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It will be the second straight game Lynch misses due to a
hamstring injury. He suffered the injury against the Chicago Bears
in Week Three and missed last Monday's game against the Detroit
Lions.
Lynch had played in 61 consecutive regular-season games prior to
sitting out versus Detroit.
Running back Fred Jackson (ankle) is questionable after being
injured against Detroit, meaning rookie Thomas Rawls could be the
starter for the second straight game.
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Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton, off to the hottest start of his
career, may be responding after being booed at a celebrity softball
game this summer.
Offensive coordinator Hue Jackson thinks the softball game held a
couple of days before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in
Cincinnati was a "turning point" for Dalton.
Dalton, who has made two trips to the Pro Bowl, was booed by local
fans when he took his first at bat in July. Dalton shrugged off the
boos later, saying at the time "I'm not worried about it."
"I truly believe that was a turning point for Andy," Jackson told
Peter King of TheMMQB.com. "I'm not going to tell you it didn't
bother him. It did.
"When you have the success he has had -- four seasons in the league,
four times in the playoffs -- getting booed in your own city, that
has to hurt a bit.
"But he was able to hit one over the fence for a home run. And he
flipped the bat. His message was sort of, 'You might not like me
now, but you're going to love me later.'"
The Bengals are 4-0 as they face the Seahawks, with Dalton's best
start to a season on 78-of-116 passing for 1,187 yards, nine
touchdowns and just one interception.
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Bills running backs LeSean McCoy and backup Karlos Williams are out
for Sunday's game against the Tennessee Titans, when Boobie Dixon is
expected to start for Buffalo.
McCoy told reporters Friday he has a Grade-2 hamstring pull and that
the team told him it is typically a 3-4-week injury.
McCoy did not play last week in a loss to the New York Giants,
opting to rest the hamstring injury that first cropped up in August,
and said he does not plan to return to the field until he is 100
percent healthy.
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Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee has cleared the NFL's concussion
protocol and is slated to play in Sunday's game against the New
England Patriots.
Lee was cleared Thursday and returned to practice. He indicated he
had no limitations during practice.
"We're optimistic with how he has responded to everything," Cowboys
coach Jason Garrett said.
Lee was injured during Sunday's loss to the New Orleans Saints.
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The Cleveland Browns listed cornerback Joe Haden as questionable for
Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Haden did not play last Sunday against the San Diego Chargers with a
broken finger after he was listed as probable.
The Ravens will be without starting tight end Crockett Gillmore for
the second consecutive week.
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Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed will miss Sunday's game
against the Atlanta Falcons due to a concussion and cornerback Chris
Culliver will be out with a knee injury.
The Redskins also announced that wide receiver DeSean Jackson and
cornerback DeAngelo Hall will miss the Week Five game. Jackson has
been out due to a season opener hamstring injury, while Hall
suffered a toe injury in the third game.
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Charles Leno will start a second consecutive game at left tackle for
the Chicago Bears at Kansas City.
Jermon Bushrod was officially ruled out for the game, and the Bears
will not know the status of several other key players until game
day.
Quarterback Jay Cutler is questionable with a hamstring injury but
practiced and is likely to play through the muscle strain.
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Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien announced that Brian Hoyer will
start at quarterback against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 6.
Hoyer won the job out of camp but was pulled in the fourth quarter
of a season-opening loss to the Kansas City Chiefs after committing
two turnovers.
Ryan Mallett started since then, but he also has struggled and Hoyer
took over in both of the last two games as the Texans fell to 1-4.
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New England Patriots running back Dion Lewis signed a two-year
contract extension through the 2017 season.
The deal is worth nearly $5 million and prevents Lewis from becoming
an unrestricted free agent following the season.
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