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| Jets go indoors to prepare for the Metrodome |
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12/14/2006 |
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| can pick up your aspirin on the way out. ``It gets pretty loud in there,'' safety Kerry Rhodes said Thursday. ``Actually, I had a headache yesterday. Nah, I'm just kidding, but it's loud.'' With a crucial game Sunday at the Metrodome against the Minnesota Vikings, coach Eric Mangini is doing all he can to simulate the experience. Not that he particularly enjoys being indoors. ``I don't love practicing in the bubble, but I think playing in the dome, it's just another environment that you have to get used to |
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| Jets, Vikings each fighting for playoffs in coaches' first years |
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12/14/2006 |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -In a 32-team league with a dozen clubs carrying either 7-6 or 6-7 records into this weekend, little things can add up to a lot. Like penalties. The Minnesota Vikings (6-7) lead the NFL with 100 infractions, one reason why they have much work to do to qualify for the playoffs despite a rushing defense that's approaching a historic level of dominance. The New York Jets (7-6), on the other side, have surpassed most expectations in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year. Surely their 59 f |
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| Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt dead at 74 |
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12/14/2006 |
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| nally realized his dream of becoming an NFL owner after the two leagues reached a merger deal in 1966. In 1967, the Chiefs lost the first AFL-NFL championship - it was then called the World Championship Game. Three years later, the Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings for the title. By then, the championship game had been christened the Super Bowl, a name Hunt came up with while watching his children at play. ``But I was smart enough to understand,'' he once said with characteristic humor, ``that it was a cor |
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| Lions' Kevin Jones faces long recovery after foot surgery |
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12/14/2006 |
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DETROIT (AP) -Detroit Lions running back Kevin Jones underwent surgery on his injured left foot Wednesday and will begin a long rehabilitation period. The Lions' leading rusher was injured late in Sunday's 30-20 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Lions trainer Al Bellamy confirmed that Jones sustained a Lisfranc injury, a tearing of the tissues that connect the bones in the middle of the foot. Detroit linebacker Teddy Lehman missed more than 12 months with a similar injury. More optimistic projections have Jo |
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| Brees, Griffin, Hester earn Player of the Week honors |
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12/13/2006 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Minnesota Vikings cornerback Cedric Griffin and Chicago Bears rookie cornerback-kick returner Devin Hester have been named the NFC Players of the Week for Week 14. Brees was named Offensive Player of the Week after completing 26 of 38 passes for 384 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions for a 140.8 passer rating and led the Saints to a 42-17 win over Dallas. Brees' 300-yard performance was his sixth in the past seven games and |
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| Jets might need to air it out against tough Vikings run defense |
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12/13/2006 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -Chad Pennington watched film of the Minnesota Vikings' stingy run defense and was thoroughly impressed. ``It's ridiculous,'' the New York Jets quarterback said with a laugh Wednesday. ``Fifty-four yards a game is just ridiculous.'' And pretty good, too. The Vikings have the NFL's top-ranked run defense, giving up 703 yards on the ground through 13 games - an average of 54.1 yards. Minnesota has a shot at breaking the NFL record of 47.2 yards rushing per game, set by Chicago in 1942 |
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| Vikings Find Success in an Unusual Place |
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12/13/2006 |
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| (MySportsbook) - After losing five of their last six games and suffering the loss of top offensive threat Chester Taylor to an ankle injury the week before, the Minnesota Vikings were in need of more than a spark when they headed to Detroit on Sunday. The Vikings needed something more akin to an inferno. And lo and behold, they got it. That staggering run defense was at it again, holding the Lions to minus-three rushing yards for the day. Detroit's bumbling, stumbling offense fanned the flames by contributing |
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| Lions place RB Jones on IR |
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12/12/2006 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions placed running back Kevin Jones on the injured reserve list Tuesday with a left foot injury. Jones suffered the setback in Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Jones played in 12 games this season and was enjoying his best campaign with 1,209 total yards of offense including a career-high 520 yards receiving on 61 receptions. The former Virgina Tech product finished the season with 689 rushing yards with a career-high eight touchdowns. During his four-year |
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| Lions place RB Kevin Jones on injured reserve |
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12/12/2006 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Lions placed running back Kevin Jones on injured reserve Tuesday, ending his season two days after he injured his left foot. Jones hurt the foot late in Sunday's 30-20 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, and team officials said Monday they were concerned he may have a Lisfranc fracture-dislocation, an injury that kept linebacker Teddy Lehman on the sidelines for nearly 12 months. It is a serious injury involving the bones and ligaments on the top of the foot, and can be deva |
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| Culpepper put on injured reserve |
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12/12/2006 |
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| but with his mobility hampered, he was sacked 21 times. The Dolphins started Harrington in their fifth game and have kept him in the lineup since, while Culpepper focused on rehabilitation. Culpepper - whom the Dolphins acquired in March from the Minnesota Vikings for a second-round draft pick - also underwent arthroscopic surgery last month to remove a piece of cartilage in his knee. Also Tuesday, the Dolphins signed linebacker Robert McCune off Washington's practice squad and waived linebacker Keith Newma |
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