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| Brees, DeCoud, Stroughter earn NFC weekly honors |
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10/21/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud and Tampa Bay kick returner Sammie Stroughter have been named the NFC's top players for Week 6 of the NFL season. Brees completed 23-of-30 passes for 369 yards and four touchdowns on Sunday, guiding the Saints to a 48-27 win over the then-unbeaten New York Giants. New Orleans moved to 5-0 with the victory. The performance provided for a near-perfect passer rating of 156.8 as Brees picked up the offe |
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| NFC North: Packers find defensive mojo |
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10/20/2009 |
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| Cutler doesn't figure to pull a Rex Grossman and throw six interceptions in a game. But if he does, the Bears defense and special teams are not likely to be dominant enough to keep Chicago afloat, as evidenced in part by the team's 21-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night. The Bears committed three turnovers in the nationally-televised loss, all three of which were costly in their own way. In the first quarter, Cutler had marched the Bears all the way to the Falcons 12-yard line before throwing an int |
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| NFC South: Saints prove they're the kings of the NFC |
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10/20/2009 |
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| this Sunday's game in London versus New England unknown. Wesley was ejected from the game after the hit, which sparked a brief melee, and was suspended for one game without pay on Monday by the NFL. FALCONS: If you have been keeping score since the Atlanta Falcons' bye week, it is now offense one, defense one. Coming off their first loss of the season, a road setback to New England in Week 3, and an extra week of preparation, the Falcons' offense exploded in a 45-10 thrashing of the San Francisco 49ers on Oct |
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| AFC East: Bills intercept a win |
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10/20/2009 |
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| division following their win, which was about as emphatic as they come in the National Football League circa 2009. The margin of victory was the largest in the league since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, matching the Los Angeles Rams' 59-0 win over the Atlanta Falcons in 1976. "You never go into a game thinking it's going to be like this," said Belichick. "But we did a good job protecting the quarterback, we threw the ball and caught it, opened some holes, ran well. Anytime you turn the ball over that can lead to |
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| Falcons DB Williams to miss rest of season |
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10/19/2009 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (MySportsbook) - Atlanta Falcons defensive back Brian Williams will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, head coach Mike Smith revealed on Monday. The 30-year-old Williams, who was placed on injured reserve, suffered a right torn anterior cruciate ligament late in the fourth quarter while defending a pass to Chicago tight end Greg Olson in the team's 21-14 win over the Bears on Sunday night. He will need to undergo a complete surgical knee reconstruction, according to Smith. Th |
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| Brady, Pats rack up record performance in dismantling of Titans |
NFL Football |
10/18/2009 |
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| anchise mark. The five touchdown passes in the second quarter were the most by any player in a quarter since 1950. The margin of victory was the largest in the league since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, matching the Los Angeles Rams' 59-0 win over the Atlanta Falcons in 1976. Randy Moss finished the game with eight catches for 129 yards and three scores while Wes Welker had 10 catches for 150 yards and two TDs for the Patriots (4-2), who were coming off a 20-17 loss in Denver last week. Kevin Faulk caught the ot |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, October 18, 2009) |
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10/18/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The following is a list of inactive players for today's NFL games. CHICAGO BEARS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 8:20 P.M. (ET) Bears - DE Gaines Adams, DT Jarron Gilbert, LB Hunter Hillenmeyer, WR Juaquin Iglesias, G Lance Louis, CB D.J. Moore, RB Adrian Peterson, DT Matt Toeaina Falcons - 3rd QB John Parker Wilson, LB Spencer Adkins, CB Antoine Harris, CB Tye Hill, FB Ovie Mughelli, T Garrett Reynolds, T Will Svitek, DT Vance Walker ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:05 P.M. (E |
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| Cutler, Ryan add passing balance to Bears, Falcons |
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10/15/2009 |
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| ago record. ``Jay of course is doing a super job of taking care of the ball and just really leading us,'' Bears coach Lovie Smith said. ``When we need to pass the ball, of course we feel very comfortable with him throwing it.'' Ryan also has the Atlanta Falcons' offense on a roll entering Sunday night's game. He set a career high with 329 yards passing as the Falcons (3-1) blew out the San Francisco 49ers 45-10 last week. The Falcons set a team record with 35 points in the first half. Ryan and Roddy Wh |
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| NFC West: 49ers receive reality check with lopsided loss |
NFL Football |
10/13/2009 |
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| fit that jumped to the head of the NFC West class through the first quarter of the 2009 season this past Sunday. San Francisco appeared more like the rag- tag group that's produced six consecutive losing seasons in a revealing 45-10 home loss to the Atlanta Falcons that was every bit as one-sided as the final score indicated. A defense that had been rock-solid during the Niners' 3-1 start was abused by Atlanta's dangerous quarterback-receiver combo of Matt Ryan and Roddy White, with the former putting up a car |
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| NFC South: Falcons excel at bouncing back under Smith |
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10/13/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - While his resume' only consists of 20 games as the Atlanta Falcons head coach, Mike Smith has shown an ability to get his club to bounce back well after a loss. Detractors would say the Falcons (3-1) should have come out sharp in this past Sunday's game versus San Francisco, which followed a bye last weekend after a Week 3 loss to New England. But even those people should be impressed by a 45-10 victory that saw Atlanta set a franchise record with 35 first-half points. The triumph improved |
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