Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is not thrilled with his team's effort in the running game this year. It may be time to break Rashard Mendenhall out of storage.

"Maybe we will bump him around a little more in practice this week," Tomlin said. "He has done a nice job of running and cutting at full speed. Now, let's see if he can play a little football. We will thud him up a little bit on a day we are allowed to carry our pads and see if he can respond positively to it."
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Rams running back Steven Jackson told Anthony Stalter of 101 ESPN in St. Louis that "he had an MRI on his groin and everything turned out 'positive'" Jackson could have returned in Week 2, but since rookie RB Daryl Richardson played well, the team opted to sit him as a precaution. Head coach Jeff Fisher also pointed out last night that Jackson has not been ruled out for the Rams' Week 3 game against the Chicago Bears.

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The Jaguars signed receiver Maurice Stovall Wednesday. The Jaguars receivers have struggled this season, but it's not like the team is bringing in Stovall to be a savior.

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The Jaguars released tight end Stephen Spach Wednesday. Spach was just tight end depth for Jacksonville.

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The Patriots released linebacker Mike Rivera Wednesday. Rivera was just linebacker depth for the Patriots.

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The Patriots released wide receiver Greg Salas Wednesday.

Salas was acquired in a trade from the Rams on Sept. 1, but apparently he didn't pan out as expected.

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The Patriots re-signed linebacker Niko Koutouvides Wednesday.

Koutouvides was released at the end of training camp. He will be just linebacker depth for New England.

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On Tuesday, the Giants were still fuming about the final play of Sunday’s 41-34 win over Tampa Bay, when Bucs coach Greg Schiano ordered his team to bull rush the Giants as Eli Manning prepared to take a kneeldown, Ebenezer Samuel of the New York Daily News reports, but Tuck wasn’t just upset at Schiano. He wished the Bucs players, who claimed they were following coach’s orders, had more backbone.

“If Perry Fewell told me to dive at a guy’s knee, when we were losing, I would say ‘No,’” Tuck said. “And... [Read More]

Broncos rookie quarterback Brock Osweiler was coming in if the Broncos got the ball back in the final seconds of their game Monday night against Atlanta, Mike Klis of the Denver Post reports.

"I was going in for the Hail Mary," Osweiler said. "I'm not sure what the dividing line was as far as me going in, but I was getting ready to go in."

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The Oakland Raiders, trying to address their needs after an 0-2 start, had six players in for workouts Tuesday, Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

As reported yesterday, former Cal defensive end Andre Carter, who had 10 sacks last season for the Patriots, was back in for a second look.

Cornerbacks Darius Butler, Cletis Gordon, Antwaun Molden and Kevin Thomas also were in for a look, starting cornerbacks Ron Bartell and Shawntae Spencer are out with injuries.

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