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Ndamukong Suh got his wish.

Detroit's star defensive tackle met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his staff Tuesday to clarify questions about his play and the game.

"I have gained a better understanding how I need to continue to play the game to help my team win," Suh said in a statement. "I look forward to the rest of the season and doing everything we can to bring the Lombardi Trophy to Detroit."

Detroit, aiming for its first postseason appearance this century, is 6-2 for the first time since 2007 and next plays Nov. 13 at Chicago. The Lions haven't won an NFL title since 1956, but Suh and his teammates are playing and talking with a lot of swagger these days.

Suh requested the bye-week session in New York at NFL headquarters to talk about the flags and fines he has received.

"Ndamukong plays the game with great skill and passion and is a major reason for the Lions' success this year," Goodell said in a statement. "In the course of our dialogue today, we reviewed video showing that Ndamukong has clearly made the adjustments to play consistently within the rules so that he can continue to help the team. We commend Ndamukong's leadership in taking the initiative to schedule today's meeting."

Suh's rough play has led to $42,500 in fines since Detroit drafted him No. 2 overall out of Nebraska in 2009.

Patriots WR Edelman arrested for assault

The agent for New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman says his client will "vigorously" fight a charge that he groped a woman during a Halloween party at a Boston nightclub.

At a brief court hearing Tuesday, a not guilty plea was entered for Edelman to a charge of indecent assault and battery and he was released on personal recognizance.

"The charges will be fought vigorously within the court system, instead of a rush to judgment elsewhere. We have no further comment beyond that," agent Don Yee said in a statement released later by the Patriots, who declined to comment on the case.

Police were called to the club at about 1:30 a.m. and met a woman who said Edelman, 25, reached under her costume and grabbed her crotch, according to an application for a criminal complaint.

A witness who was with the woman said he observed Edelman bump into her and then saw her face "change into an expression of shock," the complaint said. The woman and the witness told police they approached nightclub staff and asked to have Edelman thrown out.

The staff "ejected the witness followed by the victim," the complaint said.

The nightclub manager told police the witness was threatening to beat up Edelman on the dance floor.

Edelman was arrested outside the club, where he denied to police that he groped the woman.

At his arraignment, he was ordered by a judge to stay away from the Storyville nightclub, and was ordered to have no contact with the woman or the witnesses.

Prosecutors did not ask for bail, but they did request a protective order on the woman's name and address, which the judge granted.

Edelman, a third-year player, was drafted in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft out of Kent State and has three catches this year for 25 yards. He was inactive for last Sunday's 25-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. In his career, he has 47 catches for 470 yards and a touchdown. He has also returned kicks for the team.

Around the league

Raiders • Oakland signed receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh to a contract, reuniting him with his former quarterback, Carson Palmer. Palmer and Houshmandzadeh were teammates in Cincinnati for six seasons and both had their greatest NFL success when they were together. Houshmandzadeh, 34, had been out of the league since playing with Baltimore last season but had been working out in Southern California with Palmer before the Raiders (4-3) acquired the quarterback last month.

Texans • Injured outside linebacker Mario Williams says he's healing "extremely fast" in his recovery from a torn chest muscle that will sideline him the rest of this season. The 6-foot-6, 283-pound Williams left in the first quarter of Houston's 25-20 loss to Oakland on Oct. 9. He was placed on injured reserve and had surgery, his second procedure in less than a year. Williams is the franchise's all-time sacks leader (53). —

Schedule

Sunday

• Seattle at Dallas, 11 a.m.

• Miami at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

• Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

• Cleveland at Houston, 11 a.m.

• San Francisco at Washington, 11 a.m.

• N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

• Atlanta at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

• Denver at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

• Cincinnati at Tennessee, 2:05 p.m.

• Green Bay at San Diego, 2:15 p.m.

• St. Louis at Arizona, 2:15 p.m.

• N.Y. Giants at New England, 2:15 p.m.

• Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 6:20 p.m., Ch. 5

Open • Carolina, Detroit, Jacksonville, Minnesota

Monday

• Chicago at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m., ESPN