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ALAMEDA, Calif. — Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis said Tuesday that he doesn’t strategy to sell the franchise, but he kept open the possibility of relocating.

The Raiders have been attempting to get a new stadium and have been continually linked to a return to Los Angeles, which has two groups vying to construct a new stadium and land a team.

In response to a reporter’s question, Davis said he was open to the proposed joint facility with the 49ers in Santa Clara and has spent far more than a year operating on stadium alternatives, but that if some thing can’t be completed in the Bay Region, “something will get done somewhere.”

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NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees has broken the NFL record for yards passing in a season, surpassing a mark that had stood since Dan Marino set it in 1984.

Brees topped Marino’s record of five,084 yards with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles in Monday night’s 45-16 win against the Atlanta Falcons.

“Honestly, I was genuinely trying not to believe about the record or something,” Brees mentioned. “I knew we had been close. A couple guys mentioned stuff to me on the sideline. I didn’t want to hear it. It’s like a pitcher with a no-hitter, I guess.”

As Sproles spiked the ball, Brees thrust his fist triumphantly in the air and started walking toward midfield although the Superdome crowd went wild and his teammates chased him down. Offensive lineman Carl Nicks was the 1st one to get there and tried to lift Brees onto his shoulder, but couldn’t do it as teammates swarmed about.

“If I could have put him on my shoulders and paraded him about the whole stadium I would have performed that. He deserves it,” Nicks said. “It’s like a movie, man. Just a movie ending. It’s beautiful. … You could tell by every person’s reaction soon after he did it how much folks care about that guy. We all enjoy him.”

Marino tweeted following the record-setting play: “Congrats to @drewbrees. Excellent job by such a unique player.”

Brees entered the game with 4,780 yards, needing 305 to set the record. He has passed for 300 yards or more an NFL-record 12 occasions this season — with 1 game nevertheless to play. This was his sixth consecutive 200-yard game, which ties an NFL record also shared by Steve Young, Kurt Warner and Wealthy Gannon.

Brees threatened Marino’s record once just before in 2008, when he finished with 5,069 yards, making him and Marino the only quarterbacks to pass for 5,000 yards in a season.

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The Green Bay Packers have not begun cutting the pay of their employees. When, or regardless of whether, they will depends on when, or no matter whether, the lockout causes the team to lose cash.

Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy told the Green Bay Press-Gazette that those decisions will be created when the team knows if it is going to lose ticket or tv revenue from lost games.

“It’s based on when we’re going to commence missing revenue,” Murphy said.

Murphy stated the lockout has had a tiny effect on sponsorships, but no substantial impact on the team’s bottom line.

“That’s why we have not began withholding yet,” Murphy stated.

The Packers’ approach is the correct one: If the lockout lasts so long that regular-season games are lost, then it is understandable that teams are going to have tough decisions to make about paying their workers. But until teams start losing actual funds, it’s wrong for them to cut the pay of workers who have nothing to do with the ongoing labor mess.

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After going undrafted by the NFL, Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich wasn’t a leading-50 choose in the UFL’s draft for one large reason: Teams assumed he would pursue an NFL career very first.

They had been proper.

SI.com’s Peter King wrote in MMQB that Herzlich will bypass the UFL and wait for a chance to play in the large leagues 1st.

(At least he didn’t say: “I’m not going to that shit.”)

It is the path that the vast majority of high quality undrafted free of charge agents will take initially.  Some players will head to the UFL or Canada, but we suspect most of them had been extreme longshots in the NFL.

If the lockout continues into August, however, these prospects could begin to realize what many college graduates do after graduation: It is challenging to pass up paid work when your dream job isn’t materializing proper away.

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The New Orleans Saints have changed the face of their offensive backfield. With the help of a trade with the New England Patriots, the Saints jumped back into the first round of the NFL Draft to choose 2009 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram at pick No. 28. Ingram, the final skill-position player taken during Thursday’s first round, brings an acclaimed jolt of life into a running game that struggled through injury and ineffectiveness last season.
“I’m excited that [the Saints] traded up to come get me,” Ingram said to the Associated Press. “They have a lot of great backs down there. I’m just going to go down there, work my butt and contribute to the team and help them win championships.”
With their original first-round pick, No. 24, the Saints selected California defensive end Cameron Jordan. FANTASY ANALYSIS: When Reggie Bush heard the news that the Saints had drafted Ingram, he tweeted: “it’s been fun New Orleans.” The Saints have to make a decision on Bush and his fat contract, but Ingram isn’t a threat to Bush; they are completely different types of running backs. However, Pierre Thomas and Chris Ivory have to take this as a direct challenge. Ingram has some durability issues of his own, but he may be the team’s best option in short-yardage and goal-line situations this season. That automatically gives his fantasy value a sizable boost. With an impressive camp and/or an injury among this group, which is pretty likely, Ingram could have one of the biggest fantasy impacts of any 2011 rookie.
Emmitt Smith, he is not. But Mark Ingram can be a high-quality RB in this league if he stays healthy. Those in keeper leagues have to be excited when thinking about what he could do behind Drew Brees in New Orleans.

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