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| NFL Postseason Upsets |
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01/08/2011 |
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| divisional playoffs 27-20. Jan. 25, 1998 - Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl 31-24. Feb. 3, 2002 - New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl 20-17. Jan. 15, 2006 - Sixth-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers beat top-seeded Indianapolis Colts in divisonal playoffs 21-18. Feb. 3, 2008 - New York Giants beat New England Patriots in Super Bowl 17-14. Jan. 11, 2009 - Sixth-seeded Philadelphia Eagles beat top-seeded New York Giants in divisonal playoffs 23-11. Jan. 8, 2011 - Seattle Sea |
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| NFL Inactives (Saturday, January 8, 2011) |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The following is a list of inactive players for today's NFL Wild Card Playoff games. NEW YORK JETS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 8:00 P.M. (ET) Jets - 3rd QB Kellen Clemens, RB Joe McKnight, CB Isaiah Trufant, DE Vernon Gholston, G Vladimir Ducasse, DT Jarron Gilbert, TE Jeff Cumberland, DT Marcus Dixon Colts - S Al Afalava, RB Javarris James, LB Clint Session, G Jamey Richard, T Ryan Diem, T Jaimie Thomas, DT Antonio Johnson, T Joe Reitz NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:30 |
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| Colts WR Wayne questionable for Saturday |
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01/07/2011 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (MySportsbook) - Wide receiver Reggie Wayne heads a list of 11 Indianapolis Colts players who are listed as questionable for Saturday's wild card game against the New York Jets. Wayne is battling a knee injury that kept him out of Wednesday's practice and limited him on Thursday. The 10th-year pro out of Miami finished the regular season with a career-best 111 catches for 1,355 yards and six touchdowns. Offensive linemen Ryan Diem (back), Jaimie Thomas (ankle/back) and Jamey Richard (concussio |
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| New England places DL Wright on IR |
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01/07/2011 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - The New England Patriots placed defensive lineman Mike Wright on injured reserve with a head injury, the team announced Friday. Wright has not played since suffering the injury in a Week 11 win over the Indianapolis Colts. The sixth-year pro recorded 17 tackles and a career-high 5 1/2 sacks over 10 games -- five as a starter -- this season. No corresponding roster move has been announced. |
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| Brackett fined $35,000 by NFL |
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01/07/2011 |
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NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL fined Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett $35,000 Friday for his hit on Tennessee Titans long snapper Ken Amato in last Sunday's game. Brackett was called for an illegal blindside block on Amato as the linebacker ran toward the Colts' goal line and hit the long snapper from the side in springing Antoine Bethea for a return off a missed field goal. Titans coach Jeff Fisher called the hit ``vicious'' and said it cracked Amato's helmet. Brackett has now been fined three times t |
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| AP sources: Brackett fined $35,000 by NFL |
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01/07/2011 |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Two people with knowledge of the decision say the NFL has fined Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett $35,000 for his hit on Tennessee Titans long snapper Ken Amato in last Sunday's game. The two people say Brackett was notified of the league's decision Friday. Both requested anonymity because the league has not announced the fine. He was called for an illegal blindside block on Amato as the linebacker ran toward the Colts' goal line and hit the long snapper from the side in springing |
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| Falcons TE Gonzalez eager for first playoff win |
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01/07/2011 |
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| and the Chiefs got another shot at the playoffs. In 2003, Kansas City again won its division with a 13-3 record, again earned a week off before its first game. Again, they were done in by a superb quarterback, losing 38-31 to Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. Gonzalez would make the playoffs one final time during his tenure in Kansas City, getting in as a wild card in 2006. It was yet another one-and-done courtesy of Manning and the Colts, who went on to claim the Super Bowl title. ``You don't get t |
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| Jets seek revenge in title-game rematch with Colts |
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01/06/2011 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Jets feel they are better prepared to handle a playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts this year. They won't have to wait long to take their shot at the defending AFC champs. In a rematch of last year's conference championship game, the sixth-seeded Jets visit a Colts club that overcame numerous injuries to reach the playoffs for a ninth straight season this Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium. With a 9-7 record a year ago, the Jets went into the 2009 postseason as the AFC's fifth s |
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| Saints begin quest for repeat run in Seattle |
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01/06/2011 |
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| hallenge and we know it's going to be a tough place to play." Since Payton took over as head coach in New Orleans, his teams are 4-1 in the playoffs with a pair of NFC title game appearances and of course, last year's win over Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. Saints Pro Bowl quarterback Drew Brees just joined Manning as the only signal- callers in league history to pass for more than 4,000 yards in five consecutive seasons, and finished the regular season ranked first in the NFL in co |
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| Jets' Ryan zings Brady while praising Manning |
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01/06/2011 |
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Rex Ryan has tweaked Tom Brady while praising Peyton Manning. The New York Jets coach says Thursday that ``nobody'' studies like Manning, the Indianapolis Colts quarterback whom Ryan's team faces in a first-round playoff matchup Saturday. Ryan says Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback, ``thinks he does'' study as much as Manning, but gets more help from his coach, Bill Belichick. If the Jets (11-5) beat the Colts (10-6), they would next play Brady, Belichick and the Patriot |
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