Goodell signs deal worth near $200M

signed a five-year contract extension to remain commissioner of the NFL through 2024.

A memo from the NFL’s compensation committee to team owners and obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press confirms that Goodell and committee chairman

owner of the Falcons, signed the extension.

That extension has been a source of controversy because Cowboys owner

objected to

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the process.

A person familiar with the contract told The Associated Press it’s worth almost $200 million, with a base of $40 million.

Goodell earned nearly $32 million in 2015, the last year in which public records for the NFL are available.

Jones wasn’t immediately available for comment. Steelers linebacker

has been transferred from a Cincinnati hospital to Pittsburgh to continue treatment for a spinal injury suffered during Monday night’s game against the Bengals. The Steelers said Shazier will continue to undergo tests before offering an update on his status.

Shazier left Paul Brown Stadium on a stretcher less than four minutes into his team’s 23-20 victory over the Bengals after a tackle that left the 25-year-old writhing on the turf, his legs motionless.

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The league will look into adding targeting as a specific category for video review. the

Troy Vincent,

SAM FARMER’S THURSDAY NIGHT PICK The Saints have too many ways to beat you. If they can run the way they did on Luke Kuechly and the Panthers defense, they can run it on anybody. The Falcons need to bounce back strong. league’s football operations chief, said it’s on the agenda to discuss with the competition committee and the players union after the season. Two-time Super Bowl MVP is back as the Giants’ starting quarterback.

A week after being benched by former coach

and two days after McAdoo was fired, Manning was put back into the starting lineup for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys by interim coach

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Manning had started 210 consecutive games until being replaced by

Smith. Geno

The Chiefs Extra points: suspended CB

for Sunday’s game against the Raiders for his tantrum during a loss to the Jets last weekend . ... The Rams didn’t practice outdoors due to poor air quality around their training complex in Ventura County. A wildfire 25 miles away has burned more than 100 square miles . ... Bengals S had his one-game ban overturned on appeal, leaving him with a $36,464.50 fine for his hit to Steelers WR

head Monday.

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