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--CLEVELAND--Instead of soaring toward a sky-high pick in next year's draft, the veteran quarterback is hoping to win the starting job and make an impact in New York. "That's the goal," McCown said of winning the No. 1 role, per NJ.com. "You go in to compete and win the job. If it changes, it changes. My mindset is to come and learn the offense, do everything I can to master it this spring and training camp. Then, if I'm the guy, play the position as well as I can until it changes.

--MASSACHUSETTES--The 27-year-old cover man skipped the first phase of the team's workouts in April while his future in New England hung in the balance amid trade whispers. Speculation that Butler could be shipped to the Saints all but died, though, after the draft. It's a manageable fate for the fourth-year corner. Playing this season on a one-year, $3.91 million pact, Butler is slated to hit free agency next March. Until that happens, he remains locked into a starting role in New England across from talented free-agent pickup Stephon Gilmore.

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