Terrelle Pryor knows he’s getting closer – little by little – to being fully healthy again. Staying patient Authentic DJ Chark Jersey , however, has been his biggest challenge.

The New York Jets wide receiver is coming off offseason ankle surgery and has been gradually getting more time on the field during training camp. Pryor participated in about 10 snaps in team drills Thursday and ran eight routes.

That’s progress. Slowly but surely.

”I’m not there (yet),” Pryor said. ”I talk to my teammates and I tell them all the time, it feels like I’m almost there but then I don’t have that just (snaps finger) yet, and it’s like, yeah, I get it and it’s going to take a couple of weeks. I’ll get there. I feel pretty good, though.”

Pryor, who turned 29 in June, couldn’t practice during organized team activities or minicamp after having arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle with a different injury from the one that shut him down with the Redskins last season.

He was in a walking boot until the second day of minicamp, so just being able to run now in 11-on-11 drills is an encouraging sign.

”Some days, you get sore sometimes, but for the most part they have it under control – I have it under control,” Pryor said. ”It feels good. I’ve just got to continue the progression and believing.”

It’s uncertain if Pryor, the former Ohio State quarterback who’s still developing as a wide receiver will be a full go by the time the Jets play their preseason opener against Atlanta on Aug. 10.

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”It’s early on, just the second week into camp, fifth or sixth practice,” he said. ”I’ve just got to understand that and keep that perspective. Once I get out there and I start catching more balls and getting targets and stuff like that, I’ll get my confidence. Everybody needs a confidence boost, in terms of that.

”So I’ve got to continue to do that and continue to show the quarterbacks I can get open and I think I’ll keep on growing in confidence from that.”

Pryor signed a one-year, $6 million contract with Washington last season and was expected to be a major part of the Redskins’ offense after leading Cleveland in receptions, yards receiving, TD catches, yards per game and yards per catch in 2016. But he tore the deltoid ligament in his ankle in Week 1 and tried to play through the pain.

He opted for season-ending surgery after nine games and just 20 catches for 240 yards and one touchdown. His lone season in Washington was a bust, and the Redskins allowed him to become a free agent.

Pryor signed a one-year deal worth $4.5 million with the Jets in March, and joined a wide receiver corps that includes Jermaine Kearse, Robby Anderson and Quincy Enunwa.

”Obviously, he’s a big guy, but he can really run and stretch the field Markus Wheaton Jersey Eagles ,” quarterback Josh McCown said of the 6-foot-4, 228-pound Pryor. ”For him, when they made that transition the last year I was there in Cleveland and made the transition to receiver, and in every year he has gotten better and better. It’s been a work in progress, but we’re glad to have him and he has put a lot of work in.”

The Jets will travel to Richmond, Virginia, for joint practices with the Redskins from Aug. 12-14 before the teams’ preseason game Aug. 16. That matchup provides a bit of a juicy matchup with Pryor going up against his former teammates.

In June, Redskins linebacker Zach Brown said Washington’s defense ”will have it out” for Pryor, who apparently rubbed his teammates the wrong way with the way he went about things in practice.

”Try to one-hand something while you’re with the Jets,” Brown said, ”you’re going to catch a forearm.”

During minicamp, Pryor brushed off the comments. This time around, the Jets receiver was a bit more expansive – and direct.

”We’re there to practice and get better,” Pryor said. ”If I wanted to put my shoulder down and hit one of them and be chippy, too Cheap Rick Leonard Jersey , I’m sure I could do that. But that’s not why we’re there. We’re there to get better.

”If they take dirty shots, I’m sure we’ll handle that accordingly.”

Pryor added that he didn’t want to ”individualize myself” by talking about potential beef between him and the Redskins.

”It’s about us going there and getting better day by day,” he said, ”like we’re trying to do here.”

NOTES: WR Quincy Enunwa sat out for the second straight day with what Bowles said was ”sore” right hand. … Rookie CB Parry Nickerson tweaked his right hamstring while covering Pryor in drills. It wasn’t immediately known if the injury might sideline the sixth-rounder out of Tulane who has had a strong camp. … Rookie QB Sam Darnold had his best practice since ending his contract holdout Monday. The No. 3 overall pick threw two touchdown passes in goal-line drills and also ran for a score earlier in practice.

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Aaron Donald is skipping another set of offseason workouts while his contract negotiations with the Los Angeles Rams drag on into their second year.

The All-Pro defensive tackle's teammates would like to see this standoff resolved before it has any chance to impact their promising season.

"Hey man, pay the man," cornerback Marcus Peters said. "You win the MVP? Come on now."

The NFL's Defensive Player of the Year was back home in Pittsburgh while the Rams began voluntary organized team activities at their training complex Monday. He also skipped the start of their offseason program in April.

He is missing the first steps in the assembly of a potentially impressive defense. Peters joined the Rams in the offseason along with fellow star cornerback Aqib Talib and defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh 鈥?but they haven't yet teamed up with Donald, who turns 27 on Wednesday.

"Aaron is a vet, man," Talib said. "He's going to take care of his own business. What's his business is his business."

Donald is due to make $6.89 million this season in the final year of his rookie contract, and the Rams theoretically could keep him for three additional years under a franchise tag. But he has been one of the NFL's top defensive linemen since his career began in 2014, and the Rams' front office has claimed it is eager to sign Donald to a long-term contract.

"It's kind of where it's been," coach Sean McVay said of the Rams' negotiation with Donald. "We're in constant dialogue and communication with his representation. It is something that we want to get resolved. As far as a timetable, don't really have any dates on that. I don't expect Aaron to be here until we get a resolution to that."

These negotiations still appear to be civil and respectful, despite their abnormal length. Donald has expressed little public frustration with the Rams' reticence to write the check he is seeking, while McVay and general manager Les Snead have scrupulously avoided any public criticism of the tactics that have kept Donald away from his teammates.

"He and I have had good dialogue Broncos Elite Jerseys ," McVay said. "I spoke with him last week. This feels a lot different than last year. Certainly anytime that you have something where the team comes together, to have a player that's as important as he is here, you would prefer that. But it is voluntary. We understand that, and we have a lot of respect and understanding for what's going on."

Donald also skipped most of last year's offseason activities in his lengthy quest for a contract befitting his talent and accomplishments. That holdout lasted through training camp and the entire preseason while he attempted to land a new contract likely to make him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL.

He missed the Rams' season opener after reporting to the team one day before the game. Donald still was named the NFL's top defensive player despite appearing in only 14 games while Los Angeles roared to the NFC West title and the franchise's first postseason appearance in 13 years.

Donald matched his career high with 11 sacks last year while causing continual havoc to opponents' offensive lines and running games.

Although Donald clearly doesn't need the offseason program to thrive, particularly heading into his second season in coordinator Wade Phillips' scheme, he's missing out on the chance to bond with his teammates while working out his dynamic with Suh. The duo could be one of the NFL's most intimidating combinations this fall after Suh chose the Rams from among several suitors for his free-agent services.

The Rams' new defensive players finished their first day with new respect for McVay's offense, which took Los Angeles from worst to first in the NFL in scoring last year.

"We got an introduction to that McVay offense, and it's crazy," Talib said. "There's a bunch of movement, a bunch of speed on it. You've got to have your eyes in the right place."

The Rams' mandatory minicamp doesn't begin until June 12, following three weeks of voluntary workouts.

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