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Jacksonville has traded starting left tackle Eugene Monroe to the Baltimore Ravens for two mid-round picks in the 2014 NFL Draft, CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora has reported. Monroe had been the Jaguars starting left tackle since 2009 when he was selected eighth overall in the NFL Draft. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/23954523/jaguars-trade-lt-eugene-monroe-to-ravens-fro-draft-picks

In recent years, the NFL has focused on supporting three main causes: fighting childhood obesity through NFL PLAY 60, battling breast cancer with A Crucial Catch and showing appreciation for our military with the Salute to Service campaign. The NFL also springs to action in times of crisis, working with the American Red Cross to raise money and to promote healing and rebuilding after national disasters like Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82054f96/article/a-letter-from-the-commissioner the NFL does not profit from the sale or auction of cancer awareness merchandise. http://www.nfl.com/pink

The Cleveland Browns will honor patients, survivors & families during their nationally televised game on Oct. 3. BEREA, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns will celebrate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout October during the fifth consecutive year of the NFL’s and NFL Players Association’s “A Crucial Catch: Annual Screening Saves Lives” campaign, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, the team announced. The Browns will host the NFL’s first official breast-cancer awareness game of 2013 under a national spotlight on Thursday, when Cleveland hosts the Buffalo Bills at FirstEnergy Stadium, broadcast across the country on the NFL Network and WKYC-TV locally. The game is presented by Cleveland Clinic. http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-1/Browns-celebrate-National-Breast-Cancer-Awareness-Month/4995bc23-b644-4ac1-9511-e8c59c019d50 I know some think a "month" is a little to long, but it is a very effective campaign to raise "awareness".

assuming the best.... I would NOT start or play Tyrd Thursday. I think Marrone should "protect" his player and give him 10 more days to get ready for the Cincinnati game.

Tyrd is going to have a "setback" during practice. this will keep him out of games until the bye week. there will be a miracle recovery for the final 5 games to show he's healthy for next year. the bills will tag him again and the exact same scenario will play out. parker demands #1 money and the bills offer top 5.

We're wandering into dangerous ground here, so I'll make this clear from the start: I do not doubt that Jairus Byrd is hurt. Of course, I don't doubt that Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller are hurt, either. There's no doubt in my mind that Marcell Dareus, Kraig Urbik and Aaron Williams are hurt. I'm sure Kyle Williams' heels hurt him from time to time. Leodis McKelvin will probably be hurt when he comes back. There's another thing I don't doubt. If the Bills had given Byrd a long-term contract as one of the top safeties in the league (something in the five-year, $42.5 million range), there's no doubt in my mind that Byrd would have been on the field from the start of the season. http://www.buffalonews.com/columns/jerry-sullivan/its-time-for-the-bills-to-move-byrd-20130930?two-bills-drive

Tension mounting with injured star safety Jairus Byrd, Bills Some within the Bills organization believe he could have already played this season, and that growing disconnect is creating mounting tension between the sides. Furthermore, some in the Bills' locker room believe the Byrd situation, coupled with a dynamic last season in which some teammates and staff members believed Mario Williams' wrist injury was largely psychosomatic at times, has created a climate of uncertainty about the extent of ailments taking players out of games, according to sources close to the situation. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/23910699/tension-mounting-with-injured-star-safety-jairus-byrd-bills

my biggest concerns #1- Penalties/Mental Mistakes #2- 3rd & 1 can't get a rushing yard when they know were coming.

Cordy Glenn will be playing LG next year.

Ian RapoportVerified account‏@RapSheet #Bills S Jairus Byrd is viewed as a long shot to make his debut today after battling plantar fasciitis, per source. Trying to fully heal

Act IV continues

"An extra roster spot is always a good thing," Whaley said, when asked if Byrd could be exempted for the Bills opener against New England on Sept. 8. Byrd would not have been paid if he wasn't on the active roster for the first week of the season. http://espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp13/story/_/id/9589292/nfl-grants-buffalo-bills-roster-exemption-jairus-byrd

Rams welcome Sam Bradford contract extension talks Rapoport and Silver spent time with Rams coach Jeff Fisher, general manager Les Snead and Rams president Kevin Demoff in St. Louis this week. "We have decided that Sam Bradford is our guy. If they came to us and wanted to do a contract extension right now, we'd do it in a minute," Demoff told Silver. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000251130/article/sam-bradford-extension-talks-welcomed-by-rams

I did see him jump offsides at least 3 times....

meanwhile Tyrd is waiting til he is 100% healthy before playing, wants to be the highest paid safety in the league and is "open" to a trade.

Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes says he still isn't 100 percent recovered from the foot injury that kept him out for most of last season and the entire preseason, but he's been in the lineup and his 69-yard touchdown catch beat the Bills last weekend. Had safety Jairus Byrd been in the Buffalo lineup, perhaps things would have played out differently. Byrd hasn't been in the lineup at all for the Bills this year because of his own foot problem and, unlike Holmes, Byrd won't be taking a step on the field until he's certain that he's 100 percent. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/26/jairus-byrd-wont-play-unless-he-feels-100-percent/

ravens 31-17

they showed a stat in last nights game. % chance of making the playoffs: 2-2 = 36% 1-3 = 14%

On the topic of the universally loathed preseason, Goodell floated the possibility of turning some preseason games into scrimmages, or taking them out of season ticket plans, to reflect the increasing worthlessness of the August games. He said there had been no recent conversations about an 18-game schedule, but seemed intrigued by the notion of expanding the playoffs beyond the current 12 teams. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/26/goodell-open-to-more-playoffs-less-preseason/ REDUCE - PRESEASON TO 2 GAMES KEEP - REGULAR SEASON AT 16 GAMES INCREASE - PLAYOFF TEAMS FROM 6 TO 7 PER CONFERENCE

2-2 alive and breathing 1-3 turn out the lights

microscopes ?

AFC is beating the NFC by 11-3 in head to head matchups after 3 weeks.

that's a coach protecting his player.... but E.J. never said he needed to be 100% and i'm pretty sure after surgery he started the season much less than 100%.

"FAKING" is the wrong word. even though I have been dogging Tyrd, I would not say he is "faking" his injury. I believe he is injured. the same injury he played through most of last year when it was in his best interest to play hurt. now this season, after 8 months of rest, it is no longer in his best interest to play hurt. some may call that smart, while others would have a less flattering name. when was the last time you heard an injured player say he was going to wait until he was 100% before playing.