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HOUSTON -- The Houston Texans have put star defensive end J.J. Watt on the physically unable to perform list less than a week before training camp begins.The move, which was expected, comes after Watt recently had back surgery. The NFL sacks leader last season with 17 1/2 is expected to be ready for the season opener.The 27-year-old Watt played last season with a herniated disk and spent most of the offseason recovering after surgery to repair a groin injury in January. Last season, Watt helped the Texans to their first playoff berth since 2012 and won his second straight Defensive Player of the Year Award.Camp for Texans veterans opens this weekend.Game notes The Texans put four other players on the PUP list: tackles Duane Brown and Jeff Adams, S Lonnie Ballentine and CB Cleveland Wallace III ... the team signed rookie WR Quenton Bundrage of Iowa State and waived WR Richard Mullaney.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Charles Haley Cowboys Jersey . -- Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover. Ezekiel Elliott Cowboys Jersey . 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The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. ST. LOUIS -- Corey Crawford has the Chicago Blackhawks on an early season roll.Crawford stopped 27 shots and Artemi Panarin scored 25 seconds into overtime, leading the Blackhawks over the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Wednesday night for their seventh straight win.Crawford won his sixth consecutive game while improving to 15-5-5 against the Blues.Chicago has earned a point in nine straight games, thanks in part to Crawford, who has given up just six goals in his last six contests.Hes been phenomenal, Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook said. Hes been the backbone.Crawford made 11 stops in the third period, including a sliding kick save on Vladimir Tarasenko while nursing a 1-0 lead.Im in a good spot right now, Crawford said. I feel good. Im reading plays (well). Im patient when I have to be and aggressive when its time.Crawford is 7-3-1 this season.He has been outstanding, instrumental in winning most of these games, Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. Again tonight, a couple of big saves.Panarin whipped a wrist shot from the slot past Jake Allen for his sixth goal of the season. The tally came just 1 second after St. Louis Alex Pietrangelo left the penalty box.Allen said he never saw the shot.I just heard it hit the net, Allen said. It was a tough way to go.Panarin, a Russian-born winger, does not speak English. His usual interpreter, center Artem Anisimov, left the game in the second period with an upper-body injury.Hes day-to-day, Quenneville said. Hell be all right.Pietrangelo tied the game with 2:11 left in the third on a drive from the point that squeezed past Crawford, who got a piece of the shot.Marian Hossa pounced on the rebound of a shot by Gustav Forsling and followed it in ffor a 1-0 lead early in the second period.dddddddddddd It was his seventh goal of the season and sixth in the last seven games.Weve been in a lot of those games, close the whole way, Quenneville said. We seem to always find a way to get two points at the end of the night.Chicago has outscored opponents 30-15 during this nine-game run.It feels nice to have a streak like this, Seabrook said. We keep getting it done. Every game is big and all the points are big.Allen made 28 saves for the Blues. He played well but has lost three of his last four and fell to 5-4-2.This is the Blackhawks longest winning streak since they won 12 in a row from Dec. 29, 2015 to Jan. 19, 2016.St. Louis is struggling after starting the season with three successive wins.Were taking way too many penalties when the game is on the line, coach Ken Hitchcock said. Were having to extend a lot of energy with a short bench. It is not a good recipe.Game notes Anisimov had a career-high 11-game point streak snapped. ... St. Louis LW Alexander Steen is one goal shy of 200 for his career. ... The Blues placed D Joel Edmundson on injured reserve with an upper-body injury. He will be re-evaluated in three weeks. ... The teams will meet on Jan. 2 in the Winter Classic at Busch Stadium. ... Chicago D Duncan Keith has 11 assists, tops among all defensemen. ... The Blues have hit the goalpost or crossbar 15 times this season, tops in the NHL.UP NEXTBlackhawks: Host Washington on Friday night in the first of back-to-back home games.Blues: Play at Central Division-rival Nashville on Thursday night. ' ' '