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ALLEN PARK, Mich. Bryan Little Jersey . -- Detroit coach Jim Caldwell is shrugging off speculation about his job security just a quarter of the way into the season.The Lions 17-14 loss to Chicago on Sunday dropped them to 1/3 and Caldwells future came into question at Mondays news conference. Caldwell, whose four-year contract runs through next season, didnt seem concerned.We dont worry about that, he said. My job is to coach this team and get this team headed in the right direction.Caldwell said he meets with general manager Bob Quinn on a daily basis, but he would not elaborate whether his job performance has been discussed.If it was, I wouldnt tell you, Caldwell told reporters. What we talk about in terms of those meetings are things we dont discuss publicly.Detroit linebacker Tahir Whitehead was more willing to discuss his coachs future.Coach Caldwell definitely has our support, Whitehead said Monday. Hes a great coach, a great man. Hes always composed. His demeanor forces you to give it your all. You want to lay it on the line for him.Whitehead said questions about Caldwells job security have not become a distraction.Its easy to block it out, he said. You ignore the noise. You cant worry about what outsiders are saying. They are outsiders for a reason. They are not on this team or involved with this team.After a 39-35 win at Indianapolis to open the season, the Lions have dropped three straight by a total of 11 points. Two of the losses have been to NFC North rivals. Detroit hosts the undefeated Eagles (3-0) on Sunday.Im a guy that believes in results. Results arent good, plain and simple, Caldwell said.Im not going to make excuses or hide from facts. Im more interested in winning and losing. Weve been losing of late, and thats not good.Some Lions players defended Caldwell, who showed last season that a turnaround is possible. The Lions won six of their final eight games to finish 7-9.Coaches dont go out and play, they just prepare us, tight end Eric Ebron said after Sundays loss to the Bears. They dont play for us. We play the game. If we dont execute the game plan they put together, we lose.If the Lions hope to put together some wins, they will likely need more from receiver Golden Tate, who was targeted four times against Chicago and caught one pass for 1 yard in limited action. Tate has 14 receptions for 95 yards and no touchdowns this season.Everybody has an important role, Caldwell said, expressing confidence in Tate. There may be some games where he has one or two catches and somebody else has 10. Its going to happen that way, particularly when you have a number of guys that can make plays.Tate said the Lions entire offense needs to play better.We arent in sync right now, but we know were good, Tate said. We just got to all click at the same time every single play. Were just trying to get back on track. Were working hard, no doubt.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFL Nic Petan Jersey . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. Adam Lowry Jersey .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. http:///...s-ben-chiarot-jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. MILWAUKEE -- Yasmani Grandal, who hadnt hit a home run on the road this season, was just trying to get on base after working a 3-0 count with two outs in the fourth inning.Grandal did more than that, hitting a solo home run over the bullpen in left field, one of three Los Angeles Dodgers to homer off Milwaukee Brewers starter Zach Davies in an 8-1 victory Thursday.Overall, he didnt have his best outing today, Grandal said of Davies. Hes a really good pitcher. We were just able to get a lot of base hits, a couple of home runs and get him out of the game quick.Trayce Thompson and Corey Seager also hit home runs for the Dodgers.It was nice to get some runs, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.Kenta Maeda (7-5) held the Brewers to one run over six innings as the Dodgers won the season series from the Brewers, five games to two.The strong start by Maeda was needed by the Dodgers, who announced before the game that they were placing ace Clayton Kershaw on the 15-day disabled list with a back injury. An MRI revealed a mild disk herniation that will not require surgery, the team announced after the game. A timetable for Kershaws return hasnt been determined.Los Angeles acquired veteran pitcher Bud Norris from the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. Norris will start in place of Kershaw on Friday.When you start losing starters, it gets tough on your staff and your team, but Kenta took the ball today and gave us six strong innings, Roberts said.Maeda gave up three hits, struck out six and walked two. He allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings against the Brewers in Los Angeles on June 19.My team really helped me out today, scoring early runs, Maeda said through an interpreter.Thompson put the Dodgers in front in the second with a two-run homer into the second deck in left field off Davies (5-4). Grandal extended the Dodgers lead to 3-1 in the fourth. Seagers shot to straightaway center in the fifth accounted for two of the Dodgers three runs in the inning, pushing the lead to 6-1.Los Angeles added two runs in the sixth, including one on a run-scoring double by Adrian Gonzalez.Davies, who had been 5-0 wiith a 2. Marko Dano Jersey. 64 ERA over his last 10 starts, gave up a season-high six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. He surrendered eight hits, walked two and struck out three. The three home runs were the most allowed by Davies in 20 career starts.HITTING STREAKSDodgers: Seager extended his hitting streak to 13 games, a career high for the second-year player, with a first-inning single.Brewers: Ryan Brauns third-inning single extended his hitting streak to 11 games.DOUBLE ERRORMaeda attempted to pick off Jonathan Villar in the fifth but his throw sailed past Gonzalez at first base. Justin Turner retrieved the ball but his throwing error allowed Villar to reach third. Maeda and Turner both were charged with errors but the Brewers failed to score in the inning.TRAINERS ROOMDodgers: CF Joc Pederson was out of the lineup for the second consecutive day after suffering a bruised AC joint when he crashed into the outfield wall while making a spectacular catch in the eighth inning of Tuesdays game. I think well make a decision with what we do with Joc, as far as the roster, in the next day or two, Roberts said.Brewers: RHP Taylor Jungmann, who began the season in the starting rotation before being demoted to Triple-A Colorado Springs after posting a 0-4 record and an ERA of 9.15 in five starts, has been reassigned to Double-A Biloxi after a period of mental rest. Jungmann also struggled at Colorado Springs, going 1/3 with a 9.87 ERA in eight starts. He was scheduled to start for Biloxi on Thursday at Birmingham.UP NEXTDodgers: Los Angeles begins a season-high, 10-game homestand on Friday against Colorado. Kershaw had been scheduled to start. The newly acquired Norris, who last pitched on Sunday, gets the start in Kershaws place.Brewers: Matt Garza (1-0, 2.81), who recorded his first win of the season on Saturday, will take the mound as Milwaukee opens a three-game series at St. Louis on Friday. Garza is 4-4 with a 4.07 ERA in 12 career starts against the Cardinals. ' ' '
