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 Quarterback Josh McCown will miss the rest of the season after
fracturing his collarbone in a 33-27 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on
Monday night. Davis, in relief of McCown, made his Browns debut in
Monday's game.
Entering in the fourth quarter with Cleveland trailing by a
touchdown, Davis completed 7 of 10 passes for 77 yards, including a
42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Travis Benjamin.
The start will be the 26-year-old Davis' first since he joined the
Browns in September and the ninth of his NFL career. In eight starts
and 10 overall appearances with the St. Louis Rams last season,
Davis completed 180 of 284 passes for 2,001 yards, 12 touchdowns and
nine interceptions.
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NFL owners scheduled a special meeting for Jan. 12-13 in Houston to
deal with the potential relocation of teams to Los Angeles.
The owners, meeting Wednesday in Irving, Texas, want more
information from the three cities -- St. Louis, San Diego and
Oakland -- hoping to keep teams from moving.
No clear consensus has emerged for either of the two stadium
proposals for Los Angeles.
Rams owner Stan Kroenke may be willing to share his proposed stadium
in the Los Angeles area. The Rams proposed a sort a partnership with
the San Diego Chargers or Oakland Raiders in Inglewood, California,
the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
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Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is out of concussion protocol and was
cleared to practice with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday.
Roethlisberger said Tuesday that he was out of the NFL's mandated
concussion protocol, which requires clearance from an independent
neurologist to return to on-field activities, but coach Mike Tomlin
and the Steelers denied that was the case just hours later.
On Wednesday, Roethlisberger was indeed back on the field with the
Steelers, who host the Indianapolis Colts at Heinz Field on Sunday
night.
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The Atlanta Falcons, losers of four consecutive games and five of
their past six, held a players-only meeting in an attempt to get
back on the winning track.
The players held the meeting on Tuesday as the 6-5 Falcons prepare
for Sunday's game against the 5-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It is unclear how long the meeting lasted, but first-year head coach
Dan Quinn was informed before it took place, according to ESPN.
The Falcons started the season 5-0 before a 31-21 loss to the NFC
South rival New Orleans Saints in Week 6 on Oct. 15.
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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, who is week to week
with a bone bruise/sprain, said he will return "when I am 100
percent".
The Patriots and the Gronkowski family issued a joint statement
Tuesday afternoon regarding the knee injury he suffered during the
Patriots' first loss of the season on Sunday night in Denver.
Gronkowski was carted off the field in the fourth quarter of
Sunday's 30-24 overtime loss to the Broncos. The injury occurred
with 2:49 remaining when Broncos defensive back Darian Stewart hit
Gronkowski low on an incomplete pass. Gronkowski's leg whipped back
as it made contact with Stewart.
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