National Football League News and Rumors
Suspension over, Browner to start for SeahawksCornerback Brandon Browner is expected to start for the Seattle Seahawks in the playoff opener Sunday at Washington despite just returning this week from his four-game suspension. |
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The Minnesota Vikings have listed quarterback Christian Ponder and cornerback Antoine Winfield as questionable for their playoff game on Saturday against Green Bay. |
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Chris Mortensen, ESPN.com Oregon coach Chip Kelly and the Cleveland Browns wrapped up seven hours of meetings Friday that were characterized as "very positive," though Kelly will proceed to interview with the Bills and the Eagles, sources said. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With Andy Reid never even going to Arizona for an interview, the Cardinals’ search for a coach and a G.M. continues. Team P.R. guru Mark Dalton announced Friday night via Twitter that the team interviewed Redskins executive Morocco Brown in D.C. on Frid… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com As if there weren’t enough story lines to sustain Sunday’s game between the Seahawks and the Redskins, a new angle has been added on Friday, courtesy of Washington defensive lineman Kedric Golston. As linebacker Lorenzo Alexander was being asked wheth… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The notorious “Fail Mary” play from the last game of Week Three didn’t help the Seahawks make it to the playoffs, but it did help the 49ers secure a bye week that otherwise would have gone to the Packers. As the postseason approaches, the man who wa… |
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The New York Jets have begun their search for Mike Tannenbaum's replacement. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Chip Kelly may be creating a quarterback controversy in Cleveland before he even gets the job. With the Browns reportedly getting close to finishing a deal to bring Kelly from Oregon to Cleveland, a report from ESPNCleveland.com suggests that Kelly may … |
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Andy Reid pulled up to Arrowhead Stadium in a black SUV on Friday, stepped out of it wearing a dark suit and red tie, and walked briskly toward the doors of the Kansas City Chiefs' home. |
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The Philadelphia Eagles will interview Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley for their coaching vacancy. |
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A person familiar with the Buffalo Bills' coaching search says the team is still scheduled to interview Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy this weekend. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com A person familiar with the situation says Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has scheduled a meeting with Ron Rivera Saturday morning to discuss the coach's future with the team. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Not that this was a great surprise, after the Chiefs hired coach Andy Reid and fired general manager Scott Pioli the same day, but Reid has the run of the place. Reid’s agent, Bob LaMonte told USA Today’s Jarrett Bell that Reid’s new five-year contr… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Go ahead and do something fun tonight. The usual weekend warriors will be here dive into the NFL playoffs with you tomorrow. More » |
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Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN.com The New York Giants will not be going back to Albany and will instead hold their 2013 training camp at their Timex Performance Center. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Redskins will have cornerback Cedric Griffin back in the lineup when they face the Seahawks in Sunday’s playoff game. The team announced Friday that they removed Griffin from the exempt list he was on while serving a four-game suspension and placed … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The Cleveland Browns are closing in on getting their man. Oregon coach Chip Kelly is close to a deal to become the Browns’ next head coach, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network is reporting. Kelly has been the most talked-about coaching candidate in the NFL and … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Chargers and Raiders saw their seasons come to a close last Sunday with one player from each team departing the scene well ahead of the final whistle. Raiders running back Mike Goodson and Chargers linebacker Takeo Spikes were ejected from the game … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com When 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree and running back Frank Gore scored touchdowns on Sunday, they decided to throw the ball into the crowd and let a San Francisco fan get a souvenir. That was an expensive decision. The NFL has fined Crabtree and Gore $… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com Unless you're firmly in Andrew Luck's corner when it comes to the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year nomination -- and there's certainly some weight to that argument -- the wild-card battle between the Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks presents p… |
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Dave McKenna, deadspin.com Dan Snyder didn't even show up to his team's annual turkey giveaway before Thanksgiving. Somebody clearly told Snyder, the Redskins' unbeloved owner, that he couldn't win until his team won. And dang if he didn't listen. And dang if the team didn't win.… |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com It probably isn't a good thing to make Adrian Peterson angry, but a bar in Green Bay is going ahead and doing it any way before the Packers' big wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday night. The above picture was snapped in an … |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Donté Stallworth hasn't seen much playing time with the Patriots this year. He's only played in one game, and his 63-yard touchdown reception against the Texans marks the only time he's gotten his hands on the ball. This doesn't mean that Stallworth ha… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com When preparing to play any other running back, an opposing defense might talk about totally shutting him down. But against Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, the Packers have set a goal that is not nearly that lofty. “We aren’t giving up 200 again,… |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- With the ink not even dry on the New York Jets' dreadful season, Rex Ryan fled to the Bahamas only to be photographed lounging poolside at a resort hotel, book in hand, with an interesting tattoo gracing his right biceps. |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Jacksonville Jaguars assistant coaches are no longer in limbo. |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Tony Siragusa's book entertained us, even though he lied in the course of promoting it. But he consistently fails to entertain us on NFL telecasts. He also consistently fails to inform us, about football or, for that matter, anything else. This sweater … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Redskins make their return to playoff action on Sunday and cornerback DeAngelo Hall will join Erik Kuselias to talk about the game against the Seahawks on Friday’s edition of Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network. Hall had an up-and-down regular s… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Colts left guard Joe Reitz will not play in Sunday's playoff game at Baltimore because of a concussion. He will likely be replaced by Jeff Linkenbach. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Asante Samuel joined the Falcons, in part, so he could be nearer to his ailing mother. (Here's a good piece on the bond between the two.) Christine Samuel died on Tuesday, and with the Falcons on a bye, Asante has been away from the team all week. More … |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Pete Elliott, the longest-tenured executive director in the Pro Football Hall of Fame's history, has died. He was 86. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com For the second time this week, the Texans placed an inside linebacker on injured reserve. Tim Dobbins‘ season is over thanks to an ankle injury. The move leaves the Texans awfully thin at the position after placing Darryl Sharpton on injured reserve ear… |
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NBC Sports, yahoo.com The Jets need a new GM after firing Mike Tannenbaum, and Mike Florio thinks a photo of Rex Ryan's tattoo might influence New York's next hire. Recently revealed in a tabloid photo, Ryan's body art depicts his wife wearing a Mark Sanchez jersey while Teb… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Five teams are currently looking for General Managers. Five days after the 2012 regular season ended, a loose sense is emerging as to how things will fall together. Here’s the quick summary, as it’s currently making the rounds in league circles. 1.… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Playoff time is usually not a time when you opt to make big changes with the things that you didn’t bother altering during the regular season, but FOX is throwing caution to the wind next weekend all the same. Neil Best of Newsday reports that FOX has s… |
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Kristian Dyer, yahoo.com As he did last year for the playoffs, NFL Hall of Famer and New York Jets legend Joe Namath will join Yahoo! Sports and the Shutdown Corner Blog during the playoffs to break down the key games, players and moments each weekend. Make sure you like the Of… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Another man who made the trek from Philadelphia to Kansas City said he had a simple piece of advice for Andy Reid, when he was still thinking about the Chiefs job. “Go,” former Eagles and Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil said, via Randy Covitz of the Kansas … |
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Eric Nusbaum, deadspin.com MEXICO CITY-Freedom Sports & Fun Bar is located in a neighborhood here called Del Valle, where many of the streets are named after American cities. Boston, Detroit, and Sacramento run east and west just outside the bar. But inside, the only city with an |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com The New Year began with seven head coaching vacancies. One of those positions has been filled, as former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid has reached an agreement with the Kansas City Chiefs. The news of Reid's agreement came as no surprise as h… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Now that we’re mainstream (or something close to it), we’re careful (or at least more careful) about trafficking in rumors. But when there’s a juicy rumor that is making the rounds in league circles, it’s hard to ignore it. The latest isn’t a … |
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NBC Sports, yahoo.com Even though he doesn't act like he has a chip on his shoulder, Seattle Seahawks rookie quarterback Russell Wilson will have the chance to prove he belonged in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft. When Seattle faces Washington on Sunday in a NFC wil… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis‘ return to action from a torn triceps would have generated a lot of attention under any circumstances. The fact that it comes a few days after Lewis announced that he will retire after this season only serves to heighten the … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com NFL officials are talking about revamping the tuck rule. Dean Blandino, the league’s director of officiating, said in a video distributed to the media that the NFL’s Competition Committee plans to review the tuck rule, which was made famous on January… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Jaguars owner Shad Khan is busy interviewing general manager candidates, but he took time out to talk to his coach as well. A league source informs us that Khan met with coach Mike Mularkey this week, and the early sense is that Mularkey will be retaine… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com We’ve heard a lot about Chip Kelly this week, but it could have been two Pac-12 head coaches interviewing for NFL jobs if University of Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian decided to throw his hat into the ring. According to Albert Breer of the NFL Ne… |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com We're well on the way to establishing that the Washington Redskins have the most off-center fanbase in NFL football. First there was the loon diving into his Christmas tree to celebrate the win over the Cowboys, and now, well, this: Meet Pepper Cox, a D… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com There will be no shortage of intriguing story lines when the Indianapolis Colts visit the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Following a 2-14 season in 2011, the Colts fired longtime assistant and then-head coach Jim Caldwell, hired Chuck Pagano away from the … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With one of seven head-coaching vacancies filled, it’s unclear when the next seat will be occupied. A candidate for three of the open jobs has put the hay in the barn, and he’s applying patience as the teams gather information on other candidates. Per… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com You may not see Terrell Owens on the football field any time soon, but you may have run into him if you went to a southern California Goodwill store. According to TMZ, Owens fulfilled his community service requirement for falling behind on his child sup… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com I noted on New Year’s Day that South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney looks like he’s ready to be the first overall pick in the NFL draft, except that he’s only two years out of high school and therefore ineligible for the draft. According to… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Falcons don’t even play this weekend, but they’ve already recorded a win. Cornerback Dunta Robinson has been cleared through the league’s concussion protocol, and was back on the practice field Friday, according to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the At… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Jarvis Jones, a Georgia outside linebacker who is viewed as a potential first overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft, has made his decision: He’s leaving school to go pro. That decision has been expected all year, as Jones has been discussed as one of the b… |
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On paper, the Chiefs appear to have hit a home run in reportedly hiring Andy Reid as their new head coach. But Don Banks finds history may not be so kind to the new partnership. |
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Report: Reid agrees to deal to become Chiefs' coach |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Browns are set to interview Oregon coach Chip Kelly, who said he hopes to have the process "wrapped up quickly." |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com It’s not every day that a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame stops by PFT Live, so Friday’s a pretty big day for the program. Broncos executive vice president of football operations John Elway will be Mike Florio’s guest on Friday, a little mor… |
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Oregon coach Chip Kelly is set to interview with the Cleveland Browns, among other NFL teams. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Bears want to talk to Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians about their head coaching job and they might not be the only team interested in interviewing a guy who went 9-3 as the interim head coach of a playoff-bound club. Indianapolis isn’t just… |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Scott Pioli is out as general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, who have been negotiating the past two days with Andy Reid to become their next coach. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, with Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis set to retire after the playoffs, has lauded the career and contributions of the future Hall of Famer, calling him "a special guy. Obviously, he's an incredible football player." |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Andy Levitre has been a mainstay on the Buffalo Bills offensive line since being drafted in 2009. Since the Bills suck, however, it's unlikely that many people outside of Buffalo have any idea who he is. After tweeting out the photo you see above someti… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The Kansas City Chiefs and general manager Scott Pioli have mutually agreed to part ways. |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com Yep, this is where we are now: New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan has been spotted in the Bahamas sporting a tattoo of his wife wearing a Mark Sanchez jersey. No, really. We're not making this up. A New York Daily News reporter spotted Ryan at poolside a… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com On Thursday, there was a report that the Cardinals requested permission to interview Todd Haley for their head coaching position. The Steelers can’t block Haley from taking the interview, but Haley can turn down the opportunity himself. According to Ed … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com If Andy Reid does, as expected, become an NFL head coach again this year, he will again hire Juan Castillo as an assistant. Settle down, Chiefs fans: Reid wants Castillo to be his offensive line coach, not his defensive coordinator. Reid is widely regar… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com There will apparently be time to add more tattoos, if Rex Ryan chooses. During a discussion of the Jets general manager candidates, Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork points out an important caveat in the interview process. He writes, while discussing in-demand… |
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Despite an influx of playoff rookies at quarterback, the story of Wild Card Weekend will be told by the men under center and those assigned to stop them, writes Peter King. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com At a time when there has been plenty of talk regarding the possibility of Bill Parcells returning to the Jets and fixing what ails the franchise, Parcells says that will not happen. “No I wouldn’t listen,” Parcells told The Michael Kay Show on Thurs… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Lions receiver Titus Young repeatedly caused trouble last season, doing everything from punching a teammate to purposely lining up in the wrong spot during a game, and he was ultimately sent home and told not to come back to the team facility. But the L… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Jaguars have already interviewed two candidates, with a third on deck, but they’re not rushing through the process. A league source told Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union that owner Shad Khan’s decision isn’t expected “until next we… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com It’s no surprise that Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown, who died last month while riding in a car driven by Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent (pictured), had alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. It’s definitely a surprise that an autopsy reveale… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Ross Tucker shares his thoughts on the moves made (and not made) by the Bills this week. Patriots RB Danny Woodhead is playing a role similar to the one Kevin Faulk played for many years. A vote for Tom Gamble to be the next Jets general manager. LB Ter… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Jeremiah Trotter played a total of seven seasons for Andy Reid in three different stints with the Eagles. And he thinks he lost a lot of games because Reid got out-coached. “If it came down to both teams were even, talent-wise, I think the opponent’s … |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Jets have transcended ridiculous, and moved to a higher plane, where the insanity has begun to feed itself. They’ve now reached the point of having paparazzi, which today offers an image I can only apologize for if you’re reading over breakfast. T… |
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Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com Some of what we're reading this morning: The agony of the Giants' coach, possible landing spots for Oregon's coach and the value of statistical analysis in football. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Buccaneers player grumbling about his bosses who said “Can we send these coaches back to college?” is getting his wish, a little at a time. According to Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune, Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Ron Turner is leaving to take… |
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There is another way of looking at Woody Johnson and Rex Ryan’s decision to go into hiding and let the media cool their jets while waiting to grill them next week. While the pair violated NFL policy, they stand on solid ground when it comes to show busi… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com Oregon head coach Chip Kelly is easily one of the hottest names on the market for NFL teams in search of their next head coach. Now that the Ducks season is over with a 35-17 win over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl Thursday night, Kelly will turn his a… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com For the second time in six days, and the third time this season, the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings will face off. This time, the stakes are higher for both teams, and having split their NFC North series so far, the longtime rivals will see who… |
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It’s the year of the rookie quarterback with Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson starting in this weekend’s wild-card round and RG3 and Wilson facing each other, but for old time’s sake, there is one potential playoff matchup that is … |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com The last time the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins squared off, the two teams nearly came to blows before the coin toss even took place. The Redskins traveled to take on the Seahawks last November in a game that featured Rex Grossman and Tarvari… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com San Francisco 49ers kicker David Akers revealed Thursday he has been dealing with the lingering effects of a hernia surgery throughout most of the season. According to Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle, Akers underwent double sports hernia surg… |
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Because I'm a Bears fan, and because my friends and I made a blood pact to never again discuss what transpired in the NFL on Sunday afternoon, I decid... |
