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In Seattle, the Seahawks are moving forward with free agent cornerback Terrion Arnold despite the felony charges hanging over him. Coach Mike Macdonald says the team did their homework, and what came back were overwhelmingly positive reviews from everyone they talked to. Seattle is clearly betting character checks out when it matters most.
Shifting to the preseason grind, the Jets will be without Geno Smith on Friday night against the Buccaneers after the quarterback was scratched with foot soreness. Coach Aaron Glenn had planned to play his starters, so this is a notable adjustment. Cade Klubnik steps in under center, and the Jets say Smith would absolutely be out there if regular season stakes were on the line.
And out in Las Vegas, the Raiders are pinning their hopes on rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza, a franchise that has won exactly zero playoff games in twenty-two years and gone seven and twenty-seven over the last two seasons. The odds are steep, but they are in Mendoza's corner, and sometimes that's exactly the kind of pressure that forges something real.
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