Sep 9, 2015 5 min read

Though saying the injury to his left hamstring injury has not entirely healed, running back LeSean McCoy is ready to make his much-anticipated Bills debut in Buffalo’s opener against Indianapolis on Sunday.

“I’m ready to go,” McCoy declared at his locker following practice Wednesday. “I’m not sure I’ll be exactly 100 percent. But I feel good enough to go out there and compete.”

McCoy caused a major scare when he grabbed his hamstring and limped off the field during a joint practice with the Cleveland Browns three weeks ago. McCoy began working out in individual conditioning drills on the sideline a week later, and took part in his first full team practice on Friday.

The final test of the injury came during practice this week, when McCoy made a sharp cut and was then able to take off at full speed.

Coach Rex Ryan announced before practice that he expected McCoy to be “ready to roll” on Sunday.

Browns assistant suspended: Browns coach Mike Pettine has called the allegations involving suspended offensive line coach Andy Moeller “disturbing.”

Moeller was suspended indefinitely by the team on Monday following a weekend incident at his home. On Tuesday, police released an incident report and a 9-1-1 emergency tape on which a woman claimed Moeller tried to strangle her and has been violent in the past.

The city prosecutor is reviewing an assault complaint filed by the woman against Moeller, who was not arrested.

Pettine said Wednesday that “everything about the incident is troubling.” Asked why Moeller hasn’t been fired, Pettine said the team is following internal process on conduct issues.

Moeller is in his second season on Pettine’s staff. He spent six years in Baltimore and was suspended for the first two games in 2011 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

Giants’ Pierre-Paul not ready: Two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is not ready to play for the New York Giants.

Coach Tom Coughlin announced the decision Wednesday after the team examined the right hand that Pierre-Paul injured in a fireworks accident on the July Fourth holiday.

While saying Pierre-Paul was in good shape and in an outstanding frame of mind after reporting Monday, Coughlin said the team did not feel he was ready to come back. Coughlin said there is no timetable for his return.

“He’s worked pretty hard,” Coughlin said. “We actually saw a tape that showed him working. He’s done a lot of conditioning-type work. So I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. Obviously, it’d be great if he was all healed and ready to go, but he’s not.”

Coughlin did not describe the injury to Pierre-Paul’s right hand.

Pierre-Paul did not let the Giants examine his hand after it was injured, so the Giants had to wait until Monday to see it for the first time.

The coach also felt that Pierre-Paul’s inability to play wouldn’t demoralize the team.

Jeffery returns to practice: Alshon Jeffery was back on the field, cutting and juking and hauling in passes for the Chicago Bears.

Of course, it was practice and not a game.

It still remains to be seen if he will play in this weekend’s opener against the Green Bay Packers. But seeing him practice Wednesday for the first time in nearly a month after being sidelined by a left calf injury was a good sign for the Bears.

“I’m just taking it one day at a time and listening to what the trainers and coaches say,” he said.

Jeffery had not completed a practice since Aug. 11. He injured the calf during a walkthrough the next day and did not play in the preseason.

Bowles downplays Marshall’s comments: New York Jets coach Todd Bowles says Brandon Marshall had a “well-warranted” opinion when suggesting that race could influence decisions on discipline in the NFL, but adds that the wide receiver needs to “be smarter” when discussing controversial topics.

Marshall, a regular on Showtime’s “Inside The NFL,” created headlines Tuesday night when he suggested that many NFL players believe that white players are treated differently by the league when it comes to discipline.

Bowles says Wednesday that he has no issue with players speaking their minds, but they need to be cautious on sensitive topics.

Newtown stresses accuracy: A healthy Cam Newton wants to improve his accuracy heading into his fifth season with the Carolina Panthers.

The No. 1 overall draft pick in 2011 said he’s looking to complete about 65 to 70 percent of his passes in 2015, which is a lofty goal for a quarterback who has never completed better than 61.7 percent of his passes in a season and only 59.5 percent for his career.

“It’s not just like playing a game of Madden,” Newton said Wednesday following practice. “When you have live bullets flying out there and you don’t have a receiver open, you have to find a completion. That’s something I’m maturing into, morphing into as a player – that when all hell breaks loose, no matter what the situation is at hand, I have to find a way to keep the bus going forward.”

He’ll have to move that bus without co-pilot Kelvin Benjamin.

The Panthers lost their No. 1 wide receiver in training camp to a torn ACL, leaving journeyman Ted Ginn Jr. and the unheralded Philly Brown as the team’s starters heading into Jacksonville on Sunday.