PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : ‘Penalty Box’ Being Examined

Players guilty of flagrant late hits on quarterbacks could be forced to sit out 14 to 16 plays during a game under a proposal sent to the NFL competition committee by San Francisco 49er Vice President John McVay... A Buffalo Bill fan accused running back Thurman Thomas of cursing his 10-year-old grandson and insulting the boy’s mother when the child asked for an autograph earlier this season. Thomas denied making the comments...Pittsburgh Steeler running Barry Foster didn’t practice for the second day in a row on Thursday, and his status was downgraded to doubtful for Sunday’s game at Cincinnati.