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| PLAYER OF THE WEEK: An overnight sensation 3 1/2 years in the making |
NFL Football |
11/30/2006 |
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| 's an interesting distinction. And it's probably a big reason Romo - who had only two small-school scholarship offers, then wasn't drafted by the NFL - has gone from 3 1/2 years of waiting to becoming an overnight sensation as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Romo absorbed everything he could while backing up Quincy Carter, Chad Hutchinson, Vinny Testaverde and Drew Bledsoe. He saw what worked and what didn't, and refined his own game by treating every practice like it was the Super Bowl. Now that h |
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| Giants' Strahan blows lid |
NFL Football |
11/30/2006 |
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| t do that." Strahan later went on to say he is aware of the negative way the media attacks stories, because he says he knows that negative stories sell. He said that in the past he used to be bothered by it, but he doesn't get bothered by it anymore. The Giants, who had a team meeting earlier in the week to discuss the downward spiral, host the 7-4 Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. If the Giants win, they will be tied atop the NFC East with the Cowboys, but hold the tiebreaker having taken both meetings this season. |
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| Romo, Taylor and Brown named NFC Players of the Week |
NFL Football |
11/30/2006 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor and Seattle Seahawks kicker Josh Brown were named NFC Players of the Week for their efforts in Week 12. Romo completed 22-of-29 passes for 306 yards with a franchise single-game record-tying five touchdowns in Dallas' 38-10 victory over Tampa Bay on Thanksgiving. A four-year veteran, Romo threw for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the first half alone. He then notched a 158.3 passer rating after comp |
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| Bucs will be thankful when this season's over |
NFL Football |
11/29/2006 |
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| k) - The first Thanksgiving Day game in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history didn't turn out to be a festive occasion for Jon Gruden's club. With the exception of an excellent opening drive on offense, the Bucs played like they were on a holiday against the Dallas Cowboys, as Tony Romo carved up (pardon the pun) the Tampa Bay defense in a record-setting day which carried America's Team to an easy 38-10 victory. Burdened by a short week of preparation and a host of crippling injuries on the defensive side, the Buccane |
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| Cowboys in same situation with different confidence |
NFL Football |
11/29/2006 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -The Dallas Cowboys are in the same situation they were a year ago, atop the NFC East with a 7-4 record and headed to play the division rival New York Giants. Still, things are different this time. Mainly the Cowboys' confidence. ``Right now, it's obviously we're definitely playing the best ball we've been playing all year,'' linebacker Bradie James said Wednesday. ``We've been in this position before. You don't get too many opportunities to become No. 1. That's what this game is abo |
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| Title game revives Sooners-Huskers rivalry |
Division I College Football |
11/29/2006 |
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| it for Oklahoma in 1978. It was power football at its best in those days, with quarterbacks such as Nebraska's Turner Gill and Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway who were more dangerous with their legs than with their arms. But after Switzer left for the Dallas Cowboys in 1988, the rivalry began to fade as the Sooners fell on hard times. Then the Big Eight merged with some of the schools from the defunct Southwest Conference and started playing in 1996 as the Big 12. Nebraska ended up in the North Division and O |
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| Redskins put Novak on notice by adding kicker to practice squad |
NFL Football |
11/28/2006 |
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| from 42, and coach Joe Gibbs said he was also concerned about the depth's of Novak's kickoffs. Novak was signed last month after John Hall was lost for the season with leg injuries. Suisham made 4 of 6 attempts over parts of two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He was 1-for-2 in this year's opener while Mike Vanderjagt was injured, then handled kickoffs for several games after Vanderjagt returned. Suisham was released by the Cowboys in mid-October and has since spent time on the San Francisco 49ers prac |
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| Parcells feels better without Vanderjagt |
NFL Football |
11/28/2006 |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -A day after cutting the NFL's most accurate kicker, Bill Parcells seemed relieved instead of frustrated. Parcells was never impressed by Mike Vanderjagt, the high-priced kicker the Dallas Cowboys signed in March in hopes of solving a long-standing problem. Vanderjagt instead struggled, never gained the coach's confidence and didn't even make it through the season. ``Obviously, I feel better than having stayed the course the other way,'' Parcells said Tuesday, the first time he spoke |
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| Vanderjagt gets the boot from Cowboys |
NFL Football |
11/27/2006 |
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| Irving, TX (MySportsbook) - Kicker Mike Vanderjagt was released by the Dallas Cowboys on Monday and replaced by Martin Gramatica. Vanderjagt has not lived up to expectations since signing with the Cowboys this past offseason. He missed the first two games of the season while nursing a groin injury and upon his return he has hit just 13-of-18 field goals for a career-low 72.2 percent conversion rate. Vanderjagt spent the first eight years of his career in Indianapolis. The veteran was nearly perfect last se |
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| Monday's NFL Transactions |
NFL Football |
11/27/2006 |
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CINCINNATI BENGALS-Released C Adam Johnson from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS-Released K Mike Vanderjagt. Signed K Martin Gramatica. Released G Matt Tarullo and DT Remi Ayodele from the practice squad. Signed TE Tony Curtis to the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Placed LB Junior Seau on injured reserve. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Placed G Dan Buenning on injured reserve. Signed C Nick Mihlhauser and S Donte Nicholson.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information |
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