Monday Morning Cheerleader: Amy Mecca of the Philadelphia Eagles

For the accomplished six years, Amy Mecca has been bringing Philadelphia Eagles admirers to their feet, bouncing her pom-poms in foreground of 75,000 humans as allotment of their cheerleader squad. But Mecca — and abounding of her adolescent NFL cheerleaders — are added than just admirable women. They're admirable women with beginning reservoirs of football knowledge, adored with central admission to the teams and players, not to acknowledgment one of the best seats in the abode appear gameday.

In this admission copy of Monday Morning Cheerleader (which will run here, and occasionally on Tuesdays if there's a acute Monday Night Football game), we talked to Mecca about Michael Vick's admission with the aggregation ("I anticipate he's just searching to prove himself to the blow of the league."), how the accident of Brian Dawkins will appulse the Eagles vaunted D, and what her end area move would be ("Some affectionate of booty-shake move. Everyone loves a acceptable anatomy shake. I'd put Ochocinco to shame.").

Bengals sign top pick Smith

The Cincinnati Bengals appear today the signing of amateur abhorrent accouterment Andre Smith of Alabama, the team’s first-round best (sixth overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft. Smith is accepted to convenance with the aggregation this afternoon. According to arch drillmaster Marvin Lewis, Smith’s arena cachet for this Thursday’s preseason afterpiece vs. Indianapolis colts will be evaluated throughout the anniversary arch up to bold day.

“We’re aflame to accept Andre with us now,” Lewis said in a absolution to the media. “He has a lot of plan to do, but he knows the claiming advanced of him to accomplish an appulse on our aggregation as anon as possible. Our eyes of him is artlessly as a physically assertive amateur on our abhorrent line, and we apperceive that this guy wants to be very, actual good.”

The 6-foot-4, 335-pound Smith is the almsman of the 2008 Outland Trophy Award, accustomed annually to the nation’s top abhorrent or autogenous arresting lineman. Smith displayed accomplished activity as a canyon acquaintance and became accepted as one of the a lot of adverse run-blockers in Southeastern Conference history.

 

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.

Cutler must 'bear' up for rough Denver crowd

Jay Cutler didn't like it if new Denver Broncos drillmaster Josh McDaniels approved to barter for quarterback Matt Cassel. In essence, the strong-armed Cutler threw a hissy fit and orchestrated a barter appropriate out of the Mile High City.

It was Merry Christmas for the built-in of Santa Claus, Ind., and a Happy New Year for the Chicago Bears.

Cutler wowed Bear admirers endure anniversary with a aciculate achievement adjoin the New York Giants in the additional exhibition game. This week, Cutler ability wish to accumulate his helmet on even while on the sidelines if the Bears biking to Denver on Sunday (7 p.m., NBC).

Denver admirers will assail Cutler with blame and boos from the moment he sets bottom on Invesco Field. Watching Kyle Orton, who was in the Cutler barter with the Bears, for two amateur hasn't fabricated Denverites any happier with their above gun-slinging QB.

Lucky this isn't Philly. Cutler would charge badge aegis from the moment he accustomed in that city.

Few exhibition amateur are must-see TV, even for us die-hard NFL fans. Yet this one, at atomic the aboriginal bisected if Cutler will play, is the exception. This should appearance how mentally boxy the thin-skinned Cutler has become. If Cutler can accumulate his experience in this adverse environment, the Sept. 13 division opener at Lambeau Field shouldn't be too abundant to handle

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.

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

Say What: Serena, Venus Williams Make NFL History

Tennis pros Serena and Venus Williams accept fabricated history again. But, this time we’re not talking tennis.

The ESPY accustomed duo accept become the aboriginal African American changeable (minority/part) owners of a above antic team!

According to NFL sources, the Williams sisters accept clearly invested in the Miami Dolphins.

The Williams sisters accompany Marc Anthony and Emilio (Gloria) Estefan, who aswell allotment in buying of the south Florida football team.

NFL Preseason Week 2, Winners/Losers

? LOSER -- Given that Jerry Jones commonly seems to over-rate the aptitude on his club, maybe he anticipation Dallas would never accept to punt this division and appropriately the acme of those aberrant high-definition video screens at the team's new billion-dollar amphitheater absolutely wouldn't be a affair for anyone but the visiting team.

But they are, and now the NFL's antagonism board is accepting complex and may force Jones to arise his million-pixel collapsed screens a little higher, appropriately ruining the accomplished air-conditioned aftereffect he was traveling for in his new football playground. Not really, but it sounds like Jones is traveling to try to draw a band in the beach 90 anxiety aloft the acreage and angle his ground.

For now, directional blame is out in Dallas, at atomic if that administration is up. And the NFL now has an acknowledgment to baseball's Tropicana Field.

? WINNER -- If I batten with Browns quarterback Derek Anderson during my training affected stop in Cleveland, he fabricated it bright that he accepted the absoluteness of the bearings he's in this preseason. He doesn't accept the affluence of almost assault out 2007 first-round aces Brady Quinn in the team's QB competition, he has to accomplish it accessible that he's the No. 1. Otherwise he's just arena to authorize himself as a applicable starting another about abroad in the NFL, already his get-out-of-Cleveland admission has been punched.

Either way, Anderson took an important aboriginal footfall adjoin extensive one of those goals with his assuming adjoin the Lions on Saturday night in Cleveland, arch the Browns to their aboriginal abhorrent touchdown in always afore departure the bold for acceptable with a 20-0 first-half lead. Anderson wasn't flawless, but he looked like a No. 1 quarterback in traveling 8 of 13 for 130 yards and an interception in Cleveland's 27-10 win. If it's close, the Browns will still acquisition abundant affidavit to go with Quinn in the approved season, but Anderson just accepted that he's not traveling to accomplish it simple for anyone to coffin him.

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:Titans not worried about preseason run struggles

Three preseason amateur in, the Tennessee Titans' active bold has been about invisible. Pro Bowl active aback Chris Johnson is averaging an bloodless 1.8 yards per carry, and LenDale White isn't abundant better.

Not that anyone actuality is worried. Afterwards all, it's just preseason, and Jeff Fisher's Titans apperceive how to run the football.

"Somebody on the alfresco searching in, me and CJ, we accept added than abundant aplomb in our abhorrent band and we apperceive if we crank this affair up and we're active the brawl and we're accepting the opportunities to run the brawl that everything's traveling to be OK," White said.

If history and contempo success are any hint, the Titans do apperceive what they're accomplishing if it comes to active the ball.

The Titans rank seventh in the NFL back the alpha of Fisher's aboriginal abounding division in 1995 in yards hasty per game, averaging 121.3 and 4 yards per carry. Among the league's top 10 in hasty in that period, abandoned Pittsburgh (7,248) and Denver (6,852) accept run added auspiciously than Tennessee (6,764).

Tennessee has ranked fifth, fifth and seventh in hasty in anniversary of the accomplished three seasons. Johnson and White accept set the ambition of acceptable abandoned the fifth duo in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards apiece in 2009 afterwards advancing up just abbreviate in 2008. Johnson ran for 1,228 yards, while White acquired 773.

Those affectionate of numbers accept not appear this preseason.

The Titans (2-1) are averaging 2.8 yards per carry, bigger than what Johnson has managed alone. The longest blitz is from the advancement punter on a affected punt, and Johnson, the abandoned amateur voted to the Pro Bowl in 2008, has just 15 carries for 27 yards. Not that he's a big fan of the preseason anyway.

"It affectionate of teases you," Johnson said. "You go in there alive a lot of times ... how abounding carries you're traveling to get or how abounding plays you're traveling to get off them. A brace plays, you wish to accomplish a play so bad at times you ability yield your eyes off your apprehend or blend up."

NFL NOTES:BRONCOS

Brandon Marshall's altercation with the Broncos connected on Saturday, with the annoyed advanced receiver larboard aback in Denver while the blow of the aggregation absent a preseason bold at Seattle.

"Everybody who was accessible and able to play in this bold was here. And everybody we accounted not accessible and able backward aback home," Broncos first-year drillmaster Josh McDaniels said backward Saturday night afterwards Denver's 27-13 loss.

The drillmaster added he "absolutely" accepted Marshall to participate if the Broncos acknowledgment to convenance Tuesday.

Marshall spent two canicule endure anniversary alive about alone with the advance aggregation afterwards adage he was boilerplate abreast arrive the new offense.

He is agitated with the Broncos over their abnegation to accommodate his arrangement afterwards after 100-catch seasons or to barter him. He's aswell affronted with their administration of his absolution on array accuse endure week.

NFL NOTES:SEAHAWKS&BUCCANEERS

SEAHAWKS -- Starting centermost Chris Spencer has an afflicted leg and will accept added tests to actuate how continued he will be out.

Spencer aching his larboard quadriceps beef in the additional division of Saturday night's 27-13 preseason win over Denver. He was taken to the locker allowance on a automatic cart.

BUCCANEERS -- Linebacker Angelo Crowell will absence the division with a broken biceps muscle.

The seventh-year pro was aching during Saturday night's preseason achievement at Jacksonville. The above Buffalo arresting captain active with the Bucs as a chargeless abettor afterwards sitting out all of 2008 because of a knee injury.

Raheem Morris is befitting his options accessible on Tampa Bay's starting quarterback.

The first-year drillmaster has been able a accommodation afore the third preseason game, but aloft the achievability the antagonism amid Byron Leftwich and Luke McCown could be continued addition week.

Neither amateur has accustomed himself as the assured No. 1, although Leftwich appeared to be the beloved afore McCown played able-bodied in Saturday night's 24-23 preseason achievement at Jacksonville.

Ravens vs. Jets, hide the quarterbacks

It will be absorbing to see how abundant access new Jets arch drillmaster Rex Ryan has on his defense. It could be fun watching him bout experience adjoin Ravens abhorrent coordinator Cam Cameron again.

Ravens arch drillmaster John Harbaugh was appropriate beforehand this anniversary if he said this would be a acceptable analysis for his offense. The abhorrent band has been hit harder with injuries, and the assemblage is young. If Ryan is calling the defense, he'll assault the heck out of the Ravens behindhand if it's a preseason bold or not. Ryan can't advice himself if it comes to advancing the quarterback.

It will be aswell absorbing to see how abundant Ravens arresting coordinator Greg Mattison blitzes Jets amateur quarterback Mark Sanchez. He didn't see annihilation like the Ravens aegis at USC.

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.

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

Punter kicks into HD screen over field

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Tennessee Titans acquainted they apparent a above blemish in Cowboys Stadium during the aboriginal football bold played in the architecture if assets punter A.J. Trapasso hit the gigantic HD awning that hangs over the field.

But afterwards a 30-10 Dallas win, Cowboys buyer Jerry Jones said he doesn't anticipate it is an issue. The NFL active off on the 60-foot long, 90-foot top video board, Jones said, and he does not plan to adapt it.

After Trapasso's punt with 8:07 on the alarm in the third division Tennessee drillmasterJeff Fisher threw his red claiming banderole and talked to adjudicator Walt Anderson afore fourth down was replayed.

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

Jones ready to unveil $1.15 billion stadium to NFL

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jerry Jones could accept just adapted Texas Stadium. Or he could've congenital the Dallas Cowboys a nice, new abode for about $650 million.

Then Jones absolutely anticipation about it.

With alone one adventitious to do something like this, he didn't wish just addition stadium.

He capital one of the better and the complete best, something that would authorize a new class of sports venues, like the Astrodome did decades ago and, in his wildest dreams, the way Rome's Colosseum did centuries before.

Nearly $1.2 billion later, Jones believes he ability accept done it.

NFL notebook: Report: Tom Cable broke jaw of assistant

The affected adventure involving Oakland Raiders drillmaster Tom Cable allegedly assaulting a affiliate of his apprenticeship agents took addition about-face Thursday with a address that Cable afraid arresting abettor Randy Hanson, bankrupt his jaw and threatened his life.

Nationalfootballpost.com acquaint the story, citation bearding sources. The adventure aswell said Hanson has assassin an advocate who will about-face over medical annal to badge in Napa, Calif., website of the training camp, today assuming Hanson’s jaw is broken.

According to the story, Cable attacked Hanson from abaft during a coaches’ affair Aug. 5.

Cable reportedly agape Hanson out of his chair, up adjoin a wall, into a chiffonier and assimilate the attic area he afraid the abettor and screamed that he was traveling to annihilate him. Other coaches in the allowance reportedly pulled Cable off Hanson.

When asked about the declared adventure Tuesday, Cable told reporters, "Nothing happened.”

Williams sisters looking to buy share of Miami Dolphins

TORONTO (Reuters) - Serena Williams and her sister Venus are in basic talks to become part-owners of the NFL's Miami Dolphins, the 11-time admirable bang champ accepted on Wednesday.

"There accept been basic talks and hopefully it will plan out," Serena Williams told reporters afterwards her additional annular win over Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova at the Toronto Cup. "That would be a abundant befalling for both of us.

"We'll see what happens, you never know."

If they did access a pale in the Dolphins, the Williams sisters would accompany musicians Jimmy Buffet and Gloria and Emilio Estefan, who became boyhood ally in the aggregation beforehand this year.

Buffett, buyer of Margaritaville Enterprises, active a accord in May, which includes the team's amphitheater getting renamed afterwards his LandShark Lager beer for the 2009 season.

The Williams, who reside in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, are not declared as big NFL admirers but appearance the Dolphins as a car to advance themselves.

"Venus and I are consistently aggravating to aggrandize our brand," said Williams. "If the befalling presents itself we would adulation to see area it can yield us.

"Hopefully we'll be able to aggrandize our brand

NFL quarterback finger woes

Marc Bulger, who did conditioning plan on his pinky at Rams training affected on Monday, isn't the alone NFL quarterback to be alone with a feel abrasion in contempo years. A few examples, from abreast and far:

KURT WARNER, St. Louis, 2000

Missed 5 amateur with torn pinky feel suffered in Oct. 22 accident at Kansas City. Rams went 2-3 with Trent Green at QB and 2-3 (including wild-card playoff game) already Warner returned.

KURT WARNER, St. Louis, 2002

Missed 5 amateur with torn pinky feel suffered Sept. 29 adjoin Dallas. (This cartilage was lower in the duke than the 2000 injury.) Rams went 5-0 in his absence with Bulger at QB in his aboriginal NFL games.

TARVARIS JACKSON, Minnesota, 2007

Missed two of next three amateur afterwards adversity burst basis feel adjoin Dallas; Vikings won 5 in a row afterwards his return.

BRADY QUINN, Cleveland, 2008

Suffered torn basis feel adjoin Buffalo in additional NFL start, played with abrasion the next week, again went on IR for the final 5 amateur of season.

TONY ROMO, Dallas, 2008

Missed three amateur (plus bye week) with torn pinky finger; Cowboys absent two of three, averaged 13.7 credibility a bold in his absence and confused out of playoff picture.

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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Michael Vick Apologizes but Fans Still Divided

Michael Vick is demography albatross for his actions, the NFL football brilliant said in an account Sunday night.

"The aboriginal day I absolved into bastille and they airtight that door, I knew the consequence of the decisions that I accomplish and the poor acumen and what I accustomed to appear to the animals," Vick said on "60 Minutes."

Vick, 29, was bedevilled of cabal and active a dog-fighting alignment in August 2007 and served 18 months in prison. The above quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons was already the accomplished paid amateur in the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles active Vick to a arrangement endure week.

"There is no way of answer the aching and the answerability that I felt," he said. "And that was the acumen I cried so abounding nights."

 

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Raiders: NFL investigating Cable-Hanson altercation

The National Football Alliance is investigating a training-camp adventure that landed Raiders abettor drillmaster Randy Hanson in a hospital with a jaw injury, a alliance agent said Tuesday.

Hanson told Napa badge he was assaulted by a affiliate of the Raiders' agents Aug. 5 but beneath to name his attacker. When the adventure leaked Monday, assorted aggregation and alliance sources articular Raiders arch drillmaster Tom Cable as the being complex in the argument with Hanson.

There is no badge analysis because Hanson beneath to cooperate. That won't stop the NFL from chief if anyone abandoned its claimed conduct policy, and acting appropriately with a abeyant accomplished and/or suspension.

NFL TEAM REPORT:Dallas Cowboys

For some reason, advancement QB Jon Kitna and advancement C Cory Procter are accepting ample agitation with the snap. They bobbled a breeze in convenance Sunday, a adverse trend that has connected back the alpha of camp. They had a poor breeze in Thursday?ˉs preseason bold adjoin Oakland that resulted in a 16-yard loss, if the Cowboys were central the Oakland 10. The drive resulted in a absent acreage goal. After the game, Kitna said the botheration had been solved. Clearly, that?ˉs not the case. The catechism is whether Kitna is affairs out too bound or Procter is not accepting the brawl up top enough. Either way, it doesn?ˉt amount how acceptable Kitna can bandy if he can?ˉt get the brawl from center.

Lions searching for fans as they seek to shed the skeletons

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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.

Rookie Brown Shelved for Season

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The Giants had been almost advantageous in the abrasion administration during the aboriginal two weeks of training camp. That all came abolition down with the season-ending abrasion to fourth-round aces Andre Brown.

The amateur active aback burst his larboard Achilles bond and will abide season-ending anaplasty on Tuesday.

Brown was aching active a canyon arrangement down the appropriate ancillary of the acreage abreast the end of Friday evening's workout. Brown jumped to bolt a canyon befuddled by Andre' Woodson but channelled to the arena and instantly affective his larboard leg. Brown appeared to ache the abrasion as he went up for the ball.

Brown, from North Carolina State, had played able-bodied in training affected – he denticulate a touchdown in a ambition band assignment on Wednesday – and was accepted to see his aboriginal NFL activity in the preseason opener on Monday night adjoin the Carolina Panthers.

As Brown was getting advised on the ground, he formed his anchor into the arena two or three times. Brandon Jacobs and so

 

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Jay Cutler debut put under microscope

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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler alone played one division on Saturday adjoin the Buffalo Bills. He alone threw 10 passes, commutual five. He alone had some of the accepted starters arena alongside him, with no Greg Olsen and Matt Forte.

But, fair or not, his every move was analyzed in this absurd NFL exhibition game.

His interception, an advised canyon to Devin Hester best off by Leodis McKelvin, was the a lot of broadly criticized allotment of his game. He was not the J.C. Superstar that so abounding accept been assured to see.

Twitterers in Chicago broadly best at his achievement and offered their observations.

 

 

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The responsibility of being a head coach falls on Haley for first time

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Soaked and surly, they had the way Todd Haley is their first experience of Arrowhead Stadium. Would today maintained. How would this be considered. Hedstayed far from the stage for a period of six months, with a wonderful last step, as in his first NFL coaching job.

He was the third quarter Saturday night when the cameras zoom Haley on television. The rain has soaked the hat, and he looked at the new scoreboard and saw that theChiefs Arrowhead were heading for another loss, a disappointment of the season 16-10 in Houston. Like it or not, it is the best way to start the day Todd Haley.

The coach said he hadnt been nervously. Not so much as HED thought, anyway. He said he tried to deflect it before the stage around 4:30 clock then he met with his team in thelocker room and told him he was trouble. Safety Bernard Pollard said Haley asked his team to keep an eye on him.

 

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Leagues get last-minute chance to stop Delaware betting

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A judge federal appeals court has requested an accelerated appeal Friday four major sports leagues and the NCAA, so that his lawyers to argue against a panel of three judges thatDelaware should not be allowed to be 1 September paris sportifs.

Theodore A. McKee, a judge of the 3rd Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to make an appointment for Thursday, the schedule and a hearing on 24 August a decision probably allows three casinos sports Delawarewill take Paris.

The league has a hearing earlier this week, a few days after District Judge Gregory M. rain and snowfall for an injunction denied.

 

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