Buffalo Bills guard Richie Incognito jogged off the practice field Wednesday Calvin Ridley Youth Jersey , started signing autographs for kids and then declined all interview requests.

Incognito’s version of what happened during a wild-card game at Jacksonville earlier this month remains unclear.

Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue accused Incognito of using ”weak racist slurs” during the game. They ended up as Pro Bowl teammates this week, and Ngakoue said Wednesday they cleared the air and are good to go.

Ngakoue declined to get into specifics about their conversation at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex, preferring to move on.

Jaguars defensive tackle Malik Jackson provided more insight, saying he saw Ngakoue and Incognito talking before practice.

”That was really cool, you know,” Jackson said. ”We have a huge respect for each other, and sometimes the heat of the moment can get to you and you can say things you might not really mean or do things you might not really mean and be apologetic for it.

”I think it shows the true character of a man to come and apologize and/or talk about it to clear the air.”

Ngakoue called out Incognito on Twitter hours after Jacksonville’s 10-3 victory on Jan. 7. Ngakoue repeatedly has declined to disclose what Incognito said.

”I just felt like people needed to know what happened,” Ngakoue said the next day. ”He knows what he said. I don’t got to repeat it.”

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Wednesday the exchange ”remains under review.”

Here are some other things of note from the first day of Pro Bowl practice:

BELL’S CONTRACT: Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell says he and the team are making progress on a contract extension . Pittsburgh has presented an initial offer, and Bell says ”we are a lot closer than we were last year.”

The 25-year-old back turned down a long-term contract in 2017, skipped training camp and then signed a one-year Breeland Speaks Jersey , $12 million franchise tender. The Steelers could franchise him again in March, a move Bell told ESPN would force him to consider retiring or sitting out the 2018 season. A second tag would be worth around $14.5 million.

”I think we’ll get something done and it will be exciting for both sides, for the fans and everybody,” said Bell, who led the NFL in touches (404) this past season.

LAWRENCE’S DEAL: Cowboys defensive lineman Demarcus Lawrence is also in for a huge payday after finishing with 14+ sacks. Lawrence said following NFC practice that he would welcome the franchise tag , which would guarantee Lawrence around $17 million in 2018.

”It will get done eventually, so I’m not worrying about my contract,” Lawrence told NFL.com. ”I’m trying to have a good time with this group of guys and my family while I’m here. … Franchise not bad. Contract not bad. So, like I said, I’m not worrying about nothing. I’ll leave it up to my agent. He’ll take care of me.”

STILL REELING: Jaguars cornerback A.J. Bouye said he and his four Pro Bowl teammates are still trying to get over losing to New England in the AFC championship game.

”It’s only going to motivate me to go harder and motivate our team Cheap Minkah Fitzpatrick Jersey ,” he said. ”I already see the hunger. We’re even talking about it here in Orlando. I know we’ve got to watch the (Super Bowl). But we’ll be there next year. We’re going to find a way.”

TRASH KING: Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey might be the NFL’s best trash-talker. He upset Baltimore’s Steve Smith in 2016 and agitated mild-mannered Cincinnati’s A.J. Green so much in November that Green choked and body-slammed Ramsey . Ramsey doesn’t plan on quieting down much, if at all, this week.

”I don’t know if anybody out here is on my level with the trash talk yet. But, throughout the week, we’re going to find out,” Ramsey said.

”I’m going to cool it a little bit. But at the end of the day, I’m me. I’m always going to be me (and I’m) here in full effect this week.”

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Heading into Game 3 of a first-round playoff series, the San Jose Sharks attribute their success to attention to detail and a hard-nosed mindset that won’t allow them to be pushed out of games.

Meanwhile, the Anaheim Ducks are looking for their best players to help get the offense back in gear before becoming an opening-round afterthought.

San Jose looks to move within a win of advancing to the second round on Monday night against Anaheim at SAP Center.

The Ducks claimed home-ice advantage in the first round by winning 10 of their final 12 regular-season games to finish one point ahead of the Sharks. But winger Logan Couture said San Jose met an early objective after winning twice in Orange County.

“That was the goal coming in, to win the first one and not be satisfied with the split Zack Martin Jersey ,” he said.

Martin Jones was key to the Sharks’ wins at Honda Center. He turned aside 25 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout in a 3-0 Game 1 victory on Thursday. After giving up a goal on the first shot he faced in Game 2, Jones finished with 28 stops in a 3-2 victory on Saturday.

Jones has won at least 30 games in each of his three seasons with San Jose under Peter DeBoer, who has come to expect that consistency.

“Jonesy’s been a rock for us this time of year,” DeBoer said Saturday.

Now the series shifts to Silicon Valley, where the Sharks won 11 of their final 16 games en route to a 25-13-3 record. San Jose is 22-14 all time in Game 3s — including 13-7 at home — and Anaheim is 15-13.

“We’re a tough team to play against. You’ve got to earn your way to beat us in a game,” DeBoer said.

Ducks defenseman Brandon Montour is aware of the challenge.

“We’ve been down two (games) before,” he said. “They’ve got to win four. The series isn’t over. San Jose’s got a tough building and we’ve got to go in and match that.”

San Jose went 1-0-1 at home against Anaheim in the regular season. On Nov. 4, Joonas Donskoi notched the game-winner in the sixth round to give the Sharks a 2-1 win.

Just over two weeks later, the teams went to a nine-round tiebreaker and Antoine Vermette beat Jones to give the Ducks a 3-2 victory.

Jones has yielded only eight goals in his last four home games against the Ducks but has a 1-2-1 record.

However, Jones and the remainder of San Jose’s defense are keeping Anaheim’s top players in check. Wingers Rickard Rakell and Corey Perry don’t have any points and a combined five shots on goal.

Hampus Lindholm — one of four Ducks defensemen with at least 30 points this season — leads the team in scoring with a goal and an assist. No other blue liner has a point.

“We have to go out there and outwork them Tre'Davious White Jersey Youth , and get those wins that are going to be huge for us,” Lindholm said. “All year here, people have been counting us out a lot of times. We’ve been stepping it up here when we need it the most, so I believe in this group here.”

Another player who has struggled is Anaheim goaltender John Gibson, who has stopped 63 of 69 shots. But coach Randy Carlyle doesn’t plan on changing things and will stick with Gibson even though Ryan Miller has 28 career playoff wins.

“When you play 82 games, there’s lot of reset buttons that have been hit over the course of the season,” Carlyle said. “We understand the desperation that’s going to be necessary for us to go in and play well in their building.”

Gibson was 12-8-4 with a 2.41 goals-against average and .924 save percentage in 25 road starts this season. His only career start in San Jose came Oct. 25, 2016, when he gave up a goal to Marc-Edouard Vlasic 84 seconds into overtime of a 2-1 loss.

Game 4 is scheduled for Wednesday night in San Jose.

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