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| Vitt names Martin starter for season finale |
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12/26/2005 |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jamie Martin will start the Rams' season finale at quarterback. Last week, interim coach Joe Vitt delayed making his pick public until the day before the Rams' 24-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, even though Martin practiced with the first unit all week. Martin, ended up playing, throwing for a career-best 354 yards against the 49ers, although he had two fourth-quarter interceptions and the Rams squandered a 20-7 lead. Vitt said Monday that he will start again. ``He had the two interce |
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| NFL Inactives for Week 16 (December 24-26) |
NFL Football |
12/24/2005 |
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| CD); DL Eric Ogbogu (CD); and QB Drew Henson (3rd QB). Panthers - FB Casey Cramer (CD); WR Efrem Hill (CD); RB Rod Smart (CD); DT Atiyyah Ellison (CD); (CD); DE Jovan Haye (CD); OT Dave Kadela (CD); QB Stefan Lefors (3rd QB); and G Evan Mathis (CD). SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT ST. LOUIS RAMS, 1:00 P.M. 49ers - OT Harvey Dahl (OT) WR Otis Amey (CD); DT Ronald Fields (CD); WR Johnnie Morton (no reason given); OT Patrick Estes (CD); RB Kevan Barlow (knee); QB Cody Pickett (3rd QB); and CB Ahmed Plummer (ankle). Rams - TE |
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| Beat-up Rams meet beat-down 49ers |
NFL Football |
12/22/2005 |
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| n a good year for me.'' A very bad year, though, for the Rams (5-9), heading into the final two games. They've lost five of six and are braced for the possibility of rows and rows of empty seats in Saturday's game against the even-more-downtrodden San Francisco 49ers (2-12). ``I hope it's exciting and loud, but I don't know, we haven't been playing well,'' defensive tackle Ryan Pickett said. ``Hopefully they'll still come out and watch us.'' Home-field advantage isn't what it used to be for the Rams, 3-4 in |
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| Detroit braces for barbs as Super Bowl comes to town |
NFL Football |
12/22/2005 |
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| ing Super Bowl week. Among the attractions are a snow slide, dog sleds and marshmallow-roasting stations. None of that is likely to be much fun if there is a repeat of the weather at the 1982 Super Bowl. An ice storm pounded the region the day the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 27-21. The temperature outside the Pontiac Silverdome was 12 degrees and the wind chill was minus 27. --- On the Net: Super Bowl XL Host Committee: http://www.sbxl.org/Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All |
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| Burgess picked to first Pro Bowl |
NFL Football |
12/22/2005 |
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| ts over his previous four seasons. He just wishes the Raiders were playing better, but Oakland has lost four straight and six of seven heading into Saturday's game at Denver. Burgess will be the lone Bay Area representative in the Pro Bowl, as the San Francisco 49ers didn't have any player named. ``I proved to myself - not to people,'' Burgess said. ``I really don't care what people think. ... It means a lot. I came a long way. And it's a blessing, really.'' The 27-year-old Burgess plans to surprise a few of |
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| Rams place Bulger, Claiborne on injured reserve |
NFL Football |
12/21/2005 |
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| with an injury sustained against the Arizona Cardinals on Nov. 20. Rookie Ryan Fitzpatrick has started the last three games, but interim coach Joe Vitt said Wednesday he hasn't decided on whether Fitzpatrick or Jamie Martin will start against the San Francisco 49ers. Martin took most of the reps in practice Wednesday, but Fitzpatrick will get the bulk of the work Thursday. ``We have another day of practice,'' Vitt said. ``We're going to look at Fitz tomorrow. Fitz is a little sore.'' Claiborne has been ha |
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| Bears, Falcons dominate NFC Pro Bowl selections |
NFL Football |
12/21/2005 |
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| om Dallas, while safety Darren Sharper and kick returner Koren Robinson will be shipped in from Minnesota. Arizona sends wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and kicker Neil Rackers. The defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles are represented by just one player, linebacker Jeremiah Trotter. Defensive lineman Shaun Rogers is the lone representative from the Detroit Lions, while center LeCharles Bentley is the lone player from New Orleans. The San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers failed to have a Pro Bowl player. |
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| Ugly Jaguars close in on playoffs |
NFL Football |
12/20/2005 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A win is a win. That's the way the Jaguars have to look at Sunday's 10-9 victory over the lowly San Francisco 49ers. It surely wasn't pretty, but style points don't count in the NFL. Maybe in the minds of reporters, but certainly not from the standpoint of the coach or players -- particularly those on the winning side. "I told the team you don't have to apologize for winning," said Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio following Sunday's game. Most of the players felt the same way. "Ugly game," Jagua |
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| Texans get offensive in win over Cards |
NFL Football |
12/20/2005 |
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| y is that we were able to get pressure on the quarterback and we came up with some takeaways," said head coach Dom Capers. "Our defense has improved. In the last two games we've played our best defensive games." The Texans, who are now tied with the San Francisco 49ers for the worst record in the league at 2-12, had entered the game off of three crushing losses. Against St. Louis on November 27, they blew a huge first half lead, then the following week blew a late lead to Tennessee, and lost last week when Kris Br |
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| Progress doesn't mean winning for 49ers |
NFL Football |
12/20/2005 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The "moral victory" line has likely grown very stale in San Francisco 49ers camp, but the team and its win-starved fans were forced to visit it yet again this past Sunday. The Niners went to Jacksonville and hung tough with the playoff-bound Jaguars for 60 minutes, ultimately falling, 10-9, to drop to 2-12 but improve their odds in the upcoming Reggie Bush sweepstakes. Mike Nolan's team was more than a two-touchdown underdog coming into the contest, but allowed the Jaguars to get into the end z |
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