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Upbeat Buccaneers Hit The Road Again To Face The Cardinals
Buccaneers Sign Running Back Jacquizz Rodgers
JACQUIZZ RODGERS
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers boast one of the top run- ning back duos league-wide in Doug Martin and Charles Sims.
On Tuesday, they signed former Falcons passing-down back Jacquizz Rodgers, the team announced. The Bucca- neers also added tight end Alan Cross and linebacker Cameron Lynch to the prac- tice squad.
This one boils down to con- nections. Rodgers, 26, played under Bucs coach Dirk Koet- ter in Atlanta, where he piled up 1,116 yards rushing at 3.7 yards per carry from 2011 to 2014. During that span, he also caught 155 passes for 1,104 yards, doing most of that work as a change-of-pace man on third down.
Jaguars RB Chris Ivory Discharged From Hospital
CHRIS IVORY
Jacksonville Jaguars run- ning back Chris Ivory has been released from the hospi- tal after two days, the team announced Tuesday.
No timetable has been set for Ivory's return and his status for Sunday's contest versus the San Diego Charg- ers remains uncertain.
The 28-year-old running back was a surprise inactive for Week 1's 27-23 loss to the Green Bay Packers after he was admitted to the hospital Sunday morning.
The Jaguars have not indi- cated the reason for Ivory's hospitalization. The issue was unrelated to the calf trouble that landed Ivory in the ques- tionable section of the team's injury report.
The Jags said Ivory is doing well after being dis- charged on Tuesday.
Russell Wilson Has Ankle Injury; Plans To Play Sunday
Jameis Winston hopes to continue celebrating like this as his team faces the Cardinals Sunday.
Seattle Seahawks star quar- terback Russell Wilson spun another come-from-behind victory out of would-be disas- ter, tossing a game-winning touchdown over the Miami Dolphins in the final minute. The 12-10 win was like many we've seen from Seattle in Wil- son's tenure, but this one had a twist.
The twist was literal. The quarterback had his foot acci- dentally stepped on by Dol- phins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. Wilson's mobility was clearly hindered by the injury, showing none of his natural escapability or pocket movement.
The quarterback shrugged off the injury after the game
RUSSELL WILSON
saying: "I'll be all right. I'll be ready to roll (next week)."
Coach Pete Carroll con- firmed that Wilson is dealing with a sprained ankle, but told the station "he'll make it through." Speaking to re- porters Monday, Carroll said Wilson would practice Wednesday and that he's plan- ning to play Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.
Coming off a stellar win to open their regular season against NFC South foe, the At- lanta Falcons, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will try to keep the momentum going as they hit the road again, this time trav- eling west to face the Arizona Cardinals.
The Cardinals, led by quarterback Carson Palmer, are coming off an opening season loss to the New England Patriots, and will be looking for better per- formances from their quarter- back and defense.
Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback, Jameis Win- ston, took about a quarter to get things going, but he ended up tossing four touchdown passes, and led his team to victory.
The Buccaneer defense, led by defensive end Gerald McCoy, performed steadily, but will be looking for better play in their secondary.
Kickoff for Sunday’s con- test will be at 4:05 p. m. on Fox Network Television.
Jameis Winston Recognized
yards and four touchdowns. Other nominees are Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, and Detroit Lions quarterback, Matthew
Stafford.
Robert Griffin, III Put On Injured Reserve With Shoulder Injury
Cam Newton Changing
ROBERT GRIFFIN, III
at Baltimore.
Jackson said the team is
hopeful surgery will not be needed at all.
"But I don't think we'll know until we get an opportu- nity to evaluate him again," Jackson said.
Griffin will wait exactly four weeks before doctors are able to make more determina- tions about whether he will be able to play again this season, a source told ESPN's Jeff Dar- lington on Monday.
"The four-week checkup de- cides it all," a source said.
Food, Art Landscape In
Charlotte -- With A Food Truck
Jameis Winston
is starting the season off strong, with a FedEx Air Player of the Week nomination for his out- standing performance against the Atlanta Falcons with 281
Robert Griffin, III has a fractured bone in his left shoul- der and will miss at least the next eight games for the Cleve- land Browns, the team an- nounced Monday.
Griffin was placed on in- jured reserve; if he is desig- nated as the team's player to return, he could return to prac- tice in six weeks, but he must miss a minimum of eight games. Browns coach Hue Jackson was asked if Griffin is done for the season.
"No, I think he'll be desig- nated for IR," Jackson said. "We'll get an opportunity to see where he is four weeks from now and go from there."
Though surgery is not im- mediately required on the frac- tured coracoid bone, the team said Griffin's shoulder will not be re-evaluated for three to four weeks. The earliest he could return would be Nov. 10
Cam New-
ton pulled his
scooter into the
parking lot
across from the
Goodyear Arts
building, where
Mark Paul
Deren was bat-
tling the August
heat and humid-
ity to paint images of the Car- olina Panthers quarterback on the side of a food truck.
Newton stood there for several minutes, not saying a word.
"I finally said, ‘What's up?'" Deren recalled. "He goes, 'I want my goatee to be blonde.' Then he drives off. That's all he says that day."
Deren has painted a lot of unusual things, from a 10- story building to a "Breaking Bad" recreational vehicle. Pro- fessionally known as MAD- STEEZ, his clients range from Scottie Pippen to Nike Inc. to rapper The Game.
Deren's canvas paintings, 8 feet by 6 feet, begin at $12,500.
But this was among the most unique projects for the California-based artist, in part because of the way it came about and in part because of Newton.
CAM NEWTON
"He originally contacted me through Instagram, I be- lieve through a direct message, almost a year ago now," Deren said. "He was just like, ‘Hey, how can I get some can- vas pieces from you?' So that kind of started the relation- ship.
"Now he'll randomly Face- time me. He'll go, 'Hey, what's going on?' We'll randomly talk. Then, like a month or two ago he said, ‘Hey, I need a favor from you. Are you around?' That's when we started talking about the truck."
The truck, called Smokn' Aces, will debut Sunday for Carolina's home opener against the San Francisco 49ers. It will be parked in the lot where Deren painted it in four days, a few blocks from Bank of America Stadium. Among the menu items will be fish.
One Glaring Problem In Dak Prescott’s Impressive Debut; Throwing More To Dez
Dak Prescott acquitted himself well Sunday after- noon, especially for a rookie starting in Week 1.
He committed no turnovers, made sound deci- sions, commanded the Dallas Cowboys’ offense with calm and may have led a last- minute, game-winning drive if not for a teammate’s bone- headed play. But if the Cow- boys do not let Prescott do more, or if he is unable of doing more, then the Cowboys are in trouble until starter Tony Romo returns.
Prescott came from a spread system at Mississippi State, and he only became the Cowboys’ starter when Romo suffered a broken back in the preseason. He could not have a complete handle on the Cowboys’ playbook yet, and so time should bring improve-
DAK PRESCOTT
ment. But in his regular sea- son debut, a 20-19 loss to the New York Giants, which fol- lowed a scintillating presea- son, he appeared to operate a limited attack lacking deep passes and incapable of incor- porating Dez Bryant, Dal- las’s best player.
Once the New York Giants figured it out, they rendered Prescott ineffective. Other teams will, too, if he does not show improvement or receive more chances to stretch the field.
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