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elaine95  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, October 09, 2018 2:07:14 PM(UTC)
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The Indianapolis Colts' competition to start at right tackle just got more complicated.

One day after incumbent Denzelle Good left the third preseason game with a knee injury http://www.jetsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-thomas-rawls-jersey , coach Frank Reich said that Good would not play in Thursday's preseason finale at Cincinnati and could miss several additional games.

Good is listed week to week, meaning the Colts must find another starter before the Sept. 9 season opener against Cincinnati.

"We are going to take one more week to evaluate that," Reich said on a conference call Sunday. "(General manager) Chris (Ballard) and his staff are working on it. Coaching staff, we have talked a lot about it. Chris and I have had a lot of discussions on it. We will figure out what's best for the team. We are going to use these last couple of days, and last (preseason) game to zero in on that."

It's the only spot along the revamped offensive line without a clear front-runner.

Longtime left tackle Anthony Castonzo expects to reclaim the spot when he returns from a hamstring injury, which has kept him out for most of training camp. The Colts hope he'll be back for Week 1.

Center Ryan Kelly has played well after returning from an injury-filled second season. The 2016 first-round draft pick missed the first part of last year after having foot surgery and finished the season on injured reserve with complications from a concussion.

Rookie Quenton Nelson was plugged into the left guard slot after being selected No. 6 overall in this year's draft, and Ballard signed free agent Matt Slauson to start at right guard.

But with quarterback Andrew Luck finally back from surgery on his right shoulder, one spot remains unsettled 鈥?and Good's injury could make the choice more difficult.

Good started last season on injured reserve with a torn ligament in his wrist, but returned in time to start five of Indy's last six games.

He entered training camp with the inside track to keep the job 鈥?by fending off challenges from second-round pick Braden Smith and veterans Joe Haeg, Austin Howard, J'Marcus Webb and Le'Raven Clark, who started Saturday's game at right tackle.

Now Womens Paul Byron Jersey , with Good at least temporarily out of the mix, the Colts will take as much time as they need to pick a starter.

"I feel confident with the guys that we have competing for that position, but we will take all the time allotted to us to make that decision," Reich said. "No one panics, you get guys ready to play and you go in with confidence with the guys you got."

Good wasn't the only one hurting after Saturday's victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

Starting defensive end John Simon left the game with a neck injury, but is now listed day to day. Reich said Simon was pulled as a precautionary measure because he also finished last season on injured reserve after hurting his neck, and he could return in time for the season opener.

Backup safety T.J. Green, who has been fighting to keep a spot on the 53-man active roster, has been listed week to week after hurting his hamstring.

Indy also traded former starting inside linebacker Antonio Morrison to Green Bay for cornerback Lenzy Pipkins 鈥?a move intended to shore up a secondary that was already missing second-year cornerbacks Quincy Wilson and Nate Hairston because of injuries.

But Reich and Ballard are still trying to sort out backup spots at receiver, tight end, in the secondary and even along the offensive line.

And they won't be rushed.

"There are some good battles left at all these positions and we will use the whole body of work to determine that. But certainly last impressions always help," Reich said. "Everybody has their three or four things like this they are dealing with. It's more par for the course Vinny Curry Color Rush Jersey , status quo. This is normal order of business."

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tom Coughlin wants no part of the spotlight this week.

He has declined several interview requests as Jacksonville prepares to open the season against Coughlin’s former team, the New York Giants. Coughlin is entering his second year as Jacksonville’s executive vice president of football operations, working mostly behind the scenes.

Coughlin’s sure to get extra attention Sunday when he faces the Giants for the first time since his resignation as head coach in January 2016.

“I don’t spend any time thinking about that,” Coughlin said in April, the day after the NFL schedule was released. “We knew the teams we were going to play. We didn’t know the order, so to go to New York for the opening of the season, it’ll be an exciting atmosphere obviously. It’s Opening Day, so everybody will be excited, everybody will look forward to the opportunity to go to New York and play against a very good football team.”

The Jaguars enter the season with arguably the highest expectations in franchise history, and the 72-year-old Coughlin has played a significant role in the team’s rise from perennial loser to preseason favorite in the AFC South.

Coughlin’s presence and prowess reshaped every aspect of the team, far beyond setting the clocks five minutes ahead.

Discipline http://www.panthersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-dj-moore-jersey , accountability, legitimacy, Coughlin brought all of them with him when he returned to the team he helped build in 1995. His reputation was established in Jacksonville, where he was the franchise’s first head coach (1995-2002) and the One Voice who made every decision — from who threw the passes to who ran the salary cap to what color paint was on the walls.

His resume, though, was enhanced in New York thanks to two Super Bowl victories in 12 seasons.

As the league changed, so did Coughlin. He became less of an unbending taskmaster, focusing more on Xs and Os than off-the-field nuances. His fingerprints remain on the Giants roster even though he’s been gone 2 ½ years.

“Some franchises haven’t won a Super Bowl, and he helped this franchise win two,” first-year Giants coach Pat Shurmur said. “He was here for 12 years. A lot of the people here worked with him his whole time here.”

Shurmur reached out to Coughlin “just to gain some perspective” shortly after getting the job in January.

“I admire him in a lot of ways for who he is as a man and what he’s done as a coach,” said Shurmur, who is planning to attend Coughlin’s charity gala later this month in New York City. “A lot of what I know about Tom I get a chance to hear about here frequently.”

Giants quarterback Eli Manning expects to chat with Coughlin on the field before kickoff.

“Obviously still have a great relationship with coach Coughlin and cherish the time that we had and appreciate those 12 years of him being my head coach Connor Brown Jersey ,” Manning said. “But besides that, I look at this game and say it’s the Giants against the Jaguars, and I’m trying to get our offense prepared to go against that defense.”

Coughlin and Marrone have an old-school team constructed around one of the league’s best defenses , a unit that returns 12 of its top 14 players and expects to carry the Jags back to the playoffs.

It’s also part of the featured matchup Sunday: Manning, star receiver Odell Beckham and rookie running back Saquon Barkley against Jacksonville’s vaunted front, All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey and two of the fastest linebackers in the league.

“It’s more of us living up to what we expect,” Jaguars Pro Bowl linebacker Telvin Smith said. “Even when the show gets started, a lot of people’s narratives might change. But ours is not; ours is going to stay the same. … We expect to go out and be great and dominate games.”

It starts Sunday in New York, against the Giants and in conjunction with Coughlin’s under-the-radar return.

“Definitely we’d like to win this game just regardless,” Jaguars All-Pro defensive end Calais Campbell said. “But it’d feel even better for TC, and we’ll try to get it done for him.”

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#2 Posted : Tuesday, October 16, 2018 3:21:13 PM(UTC)
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