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Matt Flynn knows better than to worry about a numbers game at this juncture of training camp. Having his number called at any point in a game played in August is OK with Flynn, a seven-year NFL quarterback in his
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A day after Mike McCarthy confirmed Aaron Rodgers Wholesale mlb Jerseys would make his belated preseason debut, the Green Bay coach wasn't ready to say who would be next up at quarterback when the Packers play a preseason game at St. Louis on Saturday. With the team off the field Thursday, McCarthy said the decision on who gets the first chance to run the offense after Rodgers against the Rams should come Friday. ''Tomorrow's practice will determine that once we get through that, '' McCarthy said.

Flynn and Scott Tolzien received significant playing time with Rodgers held out of Green Bay's first game last weekend. Flynn made the start and played most of the first half in the Packers' 20-16 loss at Tennessee on a rainy Saturday night. But Tolzien put up better stats when he had his chance in the challenging weather conditions and may have earned an extended look next time.

The Washington Redskins on Thursday formally appealed a ruling that stripped the team of trademark protection, the latest legal maneuver in the franchise's attempt to defend its name against those who consider it a racial slur. The team announced that it had filed its complaint in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and that it ''points out the many errors'' in the decision by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. The office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board voted 2-1 on June 18 to cancel six uses of ''Redskins'' trademarked from 1967 to 1990, saying the name is ''disparaging of Native Americans. ''

''We believe that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ignored both federal case law and the weight of the evidence, and we look forward to having a federal court review this obviously flawed decision, '' Redskins lawyer Bob Raskopf said in the team's statement. The team had previously said it would appeal the ruling and had two months to do so. The trademark protection remains in place while the matter makes its way through the courts, a process that could take years. A similar ruling by the trademark board in 1999 was overturned on a technicality in 2003. Native Americans have been challenging the trademark since 1992.

The Redskins say they will ask the court to consider ''serious constitutional issues, '' including whether the ruling penalizes the team's right of free speech and whether the team has been unfairly deprived of ''valuable and long-held intellectual property rights. ''The group of five Native Americans challenging the name is equally confident. ''This effort is doomed to fail, '' said Amanda Blackhorse, the lead plaintiff. ''But if they want to prolong this litigation which has already gone on for 22 years, I guess they have that prerogative. ''.