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 According to ProFootballTalk.com, the contract includes a
significant pay raise. Bowles is expected to be a head-coaching
candidate again this offseason.
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Houston Texans rookie outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney said he
expects to play in Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns,
albeit in a limited capacity.
Clowney, the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, has played
in only two games this season, recording a total of two tackles. He
missed last week's game against the Philadelphia Eagles because of a
knee injury and illness.
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Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson is unlikely to play in
Thursday night's game against the Miami Dolphins because of a groin
injury, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
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An MRI revealed that the surgically repaired left knee of San
Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman checked out "fine," but
there is still no timetable for his expected return to action,
CSNBayArea.com reported.
Bowman tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee during last season's
NFC Championship game.
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Several Miami Dolphins players are tuning out offensive coordinator
Bill Lazor because of his abrasive personality.
NFL.com reported that Lazor's relationship with several players is
"rocky." Lazor is intense and took an "abrasive tenor with several
starters" according to the report, which cites conversations with
four players and text messages exchanged with others.
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The Denver Broncos placed linebacker Nate Irving on injured reserve
on with a knee injury, ending his season.
Irving was the team's starting middle linebacker for the first eight
games but suffered a partially torn medial collateral ligament in
his right knee in the fourth quarter of the Broncos' 43-21 loss at
New England on Nov. 2.
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Ben Dogra, the agent for high-profile NFL players such as Adrian
Peterson, J.J. Watt and Richard Sherman, was fired by the Creative
Arts Agency for cause, according to reports.
No specifics on his termination were immediately available. (Editing
by Frank Pingue)
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