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| Lions fans stage protest during game with Bears |
NFL Football |
12/24/2006 |
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The protest marked the second straight season that Lions fans joined together to voice their displeasure with the organization. Last season, about 500 people marched outside the stadium before the final home game, and many wore orange - the color of the opposing Cincinnati Bengals.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 The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.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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| Win Over Ravens Would Keep Hope Alive for Steelers |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| thread abyss and actually get themselves into the playoffs with even a chance to defend their Super Bowl title from last February, consider it a worthy encore. Coach Bill Cowher's team needs a litany of positive outcomes - ranging from losses by the Cincinnati Bengals to the capture of Osama Bin Laden - to fully erase the stain left by an inglorious 2-6 start to their post-title, post- Jerome Bettis fairy tale season. Five wins in six games have followed since the schedule's midway point, however, with the only l |
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| Determined Bengals Await Broncos, Cutler |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Appropriately, the Denver Broncos' quest for a spot in the AFC Playoff bracket could come down to a wild card. He wears No. 6. Rookie Jay Cutler will make his fourth career start when the Cincinnati Bengals invade Invesco Field at Mile High on Sunday, and the stakes for the young quarterback and his Broncos are high. Win, and Denver (8-6) will be a home victory over the San Francisco 49ers away from securing a fourth playoff berth in as many seasons. Lose, and risk getting pushed to the rear b |
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| Colts Carry New-Found Momentum into Houston |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
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| hen division-rival Jacksonville lost to Tennessee last Sunday, giving Indy the AFC South championship for the fourth consecutive year. Still, the Colts were hardly building up steam for a postseason run heading into Monday's matchup with the red-hot Cincinnati Bengals. Tony Dungy's club had lost three of its last four games and just had been steamrolled by the Jaguars one week earlier. Indianapolis rebounded strongly from that sobering 44-17 defeat to Jacksonville, using a near-flawless performance from star quar |
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| Broncos, Bengals loser may miss playoffs |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
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| t the Broncos coach probably would've stayed even if the roads weren't lined with abandoned cars. He wanted a little extra time to go over game planning with coaches who also spent the night at Broncos headquarters, and look at even more film of the Cincinnati Bengals. It's playoff time - a little early. Either Denver or Cincinnati could be all but eliminated from the AFC playoff picture with a loss Sunday. Both teams are 8-6 and currently occupy the two wild-card spots. The loser, though, would need a lot of |
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| Steelers got started only after it seemed they were finished |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
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| e prevented them from getting distracted or looking too far ahead, and they are taking a similar approach now with two games remaining. Both are against division teams that defeated them earlier, the Baltimore Ravens (11-3) at home on Sunday and the Cincinnati Bengals (8-6) on the road Dec. 31. Their 27-0 loss at Baltimore on Nov. 26 was their only bad performance since midseason, but it couldn't have been much worse. Roethlisberger was sacked nine times and their running game produced only 21 yards, the fewest |
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| Titans simplify playoff math to just win and hope |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
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| playoff berth. No playoff team has started 2-7, and that's where the Titans were before reeling off this current streak. The pieces that must fall into place for the Titans to earn one of two AFC wild-card berths are daunting. The New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos and Jacksonville Jaguars - who lost to Tennessee 24-17 last week on three defensive touchdowns - all are tied at 8-6. The Titans are tied with Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Kansas City at 7-7. But the Titans have an edge over Pittsburgh |
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| Palmer practices, says he's fine |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) -Carson Palmer fully participated in the Cincinnati Bengals' practice Thursday, saying his passing shoulder was fine. Palmer was listed as probable for the game Sunday in Denver. ``Everything's great,'' he said before practice. ``I'm going to practice today, I'm going to play on Sunday. I'm going to practice on Friday. Everything's good.'' Palmer was listed on the team's injury report this week for the first time all season. He didn't fully participate in practice Wednesday, resting a sti |
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| Chris Henry struggling in troubled year |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) -While his arrests increased over the months, Chris Henry protected his place in the Cincinnati Bengals' plans by remaining a vital part of their offense. Not lately. In his last three games, the second-year receiver has a total of two catches for 31 yards. Carson Palmer has been throwing to him, but Henry hasn't been making the kinds of plays that can take the pressure off No. 1 receiver Chad Johnson and No. 2 T.J. Houshmandzadeh. The downturn is bringing scrutiny to Henry, whose misbeha |
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| Tomlinson among AFC Players of the Week |
NFL Football |
12/20/2006 |
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| le-season point total. Tomlinson also leads the NFL this season with 1,626 rushing yards and has a record 31 TDs. Freeney earned defensive honors by recording four tackles, three sacks and three forced fumbles in Indianapolis' 34-16 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. Freeney now has five career three-sack games and his 56.5 sacks in 77 career games puts him as the Colts' all-time leader in that category. Moorman rounded up the award on the special teams side of the ball by punting seven times wh |
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