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Leave it to Josh Norman to speak his mind. Camiseta De Luis Suarez Barcelona .Asked how he thinks the NFL product could be improved, the never-shy, oft-fined Washington Redskins cornerback quickly offered one suggestion: Its time for some turnover at league headquarters.Simple: Get the people who are in there out. Whoevers making the rules, just get `em out. We have a new president; have a new NFL commissioner, Norman said, sitting in front of his locker at the Redskins practice facility this week.Then the guy docked more than $75,000 this season for various reasons -- an illegal hit, a bow-and-arrow pantomiming celebration and, most recently, postgame criticism of an official -- added wryly: I hope I dont get fined for that.With the NFLs TV ratings down this season, its become a popular parlor game to come up with explanations for the decline. Also popular: the notion that the quality of the product has decreased. If thats true, how can the game get better?Its still a great game. But theres no question theres probably a lot of things that could help the game, said Dan Reeves, who coached four Super Bowl teams after his career as a running back ended.For one thing, Reeves surmised, rules in the 2011 labor contract that eliminated training camp two-a-days and reduced in-season practicing in pads to protect players might have had the opposite effect.Its very difficult to learn how to block and tackle now, so technique-wise, things are not as good as they could be. From a coachs standpoint, its very difficult to get good at things if you dont practice, he said. And I personally wonder if injuries are up, because you dont learn how to protect yourself playing at full speed. The only time you really do it now is in a game.Reeves also offered a theory about the ratings, saying: Youre getting a little overexposure. Its sort of like when youre eating -- after a while, you get enough.Among the various improvements suggested by current and former players during conversations with The Associated Press:-Expand rosters, both to account for replacing injured players and perhaps to lessen the likelihood of injury by giving some players more snaps off.I would find a way to get three more players on both sides of the ball. Maybe one each for offensive line, running back and quarterback, then add another defensive lineman, another a linebacker and another defensive back, Pro Football Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott said.-Make all stadiums have grass fields, to try to lessen injuries.-Let defensive players go back to being more physical.I understand the league is trying to keep people safe, but I think its so hands-on that you cant play as fast as you want to, sometimes. It kind of messes you up, because if you do go all out ... you might end up giving most of your money back from that week in fines for a hit or a certain tackle, New York Jets safety Rontez Miles said.-Try to rebalance a field tilted in favor of offense.If you really, really, really want to see how good receivers are today, eliminate the 5-yard rule, and go back to letting defensive backs play football, said Joe Theismann, who won a Super Bowl as quarterback of the Redskins. Maybe the wide receivers would have to work again and it would be fair, because right now, its not.-Have more significant consequences for game officials who err .A referee could make a bad call and cost a team a game, Redskins defensive lineman Chris Baker said, and all thats going to happen is theyre going send an apology letter and say, `Im sorry. But nothing actually happens.-Rewrite the rulebook to make it more easily understood. Start with the definition of a catch.-Stop throwing flags or doling out fines when a good play is followed by rejoicing.Maybe stop policing the celebrations so harshly. I think thats one place to start, Packers QB Aaron Rodgers said.Washingtons Norman certainly would agree. Otherwise, though, he thinks the on-field state of the NFL is in good shape -- just not necessarily in good hands.The game has been this way for 100 years. Why are people in the (league) office trying to change it? What are you trying to make better? Why touch the game? ... Change the staff. We changed the president; lets change them, too, he said. There should be a number of years you can run it. There should be a term limit in the NFL.---AP Pro Football Writers Dave Campbell and Teresa M. Walker and Sports Writers Jimmy Golen and Dennis Waszak Jr. contributed to this report.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich Camiseta Lionel Messi Barcelona . But what about the officials? Every sport has officials and they also have stories about hard work and sacrifice but their accomplishments are seldom recognized by anyone outside their inner circle. Camiseta De Messi Barcelona . With his new coach and six-time Grand Slam singles champion Boris Becker watching him during an official match for the first time, Djokovic appeared tentative early against the Slovakian player, who often appeared content to keep the ball in play. http://www.tiendacamisetadebarcelona.es/ . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. CONCORD, N.C. -- A career-long 24-race winless streak.Only two cars qualifying for the Chase for the Cup championship.Dale Earnhardt Jr.s season-ending concussion.Yep, it has been a rough season for Hendrick Motorsports -- but Jimmie Johnson is out to salvage it.Johnson gained some big-time momentum and a measure of breathing room on Sunday in his quest for a record-tying seventh Cup championship, winning at Charlotte to advance to the third round for the first time since the new playoff format was established in 2014.Johnson was knocked out in the second round two years ago. He bowed out in the first round last year.We knew we would get back in victory lane, Johnson said. Yes, it was slower than we wanted it to be, but to be here today and have this victory is great.Hendrick said he was so excited to win that he took his first champagne bath ever after the race.It feels good, Hendrick said with a satisfying smile.Johnson and Chase Elliott were the only Hendrick drivers to make the Chase after Earnhardt was forced to call it a season while dealing with concussion symptoms and Kasey Kahne was unable to find victory lane.It looked like it might be another tough-luck day for owner Rick Hendrick when Elliott was knocked out of the race in a wreck after leading 103 laps. But Johnson took the baton in the second half of the race and led 155 laps.Johnson passed Matt Kenseth on the restart with 17 laps remaining and held on to win his third race of the season and his record eighth win at his home track.Together, Hendrick drivers combined to lead 258 of 334 laps, leaving Chase driver Kyle Busch to wonder if the powerhouse team is back.They had some speed, Busch said. Maybe they are bringing new cars and theey have found something -- and have been holding out on us. Camiseta Lionel Messi. . We will have to be start doing the same thing.Said Johnson: We have hit on some things. But we cant celebrate too much. But this does buy us a couple of weeks of freedom in the Chase.Hendrick said the last few months were difficult, saying for a while we were struggling to get in the top 10.I cant tell you how many races we were in a position to win, Hendrick said. There would be a caution or something and we would just fumble the ball.Hendrick said the team went back to the wind tunnel for testing and worked hard to find more speed.Usually teams come apart when they are not finding speed, Hendrick said. But the guys came together.Said Hendrick: Charlotte is like home to us. Its been a drought.After the race, one of Johnsons children pulled a fake $1 million bill out of Johnsons pocket that he been given a long time ago by Humpy Wheeler.That seemed to match Johnsons million-dollar smile on Sunday.Really we just fell back on what we are made of at Hendrick Motorsports, he said. There is a culture there and a belief. It was not fun to experience all that we have been through, but we have seen the cars get stronger, better and faster. We were able to execute all day long here.Among active drivers at Charlotte, Johnson came in ranking first in average running position (8.3), driver rating (109.6) and laps led (1,740).Johnson said his team might have benefited from Saturday nights race being postponed because of Hurricane Matthew.He likes running at Charlotte in the daytime.We like the sun, Johnson said. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' ' 
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