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| Top-seeded Chargers face challenge in playoff-tested Pats |
NFL Football |
01/11/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Chargers have a huge test in their first postseason game in two years, as they play host to the New England Patriots in an AFC Divisional Playoff game this Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium. At 14-2, the Chargers had the NFL's top record this season, as well as the best mark in franchise history. However, the team also has the distinction of not winning a playoff contest since the 1994 AFC Championship Game in Pittsburgh. The Chargers were last in the postseason following the 2004 campa |
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| Chargers living for the now as they face playoff-tested Patriots |
NFL Football |
01/11/2007 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -The San Diego Chargers have beaten the New England Patriots in September and October without any problem. Now they need to do it in January, when the Patriots really shine. The Patriots visit the Chargers on Sunday in the divisional round, and the numbers don't lie - it should be a pretty good game. San Diego has been supercharged by NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson, who rewrote the league's single-season scoring records with 31 touchdowns and 186 points. He's still looking for his first playo |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Pressure's on Peyton, Marty, and Rex |
NFL Football |
01/10/2007 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - If the Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargers, and Chicago Bears win their Divisional Round games this weekend, expect the celebrations to be restrained. Not that fawning hour-long documentaries are ever made about teams that see their postseason roads closed in the conference Championship Game, nor are euphoric parades thrown for such teams. But more so for the above than for any other of the eight remaining clubs, a win on the second weekend in January would bring a sense of |
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| Tagliabue heads list of Hall finalists |
NFL Football |
01/10/2007 |
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| minant linebacker for the New England Patriots from 1982-93. He established a team record for sacks in 1984 with 18 1/2, helped New England reach the Super Bowl after the 1985 season and was a five-time Pro Bowl pick. Dean played 11 seasons with the San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers. A feared pass rusher with four Pro Bowl selections, he registered 17 1/2 sacks in 1983 and helped the 49ers win their first two Super Bowl titles after the 1981 and '84 seasons. Monk, most remembered for his 14 seasons with |
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| Grimm last candidate to get Arizona interview |
NFL Football |
01/09/2007 |
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| Chow met with the Cardinals in Tempe on Monday. Three were interviewed out of town because their teams are in the playoffs: Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, Indianapolis Colts assistant head coach-quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell and San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. Former Green Bay Packers head coach and current Houston Texans assistant Mike Sherman talked with the Cardinals in Tempe last week. The team also interviewed Clancy Pendergast, defensive coordinator of the Cardin |
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| Gates on Patriots: 'You fear no one' |
NFL Football |
01/08/2007 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -The San Diego Chargers know all about the New England Patriots. They know about the three Super Bowl titles in the last five seasons. And Tom Brady's near-perfect postseason success. And Bill Belichick's status as one of the NFL's sharpest - if not sharpest-dressed - coaches. ``But we still intend to show up,'' Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer said Monday. Because of their NFL-best 14-2 record, the Chargers had the luxury of sitting at home Sunday and watching the Patriots beat the New |
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| Wilfork needs to catch his breath, then catch Tomlinson |
NFL Football |
01/08/2007 |
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| e tackle lumbered 31 yards on a fumble return that helped New England put the New York Jets away in the first round of the playoffs. In Round 2, though, Wilfork will be back to work clogging up the middle of the field as the Patriots try to stop the San Diego Chargers and NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson. ``He's the MVP. I don't know how you could be any more complete than that,'' Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Monday. ``He's looked pretty good to me, unfortunately, every time we've seen him. We're usually looki |
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| Petrino leaving Louisville for Falcons |
NFL Football |
01/07/2007 |
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| o's contract, giving him hefty raises in hopes of keeping him. The Falcons spent the past several days interviewing NFL assistants, including Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and San Francisco 49ers assistant head coach Mike Singletary. But owner Arthur Blank, who was aided in the search by general manager Rich McKay, decided to go with an established head coach instead of following th |
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| NFL matchups: Patriots-Chargers, Colts-Ravens, Seahawks-Bears, Eagles-Saints |
NFL Football |
01/07/2007 |
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The San Diego Chargers probably expected to see the New England Patriots somewhere in the AFC playoffs. It will happen next Sunday, when the AFC's best team this season hosts the NFL's best team this decade. The Patriots secured their trip to San Diego on Sunday with a convincing 37-16 victory over their division rivals, the New York Jets. Tom Brady guided three long scoring drives and threw two touchdown passes, and Asante Samuel had a 36-yard interception return for a score with 4:54 left. That set up th |
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| AFC matchups: Patriots at Chargers, Colts at Ravens |
NFL Football |
01/07/2007 |
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The San Diego Chargers probably expected to see the New England Patriots somewhere in the AFC playoffs. It will happen next Sunday, when the AFC's best team this season hosts the NFL's best team this decade. The Patriots secured their trip to San Diego on Sunday with a convincing 37-16 victory over their AFC rivals, the New York Jets. Tom Brady guided three long scoring drives and threw two touchdown passes, and Asante Samuel had a 36-yard interception return for a score with 4:54 left. That set up the mat |
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