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Representatives of the league and the NFL Players Association met Tuesday, resuming their labor negotiations. They're attempting to negotiate an extension of their labor agreement, which expires after the 2010 season. This season is the final one in the current deal with a salary cap. A league official called it a positive meeting and said that the NFL looks forward to further constructive discussions with the union.

UPDATED (3:58 p.m.)... The Philadelphia Eagles signed linebacker Jeremiah Trotter and released quarterback Jeff Garcia, the club announced. Trotter returned to his former team after working out for the Eagles last week and again on Monday. Trotter last played for the Eagles in 2006 and last played in the NFL in 2007 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Eagles had a solid defensive performance last Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs but surrendered 48 points a week earlier to the New Orleans Saints. Omar Gaither is the club's starter at middle linebacker. The Eagles lost their would-be starter at the position, Stewart Bradley, to a knee injury before the season.

UPDATED (3:30 p.m.)... The Miami Dolphins officially declared starting quarterback Chad Pennington out for the remainder of the season and obtained reserve quarterback Tyler Thigpen in a trade Tuesday with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs announced that they'd sent Thigpen to the Dolphins for an undisclosed draft choice next year. The Dolphins confirmed the trade and announced that they'd placed Pennington on the season-ending injured reserve list. Pennington suffered a shoulder injury during a loss Sunday to the San Diego Chargers that dropped the Dolphins' record to 0-3. ESPN reported that Pennington suffered a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder. He potentially is facing shoulder surgery for what would be the third time since 2005. Other reports, including one by the Associated Press, indicated that Pennington suffered a dislocated shoulder and tests were to determine if there was damage to the rotator cuff.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is scheduled to make an anti-dogfighting appearance Tuesday afternoon in Washington with representatives of the Humane Society, the organization has announced. Vick is to speak at an event scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at Covenant Baptist Church in Southwest D.C., according to the Humane Society's announcement. Vick has made previous appearances in other cities as part of the Humane Society's anti-dogfighting campaign. He is playing for the Eagles this season after missing the previous two NFL seasons while serving a federal sentence for his role in a dogfighting operation in Virginia. Last Sunday, Vick made his first regular season appearance since being reinstated by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens said during a radio interview Monday that he's learned not to allow the media to draw him into controversies. Owens's radio comments came after he gave a series of terse answers during a postgame news conference Sunday, refusing to say what he'd thought of the Bills' play-calling or the decision-making of quarterback Trent Edwards. Owens was held without a catch in a loss to the New Orleans Saints. "It really just shows you the angle that the media has taken all these years," Owens told Sporting News Radio, according to an account of the interview in the Buffalo News. "Over the years, I've always kind of spoken openly about whatever is being asked with my answers, so the last four or five years I've kind of noticed that and tried taking some steps to prevent some of those things from happening. "But [Sunday]

The Cleveland Browns are to announce their starting quarterback decision on Wednesday, according to the team's Web site. Coach Eric Mangini declined Monday to name this week's starter. Mangini benched Brady Quinn during Sunday's loss to the Baltimore Ravens but Derek Anderson threw three interceptions in his relief appearance. When Mangini picked Quinn over Anderson as the club's starter entering the season, he attempted to keep the choice under wraps for competitive reasons. But it didn't stay secret for as long as Mangini had hoped, being revealed by media reports and a congratulatory message to Quinn on Twitter by Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens.

According to a report by the league-owned NFL Network, Raiders defensive assistant Randy Hanson told a Napa, Calif., police investigator last week that Raiders Coach Tom Cable struck him and broke his jaw during a training camp incident on Aug. 5. Hanson was interviewed for about an hour and a half by a detective on Friday and has turned over medial records to the police, his attorney told the league's television channel. The attorney, John McGuinn, told the NFL Network he doesn't know if Cable will face charges. Cable has denied that any punches were thrown, and has said that nothing happened. There also was a report at the time that Cable intervened in an argument between Hanson and another Raiders assistant and knocked over a chair on which Hanson was sitting, and Hanson was injured when he struck his face on a cabinet during his fall.

The Indianapolis Colts reportedly are to be without defensive end Dwight Freeney for two to three weeks because of a strained quadriceps muscle. ESPN reported that's the timetable for Freeney's return to the lineup. Freeney was hurt during Sunday night's triumph at Arizona. He had two sacks during that game. He underwent an MRI exam Monday after saying Sunday, according to the Associated Press, that he "felt something pop" in his leg when he was hurt. The unbeaten Colts host the Seattle Seahawks this weekend, then play at Tennessee before having a bye week.

Terrell Owens' persona might overshadow his declining skills. T.O. is such an industry of his own reality TV show, heartfelt tweets and other assorted look-at-me moments that it's easy to forget that Owens is in the fourth quarter of his career as an elite NFL receiver.

Three weeks into the season, the Broncos' gamble on a 33-year-old head coach has begun to pay off.