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AJ McCarron’s first dip into the free-agency waters has not gone exactly as planned. The top quarterback prizes — Kirk Cousins (Vikings) and Case Keenum (Broncos) — and middle prizes — Teddy Bridgewater (Jets), Sam Bradford and Mike Glennon (both Cardinals) — are all signed or set up to be signed in the coming days. McCarron is still waiting for the right offer, but it’s unlikely to be a starting one, with the Bills the only team that would seem in the market for that and little interest being reported between the two sides. The former Bengals signal-caller, who won his grievance against Cincinnati last month that allowed him to test the market, now may be back to square one. On Wednesday, WEEI.com

Virginia appears to finally have found some answers to its season-long search for offensive weapons, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Braxton Key and Kihei Clark scored 17 points each, Tomas Woldetensae and Jayy Huff added 14 apiece and Mamadi Diakite had 10 Wednesday night as Virginia