Remember when Joe Horn used a cellphone hidden in the goal post padding to celebrate a touchdown?

Now the NFL is thinking about planting cellphone-size video cameras in the end zone pylons as an officiating tool.

The lightweight, padded cameras have been in development for about six months and would slide into a slit in the pylon. It could be used to see if the football crossed the goal line or whether a ball carrier got into the end zone at all.

"The idea isn't a new one," Alex Riethmiller of NFL Network said. "The difference now is that as technology has improved we're able execute on some of these ideas. The ability to place very small, very lightweight cameras in small spots and deliver great video is what is allowing us to move forward on this idea."

The technology has been tested in exhibition games and will be retested in a regular-season game, but Riethmiller said it will be weeks before it is used in a game telecast.

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GOLDEN MOMENT: The Jacksonville Jaguars watched and cheered as American distance runner Sanya Richards-Ross won her first individual Olympic gold medal in London. Richards-Ross gets a chance to return the favor Sunday.

The four-time Olympic gold medalist will be recognized during Jacksonville's home opener against AFC South rival Houston — her first chance to pull for her husband's new team in person.

"I can't wait to thank all the fans for their amazing support during my journey in London," said Richards-Ross, who is married to Jaguars cornerback Aaron Ross. "(It) will be my first Jaguars game, but not my last."

Richards-Ross brought home two gold medals from the London Games, winning the 400 meters and the 4 x 400-meter relay. She also won gold medals in the 400-meter relay at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Her husband joined the Jaguars in March as an unrestricted free agent after five seasons with the New York Giants. He won two Super Bowls with the Giants (2007 and 2011), and Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey gave him permission to leave training camp and travel to London for a few days to witness his wife's feat. Mularkey arranged for Ross' teammates to watch on a big screen inside the stadium.

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D-JACK'S DONATION: Inspired by a cousin who served in Vietnam, Philadelphia's DeSean Jackson has donated $50,000 to the "Wounded Warrior Project."

Jackson, the lightning-quick but diminutive wide receiver, visited with soldiers at the Soldier Family Assist Center in Fort Dix, N.J., on Tuesday. He then presented the check to the organization that provides aid to military members who incurred service-connected wounds, injuries, or illnesses on or after Sept. 11, 2001.

"This is something that I feel very grateful and blessed to be able to do," Jackson said. "My cousin, Jimmy Jackson, was a Sergeant E5 and won two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars after serving in Vietnam. After seeing what he's dealt with throughout his life, this is a cause that really hits home for me.

"The people in the military put their lives on the line for us every day. I think it's important to recognize the great service they provide for this country, especially at this time of year. I'm excited to meet some of the soldiers and let them know how much I appreciate what they do. They are true heroes."

Jackson's charitable work also includes the DeSean Jackson Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer. It was established after his father, Bill Jackson, died of pancreatic cancer in 2009.

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RETURN OF THE BROKEN SNAPPER: Washington Redskins long snapper Nick Sundberg has been getting his 15 minutes of fame — and actually quite a bit more — for playing the second half of last week's season opener with a broken left arm. Getting less attention is the roster move that resulted from his injury.

The Redskins, using a rule implemented for the first time this season, placed Sundberg on injured reserve and designated him for return. IR used to automatically mean the end of a player's season, but teams are now allowed to put one — and only one — player on IR and have him return eight weeks later.

So why use up the designation on a long snapper? What if, say, offensive linchpin Santana Moss breaks a finger this week?

Coach Mike Shanahan said he did the research and concluded that it was worth the risk.

"You can't bring them back for eight full weeks," Shanahan said. "So if someone is injured in the next three or four weeks, you could say, 'Oh, I could have used it for that guy.' There are a lot of possibilities. I went back and looked over the last two years and there was not one person that fit in that window. When you look at Nick, he probably would be full speed in six or eight weeks, so I think it's a perfect situation for him."

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MY, THEY'RE YOUNG: The Bengals are entering a highly unusual stretch of games this weekend when they host the Cleveland Browns and rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden.

It's the first of five straight games against teams currently led by a quarterback in his first or second season. After the Browns, they play at Washington (rookie QB Robert Griffin III), at Jacksonville (second-year QB Blaine Gabbert), home against Miami (rookie Ryan Tannehill) and at Cleveland.

After getting torn apart by Baltimore's Joe Flacco in their Monday night opener, it's a huge advantage to be facing passers who are still seeing a lot of things for the first time.

"Anytime you play a rookie, you want to make things as hard on them as possible," cornerback Leon Hall said. "He hasn't seen as much as the other veterans in the NFL. We'll definitely give him some different looks."

The unusual five-game stretch is a reminder of the overall youth at the position. There are 10 starting quarterbacks in either their first or second season, the most since 1950, according to STATS LLC. That's the year the NFL absorbed three teams from the All-America Football Conference.

Among those 10 young QBs is Andy Dalton, who led Cincinnati to the playoffs last season and reached the Pro Bowl as a rookie. He's paying attention to this year's group of five rookie quarterbacks.

"I know what they're going through right now," Dalton said. "You see so many interceptions that some of those guys threw, and they were tipped balls and things that weren't in their control where when you look at the stat sheet, it shows an interception. But you've got to fight through it. It's a long season.

"Just the first game. They'll improve and get better."

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AP Pro Football Writers Barry Wilner and Rob Maaddi and Sports Writers Mark Long, Joe Kay and Joseph White contributed to this story.