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 Manziel is scheduled to fly to Jacksonville on Tuesday and will
visit with the Jaguars on Wednesday, along with the four other
quarterbacks, according ESPN.com.
___ Representatives from the NFL Players Association met with league
officials and club personnel on Tuesday with talks geared toward
improving the workplace environment in the NFL.
The three-hour meeting focused exclusively on that topic, which
became a necessary focus after a league investigation into the Miami
Dolphins over locker room culture.
___ Washington Redskins defensive end Brandon Moore was suspended
without pay for the first four games of the 2014 regular season for
violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse, the
league announced Tuesday.
Moore is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason
practices and games.
___ New York Jets quarterback Michael Vick's past compelled a group at Change.org to start a petition to prevent him from attending
training camp at SUNY Cortland.
"If we welcome Vick onto our campus, we are complicit in his
crimes," the petition reads. "We are sending the message that, for
money and publicity, we will turn a blind eye to the horrors of
dogfighting."
Vick pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge in
2007 and served 19 months in prison.
___ The Buffalo Bills added some depth on the defensive line by agreeing
to terms on a one-year deal with free agent Jarius Wynn, the team
announced Tuesday.
Wynn, 27, played in 15 games (five with San Diego and 10 with
Dallas) during the 2013 season and had 11 tackles and 2.0 sacks.
___ Second-year quarterback Mike Glennon plans to push veteran Josh
McCown for the starting job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014.
Glennon started 13 games as a rookie and had 19 touchdowns and nine
interceptions after replacing Josh Freeman atop the Tampa Bay depth
chart.
___ The Atlanta Falcons signed safety Dwight Lowery and cornerback
Josh
Wilson, the team announced Tuesday.
Lowery (5-foot-11, 212 pounds) was originally selected by the New
York Jets in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Wilson (5-9,
188) was originally selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second
round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
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The Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday re-signed wide receiver
Dane Sanzenbacher, whom the club had tendered as a restricted free agent
for 2014.
Sanzenbacher stood to make $1.4 million under the terms of the
team's tender, but terms of the deal weren't announced.
___ Penn State wide receiver Allen Robinson put on a show the Nittany
Lions pro day Tuesday.
Robinson, the No. 34 overall prospect in the NFLDraftScout.com
rankings and seventh-ranked receiver, showed Tuesday much-improved
burst and the kind of explosiveness some scouts expected at what
proved to be a marginal workout at the Scouting Combine.
___ The Minnesota Vikings signed former Houston Texans wide receiver
Lestar Jean, the team announced Tuesday.
Jean has appeared in 27 games, making one start, over the past two
seasons after spending his rookie season in 2011 on injured reserve.
___ The Houston Texans signed unrestricted free agent running back
Andre
Brown to a one-year contract, the team announced.
Brown (6-foot-0, 227 pounds) has started 10 of 22 games in his five
seasons in the NFL with 18 of those coming the past two seasons with
the New York Giants. (Editing by Frank Pingue)
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