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HOUSTON - Led by DeAndre Hopkins, Houstons young receivers have been good all year.They will need to be even better on Sunday at Indianapolis if star receiver Andre Johnson cant play. Johnson suffered a concussion on a helmet-to-helmet hit last weekend and is listed as day to day this week.Hopkins, who was a first-round pick last season, has finally given Houston a big-play threat to play opposite Johnson that the team has lacked for years. Hopkins was solid as a rookie, but has blossomed in his second season and leads the team and is fifth in the AFC with 1,090 yards receiving.Since day one, theyve really put in the work and the effort, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said. I think specifically DeAndre is a young receiver thats really improved from year one to year two. Hes done a great job and the exciting thing about him is he can get a lot better. I think he knows that.Hopkins has been helped by the Johnson, who has taken the 22-year-old under his wing since he arrived in Houston. The 33-year-old Johnson taught him as much about life off the field as he has about what he needs to do on it.Coming in last year, he told me that this isnt college. You have to take care of your body and do the things off the field to be able to come out and have a productive day of practice, Hopkins said. I kind of took that for granted last year a little bit, but this year Im doing kind of his routine. I want to follow Andre. What hes doing is working so why not?Hes had four games with more than 100 yards receiving this season, highlighted by a career-high 238 yards receiving two weeks ago.Hopkins has become more of a student of the game in his second season and thinks thats another reason for his improvement. He has a knack for long receptions and is tied for fourth in the NFL with 19 catches for 20 yards or more and he has six of 40 yards or longer.My knowledge of knowing defensive coverages before the play is snapped or before the play starts (has improved), he said. Just being able to scan the defence and knowing what coverage theyre in, you kind of know where to sit down in zones and just be able to read man or zone. Thats a big thing with this offence; you have to have knowledge of the game.Another young receiver whos helped the Texans this season is Damaris Johnson, a third-year player in his first season in Houston. He has 22 receptions for 250 yards and a touchdown and could see more action this week if Johnson cant go.The Texans could also use Keshawn Martin to pick up the slack if Johnsons out. Hes Houstons punt returner, but has seen very limited action on offence this year and has just six receptions for 78 yards. Another option is DeVier Posey, who has been inactive for each game this season after playing in 14 last year.Coach Bill OBrien said Posey has been working hard in practice and hes confident that he will do well if they need him on Sunday.Houston has been working to get its tight ends more involved in the offence with the three of them combining for just 260 yards receiving so far. The group is led by Garrett Graham, who has 18 receptions for 197 yards, but missed last weeks game with an ankle injury. He is also listed as day to day for Sundays game.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Wholesale Jordan 8 . Martin Reway and David Griger both recorded four points with a goal and three assists each. Mario Lunter, Daniel Gachulinec and Stanislav Horansky also scored for Slovakia (1-0). Dominik Kahun had both goals for Germany (0-2), who lost its opening match to Canada 7-2 on Thursday. Cheap Jordan 8 Wholesale . 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Both teams announced the move a few hours after the struggling Red Sox said they sent their No. 1 starter, left-hander Jon Lester, to the Oakland Athletics with outfielder Jonny Gomes and cash for slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and a 2015 draft pick. The Red Sox also sent cash and minor league left-hander Cory Littrell to St. Louis. Lackey is 11-7 with a 3.60 ERA in the fourth year of a five-year, $82.5 million deal. Kelly is 2-2 with a 4.37 ERA in seven starts. He has made four starts since being activated from the disabled list on July 11. Craig is batting .237 with seven homers and 44 RBIs. Lackey has had two strong seasons since being sidelined for all of 2012 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He was 10-13 with a 3.52 ERA last year when he pitched his second World Series-clinching game, allowing one run in 6 2-3 innings in a 6-1 win over the Cardinals in Game 6. In 2002, he won Game 7 for the Anaheim Angels over the San Francisco Giants, a 4-1 victory in which he gave up one run in five innings. The Cardinals, in a tight race with the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Central, had obtained right-hander Justin Masterson from the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. "I felt good about our club before we did these deals," Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said. "When you look at adding a top of the rotation starter with Lackey, getting somebody like Masterson, who has a history of eating innings, when you look at our rotation prior to this deal, sometimes our third, fourth and fifth starters were having trouble going deep in games, putting a lot of pressure on our bullpen. "I think this will help alleviate some of thatt.dddddddddddd" Kelly joins a Red Sox rotation with a much different look than the one that began the season. Lester, Lackey, Jake Peavy and Felix Doubront all are gone. Peavy was traded to the San Francisco Giants last Saturday and Doubront was sent to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. Only Clay Buchholz, an inconsistent right-hander, remains from the original group. The 26-year-old Kelly was 5-7 with a 3.53 ERA as a rookie in 2012 and 10-5 with a 2.69 ERA last season. Hes "not a finished product but really talented," Boston general manager Ben Cherington said, "someone our scouts have liked for a long time." He said Kelly would immediately go into the rotation. Craig brings more power to a weak-hitting outfield that was bolstered by the acquisition of Cespedes. In the past two seasons, Craig totalled 35 homers and 189 RBIs, hitting .307 in 2012 and .315 in 2013. The 30-year-old Craig has been in a season-long slump after batting a major league-best .454 with runners in scoring position in 2013. Hes gotten days off to help emerge from his slide with little success. He hasnt been the same since missing the last month of regular season with a left mid-foot strain but came back for the World Series, playing some designated hitter and first base. Kelly and Craig both were hurt running to first, Craig when he landed awkwardly rounding the base and Kelly injuring his hamstring sprinting to beat out a bunt. "When you think about the success this organization has had over the last three years, Joe Kelly and Allen Craig have been a major part of that," Mozeliak said. "Pulling away from that is never easy." While the Cardinals make their playoff push, the Red Sox are in last place in the AL East and looking ahead to next season. With the departure of four veteran starters, several of their top prospects should get a long look the rest of the season. ' ' '