Latest from NFL: Falcons make White a big part of game plan
The latest from NFL games around the league on the 11th Sunday of the season (all times EST):
2:00
The Atlanta Falcons clearly spent their bye week putting in more plays for Roddy White.
The leading receiver in team history has been nearly invisible this season, coming into Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts having been targeted only 30 times, with a mere 17 receptions.
But White was targeted five times in the opening quarter, more than he has in any game since he was the intended receiver eight times in the season opener against Philadelphia.
White has two catches for 17 yards.
-Paul Newberry reporting from Atlanta.
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1:50
Washington running back Alfred Morris has left the Redskins' game against the Carolina Panthers in the first quarter with a rib injury.
Morris was getting his ribs taped by trainers on the sideline and appears as though he may return. The team has officially said his return is questionable.
Morris, who has rushed for 404 yards in nine games this season, was injured on the team's first offensive possession.
He's been replaced by rookie Matt Jones.
-Steve Reed reporting from Charlotte, North Carolina
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1:30
This wasn't the way Tony Romo envisioned his return to action.
Romo's first completion back in pouring rain was left-handed toss out of end zone to avoid a safety. It was complete but short of the first down.
It was raining so hard, he went to the sideline to use a towel while the officials discussed a penalty.
Romo is playing in his first game since Sept. 20.
He missed seven games - all Dallas losses - with a broken left collarbone. Since Week 2 of 2014, the Cowboys are 15-3 when Romo starts and 0-8 when he doesn't.
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1:15
Brock Osweiler's off to a good start in his first NFL start.
The longtime backup to Peyton Manning drove Denver on its first opening touchdown drive this season.
He hit Demaryius Thomas on a 48-yarder to give the Broncos a quick 7-0 lead after the Broncos had forced Chicago to go three-out-out on the Bears' first drive.
Osweiler is starting in place of Manning, whose franchise record 57-game starting streak came to an end because of a variety of injuries.
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12:55
Peyton Manning's longtime backup Brock Osweiler is preparing to make his first NFL start today in Chicago. The Denver Broncos quarterback is celebrating his 25th birthday and making his first start since the 2011 MAACO Bowl for Arizona State.
Manning stayed behind in Denver to continue getting treatment on a variety of injuries.
Another backup is making his first start of the season today as Mark Sanchez gets the nod in Philadelphia because Sam Bradford has a concussion and injured left shoulder.
And in Atlanta, Matt Hasselbeck gets his third start of the season for the Colts with Andrew Luck sidelined with a lacerated kidney he sustained on a hard hit two weeks ago from Denver's Vance Walker and Danny Trevathan.
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