The?Philadelphia Eagles?released wide receiver Josh Huff?on Thursday, two days after he was arrested and?charged with possessing an unloaded 9 mm handgun without a permit, a magazine that had six hollow-point bullets and a small amount of marijuana, the team announced.In a statement released to ESPNs Adam Caplan, Huff said, First, I want to apologize to Mr. Lurie and his family, my coaches and teammates, and all Eagles fans. Im sorry that any action by me brought negative light to this organization. I want to thank the Lurie Family, Howie [Roseman], this community and the entire Eagles organization for the opportunity Ive had for the past 3 years. Most important, I want to let the fans and community as a whole know that I understand the responsibility I have as a professional athlete, and I will take all measures necessary to correct mistakes I have made.Huff had practiced with the team Wednesday.He had expressed regret for Tuesdays incident and apologized to his teammates and the organization for causing a distraction. But when it came to questions about his decision to carry a gun with hollow-point bullets, Huff stood his ground.Im a professional athlete. What professional athlete dont have a gun? Huff said. I have a wife and I have a son at home. My job is to protect them at all costs, and my job is to protect myself as well, even though I know I have security here, but I have to protect myself as well.Asked whether he believes everybody in the Eagles locker room and around the league carries a gun, Huff said, I do. Yes, I do.Huff was arrested on the gun and drug charges after he was pulled over for speeding on the Walt Whitman Bridge on the New Jersey side. He was also cited for driving under the influence.Howie Roseman, Eagles VP of football operations, when asked what had changed since Wednesday, said, We just want to go through a process, gather all the information and then sit down as an organization and make a decision that we think is the right decision for the Philadelphia Eagles.Roseman said that he and CEO Jeffrey Lurie, president Don Smolenski and coach?Doug Pederson made the decision together.Its disappointing that we have to stand up here and do this, but were trying to build something and were trying to build something that lasts, and some of that means that were going to have to make some hard decisions, Roseman said.?Theres no doubt that he was coming along as a player and that he helps this team, but we have to do whats in the best interest of this organization, this building, and the 63 guys. We have a responsibility to a lot of people here, and we dont take that lightly.Huff confirmed that the gun is licensed in Texas and acknowledged that he wasnt as familiar with the New Jersey laws as he should have been. He said that he felt his life has been threatened in the past, which is why he chooses to carry a gun.Im from Houston. You cant trust a lot of people in Houston, he said. Theres always somebody out to get you. Youve got to protect yourself. Even when Im back in Houston, I always have a gun on me, because theres been several instances in Houston where Ive lost a friend to gun violence, and he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, so why would I let that happen to me?The 25-year-old acknowledged that he was at the Eagles NovaCare facility Tuesday morning before the arrest but told ESPN that he made a stop before heading home over the Walt Whitman -- to pick up his gun. He would not reveal where.No, said Huff, when asked whether he brought the weapon into the facility. Im not Gilbert Arenas, bro. No. No. Im not going to bring a gun onto the premises. Im not going to bring a gun and put my life, put my teammates in jeopardy of anything. Thats not me. Its solely for protection, and thats that.Pederson had indicated Wednesday that there would be no change in Huffs status and that the plan was for him to play Sunday against the New York Giants while the team gathered more information.There have been a number of off-field incidents over the past several months since Pederson became coach. A dancer at a Philadelphia strip club accused wide receiver Nelson Agholor of sexual assault in June, though he was never charged. Linebacker Nigel Bradham was arrested in late July for allegedly striking a Miami hotel employee after a verbal altercation and was arrested in October at Miami International Airport after authorities say TSA workers found a loaded gun in his backpack.Before this move, the team has not reprimanded any of the players involved in these incidents.We have to take each of these separately, examine the facts that we have and then go through a process and make a decision thats in the best interest of this organization, Roseman said.Pederson was asked Wednesday if more discipline needs to be handed down, given the circumstances.I think that there comes a time when there could be some discipline like that. Obviously this could be a case again, he said. And I just want to make sure that Im doing right by these players and they are doing right by themselves and that were handling our business away from this building right. 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Dickey against the Padres on three days rest and moving Marco Estrada (5-4, 2.94 ERA), and his wonky back, from Wednesday to Friday to face Baltimore. Dickey was not sharp and the Blue Jays lost 8-4.The move served another purpose.Russell Martin, who has a sore knee, caught 12 innings of a 7-6 win on Tuesday and was not going to play Wednesday. Josh Thole, Dickeys regular catcher, was going to spell Martin anyway on Wednesday even if Estrada pitched.With Russ knee, he wasnt going to Wednesday no matter what, so that factors, too, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Now you can catch Thole, and well go with our three best guys over the weekend, too. And it gives Marco -- who has had the back issues but feels much better -- another day, too.In their loss at Minnesota, the Orioles had two runners thrown out at home in the fourth inning. But they also got two hits from Chris Davis, which they hope is an encouraging sign.Davis has 22 homers for the season but is 5-for-37 with one RBI since the All-Starr break, and has not hit a home run since July 10.ddddddddddddAgainst the Blue Jays, however, Davis is batting .303 with 35 homers and 81 RBI. He has hit 17 homers at Rogers Centre.Mark Trumbo, who leads the American League with 30 homers, also has struggled. He went 1-for-4 Thursday and is in a 6-for-44 skid over 12 games, although he did hit home runs Friday and Saturday.I think you just have to understand that with power, youre going to have periods where everythings clicking, Davis said, where youre swinging the bat well, youre driving in runs, and youre going to have periods where youre going to have dry spells. The tough thing about having a guy like Mark right behind me is we both swing and miss a lot. So when one of us is going well, its good, but when neither one of us is going well, its bad. I think we just have to grind through it.The Orioles will start Kevin Gausman (2-7, 3.77 ERA) on Friday.Gausman is 2-1 with a 3.00 earned-run average in 10 career games, including five starts, against the Blue Jays. In six games, including three starts, Glausman is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA at Rogers Centre.The Blue Jays won three of four games June 9-12 in the Orioles first visit to Toronto this season and the teams have won five games each overall.Estrada missed one start before the All-Star break because of a sore back and returned on July 22, allowing seven hits and two runs over six innings in a 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners. It was the first time since April 21 that he had allowed more than five hits in a start, a total of 13 outings. Estrada is 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA in eight career games, including six starts, against the Orioles. ' ' '