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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The surgery Mario Williams had to fix his sprained left wrist appears to have also done plenty in repairing the Buffalo Bills' high-priced defensive end's self-confidence.

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Williams was in an upbeat mood Monday in discussing how much better he felt physically and mentally after rejoining the Bills following the team's bye week off, and six days after having arthroscopic surgery in Alabama.

"Nobody wants me to do better than me. So definitely, with this procedure, it's definitely given me a lot of hope and a different mindset," he said. "I feel like I was stagnant. That's why I'm very excited to have been able to go clean it out and being optimistic about things."

And that includes the NFL's highest-paid defensive player declaring himself ready to play on Sunday, when the Bills (3-4) travel to play the Houston Texans (6-1), Williams' former team.

"Oh, I'm definitely, definitely (playing). I'm not missing anything," he said. "It uplifts me tremendously. ... I'm definitely excited. This is a great week."

He was held out of practice on Monday with coach Chan Gailey saying the plan is for Williams to be back on the field for Wednesday's session.

"I talked to him, and he sounded very encouraged," Gailey said. "Hopefully, he doesn't miss a beat."

Selected first overall by Houston in the 2006 draft, Williams had 53 career sacks in six seasons to set the Texans franchise record. Three days into free agency in March, signed a six-year, $100 million contract with Buffalo.

DeAngelo Williams sounded as curious as anyone Sunday about the possibility that he'd played his final game as a Carolina Panther.

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Coach Ron Rivera said Monday he doesn't expect to see Williams -- or anyone else -- head elsewhere before this week's trade deadline.

"We've got to sit here and see if somebody does call, but we're not looking to move anybody or send anybody away or try to get anybody out there," Rivera said, via the Charlotte Observer. "I don't think we have a lot to give in terms of trying to trade for players."

Williams has been ineffective in limited duty this season, but he has averaged 5 yards per carry since entering the NFL in 2006. He has been completely marginalized in Carolina's offense, getting just 19 carries in the past three games. A team source told the Observer that at least one playoff-contending team has contacted the Panthers about a potential deal for Williams.

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It makes sense for the Panthers to get what they can for 29-year-old Williams, who isn't contributing this season and almost certainly won't be brought back in 2013.

The NFL pushed the trade deadline back to Thursday at 4 p.m. ET because of the issues on the East Coast caused by Hurricane Sandy.

Intent on proving more than one Jones can enter his opinion on the state of the Dallas Cowboys into the national dialogue, Stephen Jones wants you to know Tony Romo is "going to be just fine."

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Well, if you can get past the fact that he's on pace to throw 30 interceptions this season.

"Right now he's obviously going through a little bit of a tough stretch in terms of the turnovers," Jones, the Cowboys' director of player personnel, said Monday on KRLD-FM, via The Dallas Morning News. "He knows better than anybody that we can't have those.

"I think it would've been real easy for a quarterback who doesn't have a strong mental makeup to really struggle, but he brought our team back and gave us a lot of opportunities there at the end of the game to win the game. I think in the long haul Tony's going to be just fine."

Jones added that the Cowboys need "to do a better job of giving (Romo) the correct read and that type of thing."


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Romo helped put the Cowboys in a 23-0 hole against the New York Giants on Sunday, thanks to three first-half picks. His play improved as the game went along, leading the Cowboys to 24 unanswered points. The Cowboys eventually fell, 29-24, to drop to 3-4.

Romo and the Cowboys next head to Atlanta, where they'll face the undefeated Falcons. It's not getting any easier.

The Pittsburgh Steelers re-instated rookie nose tackle Alameda Ta'amu on Monday after suspending him without pay two weeks ago following an Oct. 14 incident that led to his arrest.

Ta'amu faces more than a dozen charges, including three felony counts for fleeing police, aggravated assault and aggravated assault by vehicle.

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Ta'amu allegedly led Pittsburgh police on a wild car chase through the city's South Side neighborhood. According to the criminal complaint, police said he hit multiple parked cars, drove on the wrong side of the road and drove his car at officers when they attempted to pull him over. The complaint said police considered shooting, but did not because of the large number of pedestrians and motorists around.

According to The Associated Press, Ta'amu fled on foot once his vehicle became disabled. He then allegedly resisted officers when they tried to arrest him.

Ta'amu took a blood alcohol test and registered .196, twice the legal limit.

In exchange for the (relatively) meager sum of $577,000, the New York Giants own the rights to one of the league's most explosive playmakers.

For evidence, look no further than Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands, where Cruz blew past theWashington Redskins secondary for his 77-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth quarter. Cruz lifted his team to victory and scrapped a week's worth of RG3 puff pieces with one dynamic play.

Cruz has obviously earned his raise. He discussed it on Tuesday.

"I'm just in a position right now where I'm just focused on football," Cruz said during his radio spot on WFAN (via The Star-Ledger). "I have people, my agents and things like that, to worry about that stuff. But as a human being, you obviously want to -- you hope you get it done before the season's over, obviously."

Cruz is set to become a restricted free agent after the season. If the Giants can't work out a deal, other teams can bid for the receiver's services. The Giants would have the right to match any offer.

"My team and my agents, my team on my side, we would like to get it done before the season's (over)," Cruz said. "We don't want to drag it along, and become something that blocks the team in the offseason, and something that is in the media every day.

"We don't want it to get like that. We want to just knock it out halfway through the season, or during the season at the very least, and put it behind (us)."

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