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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons offensive lineman Joe Hawley received a four-game suspension from the NFL on Monday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

Hawley, a third-year player, backs up the Falcons' longtime center, Todd McClure. The suspension begins immediately, meaning Hawley can't return to the Atlanta roster until Dec. 17 -- a day after theNFC-leading team faces the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants.

His agent, Kevin Omell, released a statement saying Hawley took Adderall in September without filing the proper paperwork with the league for a medical exemption. The stimulant is perhaps best known as a treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

"He is sincerely sorry to his teammates, coaches and Falcons fans for the consequences of this oversight," Omell said. "Joe will work diligently every day of this suspension to stay in top football shape and be ready to help the team continue the success they've achieved thus far this season."

Hawley will not appeal the suspension.

"He has chosen to be immediately accountable for the situation," his agent said.

While Hawley is out, the Falcons will likely use rookie Peter Konz as McClure's backup. Konz is also the starter at right guard.

The Falcons (9-1) face NFC South rival Tampa Bay (6-4) on Sunday. Hawley also will miss game against division foes New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers.

Ed Reed's Sunday night hit on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders drew an unnecessary roughness penalty but will cost the Baltimore Ravens much more than that.


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The NFL suspended the veteran safety for one game without pay for what it labeled "repeated violations of the rule prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players." Reed is banned from practicing this week and playing in Sunday's game against theSan Diego Chargers.

"I didn't see that one coming, so it was surprising,"Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday, minutes after the league dropped the news.

The possibility of appealing the decision raises a sticky issue for the Ravens. Harbaugh acknowledged a worst-case scenario: If Reed appeals the suspension and delays the ban, the league might turn around and reaffirm its ruling in time for the Ravens' Week 13 rematch with the Steelers. Harbaugh believes that fate will be avoided.

"My understanding was (an appeal is) going to be heard very quickly for that reason, so we should have a decision by Wednesday," he said.

The NFL dropped the hammer following Reed's third violation over the past three seasons. The league is serious about tracking these hits and removing players from the landscape if they don't fall in line.

That's the NFL's concern. Baltimore's is ensuring Reed is on the field for a Pittsburgh game that ultimately might decide the rough-and-tumble AFC North.

UPDATE: NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said later Monday that Reed has notified the league he plans to appeal his suspension, and his case will be heard by Wednesday night by either Art Shell or Ted Cottrell, NFL.com's Steve Wyche reported.

Also, per rule, there is no "three-strike" limit in terms of repeated helmet-to-head-area hits. Discipline for repeat offenders is determined on a case-by-case basis, according to Aiello.

A connection with a local family prompted J.J. Watt to alter his signature sack celebration Sunday.

After the Houston Texans star brought down Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Chad Henne during the fourth quarter of a 43-37 overtime win, Watt mimed the motion of moving a wheelchair. He did it in honor of Willa, Aaron and Peter Berry, three children who were orphaned in July 2011, when a head-on collision killed their parents.

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Willa, who was then 6, was severely injured in the accident. Aaron, then 8, and Peter, then 9, were paralyzed from the waist down. Watt has developed a close relationship with the Houston-area children.

"I was eating dinner at their house on Friday night," Watt said, via the Houston Chronicle. "They said they're going to be watching the game. They said give us a signal. I said OK, when I get a sack, I'll do the wheelchair."

Watt and the children came up with the idea for the sack celebration while playing a game of wheelchair basketball last week. When Watt got his opportunity, he didn't disappoint.

We started to hear the criticism Sunday night. Why was New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski still in the game during a 59-24 blowout victory?

There are a lot of reasons why this line of thinking is silly. No. 1: Gronkowski broke his forearm on an extra-point attempt.


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"You always leave your starters in on the PAT, even on the field-goal block team," former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi said Monday in an ESPNBoston.com chat. "When I was playing defense and we were blowing out an opponent, you were told, 'You're out of the game now, Tedy, but you're still on the field-goal block team.' It's just the way it is in football."

Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy explained the practice to SI.com's Peter King.

"Jeff Saturday was my right guard on the PAT team, and I'd never think of taking him off," Dungy said. "All my years in football, I never heard anyone, never heard Chuck Noll saying, 'Well, we better get Jack Ham off the PAT team.' It's not something I'd question."

"A broken forearm on a PAT is akin to breaking an ankle getting the mail. Routine act, bad outcome," our sage friend, Tom Curran, wrote Monday.

The extra point should be a relatively risk-free play. Patriots coach Bill Belichick explained it well during a radio-show appearance Monday.

"Football players play football," Belichick said on WEEI, via ESPNBoston.com. "You tell me which guys are going to get hurt and I'll get them out of there."

Belichick also explained why he often doesn't pull starters from the game early on offense or defense.

"I think you have to be careful when you are trying to run a team to go up to one guy and say, 'Michael, we're going to leave you in the game because we don't really care about you, but Glenn, we're going to take you out because you're really important,' " Belichick said. "I don't think that's really a good way to approach a team. I've never done that. I don't think that would be a very successful approach to it."

ST. LOUIS -- For a few hours, Mark Sanchez had every right to feel good about himself and the direction of the New York Jets.

After a turnover-free Sunday in the Jets' solid 27-13 victory over the St. Louis Rams, the beleaguered quarterback was the unquestioned No. 1. Sanchez believes it's the type of performance that can become contagious.


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"If you really take the positives from this game, build on those, continue to get better and improve, we can become a team that just doesn't turn the ball over," Sanchez said. "That could be our identity, if you want it to be and if you work at it."

Sanchez was an efficient 15 of 20 passing for 178 yards and a touchdown, while Tim Tebow was merely a footnote. The Jets dominated on defense, too. And New York stopped a three-game losing streak, and will head into a Thanksgiving night meeting against the AFC East-leading New England Patriots with renewed confidence.

"Our guys have been working extremely hard and I'm really happy for all of us that it showed," coachRex Ryan said. "We needed a win, obviously, in the worst way."

Bilal Powell ran for the first two touchdowns of his career, Chaz Schilens scored on a 25-yard reception and Nick Folk kicked a pair of 51-yard field goals for the Jets (4-6), who were outscored 58-16 the previous two games. The Jets overcame a tumultuous practice week with several anonymous players quoted in a newspaper report disparaging the ability of Tebow, who had a handful of snaps but was no factor.

Linebacker Bart Scott created a bit of fuss when he initially declined to speak to reporters, complaining of unfair treatment, and barked at teammates to follow suit, yelling to one: "You didn't get the memo?"

Scott later relented.

Ryan had anticipated Tebow to have a larger role but changed the game plan because the Ramssurprised them with different looks on defense.

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"And that kind of maybe shut him down a little more than we had originally planned," Ryan said. "That was part of the reason you never saw a whole lot of him."

Brandon Gibson caught a pair of short touchdown passes for the Rams (3-6-1), who committed three turnovers and are in an 0-4-1 slump. St. Louis' defense hasn't forced a turnover in five straight games, tying the NFL's longest such slump since 1950, according to STATS LLC.

"We knew they were going to come out and give us their best shot and with some fight because of all the stuff that has been going on over there," Rams middle linebackerJames Laurinaitis said. "Teams in the NFL just don't fold."

The Rams were favored for the first time this season, a 3½-point pick coming off an impressive outing in a 24-24 tie at San Francisco a week earlier to beat a team that had been sliding. They've lost two straight at home - three in a row counting a blowout loss to the Patriots in London - after a 3-0 start.

The Jets, moving past blowout losses at Seattle and against Miami, led 13-7 at the half and put it away with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

Konrad Reuland's 18-yard catch to the 5, the longest of his career, set up Powell's 5-yard run for a 20-7 lead early in the fourth quarter. Powell, who was questionable after sustaining a concussion against the Seahawks last week, shared carries with Shonn Greene and added an 11-yard TD run for a 27-7 cushion.

Gibson's 1-yard catch capped an 86-yard drive on the first possession and his 2-yard grab cut the deficit to 27-13 with 5:40 to go with the Rams failing on a 2-point conversion pass.

Neither team moved the ball that well, with the Jets' 289-yard outing topping the Rams by 8 yards, putting ball security in the spotlight.

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"Turnovers and penalties, they just hurt us," Rams running back Steven Jackson said. "It was kind of like stubbing your toe."

The Jets capitalized on a turnover to take their first lead in 10 quarters plus an overtime period on Schilens' scoring catch that made it 10-7 with 4:31 to go in the half. Two plays earlier,Muhammad Wilkerson stripped Bradford and Scott returned the fumble 38 yards.

Folk is the second kicker in Jets history with two 50-yard field goals in the same game. He's missed just three of 16 attempts, including a pair of blocked kicks in the last three weeks. Janoris Jenkins got all of the ball to snuff a 26-yard attempt in the first half, leaving the Jets with nothing to show for Eric Smith's interception that gave them possession at the St. Louis 13.

NOTES:Rams backup LB Mario Haggan (right elbow) was injured on the opening series and did not return. ... Jets backup CB Aaron Berry (quadriceps) was sidelined in the third quarter and DT Kenrick Ellis (left knee) did not return after getting hurt in the first quarter. Ryan did not know the severity of either injury. ... Bradford has been sacked in 26 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the NFL, according to STATS LLC.

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