JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles is planning to play Thursday night against Tennessee despite a sprained right foot.Bortles took part in a light practice Tuesday and says his foot is feeling better. He adds that he expects to play: Thatll be the plan unless they tell me otherwise.Coach Gus Bradley says Bortles is progressing a little bit faster than we thought and is cautiously optimistic he will play.Bortles wants to be in the lineup for the final two games, saying unless theres something really, really wrong with you where you cant play or youre hurting the team, you should go play.Bortles has 10 touchdown passes and an NFL-high 17 interceptions this season. He has been sacked 46 times.___AP NFL website:
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www.twitter.com/AP_NFL . -- All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham and the New Orleans Saints met Tuesday for arbitration on his contract. . Behind the talents of rookie Johnny Gaudreau, the Flames will look to keep pace Thursday night when they face the Minnesota Wild in the second of a six-game homestand. . Asdrubal Cabrera had four hits and three RBIs, Michael Brantley also homered and the Indians beat the injury-riddled Minnesota Twins 9-4 Thursday for their first three-game winning streak this season. . Bell Medias 12-year partnership with the Ottawa Senators includes five major components: - English-language regional television broadcast rights for TSN – a minimum of 52 regular season and pre-season games - French-language regional television broadcast rights for RDS – a minimum of 40 regular season and pre-season games - English-language broadcast rights for TSN Radio 1200 – all games - French-language radio broadcast rights – all games - Telecommunications and retail sponsorship and activation rights "We recognized early on that our regional broadcast rights coming up for renewal was a very important asset," said Senators owner Eugene Melnyk.Hull City are interested in signing Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall from Cardiff City, according to Sky sources. Newly-promoted Hull will be without Marshalls international colleague Allan McGregor until at least November due to a back injury. Transfer Centre Keep up-to-date with all the latest comings and goings - both here and abroad McGregor missed Hull Citys Championship play-off victory over Sheffield Wednesday after injuring himself in the last regular season game against Rotherham and now requires surgery. Marshall, who is understood to be interested in a switch to Humberside, impressed in his one season in the Premier League withh Cardiff two years ago and was close to joining West Brom last summer.dddddddddddd. Allan McGregor is set to undergo surgery on his back He made his Scotland debut in 2004 - three years prior to McGregor - and has gone on to make 10 appearances for his country.The Tigers are currently in Portugal as they continue their pre-season preparations. Also See: Hull: No FA approach for Bruce What do Hull need? Transfer Centre Latest transfer news Transfer betting Paper Talk ' ' '
