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| Surprising Bills take on potent Pats in AFC East clash |
NFL Football |
09/23/2011 |
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| ad coach Bill Belichick sports a 20-3 career record against the Bills, including a stellar 20-2 mark during his 11-year tenure with the Pats. Gailey is 0-3 lifetime versus New England, with the first defeat a 13-6 setback while the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in 1999, and has lost both previous head-to-head bouts with Belichick. WHEN THE PATRIOTS HAVE THE BALL New England is tied with San Diego for the most pass attempts (88) in the league over the first two weeks and has averaged an unheard-of 463 yards |
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| Cowboys' Romo misses practice |
NFL Football |
09/22/2011 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo missed Thursday's practice with a rib injury. Romo suffered a fractured rib in last Sunday's 27-24 overtime win at San Francisco. He was also diagnosed with pneumothorax, otherwise termed a collapsed lung. Romo, who missed more than half of the 2010 season due to a broken left clavicle, suffered his latest injury in the first quarter against the 49ers. He missed nearly the entire third quarter while getting treatment, but came back and rallie |
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| Braylon Edwards has knee procedure, out a while |
NFL Football |
09/21/2011 |
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| ee and will be out for a while, though coach Jim Harbaugh refused to speculate or provide further details. Edwards limped off with the knee injury after making a 21-yard catch on the 49ers' third play from scrimmage in a 27-24 overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. It's a tough blow for San Francisco (1-1) as the team hits the road for two weeks, with a stay in Youngstown, Ohio, between Sunday's game at Cincinnati and a Week 4 visit to Philadelphia. Michael Crabtree is expected back on the field a |
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| Romo, Harper, Hanson tabbed as NFC's best for Week 2 |
NFL Football |
09/21/2011 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, New Orleans Saints safety Roman Harper and Detroit Lions kicker Jason Hanson have been chosen as the NFC's top players for Week 2 of the NFL season. Romo completed 20-of-33 passes for 345 yards and two touchdowns (116.4 passer rating) in the Cowboys' 27-24 overtime victory at San Francisco. He left the game for a brief period of time with a fractured rib, but returned to lead a fourth quarter comeback. Dallas tied the game at the end of re |
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| Redskins' Hall says he'll target Tony Romo's ribs |
NFL Football |
09/21/2011 |
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Tony Romo has a fractured rib. DeAngelo Hall sees it as a bull's-eye. The Washington Redskins cornerback said Wednesday he's hoping the Dallas Cowboys quarterback plays when the NFC East rivals meet Monday night - if only for the chance to inflict more damage. ``Absolutely. I want to get a chance to put my helmet on whatever's hurt,'' Hall said. ``Romo's ribs - I'm going to be asking for some corner blitzes. If I know Felix Jones' shoulder's hurt, I'm not going to cut him. I'm defin |
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| Dolphins release Johnson and Rosario |
NFL Football |
09/20/2011 |
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| r 5. He has recorded 82 receptions for 894 yards and five TDs in his career. To fill the roster spots, Miami signed defensive lineman Igor Olshansky and cornerback Nate Jones. Olshansky, a seven-year veteran, has appeared in 107 career games with San Diego and Dallas, recording 257 tackles and 12 1/2 sacks. Jones was a seventh-round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys in 2004 and has three career interceptions in 99 games. He spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons with Miami, appearing in all 32 games with six starts. |
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| Inside the CFL: Remembering the Rocket |
CFL |
09/20/2011 |
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| Ismail.' Things snowballed from there. I hadn't talked to Rocket or his agent yet, but we knew he was a junior at Notre Dame and he was going to enter the draft. New England Patriots had the first overall pick that year, then traded that pick to the Dallas Cowboys." After weeks of secret negotiations, the Argos were ready to lay their cards on the table. "We finally made our offer and his agent said, we're very interested in that," McCarthy said. "NFL contracts weren't guaranteed back then, just the players s |
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| Romo diagnosed with lung injury |
NFL Football |
09/19/2011 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who suffered a fractured rib in Sunday's 27-24 overtime win at San Francisco, has been diagnosed with pneumothorax, otherwise termed a collapsed lung. According to medical publications, pneumothorax is "the collection of air in the space around the lungs. This buildup of air puts pressure on the lung, so it cannot expand as much as it normally does when you take a breath." The Cowboys released a statement Monday evening on Romo's health. |
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| Romo gets a hard-earned measure of redemption |
NFL Football |
09/19/2011 |
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| eague. And no one knows better than Tony Romo. The undisputed goat of the first week of this 2011 season was the irrefutable hero of Sunday's slate of games, with the often-maligned quarterback delivering a gritty and heroic performance to pilot the Dallas Cowboys to a thrilling 27-24 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers just seven days after allowing a seemingly in-the-bag win to literally slip through his fingers. Temporarily knocked out of this week's contest after taking a hard shot to the gut la |
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| Romo rallies Cowboys playing with fractured rib |
NFL Football |
09/19/2011 |
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| AN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tony Romo tapped his coach on the shoulder and made his case. He would play hurt at some point, so why not go for it? The quarterback convinced Jason Garrett. He probably convinced thousands of others, too, after rallying the Dallas Cowboys while playing through the pain of a fractured rib. Collapse in Week 1, thrilling comeback seven days later. Same score, similar ending. Romo hit Jesse Holley on a 77-yard completion on the Cowboys' first play of overtime that set up Dan Bailey's |
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