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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher has a quarterback competition for the third time in four years.But as the Seminoles began practice on Tuesday, he isnt in a rush to select a starter.Three years ago, Fisher announced Jameis Winston won the job 10 days before the opener. Last year, he cut it a little closer, waiting until the Monday before the opener in deciding on Everett Golson.When it comes to deciding between Sean Maguire and Deondre Francois, Fisher doesnt have a set timeframe leading into the Sept. 5 opener in Orlando against Mississippi.You cant make those processes go any faster. You have to let their development happen, Fisher said. I expect them to go out there and battle, and hopefully theyll one-up each other every day. That means were getting better.Maguire has six career starts, but missed spring practices after breaking his ankle in the Peach Bowl loss to Houston. The 6-foot-3, 232-pound senior started five games last season and was able to consistently move the offense as he completed 59.3 percent of his passes with 11 touchdowns and six interceptions.Maguire is also considered the sentimental favorite among fans and maybe his teammates for being able to bounce back after losing the preseason competition to Golson, who was a graduate transfer from Notre Dame and started eight of the first nine games.During the portion of practice open to reporters, Maguire was taking almost all of the snaps with the first unit.Its always nice to have a veteran back there. He knows the system inside out, running back Dalvin Cook said.Francois put himself into contention with a solid spring. During the spring game, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound redshirt freshman threw for 246 yards and a pair of touchdowns. His potential and athleticism as a running and passing quarterback has drawn comparisons to Winston, who won the 2013 Heisman before becoming the top overall pick by Tampa Bay in the 2015 draft.With the offense returning all of its starters from last season, Fisher said the two things he is looking for are decision-making and accuracy.After going 10-3 last year, Fisher is approaching his seventh season in charge with expectations of contending for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Fisher said he was pleased with how his team did during the offseason handling expectations, but now things get ramped up.We have to do a great job in this camp of evaluating and educating, he said. A combine doesnt win a football game, and were in a combine world. Now weve got to play football. Weve got great athletes, now we have to have football players.Game notesThe only notable player to miss Tuesdays two-hour session was sophomore safety Derwin James, who had ankle surgery last month. James is doing running again and some change-of-position drills, but is likely to miss the first 5 to 7 days of practice. ... Fisher said he was pleased with the tempo of the first practice. At the end of the first spring practice, Fisher ripped the team for a lack of focus. ... Offensive lineman Chad Mavety, who started eight games last season, announced via Facebook that his football career is over, which Fisher confirmed. Fisher said during the spring that Mavety was being held out because of a cardiac condition.---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joereedyAdidas Nmd Us Outlet . PETERSBURG, Fla. Cheap Adidas Nmd White . 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He ought to be up to about full speed here in about three more days.Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips issued this update Monday:Hes ready to go.Miller said that despite his hanging out with talk show hosts and dancing with the stars, he never really got away from football, in the offseason, keeping up with his rigorous training regimen.As any football coach will tell you, being in physical shape and football shape are two different things. They wonder if guys did proper warm-ups and cool-downs, stretches and plyometrics or just lots of weightlifting and wind sprints when they were working out on their own.Miller clearly did all that.After showing cornerback Chris Harris Jr. some of his new dance moves Monday, Miller was jogging off the field with a strength and conditioning coach when he stepped in from of kicker Brandon McManus and attempted a 45-yard field goal on the side field.He hit it hard, but on a straight line and nowhere near the goal posts.Its about the only thing Miller has flubbed since his extraordinary playoff run that he capped with two sack-strips of Cam Newton in Denvers 24-10 win over Carolina in the Super Bowl.Those same teams kick off the new season Sept. 8, and Millers already excited.I mean, thats what everybody wants to see, right? he said, smiling. Its going to be a great matchup.ddddddddddddith Mannings retirement, Miller is now the face of Denvers franchise, something that was only solidified when he signed his six-year, $114.5 million deal with $70 million guaranteed, making him the leagues highest-paid nonquarterback.The expectations, like his bank account, have only risen, something that needs no pointing out to Miller.He already knows that, Phillips said. Thats why he is the highest-paid guy because he plays like that. So, we expect him to maintain that. But his attitude is great.So is his conditioning, his form and even his play in his cameos so far.Miller said he has a different mind-set his year: For one, Im going to be here. I dont have to worry about that and its just football.Miller showed last year what he could do with a clear mind and slate.During training camp last season, the NFL gave Miller a way out of its drug program after he stayed clean for two years. Without the threat of a yearlong suspension looming over him should he slip up and even miss a drug test, Denvers loquacious linebacker was free to be himself again, haunting linemen, hammering quarterbacks and loosening the locker room with his cutup personality and childlike cheer.Unlike most of his fellow draftees in the talent-laden 2011 NFL draft, however, Miller didnt get an extension. Instead, the Broncos exercised their fifth-year option in a prove-it challenge to him.This year, his contract situation isnt hanging over him, so hes expecting even bigger things.Thats when you can be at your best, when its all football, when youre just thinking about your teammates and the play and your assignment, Miller said. And thats where it is for me right now, its just football, trying to be the best player I can be for my teammates, trying to be the best leader that I can be for this organization.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '