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Union executive committee member Brian Dawkins says he believes NFL owners and players have a sense of urgency to avoid a lockout because they don't want to alienate fans. The veteran Denver Broncos safety said Tuesday "we understand who butters our bread."
Rookie David Nelson is expected to miss the Buffalo Bills' season finale at the New York Jets because of a rib injury, leaving the team down yet another receiver.
The Bills will get one more chance to prove themselves when they close out their season Sunday against the playoff-bound Jets.
The playoff-bound Jets finally made it back to snowbound New Jersey. The original itinerary had the team on a direct flight to New Jersey on Sunday night, but the wintry weather changed all that.
I've always believed that when the regular season ends and that "x", "y", asterisk, or other symbol is next to a team in the standings, then that team did enough to merit qualifying for the post-season.
In a day made for football, New York morphing into a snow globe, neither New York team played in the blizzard. But both played in a fog yesterday.
The Jets (10-5) lost for third time in four games, but clinched their second straight postseason trip under coach Rex Ryan when Jacksonville lost 20-17 in overtime to Washington.
The Jets can take care of their own business and punch their post-season ticket with a win over the Bears.
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is expected to start New York's game at Chicago on Sunday after being limited during the week with a sore right shoulder.
There it is, within grasp, for half a dozen NFL teams: That coveted playoff berth.
Jets coach Rex Ryan says Mark Sanchez's sore shoulder is worse than he first thought, though he still expects the quarterback to start Sunday at Chicago.
Jets owner Woody Johnson says his respect for Rex Ryan hasn't diminished "one iota," a day after the embarrassed coach declined comment about a foot-fetish report.
This foot fetish frenzy is so over the top strange that the conspiracy theorists have to ask, what are the Jets trying to hide?
In response to an incident at the Jets' training facility after which female reporter Ines Sainz of TV Azteca said she felt uncomfortable in the team's locker room, the NFL sent a workplace conduct update to its teams Wednesday.
A victory would clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs for the Patriots. A loss and a Jets win over the Bears would leave the AFC East title undecided until the final week of the regular season.
