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| Rodgers, Urlacher, Ginn tabbed as NFC's best for Week 1 |
NFL Football |
09/14/2011 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher and San Francisco return specialist Ted Ginn Jr. have been chosen as the NFC's top players for Week 1 of the NFL season. Rodgers had a banner opening night last Thursday against New Orleans to capture the offensive award, completing 27-of-35 passes for 312 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in Green Bay's 42-34 win. He misfired on just one of his 15 throws in the first quarter and h |
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| New pro football season lifts NBC in TV ratings |
NFL Football |
09/13/2011 |
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| ame since NBC began that franchise in 2006 and was the most-watched Sunday or Monday night game in 14 years. But it wasn't even the most-watched game of the week. Thursday's season kickoff between the New Orleans Saints and the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers had more than 27 million viewers, Nielsen said. The six most popular prime-time programs last week were football games, football pregame shows or football highlights shows. CBS News' update of its Sept. 11 documentary, shot by two Dutch filmmake |
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| NBC gets strong ratings for NFL opener |
Headlines |
09/10/2011 |
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NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL opener between the New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers was the second-highest rated season kickoff game. The Packers' 42-34 victory drew a 17.2 overnight rating and a 28 share for Thursday night's game. That also was the second best prime-time rating in 13 years, since a 17.4/27 for a Denver-Miami game in 1998. Last year's kickoff game between the Vikings and Saints got a 17.7 rating and 27 share. Overnight ratings measure the 55 largest TV markets, covering nearly 70 percen |
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| Report: Saints WR Colston has broken collarbone |
NFL Football |
09/09/2011 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston has a broken collarbone, according to a report on FoxSports.com. The injury occurred in the final moments of the Saints' 42-34 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night when he made a diving catch in the middle of the field. Colston caught six passes for 81 yards in the game. The Saints are already missing wide receiver Lance Moore with a groin injury and Colston is expected to miss four to six weeks with his injury. |
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| Bears host Falcons in matchup of 2010 playoff entries |
NFL Football |
09/09/2011 |
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| e Falcons entered the NFC playoffs as a No. 1 seed at the tail end of a 13- win regular season last winter, before their chance at a championship trip to Dallas disappeared in 60 minutes in the rubble of a 48-21 blowout by the eventual title-winning Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round. But rather than wallowing in overhyped despair and patching up its defense, Atlanta boldly addressed offensive needs in the offseason by jumping up to make the University of Alabama's Julio Jones -- considered one of the top |
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| Packers survive Saints in high-scoring thriller |
NFL Football |
09/08/2011 |
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| Green Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - Aaron Rodgers passed for three touchdowns, all in a thrill-a-minute first quarter, and the Green Bay Packers survived a breathless final seconds Thursday to beat the New Orleans Saints 42-34 in the NFL season opener. In a meeting between the last two Super Bowl champions, the Saints marched deep into Green Bay territory on the final drive and got an extra play because of a pass interference penalty. But rookie Mark Ingram was stuffed from the one-yard line, ending the game and g |
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| Cobb ties NFL record with 108-yard return |
NFL Football |
09/08/2011 |
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| Green Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - Green Bay Packers rookie Randall Cobb returned a kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown Thursday night to tie the NFL record. Cobb was spun horizontally by a hard hit from New Orleans' Leigh Torrence, but remained on his feet and sprinted down the left side of the field in the third quarter of the 2011 NFL season opener. He tied the record for longest kickoff return set by Ellis Hobbs of the New England Patriots, who scored from 108 yards against the New York Jets on September 9, 200 |
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| Packers without DE Neal, OL Sherrod |
NFL Football |
09/08/2011 |
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| Green Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - Defensive end Mike Neal and rookie offensive tackle Derek Sherrod were inactive for the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night. A former second-round draft pick, Neal played only two games last year before having season-ending shoulder surgery. Jarius Wynn started in his place at right defensive end for the season opener against the New Orleans Saints. The Packers selected Sherrod out of Mississippi State with the last pick of the first round in April. |
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| NFL Inactives (Thursday, September 8, 2011) |
NFL Football |
09/08/2011 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The following is a list of inactive players for tonight's game. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS, 8:30 P.M. (ET) Saints - WR Lance Moore, K Garrett Hartley, RB Joique Bell, C Matt Tennant, CB Johnny Patrick, TE John Gilmore, DT Tom Johnson Packers - DE Mike Neal, CB Davon House, S M.D. Jennings, LB Frank Zombo, T Derek Sherrod, TE Ryan Taylor, LB Vic So'oto |
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| Manning, Brady on list of greatest fantasy seasons |
This Day in Sports |
09/08/2011 |
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| e experts. Numbers were a key component in making the list, but dominance in a particular year outweighed pure stats in situations with close calls since the key to fantasy football is how much better your guy is than the other guy: 1. Don Hutson, Green Bay Packers, 1942. One of the most versatile players in NFL history, his 1,211 yards and 17 touchdowns receiving are more impressive considering that only one other receiver had more than 500 yards or more than five touchdowns that season. Oh, and he did in 11 |
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