That switch wasn't mandatory, however, and it was up to the teams' owners to decide if they wanted to adopt that 85% threshold and pay a greater percentage of ticket revenue to opposing teams as a result. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers jumped at the chance in July and lowered ticket prices after blacking out 13 of their past 15 home games. The Oakland Raiders, Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings also joined in, but that didn't prevent two of those four teams from blacking out games this season..Thomas has had two sacks since then."There's a lot of things that go on that you're dumbfounded by," Thomas said. "I just roll with the punches."He scoffed at the idea that Belichick sent him home Wednesday to motivate him."Motivation is for kindergartners. I'm not a kindergartner," he said.

Tennessee agreed to terms with Buffalo guard Andy Levitre and Walker. Levitre, one of the top offensive linemen on the market, got a sixyear deal worth nearly $47 millio