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The San Francisco Giants know whats not working, so the next step is to fix it.With the bullpen to blame for their postseason demise -- and largely for the teams collapse during the second half of the season -- the Giants realize they need to acquire an established closer for the 2017 season.We will explore every opportunity to make sure no ninth inning goes unstaffed, general manager Bobby Evans told reporters Thursday.?A bullpen that was so good for so long during all the teams title runs failed to hold a 5-2 lead in the ninth inning of the NLDS against the Chicago Cubs, with five relievers unable to end it. Manager Bruce Bochy never turned to demoted closer Santiago Casilla, and Sergio Romo couldnt finish off the Cubs.That result will cost the Giants, who led the NL West by as many as eight games this season, as management vowed to remedy the issue, either via trade or free agency. Among the closers eligible to hit the open market after this season: Mark Melancon, Aroldis Chapman and Kenley Jansen.The Giants had looked into acquiring Melancon, Chapman and Andrew Miller prior to the trade deadline this season, but came up empty on all fronts.We have every commitment for 2017 to return to a championship-caliber club, Giants CEO Larry Baer said. Resources will be expended as necessary to get us there.In addition, San Francisco will almost certainly go forward with new faces -- Derek Law, Steven Okert, Will Smith -- as the young relievers move into roles with greater responsibility in the later innings.Weve got to do everything we can to be clear on who is finishing our games, Evans said. The bullpen performs at a much higher level when you know who the ninth-inning guy is. It puts everybody at ease. It helps Boch as he defines roles. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles wide receiver Josh Huff will not face immediate disciplinary action from the team following his arrest Tuesday, and is expected to play Sunday against the New York Giants.Huff has been charged with possessing an unloaded 9 mm handgun without a permit and a small amount of marijuana after he was pulled over for speeding on the Walt Whitman Bridge on the New Jersey side.He and I spoke about it privately. Its one of the things I talk about all the time with players, you just try to eliminate distractions and take care of your business outside of the building, coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday. He understands. Obviously it is out of our hands at this point, and weve just got to see where it goes.Nothing changes right now until we get ... again, its out of our hands. Its a legal matter right now, and well get more information on it.Huff faces charges for possessing the gun without a permit in New Jersey and for the magazine found with six hollow-point bullets. He also faces a disorderly persons offense for having less than 50 grams of marijuana, police said. Pederson revealed that Huff was at the Eagles practice facility before the incident.He was here yesterday morning, Pederson said. He came in and watched the game film and then left from here, so it was sometime after he left.There have been a number of off-field incidents during Pedersons short time as head coach of the Eagles. A dancer at a Philadelphia strip club accused wide receiver Nelson Agholor of sexual assault in June, though Agholor was never charged. Linebacker Nigel Bradham was arrested in late July after allegedly striking a Miami hotel employee after a verbal altercation, and wwas arrested again in October at Miami International Airport after authorities say TSA workers found a loaded gun in his backpack.ddddddddddddTo this point, the team has not handed down disciplinary action for any of the incidents.Its like youre the father of your house and youve just got to keep talking to your siblings and just keep talking to your kids and keep reiterating the importance of who you represent, what you represent, your families, the Philadelphia Eagles and youve got to make smart choices, Pederson said. Its all about choices and consequences in life. If you make bad choices, youve got to suffer the consequences.Pederson said he cant control what players do once they leave the Eagles facility, but he reminded his players that they are under a microscope as NFL players in Philadelphia.I would say that I do [have control of this team]. I cant control what you do once you leave here. I dont know what youre going to do. Now, Im not responsible for you [the reporter], but I cant control what you do once you leave these premises, neither can the Philadelphia Eagles control what I do once I leave these premises.I just know who I am as a person and I try to relay that to the team, and just let them know that, Hey guys, the spotlight is on us. In this city, in this market, the spotlight is on everything we do. And you have to be smart. You have to make right choices. You have to do things differently, you just have to do them differently, because everything is magnified. Once they leave here, thats the hardest thing to control. ' ' '