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| Line of Scrimmage: Week 11 - Big Bill's bad gamble |
NFL Football |
11/18/2009 |
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| head coach Dick Jauron was fired on Tuesday and defensive coordinator Perry Fewell was named interim head coach...Starting quarterback uncertain for Buffalo after Trent Edwards was benched in favor of Ryan Fitzpatrick late in last week's loss to the Tennessee Titans...Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew leads the league in touchdowns (12) and rushing touchdowns (12)...Buffalo has thrown an NFL-high-tying three interceptions for touchdowns...Bills rookie free safety Jairus Byrd leads the NFL in interceptions |
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| Bills fire coach Jauron after 3-6 start |
NFL Football |
11/17/2009 |
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| . (AP) -Coach Dick Jauron has been fired by the Buffalo Bills following the team's 3-6 start. The Bills said in a statement that a replacement would be announced later. Jauron's firing Tuesday comes two days after Buffalo was beaten 41-17 by the Tennessee Titans. Bills owner Ralph Wilson says it was ``a difficult decision,'' but one he felt he needed to make in the ``best interest of our team.'' Jauron finishes with a 24-33 record over three-plus seasons. A possible replacement could be defensive coor |
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| AFC East: Pats' Belichick has some 'splainin' to do |
NFL Football |
11/17/2009 |
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| e win at the Jets with a concussion. Ryan Fitzpatrick would start the next two contests for Buffalo, winning at Carolina and losing at home to Houston, before Edwards was re-installed. Then, on Sunday, Edwards was benched late in a 41-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans, soon after an interception for a touchdown by safety Vincent Fuller broke open a game that had been tied at 17-17 entering the fourth quarter. Fitzpatrick was little better upon entering, completing just 2-of-7 passes for six yards and throwing his |
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| AFC South: Jaguars' gamble a winning one |
NFL Football |
11/17/2009 |
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| back in the water following the team's Week 10 bye. At 5-4, the Texans' margin for error if they wish to keep their playoff hopes intact is slim. The opponent for Houston in Week 11 will be one that Gary Kubiak's team knows well: the AFC South rival Tennessee Titans. The Texans already own a win over the Titans this season - a 34-31 thriller in Nashville back in Week 2 - but this Tennessee team has a new quarterback, and seemingly a new energy. Tennessee is 3-0 since quarterback Vince Young entered the starting |
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NFL Football Transaction |
11/17/2009 |
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| Fined Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000. |
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| NFL fines Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for obscene hand gesture |
NFL Football |
11/16/2009 |
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| Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - The National Football League fined Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for an obscene hand gesture he made during Sunday's 41-17 home win against the Buffalo Bills. Adams stood up and displayed his middle fingers toward the Bills sideline late in the contest. He issued an apology statement Monday. "I need to apologize for my actions yesterday near the end of the game," stated Adams. "I got caught up in the excitement of a great day, but I do realize that those types of th |
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| Titans want to be in playoff talk 1 way or another |
NFL Football |
11/16/2009 |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Listen to the Tennessee Titans talk, and it's clear their swagger is back. So what if they're 3-6? Chris Johnson talks about Tennessee winning out after an 0-6 start. Linebacker Keith Bulluck says the team once again feels it can beat anyone in the NFL, the same feeling it had when it started last season 10-0. All the Titans know for sure is they've won three straight, and they want to keep running behind the NFL's top rusher and see if they can spoil the postseason hopes of other |
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| Adams apologizes for obscene gesture |
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11/16/2009 |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams is apologizing for making an obscene hand gesture while celebrating his teams' 41-17 win over Buffalo. WTVF-TV reports Adams flipped the middle finger on both hands from his luxury suite. The Tennessean newspaper reported Adams also was seen making the gesture again on the field after the game. Adams said in a statement Monday that he got caught up in the excitement and said he will accept any league discipline for his actions. NFL commissioner Ro |
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| NFL Game Capsules |
NFL Football |
11/16/2009 |
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| n had 93 receiving yards on seven receptions. Donnie Avery had two touchdown catches in defeat. Final Score: Tennessee 41, Buffalo 17 Nashville, TN (MySportsbook) - Chris Johnson registered 232 all-purpose yards with two running touchdowns, as the Tennessee Titans routed the Buffalo Bills, 41-17, at LP Field. Johnson rushed 26 times for 132 yards and caught nine passes for 100 yards, while Vince Young threw for 210 yards on 17-of-25 efficiency with a TD and an interception for the Titans (3-6), who have won t |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, November 15, 2009) |
NFL Football |
11/15/2009 |
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| Seth Olsen, T Ryan Harris, DT Chris Baker, WR Brandon Lloyd, DE Ryan McBean Redskins - TE Chris Cooley, CB Kevin Barnes, FB Eddie Williams, T Mike Williams, LB Robert Henson, DT Anthony Mongtomery, DE Renaldo Wynn, RB Clinton Portis BUFFALO BILLS AT TENNESSEE TITANS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Bills - 3rd QB Gibran Hamdan, CB Terrence McGee, DT Kyle Williams, LB Keith Ellison, T Jonathan Scott, WR Roscoe Parrish, DE Chris Ellis, WR James Hardy Titans - CB Jason McCourty, RB Javon Ringer, CB Nick Harper, LB Stanford Keglar, |
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