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| Pittsburgh WR Ward out vs. Patriots |
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10/30/2011 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without wide receiver Hines Ward and linebacker James Farrior when they play the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon. The team announced on their Twitter account that both were downgraded from questionable to out. Ward was out of practice all week with an ankle injury, and will miss a game for the first time since 2007. Emmanuel Sanders is likely get the starting nod. A calf injury will force Farrior to miss the contest, which is one of the mos |
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| Patriots activate Faulk, Deaderick, place Dowling on IR |
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10/29/2011 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - The New England Patriots on Saturday activated both running back Kevin Faulk and defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick from the physically unable to perform list, while placing cornerback Ras-I Dowling on injured reserve. Faulk has not played since September of 2010, when a torn ACL in his right knee ended his season. The 35-year-old was placed on the PUP list prior to New England's 2011 season opener. Deaderick, the Alabama product, finished with 10 tackles and two sacks in 10 games a |
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| Pittsburgh WR Ward questionable |
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10/28/2011 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the New England Patriots. Hines has been out of practice all week with an ankle injury and might miss a game for the first time since 2007. Should he be unable to go, Emmanuel Sanders will likely get the starting nod. Ward has 258 yards and two scores with 26 catches in seven games this season. In other injury news for Pittsburgh, linebackers James Harrison (eye) and Jason Worilds (qua |
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| Bills QB Fitzpatrick agrees to extension |
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10/28/2011 |
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| nd $59 million with $24 million in guaranteed money, according to a report by ESPN. Fitzpatrick, who signed with Buffalo in 2009 as a backup to quarterback Trent Edwards, has led the Bills to a 4-2 record this season. They are just a game behind the New England Patriots for first place in the AFC East. A seventh-round draft pick out of Harvard in 2005, Fitzpatrick has a 16-25-1 career record, including a 12-15 mark as the Bills' quarterback. Buffalo is averaging 31.3 points and 378.5 yards a game with Fitzpatrick a |
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| Report: Bills QB Fitzpatrick agrees to extension |
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10/28/2011 |
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| nd $59 million with $24 million in guaranteed money, according to a report by ESPN. Fitzpatrick, who signed with Buffalo in 2009 as a backup to quarterback Trent Edwards, has led the Bills to a 4-2 record this season. They are just a game behind the New England Patriots for first place in the AFC East. A seventh-round draft pick out of Harvard in 2005, Fitzpatrick has a 16-25-1 career record, including a 12-15 mark as the Bills' quarterback. Buffalo is averaging 31.3 points and 378.5 yards a game with Fitzpatrick a |
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| AFC powers collide as Steelers host potent Patriots |
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10/28/2011 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Heinz Field has usually been a very frightening place for teams facing the Pittsburgh Steelers over the years, though Tom Brady and the New England Patriots haven't seemed to be too intimidated. The Patriots aim to continue their recent success in the Steel City when two of the AFC's premier teams square off Sunday in the headline matchup of the Week 8 schedule. Pittsburgh won a pair of playoff games at home to represent the AFC in last season's Super Bowl, but the Patriots were the conference's |
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| Patriots release CB Bodden |
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10/28/2011 |
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| Foxboro, MA (MySportsbook) - The New England Patriots released cornerback Leigh Bodden on Friday. Bodden joined the Patriots as a free agent in 2009 and tied for the team lead with five interceptions in 15 games that season. He missed all of last season with a shoulder injury and appeared in five games for the Patriots this season before being let go. The eight-year veteran has played in 95 career games with Cleveland, Detroit and New England, recording 362 tackles, 18 interceptions, 74 passes defended and eight |
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| Rodgers, Packers in a league of their own |
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10/24/2011 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Move over, Tom Brady, you've got company, and the same may soon be said about your history-making New England Patriots team of a few years back. Brady had held the coveted title of NFL's best player, with the celebrity quarterback's impeccable 2010 MVP season and top overall ranking by his peers in a league-wide vote this past summer supporting that notion, but Aaron Rodgers placed himself as the possible heir to the throne with a remarkable playoff run that triggered the Green |
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| Browns hoping to rebound against rested Seahawks |
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10/21/2011 |
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| n 2003. The Seahawks last downed the Browns in Cleveland by virtue of a 9-6 decision on Sept. 9, 2001, with Holmgren also manning the sidelines for that game. Carroll is 1-1 lifetime against Cleveland, with the win coming while then in charge of the New England Patriots in 1999 and the loss coming as the leader of the New York Jets in 1994. Shurmur will be opposing both Seattle and Carroll for the first time as a head coach. WHEN THE SEAHAWKS HAVE THE BALL Whoever lines up under center for the Seahawks this weekend |
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| London calling for Bears, Buccaneers |
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10/21/2011 |
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| than their first voyage overseas. The Buccaneers also played at Wembley Stadium, which will be hosting an NFL regular-season contest for the fifth consecutive year as part of the league's International Series venture, in 2009 with a game against the New England Patriots. A young and rebuilding Tampa squad wound up being overmatched that afternoon in a 35-7 loss that was one of many low points of what turned out to be a 3-13 campaign. Tampa Bay has certainly made significant strides since that outing, putting togeth |
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