Packers placing Rodgers on IR

Packers placed

on injured reserve Friday after the quarterback had surgery on his broken collarbone.

Rodgers will be eligible to return after eight weeks and could return to practice after six. But coach

has said there is no timeline for Rodgers’ return and that the two-time NFL MVP might miss the rest of the season.

“Everything went very well is my understanding talking with (team doctor

and he’s recovering,” McCarthy said Friday morning.

Rodgers posted an Instagram message thanking well-wishers for their “love, support, thoughts and prayers” in a photo of himself in a hospital bed. The

NFL suspends Lynch: Raiders running back

was suspended for one game without pay by the NFL for shoving a game official during Thursday night’s win over the Chiefs.

Lynch was ejected from the game after he shoved line judge

The scuffle started when Raiders quarterback

took a late hit the Chiefs’

on a second-quarter run. Raiders offensive linemen and immediately confronted Peters, and Lynch sprinted onto the field from the bench to join the fray. Mapp tried to break up the fight, but Lynch pushed him and grabbed his jersey.

Lynch also got a personal foul. from

Winston will start: Buccaneers quarterback tested throwing his injured shoulder in practice and will start Sunday’s game against the Bills. Buccaneers coach

made the announcement after the third-year quarterback, who was limited in practice Wednesday and Thursday, worked with the first-team offense for the first time since spraining his right shoulder during last week’s 38-33 loss at Arizona.

Winston has made 37 consecutive starts since entering the NFL in 2015.

Gurley London: isn’t buying this NFL-in-London business.

The Rams’ running back arrived with the team in London after an overnight flight from Florida, where they spent the week following their win at Jacksonville, and said that’s simply too much travel.

“It just doesn’t make sense,” Gurley told reporters. “We play Arizona; it’s a 45-minute flight. But instead we’ve got Arizona and us (here). If we were to travel all the way from LA, it’s 13 hours.”

Steelers S has been fined $57,735 by the NFL for two hits he made last Sunday against the Chiefs. ... OL became the Broncos’ third right tackle in five days to get hurt when he tore his left calf muscle at practice. ... Jaguars RB

was listed as questionable for Sunday because of a sprained right ankle . ... Injured Panthers LB was voted the top inside linebacker in The Associated Press rankings . ... NBC will unveil a second SkyCam for Sunday night’s Super Bowl rematch between the Patriots and Falcons.

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