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NFL teams were told by the league Tuesday to expect next season's salary cap to land between $196.8 million and $201.2 million per team.

That's up from $188.2 million per team for this season.

The figures were given to teams as general managers and front office executives met at a Dallas-area resort on the opening day of a two-day league meeting. Owners held committee meetings Tuesday and are scheduled to participate in a full ownership meeting Wednesday.

The final salary cap for next season, derived as a percentage of the sport's revenue, will be set after further deliberations between the league and the players association.

If the cap increases at least $10 million per team from this season to next, it would be the seventh straight year with such a jump. The cap was $120.4 million per team in 2011, the first season of the current 10-year collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association.

• Redskins running back Derrius Guice was diagnosed with an MCL sprain in his left knee, which he suffered in a 20-15 loss to the Packers on Sunday. Former Vikings star Adrian Peterson will start in Guice's place Sunday.

• Redskins cornerback Simeon Thomas was suspended four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.

The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) named the Gophers' P.J. Fleck its FBS Region 3 Coach of the Year. The other regional winners were Clemson's Dabo Swinney, LSU's Ed Orgeron, Baylor's Matt Rhule and Utah's Kyle Whittingham. All are finalists for the National Coach of the Year award, which will be announced Jan. 14 at the AFCA convention in Nashville.

Fleck was also named one of eight finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award from the Football Writers Association of America.

Fleck is also one of five finalists for the Dodd Trophy, which honors coaches for their on- and off-field accomplishments.

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• Minnesota State Mankato's Todd Hoffner was named the AFCA's Division II Region 5 Coach of the Year.

For the second consecutive year, St. John's quarterback Jackson Erdmann was named the Offensive Player of the Year for the West Region, D3football.com announced. Tuesday. Seven other MIAC players also earned West Region first team honors. That list, including three Johnnies, offensive tackle Ben Bartch, guard Dan Greenheck and defensive tackle J.W. Windsor, and punter Alex Berg and utility player Willie Julkes of Concordia (St. Paul), running back Josh Parks of St. Thomas and tight end Brayton Finch of Gustavus.