NFL Capsules - League and Player News: Jets' Mangold returns to practice, no concussion

"Or, at least, Mangold normal," the All-Pro center said with a smile Wednesday.

Mangold returned to practice after missing the Jets' preseason opener against the Giants on Monday night with a headache following a blow to the head in practice last week.

"I just felt not right on Monday, and we were just playing it safe," he said.

Mangold went through tests to determine if he had a concussion. He anticipates being able to play in the Jets' next preseason game Saturday night at Carolina.

"That's my assumption going into it," he said. "I wouldn't see any reason things would change."

Mangold sat out two days of practices last week after being struck in the temple by teammate Sione Pouha during a play. He practiced Saturday, but felt "foggy" on Monday morning.

"It was the first time in five years I haven't felt right, so I voiced my concerns," he said. "I've had a myriad of dings and bumps and all kinds of other stuff, but this time, it was a little different."

Upon hearing that, coach Rex Ryan told Mangold to sit the game out Monday night.

"He's fine," Ryan said. "He had a little bit of a headache, and I'm like, 'Oh, forget it.' I played doctor on that. He's fine."

Mangold said he woke up feeling "decent" on Tuesday, and then felt fine by the time he reported for camp at SUNY Cortland later that night.

One of the wittiest players on the roster, Mangold offered another zinger when he asked if he was experiencing any fogginess.

"Just when I talk to you guys," he told reporters.

Mangold added that he thanks Pouha "repeatedly" for the hit, and is hoping to parlay his malaise into a meal.

"I'm actually looking to try to get a dinner out of it," he said. "I figured that would be a good way to mend the fence, make things better."

Mangold reported for camp on time despite being unhappy with his contract situation. He's making $3.3 million entering the final year of his rookie deal, but is seeking a long-term contract extension. Despite sitting out Monday night, he insisted he didn't think about whether he might have made a mistake by reporting without a new contract.

"It's part of the game," Mangold said. "I've been fortunate that I haven't had any major injuries. I think that's also a function of me trying to play at a high level at all times. If you play not to get hurt, you're bound to get hurt."

Notes: CB Darrelle Revis, locked in a contract dispute with the team, missed his 18th day of camp. He's looking to become the highest-paid player at his position, and is losing $16,523 for each day he's not with the team. ... Linebackers Josh Mauga (concussion) and Brashton Satele (ankle) missed practice, while fullbacks Jason Davis (ankle) and John Conner (knee) were limited. LB Lance Laury was also limited after getting stitches in his lip Monday night when he was injured on Eric Smith's blocked punt against the Giants. Ryan said DB Donovan Warren has a head injury that could be a concussion, pending tests. ... Mangold said Wednesday was "National Meat Day" in honor of G Brandon Moore, who was given his first "healthy scratch" from practice in nine seasons. The team hung a No. 65 jersey on the field to tease Moore, nicknamed "Meat" by his teammates, who got the day off — along with linebacker Bart Scott, defensive lineman Mike DeVito and tight end Matthew Mulligan, winners of the team's "Iron Jet" workout competition.

Coach Chan Gailey announced the news after the Bills arrived in Toronto on Wednesday, a day before they face Indianapolis in a preseason game. Gailey said it's unclear whether Byrd will be ready to play Sept. 12 when Buffalo opens the season against Miami.

"It looks like he's going to be out for a while," Gailey said. "We're hoping first game, but it may be not."

Gailey said the injury is related to the groin injury that ended Byrd's season last year. Byrd had surgery to repair the injury this past offseason. And that followed an operation he had to repair a sports hernia last summer, which forced him to miss the first three weeks of training camp.

Gailey said Byrd's groin had been bothering him during training camp, and it grew worse after practice Monday night. Byrd had been absent from practice on Tuesday.

Byrd is coming off a solid rookie season last year. The second-round draft pick out of Oregon finished tied for the NFL lead with nine interceptions despite playing just 14 games. Byrd also set franchise records with an interception in five straight games and most interceptions by a rookie.

His performance led to him becoming the first Bills safety to earn a Pro Bowl selection in his rookie year.

Updating other injuries, Gailey said the right leg injury sustained by rookie receiver David Nelson in practice on Tuesday was not as bad as initially feared. Gailey said it's possible that Nelson could play in Buffalo's next preseason game Aug. 28 against Cincinnati.

Nelson had to be carted off the field during practice after he twisted his right ankle while making a catch.

Gailey said it's likely starting left tackle Demetrius Bell and starting right guard Eric Wood will play Thursday. Both have spent the offseason recovering from leg injuries and were held out of Buffalo's preseason-opener at Washington last week.

It's also likely that veteran linebackers Paul Posluszny and Chris Kelsay will play against the Colts. Posluszny began practicing two weeks ago after having groin surgery last month, while Kelsay missed a few weeks of training camp with a shoulder injury.

-- John Wawrow

Atlanta's Robinson, Jerry could miss game vs Pats

The Chargers have threatened to place McNeill on the roster exempt list if he doesn't sign his contract tender by Friday. By being placed on the roster exempt list, he would face a three-game suspension once he's signed.

A person familiar with the situation confirmed the meeting to The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the talks.

Smith, McNeill and agent Alvin Keels didn't immediately return calls and e-mails seeking comment.

McNeill, who protects quarterback Philip Rivers' blind side, and Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson, unhappy at not getting long-term deals, are believed to be willing to sit out the season's first 10 games, returning for the final six games in order to accrue a season.

Keels confirmed last week that the Chargers have threatened to place McNeill on the roster exempt list. Jackson's agent, Neil Schwartz, didn't return a call or e-mail, but it would seem to follow suit that the Chargers would also threaten his client with the same treatment.

Jackson already has been suspended by the NFL for the first three games for violating the league's substance abuse policy. Being placed on the roster exempt list would force them to move up their return, if they intend to play at all this year.

As restricted free agents, Jackson was tendered at $3,268,000 and McNeill at $3,168,000. Because they didn't sign by June 15, they have each forfeited approximately $2.5 million.

Outside linebacker Shawne Merriman ended his holdout Friday.

NOTES: Merriman sat out Wednesday's practice with a sore Achilles' tendon, saying the injury wasn't serious and he could return to practice this week or early next week. It's doubtful he'll play in Saturday night's exhibition game against the visiting Dallas Cowboys. ... Among others not working were LB Brandon Siler (ankle), OL Tyronne Green (ankle) and CB Donald Strickland (hamstring). ... LT Tra Thomas, who is returning from a recent arthroscopic knee surgery, continues to impress. He participated in his second day of team drills. With the Chargers desperate at left tackle, coach Norv Turner is upbeat that Thomas, a 13-year pro, will be able to bounce back quickly. "It's clear he still has plenty of ability and he is an excellent pass-protector," Turner said. ... The NFL granted the Chargers a 24-hour extension in an effort to sell enough tickets to lift the local TV blackout of Saturday's game. The team has until 6 p.m. Thursday to sell the remaining 1,000 tickets.

-- Bernie Wilson

Seahawks trade DE Jackson to Lions for pick

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks traded defensive end and 2008 first-round pick Lawrence Jackson to the Detroit Lions on Wednesday for an undisclosed draft choice in 2011.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — With seats in their new $1.6 billion stadium still available, the New York Giants are selling roughly 1,400 individual tickets for each of their eight regular-season games.

The tickets went on sale Wednesday, with current personal seat license holders getting first crack at them for the next two days.

Roughly 5,100 of the 11,200 total tickets available were sold on Wednesday, Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon said.

Fans on the team's waiting list and former season ticket holders will be able to purchase any available seats on Friday and Saturday. Any remaining seats after the presale will be available for purchase by the general public on Monday.

Current PSL holders, waiting list members and former season ticket holders were made aware of the ticket opportunity through an e-mail from the team.

Individual game tickets are $25 higher than the PSL holder price per game ticket, and the range of prices available is from $110-$725.

All transactions will be online only at ticketmaster.com.

Giants co-owner John Mara said the individual game tickets were available because the team was able to release single seat locations held back to ensure it complied with the Americans With Disabilities Act regulations as well as tickets held back to address issues that may have arisen during the assigning of seats in the new stadium.

"It's nothing out of the ordinary and I am kind of surprised the amount of attention it has drawn," said Mara, adding some of the seats being offered now will be sold as PSLs next season.

Mara said some seats available for purchase need to be sold to avoid a blackout.

"We're not going to have a blackout," he added quickly.

The Giants always sold out their tickets at the 77,000-plus seat Giants Stadium, which opened in 1976 and closed after last season. The New Meadowlands Stadium seats 82,500, and fans who purchased tickets had to buy a PSL.

Last week, the Giants launched an advertising campaign to sell the remaining 1,250 club seats available.

Matt Higgins, the Jets' executive vice president of business operations, said the team has sold about 90 percent of its remaining PSLs after reducing the prices up to 50 percent in some areas in June. The team had 9,000 unsold PSLs at the time, meaning it has less than 1,000 left to sell, according to Higgins, before the regular-season opener against Baltimore on Sept. 13.

As for what the Giants are doing by selling individual tickets that currently have PSLs without them, Higgins said, "We won't do that."

He added the Jets now have some upper-bowl seats — a non-PSL area in the new stadium for the team that had been previously sold out — available because fans upgraded after the other sections went on sale at a discounted rate.

"Once the building came alive and fans started experiencing it, and they saw the value in being even closer, they upgraded," Higgins said.

"I think once the word gets out that we have (upper-bowl seats), I think fans are going to snatch them up," Higgins added.

Like Mara, Higgins promised no blackout for the Ravens game.

"We'll use every day until the home opener to get it done, at which point, we will be sold out," Higgins said. "I'm 100 percent confident. We've been at this pretty hard for three years now. You can begin to predict with a high degree of confidence how many you're going to sell on a given day, within 5 or 10 percent. We made the difficult decision we needed to make when we needed to make it to give us enough time to sell out. And, that's where we're headed.

"It obviously doesn't hurt that there's tremendous energy around the team."

Hill agrees to court stipulations in DV case

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill will have a domestic violence charge dismissed if he complies with Issaquah Municipal Court stipulations for 18 months.

Prosecutor Lynn Moberly told The Associated Press on Wednesday night the 27-year-old Hill entered into a stipulated order of continuance at a hearing earlier in the day. That avoids a trial that could have started this month on a misdemeanor count of fourth degree assault/domestic violence arising from an April arrest at his suburban Seattle home.

In a telephone interview, Moberly says the five-year starter for the Seahawks will be on what is essentially probation for 18 months and must complete a one-year state-certified domestic violence treatment program — 26 weeks of weekly therapy and counseling, then monthly sessions for six months — plus 25 hours of community service. He is also to have no other criminal law violations and possess no weapons during the period.

The only contact he is allowed with his alleged victim is on the telephone, pending his progress in the domestic violence treatment program and a judge's subsequent review of that limited-contact order.

"I felt like I treated Mr. Hill like any other domestic violence offender," said Moberly, who has specialized in domestic-violence cases for her county. "The most important thing in looking for accountability is getting him in domestic violence treatment.

"It's a common resolution for offenders who don't have prior convictions for domestic violence. Not only that, I had to factor in a victim who was minimizing the incident, retracting statements and generally not cooperating ... evading me personally.

"It's frustrating."

The NFL has suspended Hill for Seattle's opener Sept. 12 against San Francisco for a marijuana-possession charge in Georgia. He began 12 months of probation for that in April, and the solicitor-general in Douglas County, Ga., has said he was waiting to see how Hill's case in Washington ended up before deciding whether to ask a judge there to revoke that probation.

The league could suspend Hill separately in the domestic-violence case. An NFL spokesman has said the league has been following Hill's latest case.

Hill has been sidelined for the past week with a sprained knee.