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Houston quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick finally shaved the bushy and overgrown beard hed been sporting the entire season this week. Tyus Edney Jersey .And on the day he debuted his closely trimmed facial hair, he scolded reporters for not telling him how terrible his old look was.Im kind of mad you guys didnt tell me I looked like that, he said. I finally had time to look in the mirror and thought it was disgusting and decided to trim it down a little bit.He said getting rid of the wild look was not an easy task.We had to chop it down piece by piece, he said. It was definitely a significant amount of time to take it off.He said a bonus of the change is that his young daughters arent scared of him anymore. One of his sons remarked that he had the longest neck in the world.Fitzpatrick, who was benched two games ago, will return to the starting lineup Sunday at Tennessee with Ryan Mallett out with a season-ending chest injury. Some wondered if he decided to get a new look to go with his fresh start on the field?It was more just me getting tired with having to pick corn out of it, Fitzpatrick joked. When I eat pancakes in the morning with the syrup and stuff, it would be there for days. My wife asks me, Did you have pancakes this morning? (I say) No, it was four days ago. No more of those questions, which will be good.I KNOW THAT GUY: Zach Mettenberger had an up-close view of Odell Beckham Jr. and his great hands at LSU. For the record, the Titans quarterback wasnt surprised by that three-fingered grab Beckham made Sunday night for the Giants.Him and Jarvis (Landry) used to have some pretty cool ones at practice, Mettenberger said of his former teammates. I knew he could do that.That was a loaded offence at LSU with Beckham, Landry, Mettenberger and Alfred Blue, who has been filling in for Arian Foster with the Texans. Mettenberger said its cool to see them all having success now knowing they were all together a year ago.But for all the great catches Beckham made at LSU, Mettenberger said he hadnt seen anything like what the wide receiver did for Eli Manning.Hes a really special athlete, Mettenberger said. Once in a generation really.Another Manning was very impressed, too.Peyton Manning studies film like hes cramming for the bar exam. He has a mental rolodex of all the plays and calls and games hes ever experienced or witnessed. And hes as big a student of the game as anybody in the NFL.He said of all the receptions etched in his memory bank, none beats Beckhams.Thats as fine a catch as Ive seen, Manning said, before deadpanning: I was watching it on TV and its just what Newman graduates do. Its what happens.The Mannings and Beckham all attended Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans.MORE BECKHAM: Dallas cornerback Brandon Carr isnt the type to shy away from anything reporters want to ask him. But he hasnt taken kindly to questions about Beckhams spectacular catch, even if the Cowboys got a 31-28 win over the Giants last weekend.Carr was on the wrong side of history on the play, captured in the many images and the viral video stumbling to the ground as Beckham holds the ball in the fingertips of his fully outstretched right hand.I dont really get into the hoopla with the media and whatever yall be talking about, Carr said. We won the game. In this league, you play long enough, youre on both sides of the fence. Youre making plays, you get plays made on you.By the third question two days after the catch, Carr was on edge.I wont address it anymore, he said. If you all ask me, Ill just go lift weights in like three seconds.Coach Jason Garrett believes Carr will have the same short memory for Beckhams catch that hes had throughout a seven-year career.Hes a good football player, Garrett said. The guys who are mentally strong enough to keep coming back and handle success themselves, but also handle the adversities that happen, are the ones that are the best players.RUNNING RUSSELL: Before the big NFC West showdown on Thanksgiving night won easily by Seattle, 49ers defensive co-ordinator Vic Fangio was comparing mobile, running Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to Barry Sanders.Thats just how hard Wilson can be to stop when he keeps the ball himself.When Wilson has the ball in his hand, hes like defending Barry Sanders with his quickness and speed and elusiveness, Fangio said. Hes a tough assignment. Hes got more rushing yards than most of the running backs in the league.Vic coached against Barry, too, back in the day, Carroll said. I dont know if theres been a player that made a defensive coach or co-ordinator cringe more and tense up more. Because he could score from anywhere on the field. I think hes one of the great open-field guys that ever played this game.I dont know if Russells ready for that right now. Every now and then he gets out and makes a few yards and tries to get out of bounds without getting hit. Thats not at all like Barry Sanders.Wilson ran for a team-high 73 yards on 10 carries in last weeks 19-3 win against Arizona, averaging 7.3 yards per carry. Marshawn Lynch managed just 39 yards on 15 carries.___AP Pro Football Writers Barry Wilner and Arnie Stapleton and Sports Writers Janie McCauley, Schuyler Dixon and Teresa M. Walker contributed to this notebook.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Reggie Theus Jersey . Third-place Madrid fell behind and settled for a 2-2 draw earlier at Osasuna in a match both sides finished with 10 men, and Barcelona didnt let the chance escape. Barcelona, still without the injured Lionel Messi, again turned to Neymar after his hat trick against Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday to convert a penalty on the half-hour mark and restore the lead in the 68th after Villarreal levelled. Chris Webber Jersey . - Wesley Matthews got a chance to practice his bow-and-arrow 3-point celebration on Sunday night. https://www.cheapkingsbasketball.com/752b-metta-world-peace-jersey-kings.html . While Minnesota takes aim at its eighth win of November, the Canadiens will try to post just their third victory in nine games this month.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots have re-signed wide receiver Julian Edelman. The announcement comes three days after a post on Edelmans Twitter account said, "Foxboro is home. Excited to be back." The Patriots did not disclose details of the contract, reportedly worth $17 million over four years. 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