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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) Nate Burleson says he didn't see what fellow Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young did to get himself dismissed from team workouts this week. He just knows what he'd like to see out of the Lions, who lost their cool at times last season and watched their feel-good offseason in which they've lost only one key player marred a bit by off-the-field news. ''We're a tough team and I think at times we have to dial down our emotions whether it's during the season, during workouts, during OTAs,'' Burleson said Tuesday. ''We just got to know how to turn our energy in the right direction and utilize it for our benefit. If we can do that, I think a lot of people ... Continue reading →

Junior Seau's suicide is troubling NFL players.No one knows precisely why the 43-year-old Seau shot himself in the chest at his oceanfront home May 2, less than 2½ years after the end of his Pro Bowl career as a linebacker. What is clear — and cause for concern among other players — is that he reached some serious depths of despair."To see a guy like that, in such a dark place, to take the action he did ... makes you think about life after football and what it's like, and what you'll be going through, when that time comes, mentally," said Colts linebacker A.J. Edds, who is entering his second NFL season. "This might have been what people needed to open their eyes a little ... Continue reading →