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| Lousy Team Tour: staggering Redskins, winless Bucs |
NFL Football |
10/01/2009 |
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| fter getting booed at home while barely beating a St. Louis Rams team that had lost 11 straight, the Redskins last week became the infamous answer to a trivia question when they ended the 19-game skid of the Detroit Lions. On Sunday, they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are riding a seven-game schneid and have a quarterback making his first NFL start. After that? The Carolina Panthers, who will be 0-3 after their bye. Then it's the Kansas City Chiefs, who are 0-3 with the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys c |
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| Bucs re-sign McCoy; sign Urrutia to practice squad |
NFL Football |
09/30/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have re-signed linebacker Matt McCoy and released wide receiver Mario Urrutia and re- signed him to the practice squad. McCoy played the first two games of the season, primarily on special teams, but did start the season opener against Dallas after Geno Hayes was benched for a late arrival on the morning of the game. He had been released on Sunday after the team added Urrutia to the active roster for some depth at the position. Urrutia had seven catches for 85 |
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| Giants HB Ahmad Bradshaw wears boot at practice |
NFL Football |
09/30/2009 |
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| . (AP) -New York Giants backup halfback Ahmad Bradshaw went to practice wearing a boot on his right foot Wednesday. Coach Tom Coughlin said Bradshaw aggravated an old ankle injury and sprained his foot while rushing for 104 yards in a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last weekend. Bradshaw did not practice Wednesday. Coughlin said the boot is a precaution and he expects Bradshaw to play this weekend when the Giants (3-0) face the Chiefs (0-3) in Kansas City. Giants starting halfback Brandon Jacobs rushed for |
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| NFC East: It's crisis time in Washington |
NFL Football |
09/29/2009 |
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| solo) in Sunday's setback...Haynesworth sat out much of the first half with a strained right glute muscle, but did return to the game in the third quarter. NEXT UP: The Redskins have a good opponent to try to rebound against this weekend in the 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who will be entering FedEx Field off one of the most atrocious offensive displays in recent memory. The Bucs mustered a paltry 86 total yards in their 24-0 Week 3 loss to the New York Giants and will have a new quarterback on Sunday, with veteran B |
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| NFC South: Saints show they can win games multiple ways |
NFL Football |
09/29/2009 |
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| aluate, not only the defensive line, but the linebacker fits and the secondary." Atlanta was playing its first game since losing 2009 first-round pick Peria Jerry for the season. The defensive tackle is out due to a left knee injury. BUCCANEERS: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rebuilding season as taken a predictable turn. The club is getting younger at the quarterback spot. Head coach Raheem Morris announced on Monday -- one day after his club was waxed 24-0 by the New York Giants -- that Josh Johnson will take over for |
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| Trujillo leaves San Diego |
Division I-AA College Football |
09/29/2009 |
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| Trujillo had left for "personal reasons" and is expected to withdraw from the university as well. Trujillo passed for 2,822 yards and 35 touchdowns last season, earning first- team honors in the Pioneer Football League, as the replacement to current Tampa Bay Buccaneers starter and Payton Award finalist Josh Johnson. In three games this season, though, Trujillo completed 32-of-58 passes for 253 yards with three touchdowns and four interceptions. He was benched in the team's last game on September 19 against Marist |
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| Bucs bench Leftwich in favor of Josh Johnson |
NFL Football |
09/28/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have decided to make a switch at quarterback and will start Josh Johnson for next Sunday's game against Washington. Byron Leftwich, who started the first three games for the Bucs -- all losses, will be dropped to the No. 3 quarterback behind rookie Josh Freeman. "It's not all about Byron," said Bucs head coach Raheem Morris on Monday. "I talked to Byron this morning and he looked me right in the face and said he knew he had to get some wins early." Instead, the |
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| Roar! Lions end 19-game skid, top Redskins |
NFL Football |
09/27/2009 |
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| onkey off our back, we got King Kong off our back," said Lions owner William Clay Ford. "I'm hoping that this gets us over that hump and gives us a winning attitude." The 19-game losing streak was tied for the second-worst in NFL history, behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 26-game winless spell in 1976-77 and tied with the Oakland Raiders 19-game skid from 1961-62. "We weren't 0-2, " said Lions head coach Jim Schwartz, who got the first win of his coaching career. "Our guys were carrying the burden of 0-19, and it wa |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, September 27, 2009) |
NFL Football |
09/27/2009 |
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| Spencer Adkins, T Will Svitek, T Garrett Reynolds, DT Vance Walker Patriots - WR Wes Welker, CB Jonathan Wilhite, CB Darius Butler, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, G Rich Ohrnberger, G Kendall Simmons, LB Prescott Burgess, LB Jerod Mayo NEW YORK GIANTS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Giants - WR Hakeem Nicks, WR Domenik Hixon, RB Danny Ware, CB Aaron Ross, CB Kevin Dockery, LB Clint Sintim, DT Chris Canty, C Adam Koets Buccaneers - 3rd QB Josh Freeman, RB Earnest Graham, C Jeff Faine, OL Marc Dile, T Demar Dotson |
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| Giants use solid defense to blank Bucs |
NFL Football |
09/27/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Eli Manning threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns on 14-of-24 efficiency, and the New York Giants used great defense to make short work of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24-0, in Week 3 action at Raymond James Stadium. Ahmad Bradshaw tallied 104 yards on 14 carries and Brandon Jacobs added 92 yards and a score on 26 rushes for the Giants (3-0), who travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs next Sunday. Steve Smith racked up 63 yards and a TD on seven grabs and Sinorice Moss also had a TD re |
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