Jets G.M. candidates included Randy Mueller, tooMike Florio, profootballtalk.com It’s been difficult to keep track of the various candidates for the Jets G.M. job because, well, there are just too many of them. There’s another one who previously had been unknown. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that former Saints a… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com The brotherly bond between Chandler and Arthur Jones is evident. They come together to support their brother Jon, the UFC light heavyweight champion. They were together when Chandler was drafted to the New England Patriots. However, that brotherly bond … |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Jets are closing in on hiring a general manager, with Seattle executive John Idzik the apparent front-runner. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Jets should draft linebacker Manti Te’o, if for no reason other than gratitude. Te’o's travails have made us all forget, for a while, the dysfunction enveloping the New York Jets. But we’ll be reminded of it soon, when the Jets hire a General … |
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The New England Patriots are favored to beat the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. But several ESPN experts sense an upset is brewing in Foxborough. ESPN’s panel picked the Patriots over the Ravens by an 8-4 margin. Merril Hoge, Mike… |
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Mike Rodak, ESPN.com The Patriots on Thursday put tight end Rob Gronkowski on season-ending injured reserve. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Patriots have a roster spot to fill before this weekend’s game against the Ravens. They officially placed tight end Rob Gronkowski on injured reserve Thursday, four days after breaking a bone in his left arm for the second time this season. The inju… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Doug Marrone has hired three more assistants to his new Buffalo Bills staff, including Ike Hilliard taking over as receivers coach. |
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Any Buffalo Bills fan with a pulse knows the team desperately needs linebacker help. For starters, Buffalo lacked toughness and was 31st against the run in 2012. Second, new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine will mix in more 3-4 alignments next season.… |
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One Step From New OrleansJan 17
There will be little margin for error in Sunday's conference title games. Both contests look like thrillers, perhaps classics. Who will reach Super Bowl XLVII? Peter King picks. |
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From the outside, it appears the New York Jets had a bevy of issues this season. There were various distractions, led by the Tim Tebow saga. There was poor coaching, particularly on offense. The Jets also had back-biting teammates who ran to the media w… |
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New England Patriots rookie cornerback Alfonzo Dennard returned to practice Thursday. He missed Wednesday's session due to a mandatory court appearance in Nebraska. Dennard was charged with assault in Nebraska in April and had two court appearances push… |
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ESPNBoston.com, ESPN.com Boston mayor Thomas Menino added to his blooper reel Wednesday, referring to Patriots 'Wilcock' and 'Gonk'. |
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Last year in the AFC Championship Game, New England Patriots running backs Stevan Ridley and Shane Vereen were two rookies in street clothes -- and neither player was happy about it. Ridley showed flashes in his first year with the Patriots by rushing f… |
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Now the Patriots are one win away from a third Super Bowl appearance in six years, trying for their first championship since the '04 season. You have to like their odds. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Last week, MDS and yours truly agreed on every pick. After Saturday’s games, it looked like we’d be Thelma-and-Louiseing our way to an 0-4 weekend. But after getting it wrong by relying on the Broncos and Packers, we were perfect on Sunday with the … |
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The AFC East blog continues its series this week on ranking team needs. On Thursday we take a peek at the new-look Buffalo Bills, who finished 6-10 last season. No. 1 need: Quarterback Analysis: The Bills are never going to catch the New England Patriot… |
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Thursday morning one-linersJan 17
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Bills are giving it the old college try with a new coaching staff, populated mostly with inexperience. The Dolphins ought to be more interested in free agent WRs than drafting one, according to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald. The Patriots are … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Jets linebacker Bart Scott says the problem with the team in 2012 is easy to explain: A lack of talent. Scott said on Inside the NFL that there’s nothing hard to understand about why the Jets went 6-10. That’s what happens when your personnel doesn’… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com When the Patriots sent a fourth-round draft pick to the Buccaneers for cornerback Aqib Talib just hours before the trade deadline, they were taking a major risk. Talib had talent, but he had also had so much off-field trouble that the Bucs were sick of … |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com The New York Jets have one less name to consider for their vacant offensive coordinator position. According to Kimberley A. Martin of Newsday, the Jets will not hire former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron as the replacement for the fi… |
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