Rehabbing receivers are catching up
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Wide receiver Troy Brown , who injured his right shoulder Oct. 3 against Buffalo, practiced yesterday in a red (no contact) jersey, and is still listed as questionable for Sunday's game in Pittsburgh.
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The Patriots sent Reche Caldwell on an out route yesterday, releasing their most productive receiver from last season. Caldwell led the team in receptions (61) and receiving yards (760) and tied for the team lead in touchdown catches (4).
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Despite a revolving door at running back that started with the retirement of Ricky Williams, the Miami Dolphins' ground game is making gains.
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Tom Coughlin and his staff drilled it into the players last week not to give up if the ball was not caught. The way the play develops, it could be a lateral and a live ball.
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Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett  continued to show significant progress in his recovery from a  devastating neck injury, the team said on Monday.
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This isn't quite what Drew Brees signed up for. His new team's top receiver from last year was traded out of New Orleans during preseason, replaced by a seventh-round draft pick out of Division I-AA Hofstra. One of the Saints' most experienced linemen has been placed on injured reserve, and a rookie out of Division II Bloomsburg is starting in that spot.
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CINCINNATI -- Bengals receiver Chris Henry returned to practice Wednesday with the NFL's permission, allowing him to work back into shape while serving the last two games of his suspension.
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Terrell Owens, Keyshawn Johnson and Daunte Culpepper made their training camp debuts with their new teams, while Ben Roethlisberger and Braylon Edwards were back on the field after recovering from injuries.
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Mike Westhoff, the Jetsâ special teams coordinator, has been cooking up winning strategies for more than two decades. This year, some ingredient has been missing in the teamâs returns and coverage.
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Patriots fans have been waiting a long time to see what wide receiver Chad Jackson can do. Sidelined since training camp with a slow-healing hamstring, Jackson had as many NFL catches as your typical couch-potato football fanatic -- zero -- entering yesterday's game against the New York Jets.
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Appearing in a supporting role: Philadelphia Eagles receiver Greg Lewis.
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Tampa native Mike Williams, a standout receiver for USC, is told his college days are over. By wire services. LOS ANGELES - Mike Williams was shut out again.
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lengthy list of noteworthy players, including receivers Charles Rogers, Joey Galloway and Steve Smith, have, by painful coincidence, sustained serious injuries in the first week of the NFL season.
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Now if only the NFL can let players at the other 20 positions on the football field get involved. The league trading deadline was yesterday, and for the first time in five years, there actually were deals made.
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The two most productive receivers in Patriots history connected with each other unexpectedly this offseason.
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After being slowed by a sore hamstring at the start of camp, rookie receiver Jerricho Cotchery has started to come into his own.
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IRVING, Texas (Ticker) - The Dallas Cowboys knew they would have a shortage of receivers for Sunday&#39;s game against the Detroit Lions.