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| Bears may try running to second straight division title |
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11/30/2006 |
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| No. 1 against the run. But how much will the Bears do it Sunday at Soldier Field? It's a strategy the Vikings haven't faced the last two weeks. Miami was limited to minus-3 yards rushing on only 14 carries in the previous game; and last week the Arizona Cardinals ran the ball just six times for 17 yards. But there's a catch - a lot of them, actually. The Vikings may be the toughest against the run, but they're also one of the weakest against the pass, No. 31 in the rankings. Cardinals rookie Matt Leinart |
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| With the season lost, Leinart can just grow |
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11/29/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Very few coaches and players can relax for the now-2-9 Arizona Cardinals. Certainly not head coach Dennis Green, nor certain members of Arizona's defense and offensive line who all may be looking for new jobs next season. However, there is one player who can kick back and enjoy the rest of the season: Matt Leinart. See, Leinart finds himself in a good spot right now. Way out of the playoff race and in his rookie season, Leinart can just go out and learn the game with little pressure. He doesn |
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| Leinart would love to play for his college coach again |
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11/29/2006 |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -If rumors about Pete Carroll coming to the Arizona Cardinals turn out to be true, Matt Leinart would lead the welcoming parade. ``I love coach Carroll. He's real close to me,'' the Cardinals rookie quarterback said after the team's practice Wednesday. ``We've been through a lot at USC for five years and he's seen me grow into the person I am today and the player I am today. ``If that day were ever to come, whether it's 10 years from now or whatever, it would be pretty fun.'' Leinart s |
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| Vikings Still Part of the Playoff Picture |
NFL Football |
11/29/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Can you imagine what the mood would be like in the Minneapolis/St. Paul region if the Minnesota Vikings had lost at home to former coach Denny Green and his hapless Arizona Cardinals on Sunday? Fortunately, the Vikings came out of the game with a 31-26 victory, despite giving up over 400 yards passing, a 99-yard return for a score on the opening kickoff, and a 99-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. "It's been a month. Really, it's been a long time," said head coach Brad |
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| Green returns to Dome the way he left - under fire |
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11/24/2006 |
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -It's been nearly five years since Dennis Green has coached a regular-season game in the Metrodome. That's a lifetime in the NFL. When Green brings the Arizona Cardinals into the dome on Sunday, only three Vikings who played for him during his 10-year run in Minnesota are still dressed in purple. ``It's not like it was in the old days,'' Green said. ``Very few players don't change teams a lot, and very few coaches stay in the same spot either.'' At least one thing hasn't chang |
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| Udeze, Vikings chasing the elusive sack |
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11/24/2006 |
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| his game the way it was intended to be played, and that's playing team ball, and that's the only thing I can do right now. I don't care if I don't get a sack the whole year, as long as we start winning.'' Their next chance comes on Sunday when the Arizona Cardinals (2-8) and former Vikings coach Dennis Green come to town. Judging from the previous four games, the Vikings can expect rookie Matt Leinart and the Cardinals to throw early and often. Minnesota leads the NFL in run defense, but a lack of a pass rus |
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| Berry out for season |
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11/23/2006 |
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| Tempe, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Arizona Cardinals officially placed Bertrand Berry on injured reserve on Thursday, ending the defensive end's season. An MRI taken on Monday revealed that Berry has two torn muscles in his right triceps. He is expected to have surgery at some point over the next couple weeks. Antonio Smith will replace Berry in the starting lineup, as he did last season when Berry suffered a pectoral injury. Berry, who was signed by the Cardinals as a free agent in 2004, finished the season with |
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| Thursday's NFL Transactions |
NFL Football |
11/23/2006 |
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ARIZONA CARDINALS-Placed DE Bertrand Berry on injured reserve. Signed FB John Bronson from the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS-Claimed DB Guss Scott off waivers from Houston. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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| Cardinals' Green Visits Old Friends in Minnesota |
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11/23/2006 |
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| unday, he will likely feel a bit like a second-class citizen. Green, who left Minnesota in disgrace with one game left in the eventual 5-11 season of 2001, will return to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to face a frosty welcome as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Those who only recognize the embattled version of Green, as opposed to the one that reached the playoffs in nine of his first 10 years on the job, won't have too much trouble locating the visiting head coach this week. Green appears close to being |
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| Healthy Fitzgerald ready to come home |
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11/22/2006 |
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -Larry Fitzgerald Jr.'s first trip home as an NFL star didn't go so well. It all seemed a little too perfect. His first game as a pro with the Arizona Cardinals was a preseason game at the Metrodome against his hometown Minnesota Vikings, the team for which he served as a ball boy and apprentice to receiving stars Cris Carter, Randy Moss and Jake Reed. ``I was so anxious that game,'' said Fitzgerald, the former star at Holy Angels High School in Richfield, Minn. ``My first NFL gam |
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