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NASHVILLE Nick Bosa Jersey , Tenn. (AP) and try as he might, the Tennessee Titans linebacker still reaches for a strip of bacon here and there. Giving up meat hasn’t been easy, but in a league where everyone is looking for an edge, Woodyard and the Titans think they’ve found one in the produce aisle. Woodyard and at least 10 teammates – mostly on defense – have opted to eat vegan diets this season. Football players have long had a carnivorous reputation, but Tennessee’s defenders say they feel energized by their nutrition adjustment, something that’s helped the unit rank third against the run and fifth in the league with 40 sacks. Woodyard is in his 10th NFL season, and usually by this time of year, he’s taking daily naps to combat late-season fatigue. Not so much since going to a plant-based diet. ”My energy level’s gone up,” the Titans’ leading tackler said. ”And it’s just putting in good fuel to your body. And of course, it’s always hard to keep weight on this time of the season. But it’s worth it for me staying on top of my health.” Linebacker Derrick Morgan sparked the move away from meat. He and his wife – Cordon Bleu-trained chef Charity Morgan – had gone vegan for stretches, and when Morgan’s nutritionist advised him 10 months ago that veganism could help maximize his athleticism, he decided to give up meat and dairy entirely. ”He knew that dairy always didn’t agree with his body because he would have reactions when he ate it,” Charity Morgan said. ”He never thought about meat. The human brain, we’ve been taught L.J. Collier Jersey , `Oh, we need meat. It’s protein, protein, protein.’ We both had to re-educate ourselves on what is protein.” Having a trained chef in the house eased the transition. Charity Morgan studied plant-based meals online and began preparing dishes for her husband. By the time training camp opened, Charity Morgan was also feeding defensive lineman Jurrell Casey, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, and defensive end DaQuan Jones. Her client list grew as more teammates smelled what she had cooking. ”I broke down, tasted it, and I’ve been in ever since,” Woodyard said. ”It’s good. You start off just trying to get rid of certain things. I’ve always wanted to give up red meat. Once I got the chance to get into the vegan diet, it’s kind of like you trick your mind to eat other things, and you get used to it.” Charity Morgan is now feeding 11 Titans – and sometimes a few wives – with more on a waiting list. She’s also dished advice to other wives about handling vegan dinners at home. Favorites have included vegan crabcakes and pea protein burgers with Charity Morgan’s own take on In-n-Out’s special sauce. The chef delivers a pair of coolers packed with food each day for practice, and she even provides breakfast burritos on game days at home. The Titans are 8-6 and the defense ranks 13th overall in the league. With results on the field holding strong, there hasn’t been any concern about the diet from coaches or team officials. ”No, guys are still performing Marquise Blair Jersey , guys are taking care of business,” Casey said. ”So until that falls off, then you don’t have nothing to worry about.” Some players have found they can’t quite do vegan full-time. Jones gives himself a cheat meal of chicken once a week for the protein boost, and Casey still eats fish. Linebacker Brian Orakpo isn’t ready for a lifestyle change, but he was a fan of the lunch Charity Morgan left for him after a recent practice. A handful of Titans even gathered for a vegan Thanksgiving meal at the Morgans in November. Vegans or vegetarianism isn’t unheard of in the NFL. Detroit running back Ameer Abdullah switched last summer to help prolong his career – a move made easier with both his parents being vegetarian. ”It actually helps you build up a faster metabolism,” Abdullah said. ”A lot of the food is cleaner, so there’s not a lot of the gunk that there is in processed foods. You burn through it quicker, but I eat more. That’s been a positive for me for sure.” Washington left tackle Trent Williams stuck to a vegan diet through training camp this year after studying the links between diet and disease. The 6-foot-5, 320-pound lineman had to stop when he dropped to around 300 pounds, somewhere he hadn’t been since his freshman year of high school. He loved how much better he slept, but he had to gain that weight back to help his center of gravity. ”The only bad thing was I couldn’t maintain my weight,” Williams said. The biggest issue for Tennessee is taste. Casey is still on the fence there, and grateful to have Charity Morgan jazzing up his meat substitutes. ”Once you get all the sauce and the seasoning off of it, the texture of the meat or the substance that’s supposed to replace it, the flavor of that is horrible D.K. Metcalf Jersey ,” Casey said. For now, though, it’s tackles over tastebuds in Tennessee. — AP Pro Football Writer Howard Fendrich and AP Sports Writer Larry Lage contributed to this report. — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts appear to have a potent running game, an offensive line that can protect and a record-setting kicker.Combined all that with a healthy Andrew Luck and the results are impressive.Luck threw his third touchdown pass of the game to break a tie with 5:28 to go, Adam Vinatieri set the career scoring mark and the Colts beat the Oakland Raiders 42-28 on Sunday to win in back-to-back weeks for the first time in three years.“I think we’re believing it now, I really do,” Luck said. “I think we’re proving to ourselves that we can do it, that this is a winning formula.”Marlon Mack ran for a career-high 132 yards and two touchdowns, breaking the personal mark he set last week against Buffalo with 126 yards. The Colts finished with 222 yards rushing and didn’t allow a sack for the third straight game as the investments made in the offensive line are paying off.The Colts are the first team since the 1970 merger to go consecutive games with at least 200 yards rushing, no sacks and no giveaways.“I think you’d like to establish your identity in Week 1 and get that going right from the start,” coach Frank Reich said. “On offense, it’s taken us a few weeks to get that going, but right now I like where we’re at.”Mack’s second TD came after Doug Martin lost a fumble for Oakland and sealed the victory as the Colts won in consecutive weeks for the first time in three years.Luck connected with all three of his tight ends with the 10-yard pass to Jack Doyle putting the Colts (3-5) up 35-28. Luck connected earlier in the game on passes to Mo Alie-Cox and Eric Ebron and finished with 239 yards against an overmatched defense for the Raiders (1-6).Derek Carr threw three TD passes and ran for a fourth just days after Oakland traded his top receiver Amari Cooper to Dallas . But it wasn’t enough to prevent another loss in what is quickly becoming a lost season to begin coach Jon Gruden’s second stint with the team.“I’m not going to give up. Period,” Gruden said. “I just hope Raiders fans out there understand we’re doing everything we can. I know it gets ugly at times Cody Barton Jersey , but in a lot of ways I’m excited about the future.”The Colts started fast with Mo Alie-Cox making a one-handed 26-yard touchdown catch and Vinatieri adding a field goal to make it 10-0 before the Raiders finally found their stride.“He swallowed the ball with his hands,” Luck said. “It was truly like there was a gravitational pull flopped it in there. What an awesome job our tight ends group does to complement this offense, complement the wideouts and to complement each other.”Carr threw a pair of touchdown passes in the second quarter to put Oakland on top and added a 1-yard sneak for a score on fourth down to make it 21-13 early in the third.The game went back and forth from there with Luck tying it with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Eric Ebron and a 2-point conversion pass to Chester Rogers.Carr then avoided a sack before finding Brandon LaFell for a 6-yard touchdown late in the third before the Colts tied it back up early in the fourth on Mack’s 4-yard run .MOST POINTS IN NFL HISTORYVinatieri set the record as the NFL’s top all-time scorer in the first half. He kicked a 26-yard field goal in the first quarter to tie Morten Andersen with 2,544 points and then added a 25-yarder late in the second to set the record . Vinatieri scored three more points, giving him 2,550 for his career.“He’d done it for so long and for so many years and so prolifically, that I just thought, ‘Man, it’s untouchable.'” Vinatieri said. “But I guess as you keep going, you stack years upon years, the numbers start stacking up.”RARE RUSHCarr scored on a 1-yard sneak on fourth down in the third quarter for the Raiders for his first career touchdown run. Oakland hadn’t had a quarterback run for a TD since Terrelle Pryor scored on a 93-yard run against Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2013. Only the Chargers had gone longer without a TD run for a QB.“I had a dance planned, but they threw a flag,” Carr said. “I’ll have to get another one.”BACK TO BACKMack followed up last week’s big game with another strong performance. This is just the sixth time the Colts have had a 100-yard rusher during Luck’s seven NFL seasons and the first time since Joseph Addai did it in 2007 that a back topped the century mark in consecutive games.INJURIESThe Raiders lost backup OL T.J. Clemmings to a knee injury in the second half. … Colts S Mike Mitchell left in the second half with a calf injury.UP NEXTColts: Host Jacksonville on Nov. 11.Raiders: Visit 49ers on Thursday night.