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| Welker sidelined for New England |
NFL Football |
09/20/2009 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker was listed as inactive for Sunday's game against the New York Jets because of a knee injury. Welker had been listed as questionable this week on the team's injury report and was limited in practice. The Texas Tech product had 12 catches for 93 yards in last week's 25-24 win against Buffalo to open the season. |
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| Bills seeking bounce-back in home opener vs. Bucs |
NFL Football |
09/19/2009 |
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| e with one of the NFL's heavyweights in their season opener. Now the team must prove it can bounce back from a gut-wrenching loss when it takes the field against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Bills gave the mighty New England Patriots all they could handle in a thriller that kicked off the league's Monday night schedule, but a costly late miscue combined with the precision passing of Tom Brady resulted in a heartbreaking 25-24 road loss to the AFC powerhouses in Week 1. Brady eng |
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| Tension possible for Broncos' date with Browns |
NFL Football |
09/19/2009 |
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| in his career against the Broncos, with that loss coming for his Jets at home last season. The Broncos' McDaniels will be meeting both Mangini and the Browns for the first time as a head coach. Mangini and McDaniels worked on the same staff with the New England Patriots from 2001 through 2005. WHEN THE BROWNS HAVE THE BALL The first start of Brady Quinn's 2009 season was a bit of a mixed bag, with Quinn making some nice plays but also failing to lead the offense down the field consistently. The former first-rounder |
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| 'Hey, it's Rex': Jets coach calls fans for help |
NFL Football |
09/16/2009 |
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -Rex Ryan picked up the phone and called on New York Jets fans for some help against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. The head coach recorded a 70-second message that was sent to every season-ticket holder Wednesday, urging Jets fans to make it ``miserable for Brady & Co. and seem like there's 13 or 14 guys out there on defense'' during Sunday's game at the Meadowlands. Ryan spoke from the heart - no script - and Jets fans got a surprise when they answered their phones or c |
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| Brady, Harris and Reed earn AFC weekly honors |
NFL Football |
09/16/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, New York Jets linebacker David Harris and Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed have been selected as the AFC's top players for Week 1 of the NFL season. Brady captured the offensive honor after leading the Patriots to a 25-24 come- from-behind win over the Buffalo Bills on Monday night. He hit Benjamin Watson for a pair of touchdowns in the waning minutes, the last a 16-yard strike occurring with 50 seconds remaining in the game after Buff |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Week 2 - Panic Time in Houston? |
NFL Football |
09/16/2009 |
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| Teams split a pair of meetings last season, with the Giants (35-14) and Cowboys (20-8) both protecting their home fields. Fast Fact: In their last regular season opener at a new home stadium, on Oct. 24, 1971, the Cowboys were 44-21 winners over the New England Patriots. Prediction: Cowboys have some problems, but will feed off a raucous crowd in their new palace and secure a confidence-building win. Cowboys 27, Giants 24. --- Indianapolis (1-0) at Miami (0-1), Monday, 8:30 (Indianapolis -3) Storylines: Indianapoli |
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| BC Lions add two, release three |
CFL |
09/16/2009 |
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| leased wideout Rufus Skillern, linebacker Terna Nande and defensive lineman Jonathan Williams. Bumpus played four games for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks last year, but didn't make the squad out of training camp in 2009. Stephen Williams was cut by the New England Patriots out of training camp this year. Skillern recorded 34 receptions for 370 yards in 15 games for BC spanning the past two seasons. Nande logged seven tackles in seven games with the Lions this year, while Jonathan Williams recorded two tackles in his l |
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| NFC West: 49ers may have finally found winning formula |
NFL Football |
09/15/2009 |
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| s with a well-respected reputation on that side of the ball, having spent the last two years as the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants. In 2007, his Giants' unit topped the NFL with 53 sacks and carried the team to a stunning upset of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. On a more positive note, bright spots were provided by a pair of newcomers in Sunday's setback. Wide receiver Laurent Robinson, acquired in a trade with Atlanta during the offseason, caught five passes for 87 yards in his Rams' d |
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| Pats LB Mayo to be sidelined for undetermined time period |
NFL Football |
09/15/2009 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo, the reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year, will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time after suffering an injury to his right knee in the first quarter of Monday's season opener against the Bills. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addressed Mayo's status going forward during a conference call late Tuesday and was, in typical fashion, coy about the timetable for the still undisclosed injury. When asked if the injury could put Mayo' |
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| AFC East: Pats' hard-earned win exposes some flaws |
NFL Football |
09/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Perhaps it was unrealistic to expect the New England Patriots to display their 2007 form in Week 1 of the 2009 season. Even with Tom Brady back after missing nearly all of the 2008 campaign with a serious knee injury, and surrounded by new weapons like Fred Taylor and Joey Galloway. Even while facing a Buffalo Bills squad that looked to be as big a mess as any in the NFL entering Week 1, with an offensive coordinator that had been in his job all of one week, a starting running back on the suspen |
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