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PITTSBURGH -- The adjustment period was bumpy, filled with shaky hands, shoddy route running and Sammie Coates own admission that he wasnt in the shape he needed to be to play in the NFL.And if the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver is being honest, its not quite over even after the best day of his suddenly blossoming career.Coates understands that his 139-yard performance in Sundays 31-13 win over the New York Jets showcased both his immense potential and just how far he still has to go. Its why hes choosing to focus on the handful of drops rather than his video game-like burst from two Jets defenders that propelled him to the end zone for the first time on a 72-yard catch-and-run that made it seem like he was controlled by a 12-year-old furiously mashing the sprint button on his controller.The touchdown is just part of the game, Coates said. When you make mistakes, you dont care about the plays you make. You care about the ones you left on the field.There were a handful to choose from, including a slightly underthrown pass from Ben Roethlisberger near the New York goal line in the second quarter in which Coates adjusted perfectly, only to see the ball go right between his arms. Or maybe the flip in the second quarter that should have been the easiest 1-yard touchdown of Coates life and instead ended with him hanging his head in frustration when he failed to get the lob in.Its the kind of miscue that would have haunted Coates during his rookie year. Not anymore. When Roethlisberger approached Coates to give him a pep talk, he found Coates ready to beat him to the punch.He almost sought me out to come back to him and believe in him, Roethlisberger said. I said you dont have to tell me that. Im going to come back to you and believe in you and come back to you. It was good to see that growth.The kind the Steelers (4-1) desperately needed Coates to make over the summer with Martavis Bryant out for the season while serving a one-year suspension for violating the NFLs substance-abuse policy. All Coates has done over the first five weeks is average an NFL-best 22.1 yards per catch with at least one reception of 40-yards or more in each game, one short of the club-record streak Mike Wallace set in 2011.Coates is becoming the downfield threat Pittsburgh envisioned when it took him in the fourth round of the 2015 draft. The Steelers were well aware of Coates issues with concentration, and he spent most of his rookie year inactive on Sundays as he struggled with consistency. Being healthy but unable to see the field wasnt exactly the way Coates envisioned life in the NFL.He arrived for camp well aware that Bryants absence left a noticeable void, one Coates spent training camp trying to prove to Roethlisberger he was ready to fill. Roethlisberger noticed the difference immediately and repaid Coates dedication with a vow to stick with him while Coates worked through the bumps Roethlisberger knew were going to come.Its why Roethlisberger kept going back to Coates on Sunday as part of Roethlisbergers plan to help Coates develop what the quarterback called the short-term memory necessary to survive.Thats the great thing about Ben, wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey said. (Offensive coordinator) Todd (Haley) can call all the plays he wants, but Ben is in control of where the ball goes, and Ben kept feeding Sammie to let him know, `Hey, Im going to need you.Down near the goal line again in the fourth quarter and looking for a knockout blow, Roethlisberger found Coates on a crossing pattern that ended with Coates holding on for his second touchdown of the day. Remarkable considering Coates played the second half with stitches in between the index and middle fingers of his left hand, and Roethlisberger isnt exactly known for lobbing it near the end zone.I had to finish what I started, Coates said. I had to make up my errors. I felt like I had to play.The pain came later. Coates sported a splint on his left hand in the locker room and didnt practice Wednesday, leaving his status for Sundays visit to Miami (1-4) uncertain. Whenever hes available, he gives Pittsburgh a dimension that forces opponents to make an increasingly difficult decision on whether to double-team All-Pro Antonio Brown.With AB on the field, you know they got to watch him, Coates said. The defense, they got a lot to worry about with our offense. With the players we got around the ball, its hard to stop it.Including the wide receiver quickly growing up on the job.Game notes The Steelers signed RB Karlos Williams (younger brother of LB Vince Williams) to the practice squad. ... RT Marcus Gilbert (ankle), LB Ryan Shazier (knee) and WR Markus Wheaton (shoulder) did not practice Wednesday. ... CB Justin Gilbert (knee), S Robert Golden (hamstring), RB Roosevelt Nix (back) and WR Eli Rogers (toe) were full participants.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Jersey . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. "I didnt need to be anybody else, I just needed to be myself and be aggressive," said Burks, who scored a career-high 34 points to spark the Utah Jazz to a 118-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. 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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Erik Jones was the top seed at the start of the inaugural Chase in the Xfinity Series, but a wreck with 10 laps remaining in the opening race has dropped him to ninth in the standings.Now the Joe Gibbs Racing driver will try to recover at Dover International Speedway, where he won earlier this year.Jones went into the Chase opener with a series-best four victories and was considered the overwhelming favorite to win the title. Now hes outside the cutoff to advance to the next round.He started from the pole last week at Kentucky Speedway and led 100 laps before the crash that he blamed on himself.Last week I made a mistake laying it all out on the line for a win, but we definitely had the speed and thats encouraging heading in to this weekend, Jones said.Jones lost control of his No. 20 Toyota as he raced three-wide with teammate Daniel Suarez and Ty Dillon. He admitted he was playing defense on restarts and trying to preserve a win that would have advanced him into the second round of the Chase. Instead, Elliott Sadler won the race and Jones is now looking for a win in one of the next two races.Jones has made two starts at Dover, has one win, two top-10 finishes and an average finish of fifth.At this point, well need to focus a little more on points racing and go to Dover with that mindset and try to go out and get a solid finish, Jones said. I think we can get a top-five finish the next two weeks and hopefully that will put us in a good position to move on to the next round and keep us in contention for the championship---JUNIOR-DOVERDale Earnhardt Jr. will return to the race track this weekend, albeit as a spectator, to support his Hendrick Motorsports team at Dover International Raceway.Earnhardt is out for the season because of a concussion suffered in June. He said on the weekly Dale Jr. Download podcast that he will watch tthe Xfinity and Sprint Cup races from the pit box Saturday and Sunday.ddddddddddddJeff Gordon will be driving the No. 88 Chevrolet in Earnhardts absence.Its going to be different and tough and maybe not a ton of fun, he said. Its a bit weird to not be in the car but at the track. When youre a driver, you dont know what to do with yourself. Ill try to support the guys and learn a thing or two. Excited to see how Jeff does, he usually runs great at Dover. Its going to be different. Well see how it goes.Earnhardt attended news conferences at Watkins Glen International and Darlington Raceway in August, but did not stay for either race.Earnhardt also gave an update on his health during the podcast, and said his symptoms mostly only flare during stimulating situations. Hes tried exposing himself to more situations, and recently attended a concert in Milwaukee with country music artist Tim Dugger.That was interesting, he said. We were in a field, and I was four people back from the stage, and no one recognized me. We stood there for the whole concert, got lots of visual stimulation. It was a good experience. Were going to track to get the same exposure. Its getting better.---REED-TALLADEGARyan Reed will attempt to make his Sprint Cup debut next month at Talladega Superspeedway driving for Roush Fenway Racing.Reed will try to put the No. 99 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford in the field. Reed is currently fourth in the Xfinity Series standings.He will try to become the 19th driver to start a Sprint Cup race for Roush Fenway, and the No. 99 was in the Roush lineup from 1996 through 2014. It was driven by Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards, who combined for 40 wins and led more than 9,500 laps in the Sprint Cup Series. 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