race our own race. ... Im excited about going to Martinsville for sure. Well take it how it comes.Crafton from LAM's blog
BUFFALO, N. Adam Vinatieri Jersey .Y. -- The NFL is re-evaluating its scheduling process in a bid to avoid the short turnaround of having teams playing on Sunday night and then travel to play on Thursday, Troy Vincent told The Associated Press.Thats tough, and well have to look at that, the leagues vice president of football operations said during a visit to Buffalo on Thursday. Ideally, thats not something that we would like to have.Vincent was referring to last month, when Washington beat Green Bay in a prime-time game on Nov. 20, and then lost a late afternoon game at Dallas four days later.He said the league prefers that both teams playing on Thursday would be scheduled to play early Sunday afternoon games the previous weekend.Vincent said the issue is on the leagues agenda and has also been raised with the NFLs senior vice president of broadcasting Howard Katz, who oversees the schedule.Thats welcome news to Washington coach Jay Gruden, who called it a no-brainer, when informed of Vincents comments.The recovery time for these players after a physical football game needs to be more than what we got. And then you throw a plane ride in on top of it, it makes it pretty difficult, Gruden told The AP. It can be done because we did it. But I think the schedule maker should really look at that and not put somebody in that predicament again.Days before the game at Dallas, Gruden called the schedule unfair and said his biggest worry was the health of his team.The shorter turnaround between games, such as what happened to Washington, is a rare occurrence. It has happened just seven times over the past 11 seasons, and only three of those instances involved a team playing on Sunday night and then again on Thanksgiving.Vincent cited league data in saying there is no indication that injuries have increased involving teams playing on three days rest.Otherwise, Vincent said, the NFL plans to continue playing weekly games on Thursday, with all 32 games being scheduled to play at least once per season.---AP Sports Writer Stephen Whyno in Ashburn, Virginia, contributed to this report.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Margus Hunt Jersey . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era. Pierre Desir Jersey . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. http://www.coltsfansshop.com/Colts-Andrew-Luck-Draft-Jersey/ . On Tuesday, Ottawa placed forward Cory Conacher and defenceman Joe Corvo on waivers as trade rumours swirl around the Senators. TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Last year, the ugly part of the Chase elimination-style format at Talladega came when Kevin Harvick stayed out with a sick car in the final laps, causing a wreck that ended the race.This year, the ugly came in a different fashion: with Matt Kenseth finishing 28th, Carl Edwards in 29th and Kyle Busch in 30th -- good enough to advance to the semifinal round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers never made much of a move, dropping to the rear of the field before the green flag ever fell and staying there throughout the day. There were only four cars on the lead lap behind them.Kenseth finished with an eight-point cushion to advance, Busch finished with a six-point cushion and Edwards with a four-point spread.We accomplished all we need to accomplish, Busch said. Well take it and move on. We didnt get paid very well today, but well get paid very well in about four weeks when were hoisting a trophy.With a couple of engine failures taking out some contenders but no big wreck to thin the field, the Gibbs drivers opted to never make a real move throughout the race. There was a slight chance Austin Dillon and Denny Hamlin could have had such good finishes to knock out one of the Gibbs cars running around in the back, but they took their chances.For Busch, the defending Sprint Cup champion, it was the best 30th-place finish ever.There is no reward to go race and get wrecked so you try to be smart and do what you can do, Busch said. If youre guaranteed racing and everybody along with yourself is all crashed out, then the points would stay the same, [youd race] but you cant guarantee that.You have to be smart and you have to try to survive.Busch said he was hesitant to use the strategy, which was similar to what he tried in 2014 only to get hit from behind by Dillon as he slowed for an accident well up ahead of them.Anytime we were just kind of chilling, riding, kind of hanging out and we had a car behind us, I made sure to get out of that situation and made sure we were the last car, Busch said. I didnt want anybody behind me besides a teammate.The one driver who could have been hurt by strategy was their JGR teammate Hamlin, who had no one to rely on for a push up front. His third-place finish was good enough to tie Dillon for the final spot and win the tiebreaker with the best finish in the round. In other words, Hamlin advanced no thanks to his teammates.They had to do what they had to do to get in, Hamlin said. You cant sacrifice those three cars to try to get the last one in. Youve got to know youve got in your hand threee aces. Malik Hooker Jersey. You cant try to get the fourth and risk it, so I knew I was going to be out there alone.One thing fans can be sure of -- they wont see this next year. Because Talladega is the middle race of the round, no one will use the strategy because drivers will need to get every point they can prior to the elimination race at Kansas.Next year, it will be a way better race and I think well have way more entertainment for the fans and everyone, with the schedule change putting Talladega back before Kansas, Busch said. Youll know what you have before you go into Kansas, so I feel like everyone is going to have to race and youre going to have to get as many points as you can through this track in order to have a safe day at Kansas.Thats good, because there hopefully wont be many more of these answers after the Talladega race next year.I dont think any of us had any fun and none of us enjoyed it, Kenseth said. But it was just what we had to do.Camping World Truck Series: Old and newThe truck championship hunt eliminated two young drivers in Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek, keeping a mix of veterans and newcomers in the mix.Series vets Timothy Peters, Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter are among the six drivers to advance to the semifinal round. Ben Kennedy, in his third year in trucks, advanced, as did Kyle Busch Motorsports rookies William Byron and Christopher Bell.Byron was the only driver guaranteed a spot entering the race Saturday at Talladega, but the other five were ahead of the cutoff entering the race and held their positions as Nemechek blew an engine and Hemric got caught up in a couple melees. Grant Enfinger won the race driving for GMS Racing.Peters hopes that experience matters.I look forward to the next three, Peters said. Im not worried about [the rest]. Were going to race our own race. ... Im excited about going to Martinsville for sure. Well take it how it comes.Crafton and Sauter have two career wins at Martinsville, while Peters also has one. At Texas, Byron won in June, and Crafton and Sauter have two wins apiece. Peters is the defending winner at Phoenix.I felt like we had a truck that could win the race -- we definitely had enough speed, Sauter said. But youve got to be smart. 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