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At the very least Michael Hoomanawanui Jersey Stitched , Eli Apple didn’t have to worry about whether he’d be welcomed warmly in the corner of Saints headquarters where the defensive backs‘ lockers are clustered.Apple’s former Ohio State teammates, cornerback Marshon Lattimore and safety Vonn Bell, took care of that.“We’re glad to have him,“ Bell said, smiling widely.Added Lattimore, „I know what he’s capable of. I know the skillset. He’s a great player, a big player, strong. He’s got good feet. He’s going to get it right.“For the Saints‘ sake, he’d better.New Orleans enters its Week 8 test at Minnesota ranked 28th in the NFL against the pass, allowing nearly 276 yards per game through the air. Making matters worse has been the timing of some the Saints‘ coverage busts, most recently at the end of Sunday’s victory at Baltimore , when Ravens receiver John Brown caught what should have been a tying touchdown pass in the final half-minute with no defender near him. Baltimore’s extra point kick sailed wide, however, and New Orleans (5-1) escaped with another victory.In Week 2 against Cleveland , the Saints gave up a game-tying, 47-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Calloway with 1:16 to go and would have fallen behind if kicker Zane Gonzalez hadn’t missed an extra point. New Orleans then needed a field goal with 21 seconds left to clinch that victory.Lattimore said New Orleans has been „terrible“ in 2-minute defense.So when the Saints had an opportunity on Tuesday to acquire Apple , who was a 2016 New York Giants first-round draft choice, in exchange for a 2019 fourth-round draft pick and 2020 seventh-rounder, they seized it.“We felt like it was in our best interest,“ Saints coach Sean Payton said. „We felt like it was going to help us this year.“Apple, 23, practiced with New Orleans for the first time on Wednesday. And while his status for this Sunday’s game remains unclear, he said he was „very excited“ to be traded to New Orleans from the languishing Giants, a team with which he has struggled at times and come under public criticism from teammates and staff.“It’s a great organization here, a lot of great players, too,“ Apple said after his first Saints practice. „I just can’t wait to come in and contribute.“Apple’s future in New York seemed tenuous since the 2017 season, when Giants safety Landon Collins called Apple a „cancer,“ and when Apple also was suspended for confrontational behavior toward coaches during practice.This season, however, Apple seemed to be following through on his pledge that his attitude would be „all business.“ In five games with the Giants this fall, he’d made or assisted on 22 tackles, defended five passes, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble.Asked in New Orleans if he needed a change of scenery, Apple responded, „I wouldn’t necessarily say I needed it, but it’s great to have one right now.““A lot of juice around here,“ Apple added. „A lot of excitement.“Payton, who normally emphasizes the importance of character in the players he acquires, said he was comfortable Apple could help after speaking with the defensive back’s former teammates who now play for the Saints.“It’s not uncommon that we would visit with certain players on a roster about guys they might’ve played with in college or maybe with prior to (on) another NFL team,“ Payton said. „We felt good on the information. We like the skillset and we’re excited.“In addition to Lattimore and Bell, Apple was Ohio State teammates with receiver Michael Thomas and often competed against him in practice.“It was a heavy-weight fight every day,“ Bell recalled, adding that both players practiced so intensely they had to be physically separated a few times. „It was competing at its best.“Notes: Left guard Andrus Peat, who sat out Sunday’s game in Baltimore with a head injury that had occurred in practice the previous week, returned to practice on Wednesday and said he expects to play this week. … Center Max Unger (hand) and reserve guard Josh LeRibeus (ankle) sat out practice. … Safety Marcus Williams practiced Youth Josh Hill Jersey , but was listed on the Saints‘ injury report with a groin injury. Washington’s offense is without a trio of key playmakers for Sunday’s game against visiting Dallas.Receivers Paul Richardson (shoulder and knee injuries) and Jamison Crowder (ankle) are inactive as well as third-down back Chris Thompson (rib and knee).They are three of QB Alex Smith’s top four targets so far this season, with Thompson leading the Redskins with 26 catches so far. Richardson ranks third on the team with 16, and Crowder is next with 13.The Redskins are also without starting cornerback Quinton Dunbar, who has a shin injury.The San Francisco 49ers will be short-handed at cornerback against the Los Angeles Rams. Richard Sherman is inactive because of a calf injury. Backup cornerback Jimmie Ward is also out with an injured hamstring.DALLAS-WASHINGTONCowboys: WR Tavon Austin, LB Chris Covington, DT Caraun Reid, DT Daniel Ross, G Xavier Su’a-Filo, LB Joe Thomas, QB Mike White.Redskins: WR Paul Richardson, CB Quinton Dunbar, RB Chris Thompson, S Troy Apke, C Casey Dunn, DL Geron Christian, WR Jamison Crowder.LOS ANGELES RAMS-SAN FRANCISCORams: WR Cooper Kupp, DB Darious Williams, RB Justin Davis, RB John Kelly, OL Brian Allen, DL Sebastian Joseph-Day, DL Tanzel Smart.49ers: CB Richard Sherman, CB Jimmie Ward, WR Dante Pettis, DT D.J. Jones, DT Jullien Taylor, OG Joshua Garnett, OT Shon Coleman.NEW ORLEANS-BALTIMORESaints: DB J.T. 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A lot has happened and been said since the Dallas Cowboys released Dez Bryant back on April 13th. He had public feuds with fans on social media Youth Geoff Swaim Jersey , called out his former teammates, and this week finally moved on when he signed with the New Orleans Saints.It took until Week 10 for Dez to find the fit that worked best for both him and the team, and it was almost universally agreed upon that New Orleans was that spot. Dez with Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara Geoff Swaim Jersey Stitched , Mark Ingram, Michael Thomas, all under Sean Payton sounded special.Unfortunately all of that may have only been a dream of a few days. It was reported on Friday afternoon that Dez is feared to have torn his Achilles on the final play of practice for New Orleans.We’re talking about a member of the New Orleans Saints here, but Dez’s place in Cowboys lore isn’t one of question. He’s the franchise’s all-time leader in receiving touchdowns which is what was going to make his return on November 29th all the more memorable. That appears to be very much in doubt.So much of Dez’s signing seemed intelligent on his part because he specifically wanted a one-year deal to prove his worth so that he could hit free agency in the offseason. If he’s now going to be coming off of a torn Achilles in November Youth Tyrone Crawford Jersey , having not played a football game since the 2017 season, it’s going to be tough for a 30-year old Dez to find work. It’s possible that this could mean the end of his career in the NFL.Dez Bryant is one of the greatest players in Dallas Cowboys history. Let’s all hope for the best for him, however this news shakes out. Dallas and Washington will face off on Thursday afternoon and both teams listed their left tackles as limited in Tuesday’s practice.Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said earlier in the day that Tyron Smith is expected to play after suffering a stinger in last Sunday’s win over the Falcons. Trent Williams has missed two games with a dislocated thumb and Washington coach Jay Gruden has expressed similar optimism about Williams.Washington didn’t practice on Monday, but said running back Adrian Peterson would have been limited by a shoulder injury. Peterson was up to full participation on Tuesday’s report. Wide receiver Jamison Crowder (ankle) and running back Chris Thompon (rib) were both out.Defensive lineman David Irving (knee) was out for Dallas Tyrone Crawford Jersey Stitched , but the three other defensive linemen on the injury report — Taco Charlton (shoulder), Maliek Collins (knee) and Antwuan Woods (concussion) — were all at least limited participants.

One of the more perplexing features of the NFL is the salary cap. On the one hand Andrew Luck Jersey 2019 , it seems straight forward. You have a salary cap that all teams must fit under. Simple, right?It gets more…“One of the more perplexing features of the NFL is the salary cap. On the one hand, it seems straight forward. You have a salary cap that all teams must fit under. Simple, right?It gets more complicated in a hurry. After all, teams with very little cap space frequently sign marquee players to high dollar contracts. This is accomplished through bonuses, incentive-laden contract clauses, and back-loading a deal where the bulk of the contract’s value is paid in later years, where the team projects to have more cap space.This salary cap planning and “manipulation” is what NFL salary capologists like Mike Bluem spend their time considering every day. How can we plan for the future in a way that allows Chris Ballard and Jim Irsay to field a team with the most talent in the NFL for the longest period of time? We can’t simply spend all the way up to the salary cap every year, leaving no space available, and hope to keep the nucleus together. Major contracts for our own players will consistently require work as the old ones expire and new deals need to be made.Keeping in mind the needs for our own players, how much salary cap space do we have to work with to sign free agents and bring in outside talent? How do we work all of this together to make sure we stay above the NFL’s mandated 89 percent rule?This week, we’ll take a look at these questions and do our best to shed light on the NFL salary cap, 89 percent rule, and what fans might be able to expect Chris Ballard and Mike Bluem to do in 2019 and beyond.How the Salary Cap WorksBefore we get into the 2019 and team specifics, it is important to understand how the NFL evaluates each franchise’s current salary cap hit. Off-SeasonDuring the off-season, NFL franchises can maintain a roster of up to 90 active players. They use this expanded roster to evaluate prospects. It would be impossible for many franchises to stay under the mandated salary cap if every player’s contract counted toward the regular season cap number. In order to remedy this issue, when the new league year begins in March, each team enters the off-season period. This period includes free agency, the NFL Draft, rookie minicamps, full team minicamps, organized team activities, training camp and preseason games. During this period, the NFL’s Rule of 51 is in place. The rule of 51 allows teams to only consider the top 51 contracts for players who are on the active roster, who are on PUP White T.Y. Hilton Jersey , injured reserve, or some other non-exempt designation. Ultimately, it means that NFL teams can over-sign the salary cap during the off-season and utilize cuts prior to the start of the regular season to comply with the NFL’s salary cap rules. This rule attempts to limit abuse by not allowing a franchise to sign players to such large contracts that the top 51 players by themselves would exceed the coming season’s salary cap.Regular SeasonOnce the regular season begins, the Rule of 51 ends. At this time, NFL teams must include all players against the salary cap. This includes the 53 players on the active roster, all practice squad players, any player on injured reserve or the PUP, and any dead cap carried over from players who were previously on the roster. The only exempt players are ones given an exemption by the NFL for a myriad of possible reasons — although these exemptions are rarely granted.Contract ClausesTo understand what parts of a player’s contract counts against the cap in a given year, it is important to understand that contracts include a number of different clauses that impact what a player makes and how his contract fits under the salary cap. Base SalaryThe base salary for a player in any given year counts against the cap, this portion is not guaranteed and is only paid if the player plays on the team in the respective season. Signing BonusSigning bonuses can be prorated annually for the duration of the contract, up to a maximum of five years. Signing bonuses are paid up front and are fully guaranteed.Option BonusOption bonuses can be prorated annually for the duration of the contract, up to a maximum of five years. Option bonuses are paid annually according to the contract terms and are often fully guaranteed. Roster BonusRoster bonuses are often added to a contract to pay a player a bonus for simply making the roster in each respective year. These portions of the contract are not guaranteed.IncentivesThere are two types of incentives that can be included in a player’s contract. One is called “likely to be earned” or LTBE and the other is called “note likely to be earned” or NLTBE. An incentive is classified as LTBE or NLTBE based upon the player’s performance in the specified area in the previous year. If the incentive pays a player $250k if he rushes over 1,000 yards and that player rushed for 1,200 yards the previous year, it is LTBE. LTBE incentives count against a team’s current year salary cap. If they are not attained, the incentive is added as a credit to the salary cap the following year. NLTBE incentives do not count against the team’s current year salary cap. If they are attained, the portion will be debited from the following year’s salary cap.Workout BonusesDuring the off-season, players receive compensation for the days they workout with the team that are not a part of the regular NFL season schedule. Teams have 36 days available to require players to attend workouts and will have these workout bonuses included against their current year salary cap. In 2018, the workout bonus hold for each team’s salary cap was about $619,200, which is $215 per day (per day minimum for a player) x 80 players x 36 days of workouts. Once workouts are over, the actual amount spent will take over for the placeholder. ** The formula used is created by the NFL and likely assumes that not all players will join the team for off-season workouts.What is Dead Cap?The NFL allows teams to prorate certain guaranteed portions of a player’s contract over a period of years. This allows the team the benefit of signing additional players and not taking a full cap hit in the year the contract is signed. The downside to the team who prorates these portions of a contract is that not all players who receive signing or option bonuses will play out the entire period of their contracts. In this instance, the remaining prorated portions will be accelerated and count against a team’s salary cap in the year they are cut. What is the June 1 Release Deadline and why does it matter?In some instances, players have considerable prorated portions of their contracts remaining when a team chooses to move on. Let’s discuss Antonio Brown. Brown still has 3 years remaining on his current contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Included in those three years is an annual prorated signing bonus of $3.8 million. If the Steelers release Brown before June 1, they would be responsible for an $11.4 million cap hit in 2019 and receive nothing as compensation. Every NFL team has the option of assigning two pre-June 1 players who are released or traded for post-June 1 salary cap treatment. This means that the Steelers could trade/release Brown before June 1 and breakup his cap hit between 2019 and 2020 at $5.7 million per year. The benefit of making this move is to create more 2019 cap flexibility. Regardless of whether Brown is released or traded T.Y. Hilton Jersey 2019 , the Steelers are on the hook for the $11.4 million in guaranteed money against their salary cap. Also, this situation applies to all teams and all players in similar situations. What is the 89 percent rule?The current NFL collective bargaining agreement requires NFL franchises to spend a minimum of 89% of team salary caps between 2017-2020. It is important to note the wording used in this clause. The clause is titled “Minimum Team Cash Spending” and the wording states that there shall be a guaranteed “Minimum Team Cash Spending of 89% of the Salary Caps for such periods.” What is cash spending? Cash spending is not calculated on the prorated salary cap formula. If a team is short of 89%, they can sign a player with a $50 million bonus this year and spend $50 million dollars cash as far as the CBA is concerned. This means that cash spending will always be higher than what is reflected in a team’s current salary cap number. It also means that managing this four year average is relatively easy and teams aren’t sweating trying to stay above this number.While we don’t know that the salary cap will be in 2019 and 2020, we can take the last four years as an example. 2018 — $177,200,0002017 — $167,000,0002016 — $155,270,0002015 — $143,280,000GT — $642,750,000. From 2015 – 2018, the Indianapolis Colts had a salary cap hit of $597,631,019, which is 93% of the total salary cap. However, during the same time-frame, the Colts had a cash spending total of $610,222,337, which is a 95% cash spending versus the cap.What is Carryover Cap?Prior to the official start of each season, the NFL determines the new salary cap. Teams can acquire or sign players up to that salary cap number in the season. Any portion of the salary cap that goes unused can be carried over to the following season. This creates an adjusted salary cap number for each team and allows talented front office people like Mike Bluem to be even more strategic in how he approaches team building and contract structure.Carryover cap and adjusted salary cap numbers can make the 89% rule look hard to reach over time.However, when you consider the salary cap number each season and that cash spending will always be higher White Pat McAfee Jersey , you will find that a team could carry over $70 million from 2018 and still safely fulfill the 89% rule.AnalysisThere are a lot of moving pieces to the NFL salary cap. The number of calculations it takes to determine the cap, create cap-smart contracts, manage cash spending, navigate the impact of guaranteed money, and a myriad of other issues all play into how teams go about the financial planning portion of NFL football operations. Over time, those teams who are particularly gifted in this area should have an advantage over those who are not.Please share in comments any questions you have or areas you would like to have clarified and we will do our best to answer. The Indianapolis Colts knew exactly what they had to do in order to get themselves a playoff berth. Win, and move on to the Wild Card round in Houston. Lose, on the other hand, and their season is over right then and there.The Colts came out hot, dominating time of possession, and put up touchdowns on their first two drives of the game of 12, and 16 plays respectively. But, the Colts soon made their evening a lot harder than it had to be with a couple of terrible turnovers.In the end, the Colts were able to right the ship for the remainder of the game and pulled off a 33-17 victory to send themselves into the playoffs for the first time since the 2014 season. The Colts will head to Houston to take on the Texans in the Wild Card round of the playoffs next week. Here are a few takeaways from the Colts big victory on Sunday night football. Colts’ turnovers/senseless penalties cannot continue into the postseasonThis is no surprise to anyone who understands how important ball control is in the postseason. To this point, they haven’t really been an issue, but in a game that isn’t against the Tennessee Titans it very well could have meant the difference in the end result.Midway through the second quarter — just after the Colts decimated the Titans’ defense for two long scoring drives — Andrew Luck and the Colts offense were backed up against their own goal line. On the first snap, Luck held the ball forever, then pumped twice before leaping while attempting to hit Dontrelle Inman outside the numbers. Jayon Brown undercut the pass and went easily into the end zone to put the Titans on the board and cutting the Colts’ lead in half. On the Colts very next possession, after the Colts recovered a muffed punt inside of the Titans’ 10-yard line, Marlon Mack had a touchdown called back, then fumbled the ball away two plays later taking at least 3 more points off of the board for the Colts.Both of these turnovers were killers. A pick-six as well as another turnover in the red zone are not plays that you would consider to be ‘winning football’ by any means. These two situations did appear to be out of the norm in this game, but they’re important for the coaching staff to address during the week nevertheless.Additionally, the Colts committed 12 penalties for 96 yards, causing two touchdowns to be called back and countless long-yardage situations throughout the night. Mark Glowinski was flagged several times, and seemed to be getting caught at the most inopportune times for the Colts’ offense.Two costly turnovers added to nearly 100 yards worth of penalties is not exactly a great combination for a team that will have to go on the road in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. These mistakes simply must be fixed.Darius Leonard takes franchise single-season tackle record Pat McAfee Jersey 2019 , breaks Jeff Herrod’s 160-tackle season from 1991Lost in the mix of watching a win-and-in game between these divisional foes was the Colts’ rookie stud linebacker Darius Leonard breaking the franchise record for tackles in a single season. After once being seen as the ‘worst pick’ in the 2018 draft, the Colts’ rookie second-round pick has taken everyone’s expectations and exceeded them all. Even if you were one of the few on the Leonard train following his being drafted, your expectations could not have been this high for the small-school ‘Maniac.’Leonard finished his rookie regular season with 163 total tackles which led the Colts easily, but also the NFL. Leonard was snubbed in the voting for the Pro Bowl, but he has to be the leader for rookie defensive player of the year honors, and should even be in consideration for defensive player of the year as well. Chris Ballard appears to have hit the jackpot with Leonard, and just as he was overlooked by several schools heading into college, he was again by analysts and other NFL teams even after being drafted. He simply cannot be overlooked any longer, and it’ll be quite interesting to see what he can do in the playoffs.Colts put together two of their better drives of the season to start gameThe Colts hadn’t started very quickly over the past few weeks. In fact, the Colts had only amassed 14 first-quarter points — before tonight — since Week 12. Tonight, the Colts got hot right away, and on their first two drives looked about as good as anyone could have hoped.They were also shutting down the Titans’ offense — I use that term loosely — allowing only 8 total plays through their first two drives. In their first two possessions, the Colts put together 28 plays, 192 total yards (6.8 yards per play), used up nearly 17 minutes of the clock and was piloted by Andrew Luck who went 13-of-15 for 142 passing yards and 2 touchdowns in that span of the game.I don’t know how interesting it is, but through those two drives, the Colts ran only one play that recorded negative yardage. 26 of those plays were for positive yardage and just 1 for no gain. That’s impressive offensive football, and the Colts needed that after their slow starts as of late.Now, this level of offensive play wasn’t exactly consistent throughout the game, but it was a nice explosion to remind Colts’ fans, as well as the rest of the NFL and their fans how good Andrew Luck and this offense can be when things are hitting on all cylinders.Other notesLuck finishes second in NFL with 39 touchdown passesMarlon Mack hits 100-yard rushing mark for fourth time this seasonColts allow less than 100 yards on the ground for 9th time this seasonDontrelle Inman leads Colts in receiving yardage, continues to be late-down target for LuckColts don’t get a single hit on Blaine Gabbert, but are never really threatened by his play

ORCHARD PARK Darryl Johnson Jersey Boys , N.Y. (AP) — After putting the Bills ahead with his arm, Josh Allen sealed Buffalo’s 14-13 victory over the Detroit Lions with his leaping legs.All the rookie quarterback needed was a push.That’s the way fullback Patrick DiMarco described Allen’s 2-yard leap to convert a fourth-and-1 at the Lions 41 with 1:47 remaining. „He said, ‘Give me the freaking ball,‘ and then he said, ‘Pat, push me,'“ said the fullback, who provided Allen a nudge to get him over the top of the pile. „He’s competitive. He’s tough. He’s everything you want as a leader. This franchise is going to be good with him around.“Allen hit rookie Robert Foster in stride for a 42-yard go-ahead touchdown pass with 10:26 remaining, and the Bills hung on to eliminate the Lions from playoff contention.Allen improved to 4-5 in nine starts this season Infant Darryl Johnson Jersey , and won for the third time with Buffalo trailing or tied in the fourth quarter.The Bills (5-9) snapped a two-game skid and won despite finishing the game minus their top three running backs. Starter LeSean McCoy (left hamstring) and backup Chris Ivory (left shoulder) were inactive and then Marcus Murphy did not return after dislocating his left elbow in the second quarter.The Lions (5-9) lost despite second-year receiver Kenny Golladay finishing with a career-best 146 yards receiving, and will finish with a losing record for the first time since going 7-9 in 2015.“Yeah, it’s frustrating. You play this game for the opportunity to play in the playoffs,“ quarterback Matthew Stafford said. „We had our chances. We had our opportunities, just didn’t make enough plays.“The Lions‘ special teams helped cost them.Detroit opened the scoring on Stafford’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Andy Jones, but botched the extra-point attempt on Don Muhlbach’s bad snap.Then, following Foster’s touchdown, Stafford responded by marching the Lions 45 yards on the next possession only to have kicker Matt Prater miss a 48-yard field goal wide right.“I don’t have an excuse,“ said Prater Darryl Johnson Jersey Draft , who entered having hit his previous 14 field-goal attempts. „I let everybody down, including myself.“First-year coach Matt Patricia said there was plenty of blame to go around.“There’s plenty of situations out there on the field where we could do more to do better to help us win,“ Patricia said. „It starts with me. Have to go out and execute better.“Stafford wasn’t the problem in continuing to build chemistry with Golladay on an offense missing leading rusher Kerryon Johnson (knee), and with veteran receiver Marvin Jones Jr. on injured reserve.A week after managing just 101 yards passing — the second-fewest in his career — in a 17-3 win at Arizona, Stafford topped that number in the first half alone with 137 yards passing, including 115 to Golladay.Allen showed he’s capable of winning with his arm. He finished with just 16 yards rushing after becoming just the second quarterback in NFL history to top 95 yards rushing in three consecutive games.“I don’t know if the stats are very good, I haven’t seen them. But I think it comes down to the team,“ Allen said, providing credit to the defense. „It was a collective effort.“Bills safety Micah Hyde made a point to head over to Allen’s locker and tap him on the back following the game.“I just said Darryl Johnson NFL Jersey , ‘Keep being yourself, man,'“ Hyde said. „He has heart. He plays with heart. He wears it on his sleeves and we all appreciate that.“FOSTER CATCHING ONFoster, an undrafted rookie out of Alabama, has combined for 438 yards receiving and two touchdowns in his past five games since being activated from the practice squad.He has topped 100 yards receiving in three of his past five games, including a 104-yard outing in a 27-23 loss to the Jets last weekend. He’s Buffalo’s first player to top 100 yards receiving in consecutive games since Sammy Watkins in Weeks 11 and 12 in 2015.PICKING ON TRE’DAVIOUS WHITEStafford went at the strength of the Bills secondary in beating Buffalo’s top cornerback Tre’Davious White.Golladay was falling backward to make a 33-yard catch even though White was flagged for pass interference to set up Detroit’s first scoring drive, capped by Stafford’s 4-yard pass to Jones.Trailing 7-6, Stafford floated a pass up the right sideline which Golladay caught by outjumping White for a 40-yard completion. The Lions scored three plays later on Zach Zenner’s 1-yard plunge.NOT-SO-SPECIAL TEAMSA hip injury that bothered Bills kicker Stephen Hauschka came into play on Buffalo’s first possession, and after Allen was sacked for a 9-yard loss on third-and-9 at Detroit’s 29. Rather than have Hauschka attempt a 50-plus-yard field goal Darryl Johnson NFL Draft , the Bills punted. Hauschka was hurt when being blindsided by Jets defensive lineman Henry Anderson last week.UP NEXTLions: Close home schedule against Minnesota next Sunday.Bills: Close road schedule at New England next Sunday. The Buffalo Bills started the week with only eight unrestricted free agents, and even though Brandon Beane is in Florida for the East-West Shrine Game practices, they’re still making progress on signings. The team announced on Wednesday that they’ve re-signed offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles to a one-year contract extension for the 2019 season.Sirles signed with the Bills as a free agent in September when the team traded veteran Marshall Newhouse to the Carolina Panthers. He was active in twelve games this season, and between injuries and lineup experimentation, started five for the team. He took snaps at both tackle and guard for the team, and even served as a backup center on occasion. Heading into the next season, he’ll likely be fighting for a roster spot out of training camp.The following players are still unsigned as unrestricted free agents for the Buffalo Bills:Jordan MillsRyan GroyJordan PhillipsTaiwan JonesDeonte ThompsonJohn Miller

The traditional Fire Zone blitz is an effective tool for the defense to apply „safe pressure“ to the quarterback Browns Odell Beckham Jerseys , but since it has been around for quite a while, offenses know they must gameplan…“The traditional Fire Zone blitz is an effective tool for the defense to apply “safe pressure” to the quarterback, but since it has been around for quite a while, offenses know they must gameplan for it.Recently, defensive coordinators have been toying with the 3 deep, 3 under coverage behind Fire Zone blitzes to develop new looks. At Michigan State and later the University of Pittsburgh, Pat Narduzzi pioneered 3 deep, 2 underneath zone coverage behind a 6 man blitz. The results have been impressive, and new Browns Defensive Coordinator Steve Wilks appears to be an adopter, and he is using other zone shells behind his blitzes as well.Here is the breakdown:With athletic players capable of rushing the passer or dropping into coverage such as Myles Garrett, Joe Schobert, Genard Avery, and new addition Olivier Vernon Odell Beckham Jerseys 2019 , Wilks should have a wealth of options at his disposal in 2019. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Chandler Catanzaro was confident he would redeem himself.“I think it’s part of my DNA. I’ve always kind of found of way to bounce back,” the Tampa Bay kicker said Sunday after his 59-yard field goal — the longest ever in overtime — gave the Buccaneers a 26-23 victory over the Cleveland Browns. “I rarely miss two in a row. Even if it’s from 59, I was just looking for a shot. If it was from 66, I would have tried it.”Catanzaro missed an extra point in the first half, as well as a 40-yard field goal on the final play of regulation. Concerned the Bucs (3-3) might not get the ball back if they punted, coach Dirk Koetter didn’t hesitate to give his kicker a chance to end it with 1:50 remaining in the extra period.“He hit it from 61 in practice this week, so I knew he had the distance in him,” Koetter said.“With the 10-minute overtime … we weren’t going to get the ball back,” the coach added. “So go for the win or hope for the tie. And the way that game was going, we were going for the win.”Tampa Bay, which recovered Jabrill Peppers‘ fumble near midfield on a punt return to give itself a chance, ended a three-game skid and handed the Browns (2-4-1) their 24th consecutive road loss — two shy of tying the NFL record.Cleveland Orange Johnny Manziel Jerseys , which has played four overtime games this season — most for a team since Arizona won all four it played in 2011, and tied for second most in NFL history — hasn’t won on the road since winning in overtime at Baltimore on Oct. 11, 2015.The Detroit Lions set the road futility mark with 26 straight losses from 2007-10.“We had our chances to win it. We just didn’t finish some things,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said.“This is our fourth overtime game. We’re not trying to get to overtime and if we do, we want to win the game,” Jackson added. “We’ve got to find a way to finish these games in the W column.”Jameis Winston and DeSean Jackson scored on 14-yard runs for Tampa Bay (3-3).Rookie Ronald Jones II added his first pro TD on a 2-yard run that put Tampa Bay up 23-9 heading into the fourth quarter.The Browns, who had 126 yards of offense through three quarters, used Nick Chubb’s 1-yard TD run to cut into their deficit and pulled even on Baker Mayfield’s 16-yard pass to Jarvis Landry with 2:28 remaining in regulation.A week after completing just 48 percent of his passes and being sacked five times during a 24-point loss to the Chargers that Mayfield called the worst of his career, the No. 1 overall draft pick was 23 of 34 for 215 yards, two TDs and zero interceptions.The Browns’ defense forced four turnovers, including an interception in overtime, but Mayfield struggled to move the ball with consistency until the fourth quarter. But with Chubb playing a bigger role after Cleveland traded leading rusher Carlos Hyde to Jacksonville on Friday, Cleveland rallied.“It’s very frustrating any time you lose Johnny Manziel Jerseys 2019 , especially because you could have done a lot of things better,” Mayfield said. “That seems to be the moral of the season.”Winston completed 32 of 52 passes for 365 yards and no touchdowns. He was sacked four times, threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner also led the Bucs in rushing with 55 yards on 10 attempts.The Browns fell to 1-2-1 in overtime games this season. The four OT games are one shy of the record five Green Bay played in 1983.“The thing it comes down to is the little things,” Mayfield said. “If we do things right we can get a few more points.”CHANCES, CHANCESThe Browns forced four turnovers, two interceptions and two fumbles, but only one of them led to points.They wasted one scoring opportunity when Mayfield, scrambling on fourth-and-2 from the Tampa Bay 11, fumbled backward on his way to picking up the first down in the final minute of the second quarter.The Browns came away with no points again when, trailing 23-16, Mayfield was stopped for no gain on fourth-and-goal from the Bucs 1.The defense stepped up, forcing a punt that Peppers returned 32 yards to the Bucs 16. Mayfield threw his TD pass to Landry on the next play.BIGGER WORKLOADCleveland’s decision to trade Hyde for a fifth-round draft choice was driven by a desire to give Chubb more touches and also get Duke Johnson, the team’s best offensive playmaker Orange Terrance West Jerseys , more involved. Chubb, who came in averaging 10.8 yards per carry, finished with 80 yards rushing on 18 attempts. He was targeted twice on passes, but did not have a catch.BETTER ‘DTampa Bay stopped a three-game losing streak that cost former defensive coordinator Mike Smith his job last week. The Bucs entered Sunday allowing a league-worst 34.6 points per game, ranked 31st in total defense, and dead last against the pass. They sacked Mayfield five times and allowed a season-low 305 yards in their debut under Smith’s replacement, former linebackers coach Mark Duffner.INJURIESBrowns: With CB E.J. Gaines sidelined by a concussion, T.J. Carrie started. The defense also was without LB Joe Schobert, who could be out several weeks with a hamstring injury. Cleveland did not report any injuries during the game.Buccaneers: DT Gerald McCoy (calf) and DE Vinny Curry (ankle) were inactive, leaving rookie DT Vita Vea and DE Carl Nassib to make their first starts for Tampa Bay. LBs Kwon Alexander was lost to a knee injury late in the second quarter. Backup LB Jack Cichy left in the third quarter and did not return.UP NEXTBrowns: at Pittsburgh next SundayBuccaneers: at Cincinnati next Sunday