just in his attributes to plan hard. You can't do annihilation but adjure for him."

No. 5 rookie wide receiver is Darrius Heyward-Bey of the Oakland Raiders.

Heyward-Bey is a actual arresting prospect. He was the aboriginal advanced receiver taken in the draft, but was not the No. 1 advanced receiver in a lot of people’s minds.

As everybody knows Al Davis loves speed, and that’s absolutely why his Oakland Raiders drafted Darrius. He is the a lot of acceptable applicant to be a bust, but he has just as abundant upside.

Heyward-Bey was the fastest advanced receiver at the amalgamate with a 4.3 in the 40-yard dash. It takes added than acceleration to be a acceptable advanced receiver, but that won’t aching his affairs of succeeding.

His admeasurement will aswell advice him in the NFL. At 6’2”, Heyward-Bey has abundant admeasurement to go with his speed. He will accept a acme advantage over anyone who will be accoutrement him.

He has abundant acceleration and height, but he does accept some negatives. He has never absolutely acclimated his admeasurement and acceleration effectively. Last division he had 609 accepting yards and alone 5 touchdowns. He struggles with route-running and isn’t as able on “jump balls” as a receiver of his ability should be.

Heyward-Bey is far from extensive his potential, and will charge actual acceptable apprenticeship to get accidentally abutting to his potential. With his admeasurement and acceleration he could be an accomplished receiver, but anyone has to advice him get to his potential. He is a chancy aces that could pay huge assets for your fantasy team.

No. 4 rookie wide receiver is Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles traded up in the abstract to get Maclin with the 19th all-embracing pick. This shows that they accept in him and like something about him.

Maclin will a lot of acceptable see time as the bang returner and as a advanced receiver. He will be acclimated as the returner so that DeSean Jackson can focus on his advanced receiver role.

I alone anticipate Maclin will alpha the division as the third advanced receiver abaft both Jackson and Kevin Curtis. Others anticipate Maclin will be advanced of Curtis. Either way, Maclin will accept appealing acceptable value.

Maclin has abundant acceleration and is actual quick in the accessible field. He will accept affluence of weapons about him demography all of the burden off of him.

Brian Westbrook and LeSean McCoy will yield the burden off through the arena game. With a acknowledged arena bold the Eagles advanced receivers will be able to get accessible easier.

Maclin will aswell be helped by his adolescent advanced receivers demography the burden off of him. Jackson will be the receiver the defenses pay the a lot of absorption to, and if Maclin is the No. 3 advanced receiver, Curtis will aswell be watched afterpiece than him. This could accomplish it actual simple for Maclin to become a accordant fantasy option.

Maclin is about like a bigger adaptation of Jackson and is absolutely a amateur account risking a aces on.

No. 3 rookie wide receiver is Percy Harvin of the Minnesota Vikings.

Harvin was one of the best academy players in the nation endure season. His capital catechism advancing into the abstract was whether he was a active aback or a advanced receiver.

Last division at Florida, Harvin led the aggregation in receptions and was additional in accepting yards. He was aswell fourth on the aggregation in carries and additional in hasty yards.

His upside on the acreage is huge, but he does accept some problems off the field.

He activated absolute for marijuana at the combine. Knowing he would be activated at the amalgamate he still did it anyways, which absolutely makes a lot of humans catechism his character. If he can accumulate his arch on beeline he should accept a abundant year.

One affair Harvin does accept traveling for him is versatility. He can band up at as abounding as three abhorrent positions. Advanced receiver will be his capital position, but he may aswell play some quarterback and active back. If he plays quarterback it will be in a Wildcat formation.

After testing absolute for drugs at the combine, his amount has risen. The accession of Brett Favre could absolutely advice him as a advanced receiver. Favre has no botheration traveling downfield which will plan abundant with Harvin’s speed.

With Harvin’s versatility, he should accept no botheration authoritative an appulse in his amateur season.

No. 2 rookie wide receiver is Hakeem Nicks of the New York Giants.

Nicks is a guy who was drafted in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time. When Plaxico Burress attempt himself in the leg, he opened up the Giants No. 1 advanced receiver spot.

With no accurate No. 1 advanced receiver on the roster, the Giants approved to acquisition one through the draft. Nicks is the aboriginal admired to footfall into the role which would accomplish him a abundant fantasy option.

I am by no agency adage Nicks will put up Plaxico-type numbers, but he should accomplish an appulse from Day One. He is abundant abate than Plaxico, so the better aberration amid the two will be red area touchdowns.

The Giants aswell absent Amani Toomer this offseason, which opens up added receptions and yards for the taking. Without a agnosticism Hakeem Nicks will yield advantage of these losses.

He had a acceptable 2007 with 986 yards and 5 touchdowns, but he exploded in 2008. He had over 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns.

His best bold of the division was North Carolina’s basin bold adjoin West Virginia. He had eight receptions for 217 yards and three touchdowns. This absolutely helped his abstract banal and fabricated everybody accumulate an eye out for him.

While we all apperceive academy success does not according NFL success, Nicks has accomplished potential. He could end up as the No. 1 amateur advanced receiver if he accomplish up and gets the Giants' No. 1 advanced receiver job. Either way Nicks should aftermath this season.

No. 1 rookie wide receiver is Brian Robiskie of the Cleveland Browns.

Robiskie is advised the a lot of pro-ready advanced receiver from this year's abstract class. He has actual acceptable easily and is a abundant route-runner.

He is in a abundant position to accomplish an appulse this season. He has actual little antagonism and will a lot of acceptable alpha alongside Braylon Edwards.

Last division the Browns were 31st in the alliance in casual yards, but don't let that anticipate you from assertive in Robiskie. In 2007 the Browns were 12th in the alliance in casual yards.

This accomplished division the Browns were a mess. I'd apprehend something afterpiece to the 2007 casual bold than endure season's. If that's the case, Robiskie could be a abundant auto in fantasy leagues.

He will aswell be helped by Cleveland's abridgement of added talent. The Browns' second-leading receiver endure division was Kellen Winslow. He has back confused on to Tampa Bay, and that leaves a lot of passes that anyone will get, and a appropriate bulk of those passes will go to Robiskie.

During his career at Ohio State, he had 127 receptions and 1,866 yards. He aswell had a actual absorbing 24 touchdowns during his bookish career.

His best division was in his inferior year. He had 55 catches for 935 yards and 11 touchdowns. His chief year was not as absorbing due to the Buckeyes alteration their abhorrent arrangement to board Terrelle Pryor.

With Edwards demography the burden off the rookie, Robiskie has a abundant befalling to put up some big numbers. He’s absolutely a amateur to accumulate an eye on, and is a abundant aces in the after rounds

NFL:Woman charged with swindling NFL players

A woman whom Eagles quarterback Mike Vick claimed had amiss his money has been answerable by federal authorities with scamming eight NFL players.

Per the Associated Press, Mary Wong allegedly swindled the players to the tune of $8 million.

She allegedly awash affected investments in "luxury backdrop in Arizona, Tennessee and Michigan forth with clandestine jets and added investments." Money from new investors allegedly was acclimated to pay off old investors, authoritative the affair a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme.

Wong allegedly acclimated the money she aloft to accounts a abundant lifestyle.

Vick sued in January the close of Williams and Bullocks, endemic by NFL players Demorrio Williams, Daniel Bullocks, and Josh Bullocks -- and run by Mary Wong. Vick allegedly angry to Wong for advice as he was aggravating to accession $1 actor that the federal government was gluttonous for the affliction and agriculture of the dogs rescued from his rural Virginia property.

The bent allegation adjoin Wong identifies her victims alone by their initials.

NFL news:The Eagles plan to use Vick in Thursday's exhibition

Michael Vick has looked aciculate zipping accepted passes to accessible receivers and antagonism accomplished defenders who aren't accustomed to hit him in practice.

Soon he will see what it is like to face 11 guys traveling afterwards him again.

Vick will accomplish his Eagles admission in an exhibition bold in Philadelphia on Thursday. The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback hasn't played in an NFL bold aback Dec. 31, 2006, with the Atlanta Falcons — adjointhe Eagles on the aforementioned field.

"I can alone go off what I've apparent in practice, and it looks like he's affective about appealing good," Eagles drillmaster Andy Reid said. "Realistically, it's been two years. We'll see how it works out. We'll accord him a brace shots in there and see what he can do."

Vick was arise from federal aegis July 20 afterwards confined 20 months for his role in active a dogfighting operation. He active a one-year, $1.6 actor arrangement with the Eagles, who authority a $5.2 actor advantage for a additional season.

Vick is to arise at a bankruptcy-court audition in Newport News, Va., on Thursday morning and will fly aback to Philadelphia for the bold adjoin the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Vick, 29, is acceptable to play the final two exhibition games, but not in the approved season. Commissioner Roger Goodell has said he would accede Vick for abounding acknowledgment by no after than Week 6 (Oct. 18-19).

NFL: Adviser Busted for Ponzi Scheme

Bernie Madoff's got some antagonism -- in the NFL.

Former NFL adviser Mary Wong, who formed with Michael Vick and two added above NFL players, was answerable Monday with burglary $3 actor from eight victims in a Ponzi-style arrangement affiliated to Bernie Madoff's wallet-busting swindle.

Prosecutors say Wong acclimated the money she aloft from investments she awash to bolster her added businesses, application money from absolute investors to pay accomplished clients.

Wong has aswell formed with Demorrio Williams of the Kansas City Chiefs and accompanying brothers Josh Bullocks and Daniel Bullocks of the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, respectively.

Vick sued Wong in January for $2 million, a case that is awaiting in Virginia. Vick claims in the accusation Wong assertive him to accord her ability of attorney, which put her in ascendancy of his cash.

Wong was barred in 2007 from trading balance on the New York Stock Exchange.

NFL: Adviser Busted for Ponzi Scheme

Bernie Madoff's got some antagonism -- in the NFL.

Former NFL adviser Mary Wong, who formed with Michael Vick and two added above NFL players, was answerable Monday with burglary $3 actor from eight victims in a Ponzi-style arrangement affiliated to Bernie Madoff's wallet-busting swindle.

Prosecutors say Wong acclimated the money she aloft from investments she awash to bolster her added businesses, application money from absolute investors to pay accomplished clients.

Wong has aswell formed with Demorrio Williams of the Kansas City Chiefs and accompanying brothers Josh Bullocks and Daniel Bullocks of the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, respectively.

Vick sued Wong in January for $2 million, a case that is awaiting in Virginia. Vick claims in the accusation Wong assertive him to accord her ability of attorney, which put her in ascendancy of his cash.

Wong was barred in 2007 from trading balance on the New York Stock Exchange.

NFL news:Rivers’s contract extended

Quarterback Philip Rivers active a six-year arrangement addendum bygone with the Chargers account $93 million, with $38 actor guaranteed.

A being accustomed with the arrangement accepted the numbers but requested anonymity because the aggregation did not absolution any figures. The accord goes through 2015.

Rivers is advancing off his best pro season, if he set a aggregation almanac for touchdown passes with a league-high 34.

He said he was “thankful to accept abounding added opportunities to clothing up and go out there and be the quarterback for the Chargers and to be able to just do all I can to advance us to a championship.’’

NFL NEWS:Favre and Vick added to Madden NFL 10

It was a active anniversary in able football, with a brace of big, arguable stars–Brett Favre and Michael Vick–joining NFL rosters.

No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men are already set to yield the acreage in Madden NFL 10, his namesake video game.

Fans who bought Madden if it came out Aug. 14 can download both players acknowledgment to agenda updates acquaint by administrator EA Sports. For Favre, the action was easier: Taking him out of endure season’s New York Jets compatible and putting him in his new Minnesota Vikings gear.

“We apperceive what Brett can do,” said Madden. “He’ll be quarterback No. 1.”

Vick, however, has been out of the alliance for a brace of years while confined bastille time on abomination dogfighting charges. What the new Philadelphia Eagle does “is traveling to be bent on the road,” said Madden. “When’s he gonna play? What’ll they do with him? It’s a big academic thing.”

A analysis performed for EA by the University of Oregon’s Sports Marketing Center begin that Madden NFL players were appreciably added abreast about the action than added fans. For example, 67% of Madden players could accurately analyze specific casual routes, compared with 48% of non-gamers.

NFL NOTES:BEARS

Jay Cutler gave a glimpse of why he was a Pro Bowl quarterback endure season, and how he can transform the Chicago Bears' breach by his simple presence.

In his aboriginal bold with his new aggregation at Soldier Field, Cutler played alone three alternation and the Bears denticulate on all three in a 17-3 exhibition win over the New York Giants on Saturday night.

Cutler's 8-for-13 casual achievement for 121 yards included a TD canyon to Desmond Clark and a brace of nice hookups with his above Vanderbilt assistant Earl Bennett.

What readers are saying

Reader Keith Brown ("Punishment doesn't fit crime," Backtalk, Aug. 16) thinks that Michael Vick is getting advised unfairly. He asks, "Is this messed up or what?"

The acknowledgment to that catechism is, or what? This jailbait hasn't amorphous to pay for his crimes. I'm a constant fan of all Philly teams, and I'm ashamed that the Eagles accept active Vick.

Two years is not abundant for the abhorrent crimes that he has committed. Yes, he sounds apologetic as he's aggravating to acknowledgment to the NFL instead of the $10-per-hour architecture job. Why didn't he complete apologetic as he was disturbing and killing dogs, lying and ambuscade his abomination until assemblage came forward?

Now Vick has gotten a crew and wants to be the archetypal NFL agent for accommodating analysis of animals.

If this is the being that the NFL is promoting, again I absolutely don't affliction if the Eagles win a bold until Vick serves the abuse that fits his crime.

Dolphins Players Sick Amid Swine Flu Fears

Miami Dolphins cornerbacks Sean Smith and Jason Allen reportedly are sick.

The Miami Herald appear that added Dolphins players were abreast that at atomic two of their teammates would absence Saturday night's preseason bold at home adjoin the Carolina Panthers because they accept the barbarian flu.

However, a Dolphins abettor told the bi-weekly that no analysis had been made, and the league-owned NFL Network appear that the two players were activated for the barbarian flu but the after-effects were not accepted and it's not believed that either has the virus.

Smith's agent, David Canter, wrote on Twitter that "Sean Smith is actually fine" and the "reports about him are erroneous [and] misinformed."

Canter wrote that Smith will be at the Dolphins' convenance Monday.

 

NFL to stream Sunday Night Football

Let's grab a case of beers and watch some Sunday Night Football...on my 23 inch Samsung HD, er...umm...computer monitor.

Now that doesn't complete right, but it's real, NFL and NBC will be reside alive all 17 Sunday Night Football amateur this division on both their Websites, NBCSports.com and NFL.com. They did this endure year, but accept added some added appearance this time around.

Although it absolutely doesn't accomplish abundant faculty for me, back I usually adore watching football with my accompany aggregate about a big awning TV while acquisitive down pizza and beer, for those accommodating to accord it a chance, it in fact sounds appealing air-conditioned if the barometer isn't the case for you.

It's basically traveling to be an interactive, reside football experience. The NFL will action users four abstracted camera angles to accept from and play about with. For a video editor like myself, this is appealing awesome. It's like I'm the switcher, and now I can accept what I feel are adapted camera angles for the game. To accomplish things better, the amateur will accept a DVR, so if I wish to amount out if the adjudicator fabricated a fair alarm on that play, I can rewind and actualize my own burning replays, with apathetic motion and all

Punt hits video screen at new Cowboys Stadium

Tennessee Titans amateur punter A.J. Trapasso's cossack in the third division of the aperture bold at the new Cowboys Amphitheater hit one of the 60-yard continued high-definition video screens that adhere about 90 anxiety aloft the field.

Trapasso acicular up at the lath if the brawl alone beeline down. Officials were apathetic to apprehend what happened until Titans drillmaster Jeff Fisher threw his red claiming banderole to get their attention.

By rule, the brawl was asleep and fourth down was replayed. Trapasso's after bang skimmed just to the ancillary of the lath after affecting it.

Trapasso and adept Titans punter Craig Hentrich both hit the awning during pregame warmups, but Cowboys buyer Jerry Jones says there are no affairs to accession to the massive screens any higher.

It was Cowboys' aboriginal bold in their new about $1.2 billion stadium. The home opener is Sept. 20 adjoin the New York Giants.

Favre passes for 4 yards in first game as a Viking

MINNEAPOLIS — Quarterback Brett Favre's admission as a Minnesota Viking was unspectacular — a predictably abrupt achievement in a 17-13 exhibition achievement Friday over Kansas City.

Cheered audibly by some of the aforementioned admirers who acclimated to abhor him if he played for the Green Bay Packers, Favre played two alternation and went 1 for 4 for 4 yards. The three-time alliance a lot of admired player, who was a New York Jet endure season, confused about analytic well; his passes had zip, but little direction.

Tarvaris Jackson, whose job was taken if the 39-year-old Favre concluded addition retirement this week, was 12 of 15 for 202 yards and two touchdowns for Minnesota (2-0). Favre, an abnormal afterimage in a amethyst No. 4 jersey, absolved off the acreage afterwards arresting a arrant hit from linebacker Corey Mays of the Chiefs (0-2).

Favre, accustomed with a continuing ovation, said, "I just didn't wish to bollix the snap."

Broncos' backfield already thin

There are deposits and there are withdrawals.

An NFL division is a week-to-week advance through the physics of force and mass, so anniversary anniversary the bills appear due.

"And you're traveling to charge a lot of backs," Broncos active aback Correll Buckhalter said. "To get through the season, you're traveling to charge abundant guys aback there who can backpack the brawl and get through a bold anniversary afterwards week. I anticipate it's just that way."

Welcome to the Broncos' backfield, already antic the bruises of August with a abounding division still cat-and-mouse on the calendar. Just two of the team's backs — Peyton Hillis and Darius Walker — accept alternate in all 25 of the team's training affected practices, and neither is in band to be the team's primary

On sale now: Michael Vick jerseys for dogs

In the latest assurance that the NFL is aggravating to accord Michael Vick addition chance, admirers can adjustment on NFLShop.com a Philadelphia Eagles dog jersey with Vick's name on the back.

A New York Daily News anchorman auspiciously purchased the "custom pet jersey," authoritative it bright that Vick isn't on the league's account of words and names shoppers cannot use for customized jerseys.

Fans may be afraid about the message, but they shouldn't anguish about their pets' safety. NFLShop.com says the dog jersey is fabricated of "breathable polyester micromesh bolt and has a beautiful and comfort-fitted V-neck cut." "Like any added player, [customers] can access that name and that jersey if they wish," alliance agent Greg Aiello told the Daily News. "As far as putting it on the dog product, he's alive with accommodating societies, alive to brainwash others on this issue, so we don't see a problem."

 

Brett Favre getting in the swing of things as preseason debut approaches

On the eve of starting his aboriginal bold with the team, Favre accepted Thursday that he has gotten absent while walking about Winter Park a few times back abutting the Vikings on Tuesday. "It’s good, it’s good," Favre bound added Thursday in an account with the Vikings website

Favre, who is accepted to play one alternation adjoin Kansas City in Friday night’s preseason bold at the Metrodome, will acquaintance the odd awareness of getting animated in a architecture in which abounding admirers couldn’t angle him for his 16 seasons (1992 to 2007) as a affiliate of the arch-rival Green Bay Packers.

Attorney: Case should be tossed

A above Nevada bank artisan who accused Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of abduction in a civilian accusation should bead the case because her own e-mails and argument letters prove she wasn't assaulted, his advocate said.

The woman "should carelessness her accusation anon and accept that Ben Roethlisberger did not abduction her," Roethlisberger's advocate W. David Cornwell said in a account e-mailed to The Associated Press.

More on the Steelers

Pittsburgh's abhorrent starters are accepted to play about one division adjoin Washington on Saturday, about the aforementioned bulk of time they were on the acreage adjoin Arizona. ... This is the aboriginal time the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup champions are residing accompanying in the aforementioned city, so Penguins drillmaster Dan Bylsma took advantage by absorption with Peninsula-bred Steelers drillmaster Mike Tomlin at the Steelers' affected to bandy account and abstraction the means of a champion.

Ex-Hokie changes teams

Soon afterwards getting appear by Miami, adept cornerback Eric Green from Virginia Tech reportedly agreed to agreement with San Francisco. Green spent four years with the Arizona Cardinals afore signing with Miami in March. He was accustomed a adventitious to attempt for a starting job adverse Will Allen with the Dolphins but struggled.

Burress' balloon date to be set today

Former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress of Virginia Beach will be arraigned this morning on abomination gun-possession accuse in New York Criminal Court. A balloon date will be set. Burress hopes to acknowledgment to the NFL, admitting few teams accept apparent interest.

Cooley, Daniels absence Redskins' practice

Tight end Chris Cooley and arresting end Phillip Daniels absent convenance Wednesday, but Redskins drillmaster Jim Zorn expects both to play adjoin Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Cooley had spasms in his lower back. Daniels was adequate afterwards accepting aqueous drained from his larboard knee.

Elsewhere

Colts drillmaster Jim Caldwell said his abhorrent starters would get about 20 plays tonight adjoin the Eagles. But Indianapolis assurance Antoine Bethea (broken hand) from Denbigh High won't play, and neither will above Virginia bound end Tom Santi. ... Tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams will become the latest celebrities to own a pale in the Miami Dolphins, a being accustomed with the accord said. Musicians Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Marc Anthony afresh bought baby shares of the team. New Dolphins buyer Stephen Ross aswell artificial a affiliation with accompanist Jimmy Buffett. ... Above Vikings abundant Fran Tarkenton, who ahead bidding his abhorrence over Brett Favre's disability to accomplish a decision, batten out afresh afterwards Favre absitively to assurance with Minnesota. "He affectionate of absent me a few years ago by backward and active and actuality and there," Tarkenton said on "The Opening Drive" on Sirius NFL Radio. ... The San Francisco aegis reportedly best off Oakland quarterbacks 5 times during a collective practice. Western Branch High alum Dre' Bly had one interception. ... Seahawks starting linebacker Leroy Hill said he expects to apprehend from the NFL because he has been answerable in Georgia with abomination marijuana possession.

NFL Extends Television Deal With NBC

ROSEMONT, Ill. Aug. 19 --The NFL has connected its television rights accord with NBC by two seasons, the alliance and arrangement appear Wednesday.

The NFL's authorization owners accustomed the extension, which runs through the 2013 season, during a one-day affair at an O'Hare airport hotel.

NBC will abide to televise the league's amalgamation of Sunday night amateur and will abide to accept a adjustable scheduling plan enabling it to accept the a lot of adorable matchups accessible for its broadcasts backward in the season, according to the announcement.

NBC aswell retains the anniversary Thursday night season-opening game, two Saturday first-round playoff amateur and prime-time preseason amateur in the two years covered by the extension.

The NFL's six-year arrangement with NBC was to expire afterwards the 2011 season. That accord pays the NFL about $600 actor per season.

The NFL has connected to conduct its TV business admitting the ambiguous economy.

In May, the alliance appear two-year extensions of its deals with Fox and CBS, aswell active through the 2013 season. Those extensions reportedly included rights fee increases of about 2 percent. The NFL ahead connected its arrangement with DirecTV through the 2014 season.

In May, the alliance aswell accomplished a adjustment with Comcast over the two sides' long-running altercation over appraisement and administration of the league-owned NFL Network.

NFL Asks Court To Approve Suspensions

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Tulsa - The NFL is allurement a adjudicator to acquiesce the alliance to appoint a four-game abeyance of two players, including above Oklahoma Accompaniment arresting lineman Kevin Williams. Williams and adolescent Viking Pat Williams face a four-game abeyance for testing absolute endure summer for Bumetanide, a banned diuretic that is accepted to affectation the attendance of steroids. Neither amateur has been accused of demography steroids. Williams' abettor says the diuretic was allegedly independent in an over-the-counter weight accident supplement and that Bumetanide was not listed as an additive on the label. Earlier this month, a Minnesota adjudicator agreed to put accompaniment cloister affairs on authority and said it was ambiguous that a balloon would appear during the accessible season. That cardinal appeared to bright the way for Williams to play in the accessible season. It's cryptic if the 8th U.S. Circuit Cloister of Appeals will accomplish a cardinal on this latest move by the NFL. Kevin Williams was drafted by the Vikings with the ninth all-embracing aces in the 2003 NFL Draft. He led Minnesota as a amateur with 10 and a bisected sacks. He followed that with an 11 and a bisected sack division in 2004.

 

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Appeals court takes up NFL suspensions case

MINNEAPOLIS — The NFL will ask a federal appeals cloister Tuesday to advocate the suspensions of Minnesota Vikings arresting linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams for actionable the league's anti-doping policy.

Oral arguments will be fabricated in St. Paul afore a three-judge console of the Eighth Circuit Cloister of Appeals. The NFL hopes for a quick cardinal that would let it append the players for four amateur at the alpha of the season.

The players took the weight-loss supplement StarCaps, which independent an unlisted but banned diuretic that can affectation the attendance of steroids.

Their acknowledged action charcoal animate in a Minnesota accompaniment court. But the NFL is allurement the federal appeals cloister to aphorism that the players' abutment arrangement and federal law trump accompaniment law in this case.

 

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Lions searching for fans as they seek to shed the skeletons

USA TODAY is autograph Letters from Camp from all 32 NFL training camps over the next few weeks. See all the Letters from Camp.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions abide to pay a abrupt amount for endure season's celebrated 0-16 futility.

In what is absolutely a absorption of both a disturbing abridgement and the decrepit accompaniment of a authorization that has alone 23 of its endure 24 games, the Lions are demography the abnormal footfall of commercial half-season tickets.

Favre could come back

If I were a action man, I'd affirm Brett Favre would be abutting the Vikings in the next few weeks, or at atomic attack to accompany the aggregation in that time frame.

Wait a minute, I am a action man.

Now, aboriginal off, this is not one of those "FOXSports.com has abstruse ..." account scoops. Instead, it's a account that has been corrective for me and a anticipation I'm authoritative afterwards spending my time with Zygi Wilf's squad. My anticipation couldn't be added emphatic.

After visiting the Vikings for two days, I am assertive — actually assertive — that Brett Favre will anon accept talks with the Vikings to acknowledgment to the aggregation and could be abutting them for this division afterwards all. If my instincts are correct, all those amethyst Favre jerseys will accept a home on Minnesota abundance shelves.

Granted, my affected stop occurred afore Sage Rosenfels lit up the Colts in the preseason opener to the tune of 10-of-13 casual for 91 yards. And if Rosenfels can abide like this, he could annihilate this anticipation as the preseason continues.

But until I see it added consistently, I'm actually convinced. Why? For starters, because anybody abroad on the Vikings seems to be assertive of the aforementioned thing. I beggarly abuse abreast everybody!

During my two canicule in Mankato, about anybody I talked to aural the aggregation talked about Favre abutting not as an "if" but rather a "when."

Players, coaches, aggregation advisers ... you name it, they assume to accept it. The case for a Favre-Vikings alliance seems added acceptable than not if we attending at the all-embracing account of clues.

T-Rock's Take on the Giants

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Next time we see the Giants it will be Monday night as they adapt for the Panthers game.

One of the players who won't be there but will still be on the agenda is Andre Brown. Why can't the Giants just put him on IR and accompany in addition player? Because of NFL rules that anticipate teams from stashing players. For the Giants to put Brown on IR they'd accept to abandon him first, and if they did that again every aggregation in the NFL would get a adventitious to affirmation him. He'd never accomplish it aback here. So instead the Giants accept to delay until they cut their agenda down to 75 in the aboriginal anniversary of September to put him on IR. Until again the Giants will accept 79 players who are able to airing on their 80-man training affected roster.

As for Monday's game, Coughlin said Fred Robbins, Steve Smith, Chis Canty, Aaron Ross and Corey Webster would not be playing. Barry Cofield, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora, who accept been one-a-day guys for a lot of of camp, will play (they accomplished today as well). Sinorice Moss alternate to convenance and affairs on arena Monday night.

Danny Clark and Bryan Kehl were aback active with the aboriginal aegis as the alfresco linebackers.

 

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Michael Vick's Eagle Jersey Starting to Appear in Stores

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Not continued afterwards the Philadelphia Eagles' appear their signing of Michael Vick, a new section of commodity hit food - aboriginal blooming and white jerseys donning the amount 7 and the endure name Vick. They're already actualization in the Lehigh Valley, and association are administration their opinions about them.

People were out at the Modell's Sporting Goods Store in the Lehigh Valley Mall Sunday afternoon, accepting a attending at the new jersey.

One boy's acknowledgment to seeing Vick's name on the racks - not too good

Another client was afraid to see the jerseys out so fast, but had a added absolute outlook.

 

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NFL NOTES:Stafford wins his pro debut; Vick practices

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Matthew Stafford had first snap as a pro and a perfectly executed play action pass.

The Problem: Keary Colbert dropped the ball.

Stafford a touch down, an interception and is in several steps from its beginnings in Detroit, in which more than winners of the 27th to 26 Visiting Atlanta Hawks 47-yard Jason Hanson fieldgoal time expired.

Stafford, the No. 1 pick in the NFL for the first 0-16 team, he has half his 14 passes for 114 yards.

He was under pressure to make a bad pass that was intercepted and sent to a client, Tony Gilbert. He replied that the 80-meter, which ended with him looking throwingright left and a shot in a 25-yard TD pass for the other freshman Derrick Williams.

Detroit coach Jim Schwartz was impressed with how quickly Stafford again after an error.

 

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Denver WR Marshall acquitted

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A jury acquitted Atlanta Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall on Friday of domestic violence against former girlfriend, Rasheedah Watley.

Lasted less than an hour by a jury of four women and two men acquitted of the Marshall alleged incident that took place in March 2008.

Marshall Watley defendants on his bed, and seizing his neck. Prosecutors also showed pictures of several studies Watley neck and face in the morning after his supposedfight. Marshall testified that she had been attacked several times in his Atlanta condominium them.
 25 years Marshall has a game last season for violations of the rules of politics, the suspension was placed on the origin and the reduction of three games to one.

Entering his fourth season in the NFL outside of Central Florida, Marshall has more than 100 receptions in each of the last two seasons. He has 15 career hits with 2899 meters.

 

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