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- From staff and wire reports

Death threats over a football game? Jesus you people need help. It’s actually sick. I’m good. My team got my back.”

Packers wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, whose fumble in overtime set up a winning field goal for the Colts on Sunday, on Twitter saying he had been receiving death threats in the aftermath of the play. Several Green Bay teammates tweeted support in response.

Saw him and told him to keep his head up, man. This sucks. That’s the game we play. Injuries that come with playing this sport, man. It’s tough.”

Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green about star rookie quarterbac­k Joe Burrow, whose MRI on Monday revealed a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Cincinnati Enquirer. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the diagnosis. Burrow is out for the remainder of the season. He injured his left knee when the pocket collapsed as he released a throw to wide receiver Tyler Boyd on 3rd-and-2 during the third quarter in Washington’s 20-9 win.

Let’s be really clear: This is a human issue. I’m sorry that anyone was hurt. But we can change.”

Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder, to The Wall Street Journal in a rare on-the-record interview, apologizin­g for the work culture that developed within the organizati­on since he purchased full control of the team more than two decades ago. Over the summer, The Washington Post reported a series of allegation­s regarding rampant sexual harassment and the mistreatme­nt of female employees by superiors in the organizati­on. An investigat­ion is ongoing.

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