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MIAMI GARDENS Falcons Justin Bethel Jersey , Fla. (AP) Miami Dolphins quarterback Jay Cutler is active and set to start in their Sunday night game against Oakland after missing one game because of cracked ribs.

Guard Ted Larsen is inactive despite practicing during the week for the first time since a biceps injury sidelined him in August.

Also inactive for the Dolphins are quarterback David Fales, linebacker Stephone Anthony Cheap Taron Johnson Jersey , guard Isaac Asiata, receiver Rashawn Scott and defensive tackle Vincent Taylor.

Inactive for the Raiders are quarterback Connor Cook Cheap Connor Williams Jersey , cornerbacks Gareon Conley and David Amerson, running back Jamize Olawale (hamstring) Cheap Thomas Rawls Jersey , tackles Jylan Ware and David Sharpe, and defensive lineman Jihad Ware.

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BEREA Cheap James White Jersey , Ohio (AP) Through the haze of his troubled past, Josh Gordon still sees a bright future.

Only he can save it.

Declaring himself ”clean and sober” and committed to reviving his NFL career, Gordon embarked on yet another new start with the Cleveland Browns, a team he has teased with his immense talent and deeply disappointed.

One week after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstated the oft-suspended former Pro Bowl wide receiver, Gordon, who hasn’t played since the end of the 2014 season, said his long-term professional goal hasn’t changed from making an indelible mark on the game.

”Ultimately my goal is to be the best wide receiver of all time,” he said in his first media session since returning to the Browns. ”For me, that’s always been my goal, and it’s just been re-affirmed for me time and time again and now being back in the situation to do it, I plan on seeing it through.”

But before he can get back on the field Cheap Trenton Cannon Jersey , Gordon has to prove he can maintain his sobriety while earning the trust of new teammates who only know him through highlight tapes.

His body hardened by a renewed commitment to training, the 26-year-old Gordon remained mostly guarded during two interview sessions on Wednesday.

His first had to be cut short because Gordon had to be at a team meeting, so he was later brought into the facility’s media center where Gordon answered questions while standing next to black-and-white photos of Hall of Famers Otto Graham, Marion Motely and Dante Lavelli.

Once a budding superstar, Gordon has become better known for blowing his chances along with millions of dollars in the process.

But following a nearly three-year absence from the field and a recent rehab stay of more than 100 days, Gordon feels he’s finally on the right path.

”I’m in a good spot,” he said. ”I know I have the support in place outside and inside the building. My life is just in a conducive space of where I need to be for me psychologically, physically. It’s all come together. Right now at this point in my life I’m feeling well. I’m feeling great.”

After reporting to the Browns on Tuesday, Gordon met with coach Hue Jackson, who outlined his expectations for the receiver.

”I was really impressed sitting across from Josh and talking to him,” said Jackson Cheap John Kelly Jersey , who had Gordon in training camp last year before he checked into rehab. ”It was different than the time a year ago. I saw a young man who was a lot more mature, who understood exactly where he is and what he was trying to accomplish and do. We touched several different subjects, and I will keep that between me and him. I was very pleased with where Josh was.

”He looks in tremendous shape, and there is a different look in his eye. I am excited that he is here.”

Gordon is only permitted to attend team meetings and work out on his own until Nov. 20, when he can begin practicing with the Browns. As long as there are no setbacks, and Gordon remains clean, he’ll be eligible to play on Dec. 3 on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers.

In the meantime, the Browns intend to help Gordon in any way they can. Jackson said he will be monitored, but not like a child.

”It starts with him,” Jackson said. ”He is a grown man and so we are going to treat him that way, but we are going to do everything we can to support him. He knows my phone is on 24-7 Cheap Jerome Baker Jersey , and that is not just with him but with all of our players. I just think that is one of the huge keys. If you know that somebody is going to be there for you and going to help you through whatever, you have a chance of making it.

”We wish the best for him, and we want him to make it. Obviously, I think he does too this time.”

Gordon was on a trajectory to fame and fortune when he caught 87 passes for a league-leading 1,646 yards in 2013. His blend of size and speed separated Gordon from his peers and there seemed to be no limits to his potential.

Gordon, though, couldn’t escape the allure of alcohol and drugs that first seduced him in his early teens and a cycle of suspensions, rehab stays and appeals for forgiveness followed. He has broken promises, betrayed trusts and risked his life to get high.

Earlier this week, Gordon revealed in an interview with GQ magazine that he either drank or smoked marijuana before every game of his career in college and the pros. Gordon, who has been suspended for 51 of Cleveland’s past 56 games Jets Trenton Cannon Jersey , refused to detail any of his prior abuse and said all that matters is how he feels presently.

”I know I’m clean and sober,” Gordon said. ”I’m looking forward to that. I think the ceiling is very high.”

NOTES: Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas, who is out for the season following triceps surgery, coached Cleveland’s offensive linemen during practice. Jackson said he has asked Thomas to be around the team as much as possible. ”He is invited to anything we have,” Jackson said. ”He can run the meeting if he wants. As long as you give him the right information, we are all good.”

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GRETNA Buccaneers Vita Vea Jersey , La. (AP) The Latest on the trial of Ronald Gasser, on trial in the December 2016 shooting death of former NFL football player Joe McKnight (all times local):

9:10 p.m.

The trial of a man who shot former NFL player Joe McKnight has been postponed due to weather conditions.

The Jefferson Parish Courthouse will be closed due to icy weather. Jurors were seated late Tuesday and opening arguments could start Thursday.

Fifty-six-year-old Ronald Gasser is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting. His lawyers have laid the groundwork for a self-defense case Cheap Brandin Cooks Jersey , casting McKnight as the aggressor in a road rage incident.

Police said they had crossed a Mississippi River bridge in New Orleans and pulled over in neighboring Jefferson Parish, where the shooting occurred.

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10:40 a.m.

Jury selection has begun in the trial of a man who shot former NFL football player Joe McKnight to death in December of 2016.

Fifty-six-year-old Ronald Gasser is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting. His lawyers have laid the groundwork for a self-defense case Giants Patrick Omameh Jersey , casting McKnight as the aggressor in a road rage incident.

Trial began Tuesday in the New Orleans suburb of Gretna.

Police said they had crossed a Mississippi River bridge in New Orleans and pulled over in neighboring Jefferson Parish, where the shooting occurred.

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6 a.m.

The trial in a road-rage shooting that left a former NFL football player Joe McKnight dead is set to begin in a New Orleans suburb.

Fifty-six-year-old Ronald Gasser is charged with second-degree murder in the Dec. 1 Cheap Lamar Jackson Jersey , 2016, shooting of the former running back.

McKnight played college ball at Southern California before three seasons with the New York Jets and one with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Police said the confrontation took place as they were traveling over a Mississippi River bridge in New Orleans and on roads in neighboring Jefferson Parish.

Gasser’s attorneys have cast the 28-year-old McKnight as the aggressor and are expected to argue Gasser shot in self-defense.

Jury selection was set to begin Tuesday.

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The 6 a.m. item has been corrected to show that Gasser is 56.

PITTSBURGH (AP) Joe Haden spent his first few weeks in Pittsburgh trying to fit into a new locker room after spending seven seasons in Cleveland.

The two-time Pro Bowl cornerback had little trouble adjusting. Still Buccaneers Vita Vea Jersey , he couldn’t help but think something was missing.

”I haven’t felt like I’ve made too many splash plays,” Haden said. ”I felt like I’ve been doing my job, staying on top, not really getting beat. But you always, as a corner, you always want to get your hand on the ball.”

Done.

Haden kick started Pittsburgh’s second-half domination of Cincinnati with an acrobatic pick on Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton to set up a field goal and the Steelers overran Cincinnati in a lopsided 29-14 victory. Pittsburgh (5-2) intercepted Dalton twice and sacked him four times over the final 30 minutes to provide some breathing room in the decidedly `meh’ AFC North.

”We still got a ways to go Bears Roquan Smith Jersey ,” Haden cautioned after the Steelers beat Cincinnati (2-4) for the eighth time in their last nine meetings.

Maybe, but perhaps not as far as it appeared after getting run over by Jacksonville’s Leonard Fournette earlier this month. Pittsburgh responded by going to Kansas City to knock off the previously unbeaten Chiefs last week and spent the second half of Sunday showcasing the widening gap between themselves and the rest of the division.

Though the offense again largely had to settle for field goals – a Heinz Field record five by Chris Boswell – the way the defense played, Pittsburgh’s six-point halftime lead was never in danger. The Bengals managed just 19 yards after the break as their mini-surge following an 0-3 start came to an ugly halt.

”We didn’t play up to where we needed to today,” Cincinnati wide receiver A.J. Green said after catching just three passes for 41 yards. ”They did a great job taking me away.”

And putting the Bengals in a serious hole. The Steelers have a full two-game lead over the entire AFC North and after a two-game swing through Detroit and Indianapolis will leave Western Pennsylvania just twice over the final seven weeks.

For a team that looked like a bit of a mess after getting lit up late by the Jaguars, the Steelers certainly appear to have their swagger back. How else to explain rookie linebacker T.J. Watt’s ”Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” inspired sack dance? Watt, the younger brother of Houston defensive end J.J. Watt Eagles Paul Worrilow Jersey , broke it out after chasing Dalton down in the fourth quarter.

”We can be great,” Watt said.

For now, Pittsburgh will have to settle for pretty good.

”We’re going to be very dangerous,” middle linebacker Ryan Shazier said.

READY OR NOT

Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and running back Le’Veon Bell took the NFL’s relaxed celebration rules to another level with an inspired game of “Hide and Seek” after Smith-Schuster hauled in a 31-yard score in the second quarter.

Bell approached the 20-year-old Smith-Schuster with the idea a few minutes before the kickoff, and their impromptu re-enactment of a children’s game quickly went viral.

”That was us just being dramatic, creative on what we were going to do Cheap Clive Walford Jersey ,” Bell said. ”I know JuJu and he loves doing celebrations. I know he was going to be the guy to do it.”

HERE I COME

A week after getting 35 touches against the Chiefs, Bell had 38 against the Bengals. He ran it 35 times for 134 yards and added three receptions for 58 yards, including a 42-yard catch-and-run that featured Bell shoving Cincinnati’s Dre Kirkpatrick to the ground.

”That was one of my better stiff-arms of my life,” Bell said. ”I don’t know what happened or what came over me that play.”

The Steelers are 12-0 all-time when Bell has at least 25 carries, including 3-0 this season. He’s ready for more.

”How many more games do we have?” Bell said. ”No, for real how many more games do we have? Nine? At least nine.”

YOU CAN’T HIDE

The Bengals appeared to have figured out their running game during their short winning streak Lions Frank Ragnow Jersey , featuring rookie Joe Mixon more prominently. Mixon had 48 yards on seven carries in the first half on Sunday, including a 25-yard sprint that set up a touchdown.

Mixon did not carry the ball in the second half. Not once. Cincinnati had just five carries for 17 yards in the second half, relying on the pass as it fell further behind. Head coach Marvin Lewis couldn’t seem to explain the decision by offensive coordinator Bill Lazor to keep the ball out of Mixon’s hands.

”He was in there in the third quarter,” Lewis said of Mixon. ”Whatever plays are called are called.”

GONNA FIND YOU?

Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant downplayed reports that he asked for a trade earlier in the season because of his diminished role in the offense. He carried the ball for a two-yard gain on Pittsburgh’s first snap and later caught one pass for three yards. He also appeared to not see a heave down the sideline by Roethlisberger in the third quarter that could have been a big play.

Bryant appeared to vent his frustrations in a postgame exchange on Instagram , saying Smith-Schuster is a ”great talent” but added ”I just wants mine period point blank.”

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CLEVELAND (AP) Bad may not suffice anymore. Horrid hardly scratches the surface. Miserable doesn’t tell the whole story.

Embarrassing? At so many levels.

The Cleveland Browns are a complete calamity. One of the NFL’s most storied franchises has fallen so far Rams John Kelly Jersey , and the team appears so disconnected and constrained by dysfunction, that the Browns almost defy description.

For the second straight year they’ve reached the midway point of the season 0-8. They’re now 1-23 under coach Hue Jackson and a numbers-crunching front office led by Sashi Brown, whose decision to tear down a roster to its foundation has to this point proven foolish.

The three- or four- or five-year plan – the club has never publicly explained its long-term game plan- isn’t working and more change seems inevitable despite vows by owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam to be patient during a painstaking rebuilding process.

”I think we know where we are headed,” Jackson said this week, trying to put a positive spin on a negative situation.

The truth is, the Browns remain critically broken, damaged goods. They’re 88-208 since their 1999 expansion return, with a single playoff appearance that seems light years ago. They’re 19-63 since the Haslam’s $1.05 billion purchase was approved by the NFL in 2012.

A minor-league franchise in a major-league world.

But even by their low standards, this week – the Browns’ bye week – presented another stage of clumsiness and chaos for Cleveland’s woebegone franchise. Fittingly Rams Brian Allen Jersey , the shocking scenario unfolded on Halloween.

With the Browns’ perpetual search for a long-term quarterback – they’ve started 28 QBs since ’99 – stalled, they were undone by a paperwork glitch that perhaps illustrates the team’s desperation to win, and a divide between Jackson, his staff and the team’s decision makers.

One day after New England traded Jimmy Garoppolo, Tom Brady’s backup and a quarterback Jackson had coveted for months, to San Francisco for a second-round pick, the Browns, who had previous talks with the Patriots and are armed with three second-round picks in 2018, bungled a deal with Cincinnati just before Tuesday’s deadline.

The Browns reached agreement on a trade for Bengals backup AJ McCarron Rams Joseph Noteboom Jersey , sending one of their AFC North rivals a second- and third-round pick in next year’s draft. But the clubs failed to file the appropriate documentation to the league office before the 4 p.m. deadline and the transaction was nullified. In the aftermath, the Bengals insisted they followed standard procedure, while the Browns, who have executed 17 trades since April 2016, declined comment as they entered their week off.

So while the winless 49ers may have found their franchise quarterback, the Browns stood pat.

Only the Browns lose in their bye week. Orange helmets, red faces.

And whether or not they were solely culpable in the McCarron affair because of their dubious track record of busted draft picks and constant upheaval, the Browns aren’t getting the benefit of the doubt in the court of public opinion. They haven’t earned it. Two decades of losing football has destroyed any good will while eroding a passionate fan base and making them a national laughingstock.

The deadline fiasco also seems to show that Cleveland’s building is split on its present and future. One of the major goals this season was to develop rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer. But perhaps feeling pressure to show the Haslams he can win with an inexperienced team, Jackson has benched the second-round pick three times in the past four weeks.

McCarron played for Jackson while he was Cincinnati’s offensive coordinator and might have been able to win a game or two over the final eight weeks. But while Jackson fights for his job Chiefs Robert Golden Jersey , Brown, Paul DePodesta and the rest of Cleveland’s analytics-friendly front office can’t hide from monstrous misses in the draft. They’ve ignored addressing their quarterback conundrum to hoard assets they’ve yet to use wisely.

In 2016, the Browns traded the No. 2 overall pick to Philadelphia, which used it to select quarterback Carson Wentz, who has thrown 19 TD passes this season, has the Eagles at 7-1 and could be the clubhouse leader for league’s MVP.

If that wasn’t enough of a gut punch to Browns fans, after the team selected defensive end Myles Garrett first overall (he’s been a force when healthy), the team traded the No. 12 pick to Houston. The Texans chose quarterback Deshaun Watson, was keeping the Texans relevant following the season-ending injury to J.J. Watt until Watson tore up his knee on Thursday.

Those blunders Eagles Richard Rodgers Jersey , combined with the McCarron muff, could be enough to convince the Haslams they have the wrong people in charge.

Jackson isn’t absolved of blame, either, as his handling of Kizer, along with some in-game strategic moves that backfired, have put his future in jeopardy.

There’s still time to fix things – or make them worse. The Browns have eight games left to change their course.

At this point, they’re headed for another hard crash.

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FOXBOROUGH Pernell McPhee Jersey , Mass. (AP) When Patriots owner Robert Kraft was asked earlier this year how long he thought Tom Brady could continue to play quarterback in the NFL, Kraft said he could envision Brady playing into his 50s.

It was a prediction that even Brady chuckled at after celebrating his 40th birthday in August.

”He said the 50s? I don’t think I’ve even said the 50s,” Brady said. ”I’ve never thought about not playing. At least until my mid-40s, I said, so that’s a pretty good goal in and of itself, and then we’ll see when I get there.”

While the end is still be to be determined Kevin Hogan Jersey , what’s not up for debate is the faith the Patriots have in Brady as he navigates the uncertain waters of being a 40-year-old NFL quarterback.

But it also shines more of a spotlight on him as New England (6-2) eyes a return to the Super Bowl in the second half of the 2017 season.

That was crystallized with the surprise Halloween trade of Brady’s backup Jimmy Garoppolo to San Francisco. That followed the preseason trade of Jacoby Brissett, breaking up what Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he believed had been ”the best quarterback situation in the league” over the past 2 1/2 seasons.

New England added former Brady backup Brian Hoyer to fill the job again, but Hoyer is clearly not a succession option for the franchise whenever Brady decides to conclude his Hall of Fame career.

”I don’t know what that means,” Brady said in reaction to Garoppolo’s trade in a radio interview with Westwood One on Monday night. ”This is a week-to-week league. Things change so quickly from week to week, year to year.”

So far this season, Brady has mostly gotten the better of Father Time. Though he’s taken more hits than he did a season ago (he’s already been sacked 21 times and hit 43 times) Rams John Kelly Jersey , he has passing numbers similar to ones he put up during his MVP seasons in 2007 and 2010

Eight games into 2017, he has completed 67 percent of his passes for 2,541 yards, 16 touchdowns and two interceptions.

Brady is also on track to set a new standard for 40-year-old quarterbacks. Since the 1970 merger, only three – Brett Favre, Warren Moon and Vinny Testaverde – have started at least 10 games after celebrating their 40th birthday.

Of that trio Rams Brian Allen Jersey , Favre is the only one to win at least 10 games, going 12-4 with Minnesota in 2009. He’s also the only quarterback to win a playoff game at 40.

Brady tied Peyton Manning as the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl when he did it at age 39 in February. He would sit alone in the record books if he can do it at 40.

Asked if Brady has exceeded his expectations to this point this season, Belichick said at a certain point every player’s prospects are looked at only in ”year-to-year” segments.

”So the expectations aren’t over a long period of time and a longer window like they are with a player coming into the league,” Belichick said. ”When you get players that have reached a certain point, then it’s their ability to maintain. … Trying to predict that is not something that I think is easy. It’s not something that I try to do a lot of.”

For now, at least Rams Joseph Noteboom Jersey , the Patriots seem comfortable putting their offensive fortunes in a 40-year-old signal caller that hasn’t missed a start due to injury since he sustained a knee injury in the 2008 season opener.

”In my mind this is all about this season and us trying to win,” Brady said. ”I’m trying to do the best I can do for our team, like I always do. I am going to bring it every single day like I’ve tried to do for the last 18 years.”

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ORCHARD PARK Bills Tremaine Edmunds Jersey , N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills have placed wide receiver Jordan Matthews and defensive end Shaq Lawson on injured reserve, ending their seasons.

Both starters had difficult seasons for Buffalo Bills Josh Allen Jersey , dealing with injuries and inconsistent play.

Matthews was acquired in a preseason trade with Philadelphia and was expected to become one of Buffalo’s top options in the passing game following the trade of Sammy Watkins.

However, Matthews struggled with injuries throughout his time in Buffalo. Shortly after his arrival, Matthews fractured his sternum. He broke his thumb in a Week 4 win over the Atlanta Falcons and has spent much of the past month dealing with a knee injury, which ended his season.

Matthews finished the season with 25 receptions for 282 yards and one touchdown. He’s scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this spring.

Lawson#3# Buffalo’s first-round pick from 2016, took on a starting role but struggled with inconsistent play. He finished with 33 tackles#4# four sacks and a forced fumble. Lawson injured an ankle in Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots; he also dealt with a groin injury earlier this season.

The Bills promoted receiver Brandon Reilly and defensive end Cap Capi to fill their open roster spots. Reilly was a preseason fan favorite after impressing among Buffalo’s reserves and has spent the first 13 weeks of the season on Buffalo’s practice squad. Capi joined Buffalo’s practice squad on Nov. 21.

The Bills also added safety Dean Marlowe and punter Cory Carter to their practice squad.

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NEW YORK (AP) The NFL will look into adding targeting as a specific category for video review.

Troy Vincent Cheap Adrian Clayborn Jersey , the league’s football operations chief, says it is on the agenda to discuss with the competition committee and the players’ union after the season.

In responding to questions about helmet-to-helmet hits and players launching to make tackles, Vincent said Wednesday that the NFL has seen targeting reviews ”work to a degree” in the college game.

”I think it is something that we have to consider,” Vincent said. ”We’ve seen that it has worked to a certain degree, it’s clean. … We think there have been some positives and we have talked to some of the conferences and the officials there, as well as with some student-athletes. It is a deterrent and something that we will consider; it is one of our agenda items to discuss during the offseason as we speak to the coaches and the competition committee.

”It needs to be discussed because there are a lot of other ramifications that come along with that. It is on our agenda to be discussed beginning in February.”

Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap wants no part of the college’s targeting ejection system.

”I don’t want to do all that. I think they go overboard in college with the ejections,” he said. ”You know some of them are football plays. If a kid gets ejected for that Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey , I don’t think that’s right. But they don’t have fines in college, so I don’t know how you handle that one.”

Vincent also noted that coaches, general managers, owners and players are adamant about not wanting players ejected from games unless there is no other option.

”We don’t want to be in the business of ejecting players,” Vincent said. ”There are only 17 weeks and the philosophy is, if it gets out of control, we ask the referees to maintain control of the game Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey , give them that flexibility. They have that flexibility, but we really emphasize let the players play, but if things begin to get out of control, you must maintain control of the game during that window.”

There have been nine suspensions in 2017 for on-field acts. Ejections are much rarer, of course.

”We have had clear directives from the competition committee,” Vincent said. ”They asked us and the players to remove some of the helmet-to-helmet hits that we have seen, as well of some of the blindside blocks and other types of disparaging techniques and behaviors on the field.

”We have clear directive that this is not something that should be progressive Cheap Tom Brady Jersey , but that we strongly consider removing a player that is using these techniques that we want out of our game immediately.”

The league also will consider adding a category for non-football acts that break the rules, such as Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski’s hit on Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White.

Gronkowski drew a one-game suspension under unnecessary roughness guidelines. White is in the league’s concussion protocol.

”We’ve seen a few of these on occasion. It’s something that Jon (Runyan, who handles some NFL disciplinary cases) has raised to myself, and he’s actually raised to the appeals officers,” Vincent said.

”He’ll bring that up in February when we begin meeting with our competition committee, our coaches’ subcommittee and our GMs. We will also bring this up with the NFL Players Association, but it is something that we do need to review.”

Asked about potential mixed messages the NFL could be sending when it suspends Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Bengals safety George Iloka one game apiece for egregious hits in Monday night’s game Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey , then changes Iloka’s discipline to only a fine on appeal, Vincent insisted the appeals reviews have been ”very consistent, fair and firm.” He emphasized that appeals officers James Thrash and Derrick Brooks are employees of the league and the union.

”I just think they try to send a message more than anything,” Steelers player representative Ramon Foster said. ”They screwed it up. You say you’re concerned over player safety, but you had a guy who blatantly had a helmet to helmet and didn’t get suspended. You had a guy that just did a taunting and you try to justify it by suspending him. That’s not player safety.

”Then you have another situation where a guy plows into another guy and you suspend him for one game. Why one game? Why not multiple games? Because the Steelers play the Patriots next week.”

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FRISCO Cheap Adrian Clayborn Jersey , Texas (AP) Alfred Morris bristled when asked what has changed for him now that Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is serving a six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations with fading hopes for a third reprieve in court.

Presumably the top candidate to replace last year’s NFL rushing leader, Morris sternly reminded the swarm of a dozen-plus reporters that little had changed from his work week when he was Elliott’s backup.

”I mean, other than all these cameras in my face,” Morris said.

The usually affable Morris was more pointed than angry, and admittedly a little wound up since he stumbled over his words a couple of times and finally interrupted an answer to say he was just talking too fast.

After all, Morris is looking at his first start in almost two years when Kansas City (6-2) visits Dallas (4-3) on Sunday. It’s been even longer since he was the featured back in Washington.

Speaking of which, it will be quarterback Dak Prescott’s first meaningful start without Elliott since the dynamic rookies led the Cowboys to the best record in the NFC last season.

”This team was built on the run game before me or Zeke even got here,” Prescott said. ”We’ve got those running backs. Darren McFadden had a great year before Zeke even got here and we know what Alfred Morris can do. I don’t think it changes. It is how this team is built.”

Prescott said he exchanged text messages with Elliott after a federal judge in New York on Monday night turned down the NFL players’ union request for an injunction that would have let him play while the case was in the courts.

Elliott’s attorneys are seeking an emergency stay from a federal appeals court Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey , but there’s no indication when the court will rule or schedule a hearing. Without another injunction, Elliott will be out until the final three games of the season, starting Dec. 17 at Oakland.

Prescott said Elliott ”obviously feels bad with the ruling coming down” but wouldn’t share his take on Elliott’s frame of mind.

”I know he is looking forward. He is moving forward,” Prescott said . ”He is going to do the best he can to have his body and his mind ready to go when he returns.”

Meantime, the Cowboys have said repeatedly through the twists and turns of the Elliott case that they are comfortable with their options.

Four years before the Prescott-Elliott pairing, Morris and Robert Griffin III shared standout rookie years with the Redskins. Morris followed that 1,613-yard season with 1,275 yards rushing in 2013 before fading from the lead role following a coaching change.

After the Cowboys let 2014 rushing leader DeMarco Murray go in free agency Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey , McFadden led them with 1,089 yards even though he started just 10 games in 2015.

McFadden was Elliott’s backup when he was healthy last season, but has been inactive all seven games this season in favor of Morris, who had 70 of his 105 yards this season rushing on one carry in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

Dallas also has been pleased with seldom-used Rod Smith, the older brother of linebacker Jaylon Smith and a special teams contributor who also has found an occasional role on third down.

”I’ve played a lot of football in this league, Alfred has played a lot of football in this league and Rod’s done a heck of a job,” McFadden said. ”We’re just going to go out there and make a play a different way.”

Morris signed with Dallas as a free agent last year, a little less than two months before the Cowboys drafted Elliott with the fourth overall pick. By the end of last season Cheap Tom Brady Jersey , he was inactive, something he never imagined happening in his career.

So the uncertainty surrounding Elliott’s status wasn’t much different for him.

”It’s just like, `OK, you stay here and be ready. Whenever Zeke needs you, you be ready,”’ Morris said. ”That’s just my role and I have to accept that. Am I a starter? I’m definitely a starter. I would never sit here and say I’m not a starter.”

For now, Morris is the starter.

NOTES: WR Dez Bryant was added to the injury report Wednesday, listed as limited with a knee injury. … DE DeMarcus Lawrence Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey , the NFL leader with 10+ sacks, was another add, listed as limited with a calf injury.

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Well, we cannot say that it’s safe to ride on the horse at all because horses are so unpredictable either they are full trained or you are riding on very smooth and soft arena you still have the risk of injuries. We should be careful whether you are riding on the horse. For example, fully trained horse and you need to fully train rider as well and riding it with full discipline. An untrained rider can face the planted and flip-flops over a perfect oxer.

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We will never ignore the thing that horse jumping in the ground. A lousy rider can get face planted doing a in the air lead change in dressage and an incredible rider may not tumble off regardless of the possibility that the stallion outings and somersaults over a whole oxer. Running out this can be for two principle reasons, the horse is frightened of the hop, or rider blunder Cheap Brian O'Neill Jersey , for the most part, the last mentioned. My horse detects when I am apprehensive to bounce and this is the point at which he chooses to not hop, in spite of the way that he is a decent jumper. Add this to him being excessively left and you get a dead stop before a hop.

Advanced tips for horse jumping

Firstly, practice, practice Cheap Mike Hughes Jersey , practice you should have full knowledge about riding, how to walk in the course. Check out the World Cup and Olympics how they are trained , you must see that every rider have its coach with him, they give the best advice and walk on the riding arena construction聽which made for horse riding. Be that as it may, plain old show bouncing with its brilliant shafts that tumble off with just a breeze? Not really. Wear your helmet protector, if your jumpy teacher/parent demands wear your heavily clad air-packed away vest too, and attempt to have fun!

Jam-packed constructed arena

Now that my new riding arena construction is prepared, I feel exceptionally lovely as well as extremely certain in view of the measure of learning and understanding that I have created with riding, in this limited ability to focus time. I can really observe a major picture now that how horse riding functions and how far it is spread. It has an impact on the national economy by acquiring billions of pounds and there are proficient firms in finishing to assemble an equestrian surface. In any case, know there are additionally fakes in this opposition#4# who may exploit your effortlessness of musings and desire for riding. So do counsel an expert yet with care and after cross checking. Ride a horse on horse arena surfaces聽with dressage聽 like the horse have fully professional trained, have complete manners to maintain discipline with flexibility and balanced.