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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs when partially awakened Tuesday, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills' tight end would walk again — contrary to the grim prognosis given a day before.

Dr. Barth Green, chairman of the department of neurological surgery at the University of Miami school of medicine, said he's been consulting with doctors in Buffalo since Everett sustained a life-threatening spinal cord injury Sunday while making a tackle in the Bills' season opener. Everett dropped face-first to the ground after his helmet hit Denver's Domenik Hixon high on the left shoulder and side of the helmet.

Asked whether Everett will have a chance to fully recover, Green said: "It's feasible, but it's not 100 percent predictable at this time. ... But it's feasible he could lead a normal life."

On Monday, Bills orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, said Everett likely wouldn't walk again.

BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns traded quarterback Charlie Frye, benched before halftime in Sunday's season opener, to Seattle for a sixth-round draft pick Tuesday. The stunningly swift move raised Brady Quinn, the Browns' high-profile rookie QB, to No. 2 on the depth chart.According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Frye is the first quarterback since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 to start his team's season opener and be traded before Week 2.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Quarterback JaMarcus Russell arrived in the Bay Area Tuesday to sign a record rookie deal with the Oakland Raiders and end the longest holdout in more than two decades by the league's top pick.Lawyers for the Raiders and Russell were reviewing the final details of the six-year, $61 million contract, but no holdups were expected, according to two people familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced.

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