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| Saints, Bucs both aim to improve positions in key clash |
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12/31/2010 |
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| ted into two very different positions depending on the outcome of this weekend's games. New Orleans still has a chance to earn the conference's coveted No. 1 overall seed, but that's contingent on the powerhouse Atlanta Falcons losing at home to the Carolina Panthers, owners of the league's worst overall record, on Sunday. If the Panthers are able to pull off the upset and the Saints defeat the Buccaneers, New Orleans will have home-field advantage throughout the NFC tournament as well as a greatly-desired bye f |
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| Falcons host Panthers with top seed in sights |
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12/31/2010 |
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| 1 seed for the NFC Playoffs were put on hold in a loss to the division-rival New Orleans Saints Monday night. While the defending Super Bowl champion Saints may give Atlanta the biggest challenge from teams inhabited in the NFC South, the last-place Carolina Panthers are next in line to try and keep the Falcons from popping champagne corks this Sunday in the regular-season finale from the Georgia Dome. The playoff-bound Falcons, who have the conference's best record at 12-3, can clinch the NFC South, a first-rou |
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| Steelers vying for bye in battle with Browns |
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12/31/2010 |
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| rookie quarterback Colt McCoy tossing three interceptions and completing a lackluster 15-of-29 passes for 149 yards. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, is coming off one of its most stifling defensive displays of the year in its last outing, limiting the inept Carolina Panthers to a paltry 119 yards and seven first downs in a 27-3 domination during Week 16. While the odds appear to be heavily stacked in the Steelers' favor, the outcome of their latest trip to Cleveland Browns Stadium proves a win this week is hardly guaran |
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| Fox will not return as head coach of the Panthers |
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12/31/2010 |
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| Charlotte, NC (MySportsbook) - The Carolina Panthers announced on Friday that the contracts of head coach John Fox and his staff will not be renewed after this season. Fox has coached Carolina for the past nine seasons, and has led the Panthers to a 2-13 record this year heading into Sunday's season-finale at Atlanta. "I appreciate the opportunity Mr. Richardson gave me to be a head coach in the National Football League nine years ago and to be a part of this organization," Fox said. "I have formed many close |
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| Fox era in Carolina officially to end Sunday |
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12/31/2010 |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have formally announced coach John Fox won't return next season, ending a nine-year run in which he led the franchise to its only Super Bowl. His departure has been no secret, and Fox said after his final full practice Friday that he'd been preparing for it for two years. Owner Jerry Richardson said in a statement that he told Fox that he appreciates everything he has done, but that ``it is time for both sides to move in different directions.'' Fox will coach h |
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| Huh? Upcoming free agents want to stay in Carolina |
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12/31/2010 |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers gutted much of their roster in the offseason and ended up the worst team in the NFL. John Fox is preparing to coach his final game. Owner Jerry Richardson has taken a hard-line stance against the players in labor negotiations. And soon-to-be free agents are lining up in hopes of re-signing with Carolina. Huh? ``I think that speaks volumes for the organization and how they treated us as players,'' linebacker Thomas Davis said. ``Whenever you feel welcomed and |
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| San Francisco 49ers |
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12/30/2010 |
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| Signed linebacker Alex Joseph off the Carolina Panthers' practice squad. |
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| AP Source: 49ers interview Softli for GM vacancy |
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12/28/2010 |
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| . (AP) - A person with knowledge of the situation says 49ers team president and CEO Jed York has interviewed Tony Softli as the first known candidate to fill the team's vacant general manager position. Softli, a former personnel executive with the Carolina Panthers and St. Louis Rams, met Tuesday with York, the person told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the matter. York fired coach Mike Singletary late Sunday after a 25-17 loss at St. Louis eliminated |
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| AFC North: Ravens hoping for a little help |
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12/28/2010 |
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| ne of which set up a Baltimore field goal and the other warding off a potential scoring drive deep in Ravens' territory in the fourth quarter. STEELERS: Pittsburgh was able to stay in the driver's seat in the AFC North race by dominating the hapless Carolina Panthers by a 27-3 count in a Thursday night clash from Heinz Field in Week 16, utilizing a stifling showing from its stout defensive corps and an exceptionally sharp performance from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to record a needed 11th victory of the seas |
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| NFC South: Defense key in Saints' clutch win |
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12/28/2010 |
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| e still like where we're at I can assure you that. I think there's probably 15 teams that would want to trade with us so I like where we're at." The playoff-bound Falcons can still wrap up the division and top seed with a win Sunday against the 2-13 Carolina Panthers, but it won't be as easy as it appears on paper. Yes, quarterback Matt Ryan didn't live up to his 'Matty Ice' billing on Monday night and passed for only 148 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions. Even bulldozing running back Michael Turner wa |
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