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| Panthers Try to Keep Cruising Against Browns |
NFL Football |
10/06/2006 |
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| Then, All-Pro wideout Steve Smith returned, sparking Carolina to victories over the Buccaneers and Saints, and all of a sudden, the Panthers are looking like the Panthers again. John Fox and company will look to keep the good vibes flowing when the Cleveland Browns visit Bank of America on Sunday. Last week's victory over the division-leading Saints pulled Carolina to within a game of New Orleans and Atlanta in the NFC South, and the Panthers can pick up a half-game on the idle Falcons with a victory over Clev |
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| Can Fins Deliver on Preseason Hype in New England? |
NFL Football |
10/06/2006 |
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| 3) and New England taking the latter (17-3). Belichick is 6-8 against Miami in his head coaching career, including 6-6 while with New England. The Dolphins' Saban is 1-1 against both Belichick and the Pats. Saban served on Belichick's staff with the Cleveland Browns from 1991 through 1994. DOLPHINS OFFENSE VS. PATRIOTS DEFENSE Dolphins quarterback Daunte Culpepper (929 passing yards, 2 TD, 3 INT) has spent most of his first four games with Miami running for his life, as the signal-caller has been sacked a leagu |
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| Struggling Raiders, Niners, Vying for Bay Area Pride |
NFL Football |
10/06/2006 |
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| na. The Raiders, meanwhile, are the unquestioned laughingstock of the NFL at this stage. Oakland has been mostly punchless during an 0-3 start, though Art Shell's team nearly saw a break in the clouds in last Sunday's home defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Browns. The Silver and Black opened up an early 21-3 lead on their then-winless opponent, before Cleveland rallied for a 24-21 victory. Oakland, which is alone in last place in the AFC West, will be trying on Sunday to avoid its first 0-4 start since the 1 |
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| Ravens' Reed, Suggs questionable for San Diego game |
NFL Football |
09/29/2006 |
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| decisions. Reed has missed the past two practices after injuring his foot. If he can't start, he would be replaced by Gerome Sapp. Suggs hasn't practiced for the past three days, after injuring his hamstring during last Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns. Jarret Johnson has taken over at practice for Suggs, with Gary Stills and Dan Cody rotating behind him. Rookie defensive tackle Haloti Ngata is questionable with a back injury. The Ravens (3-0) on Friday upgraded four players to probable, inclu |
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| Raiders ready for reunion with Big Ted |
NFL Football |
09/29/2006 |
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| and Raiders center. ``Every day. I went against him every day,'' Grove said. ``I think he's one of the better nose tackles in the league; he's certainly the biggest.'' Now, he gets to do it in a game when Oakland hosts Washington's new team, the Cleveland Browns, on Sunday. The Raiders cut Washington in the offseason to get under the salary cap and to give young players Terdell Sands and Tommy Kelly more opportunity to play. Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel, Washington's former defensive line coach in New |
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| Younger Robiskie giving dad big thrills |
Division I College Football |
09/29/2006 |
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| 977 draft. He played three years for the Raiders as a bruising short-yardage back and punishing blocker. After two years playing for the Miami Dolphins, he's been an assistant with the Raiders (who won the 1984 Super Bowl), Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns, where he is the receivers coach, for the last quarter of a century. Along the way, he's finished out the season for fired head coaches Norv Turner at Washington in 2000 and Butch Davis in Cleveland in 2004. ``I've not had that emotion,'' Robiskie |
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| Colts see similarities between defenses of Jets, Patriots |
NFL Football |
09/29/2006 |
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| his poorest career games against Belichick's Patriots. Manning is 123-of-203 for 1,330 yards with nine touchdowns, eight interceptions and nine sacks in his last five games against New England. Last year, against a Belichick pupil, Romeo Crennel's Cleveland Browns, Manning was 19-of-23 for 228 yards with no TDs and one interception. Now he must contend with another Belichick disciple, first-year Jets coach Eric Mangini. The difference is the lineup. Like Crennel, Mangini cannot rely on an array of Pro Bowle |
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| Frye's the guy for winless Browns |
NFL Football |
09/28/2006 |
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) -The Cleveland Browns seem to have found a starting quarterback after years of controversy and shuffling at the position. Now, they just have to make sure he stays healthy enough to play. Charlie Frye's gutty play through three games has provided a glimmer of hope for the winless Browns, who had searched in vain for a consistent starting quarterback since their return to the league in 1999. Trent Dilfer, Luke McCown, Jeff Garcia, Kelly Holcomb and Tim Couch all took snaps over that spa |
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| Ravens' Stover relishes role as Mr. Automatic |
NFL Football |
09/28/2006 |
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -He's made 29 straight field goals, including a 52-yarder in a swirling wind Sunday that enabled the undefeated Baltimore Ravens to beat the Cleveland Browns 15-14. You'd think Matt Stover would be treated like royalty in the locker room, given that he's 38 years old and has been the team's leading scorer in each of the 11 seasons the Ravens have been in existence. ``Whether he's the oldest, youngest, doesn't matter. A kicker gets teased about everything, that's a given,'' tight en |
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| Raiders work on getting to line of scrimmage quicker |
NFL Football |
09/27/2006 |
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| not getting out of it. He said players have been dawdling too much in between plays and that is costing the offense precious seconds. Grove said it's up to him and Walter to make sure the players have more urgency Sunday when the Raiders host the Cleveland Browns. ``A lot is made of getting to the line, more of it should be made of getting to the huddle,'' Grove said. ``We've got to get to the huddle faster because the clock starts. That's what I told the guys. We talked about that, get to that huddle fast |
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