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Greg Landry has been named quarterbacks coach of the Detroit Lions, the team he once quarterbacked.

Landry, 48, was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Illinois the past two years. Before that, he spent seven years with the Chicago Bears as receivers and quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator.

Jim Jeffcoat, one of the last remaining Dallas Cowboys on hand when Jerry Jones bought the club, says he has decided to jump to the Buffalo Bills rather than take a pay cut.

Willie Brown, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, who spent 22 years with the Raiders as a player and coach, is returning to the organization as director of squad development, working with new head coach Mike White.

At Houston, former Washington Redskin Dexter Manley appeared headed for a psychiatric hospital following three drug arrests in four months.

Punter Dan Stryzinski, who spent two years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the last three with Tampa Bay, signed a threeyear deal with the Atlanta Falcons.