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Washington Redskins rookie offensive lineman Kili Lefotu was found unconscious in his room Wednesday evening and was undergoing tests at a hospital.

Coaches became concerned when Lefotu failed to show up for the team’s 7 p.m. practice. Representatives were sent to the players’ housing, where they found Lefotu unresponsive. Coach Joe Gibbs said Lefotu appeared to be doing better, but doctors had yet to diagnose what happened.

“He’s responsive, he’s talking, which wasn’t the case when they first found him at the dorm,” Gibbs said. “The first set of tests, they were looking for something bleeding, and they didn’t find anything.”

Gibbs said the Redskins training staff was not aware of any similar problems in Lefotu’s medical history.

Titans

Titans running back Chris Brown isn’t listening to the trade rumors.

“I still have a job here to do,” Brown said. “That’s what they keep me here for, and that’s what I’ve got to do. That’s why I go out here every day working hard, preparing to be the starter and take care of my business.” General manager Floyd Reese isn’t biting, either.

“I have no idea what they’re talking about,” Reese said Wednesday when asked about reports that the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins are among teams interested in trading for the three-year veteran.

Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers spent a day at the movies Wednesday.

Bill Cowher gave his players a training camp reward for winning the Super Bowl by canceling a morning practice and sending them to the cinema.

About 10 minutes after the players reported to the practice field for the first of two scheduled sessions, Cowher told them to get cleaned up and to pile onto buses for a trip to a nearby mall. The players had their choice of shows and most took in “Talladega Nights,” a NASCAR-themed movie.

Movie day once was an annual occurrence at Steelers training camp, and veteran players always told the rookies they could count on getting out of one practice every summer.

Colts

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Dwight Freeney will be one of six Indianapolis defensive starters sitting out Thursday night’s preseason opener at St. Louis.

Freeney missed his second straight morning practice Wednesday, and afterward coach Tony Dungy announced the Colts’ three-time Pro Bowl defensive end would be kept out for precautionary reasons.

Dungy said Freeney’s shoulder, which forced him to sit out Tuesday morning and skip the final team scrimmage Tuesday afternoon, was too sore.

Seahawks

Left guard Floyd Womack strained his right hamstring during practice and will miss at least a week.

Womack, scheduled to replace departed All-Pro Steve Hutchinson on the defending NFC champions’ often-dominant offensive line this season, was pulling behind a play that was flowing away from him during a full-contact running drill. He pulled up holding the back of his right leg and immediately hobbled to the sidelines.

Cowboys

Terrell Owens ran hard, made cuts and came to some quick stops while catching passes, but did so during a post-practice session with a fourth-string quarterback – not with the rest of the Dallas starters.

Owens capped his workout by hauling in a long pass at the back of the end zone, slowing immediately to make sure he stayed in bounds, then walked to the locker room. He didn’t stop to talk to reporters, only saying his sore left hamstring felt “better.”

Jets

Running back Curtis Martin wants to play this season, but is unsure when he’ll be able to return.

The NFL’s No. 4 all-time leading rusher said he’s working out every day so he can come back from a right knee injury as quickly as possible, and is hopeful he can play in the season opener Sept. 10 at Tennessee.

“I’m working out as hard as I can,” he said. “I’m here every single day and probably up here longer than most of the other players because I’m doing extra work.”

Martin was placed on the physically-unable-to-perform list July 27.

, the day before training camp opened. He initially got hurt in Week 2 last season and underwent surgery in December to clean out his knee.

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