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LAKE BUENA VISTA Riley Ridley Jersey , Fla. (AP) — has no problem discussing the gut-wrenching way his season ended.He’s talked about it with family and friends for nearly a month and openly shared his thoughts with fellow Pro Bowl players this week.At breakfast. In the locker room. On the practice field.He’s also gotten plenty of sympathetic support.After all, the New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars know exactly how Mosley feels.Players from all those teams are still trying to deal with the way they exited the postseason.“You talk about it because that’s the life of the NFL,” Mosley said Thursday. “You fight and fight, and it always comes down to the last two minutes or the last play of the game.”The Pro Bowl has become a gathering spot for the brokenhearted, a place to laugh, smile and joke through lingering disappointment.“When it’s the last game of the season, it definitely sticks with you a lot longer,” Mosley said. “It was tough, but you’ve got to live and learn from it. It just builds calluses, as Coach (John) Harbaugh says, and you try to redeem yourself next season.”The Ravens looked as if they were headed to the playoffs in the final minute of the final game of the regular season. But Baltimore gave up a crushing, 49-yard touchdown pass with 44 seconds remaining and lost 31-27 loss to Cincinnati. The outcome put Buffalo in the playoffs for the first time since the 1999 season.“I know they helped us out, but to have pretty much a home playoff game and lose to a team that’s not having a good year, that’s difficult Greedy Williams Jersey ,” Bills guard Richie Incognito said.Incognito and other Pro Bowlers felt as if Baltimore’s stunning setback took a backseat to others in the playoffs.New Orleans was poised to beat Minnesota in an NFC divisional game until Case Keenum completed a last-ditch heave to Stefon Diggs, who turned it into a 61-yard touchdown reception that gave the Vikings a 29-24 victory. Rookie safety Marcus Williams whiffed trying to tackle Diggs near the sideline.“That’s tough to go and do that,” Incognito said. “You’re in and out of it in a game like New Orleans-Minnesota and then you lose it on the last play. That’s just demoralizing. That’s going to be in that kid’s head forever.”It dominated conversation in Minnesota for a week — until the Vikings got thumped at Philadelphia while trying to become the first team in NFL history to make the Super Bowl in its home stadium.“That’s why you keep doing things like this, try to enjoy the moment, live in the moment and actually try to get that game off your mind,” Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes said.“I can’t tell you how long it’s going to take, but it’ll take very long if people keep asking me questions about the game. But eventually it’ll pass.“We’ve got to look forward to next year and hopefully we’ll go to the Super Bowl.”Tampa Bay defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said Minnesota’s loss was the toughest to watch in the postseason.“You have that miracle catch and that happens in the NFC title game,” McCoy said. “That hurts. I think they just couldn’t get over the fact of how they won and it just didn’t carry over to the next game.”Jacksonville will carry its collapse into next season, too.The Jaguars had a 10-point lead at New England in the fourth quarter in the AFC title game. Tom Brady and the defending Super Bowl champs were so desperate to get back in the game that they turned to trick plays.“You’ve got the champs on the ropes, everything’s flowing, you feel like you’re going to win the game, you’re out-physically them and then Tom Brady takes over,” Incognito said.Incognito and several Jaguars defenders talked about the loss during breakfast this week, with Incognito identifying the session as “telling war stories about Tommy.”All of them — the Jaguars, the Vikings Sione Takitaki Jersey , the Saints and the Ravens — could take solace in knowing it could be worse. The Atlanta Falcons blew a 28-3 lead to the Patriots in the Super Bowl last February.“It’s takes a while,” Falcons safety Keanu Neal said. “You’ve got to forget, just get right. It takes a second. It’s going to hurt because the opportunity was there, but time heals everything.”—— The FitzMagic ran out on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Jameis Winston returned from a three-game suspension in the second half after Ryan Fitzpatrick‘s record run came to a screeching halt in a 48-10 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday.“I was ready,” Winston said. “These three weeks I took very seriously. I worked my tail off. I got all those guys around to help me so I can go out there and be good for my team.”Winston came in under tough circumstances to start the second half, with his team trailing by 35 after Fitzpatrick struggled in a big way. The former Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall draft pick didn’t exactly light it up.More Tampa Bay Buccaneers newsBuccaneers make big step forward avoiding 0-2 startBucs’ running game shows signs of life with 2nd-year RB Ronald Jones II leading wayJameis Winston throws 3 INTs, Buccaneers drop season-opener to 49ersBuccaneers edge Browns 13-12 behind K Matt Gay’s game-winnerBruce Arians gets 1st win with Bucs against surprise starter Josh Rosen, DolphinsWinston was 16 for 20 with 145 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. He got picked off by Danny Trevathan on the opening drive of the second half when Khalil Mack appeared to tip the ball as he released a pass.Even so, coach Dirk Koetter said Winston “probably” played well enough to regain the starting job. He just wouldn’t quite commit to it.“We will worry about that on another day,” he said.The Buccaneers opted to stay with Fitzpatrick after he became the first player in league history to pass for 400 yards in three consecutive games while Winston served his suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. They waited until game-time this week before announcing that decision. But with a bye coming up, it’s hard to envision them not turning to Winston. Tampa Bay’s next game is Oct. 14 at Atlanta.Winston was the top pick in the 2015 draft and has started 45 of Tampa Bay’s 49 games since he entered the NFL.But he was suspended by the league following an accusation that the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner groped a female Uber driver during a ride the quarterback took in Arizona, where Winston was attending a charity event in March 2016. The NFL learned of the allegation when it was reported publicly last November. The woman filed a lawsuit nearly two weeks ago and is seeking more than $75,000 in damages.With Winston suspended, Fitzpatrick threw for 1 Sheldrick Redwine Jersey ,230 yards and 11 touchdowns in the first three games. But against the Bears, he was swarmed right from the start by a defense performing as well as any in the league.“It was just another week in terms of putting your head down and preparing and getting ready as best as I could and as best as the team could,” Fitzpatrick said. “We didn’t play well, obviously. That’s the understatement of the day, but we didn’t play well in any of the phases. And when you do that on the road versus a good football team, the score is going to look like it did today.”Chicago’s Mitchell Trubisky threw for six touchdowns �? one shy of the NFL and franchise records �? against a struggling secondary. But Fitzpatrick didn’t have much of a chance against an aggressive defense, going 9 of 18 for 126 yards and getting sacked twice. Mack had a strip-sack against him, and Eddie Jackson picked off a pass, leading to a field goal at the end of the half for Chicago that made it 38-3.By then, Koetter had informed his assistants that Winston would start the second half.“We put Jameis in a terrible situation today,” Koetter said. “And I told him that. I told him that right off the bat at halftime, we were putting him in a bad situation. I knew Jameis would go in and give us everything he had.”