Your Monday Night Football Open ThreadSean Newell, deadspin.com Chicago at San Francisco: So, this might have been a decent game but neither starting quarterback will be playing due to concussions. Instead it's Jason Campbell and Colin Kaepernick. Yikes. Kaepernick did surprise the Jets earlier this year with some s… |
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Rex mum on Pats, no trash talk this timeNov 19, 2012
Rex Ryan is applying his long-standing free speech team policy in the run-up to the Thanksgiving night showdown with the Patriots: He is exercising his right not to engage in any trash talk with the AFC East division leaders. |
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Tebow discusses challenges of small roleNov 19, 2012
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- It's not Tim Tebow's style to complain about a lack of playing time, but he admitted Monday it's not easy to stay in the flow of the game. "I don't think it's challenging to stay focused, I think it's challenging ... When you'… |
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Monday’s John Murphy ShowNov 19, 2012
johnmurphyshow, buffalobills.com We start a new week on The John Murphy Show tonight, with a visit from one of the Bills top offensive performers. TE Scott Chandler joins us at 7:20pm, and we’ll talk about the Bills red zone problems in last Thursday’s win over the Dolphins, and how … |
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Ravens' Reed gets 1-game banNov 19, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) Baltimore Ravens star safety Ed Reed has been suspended for one game by the NFL for repeated violations of rules prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players. |
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Dolphins, Jets won’t face Rob GronkowskiNov 19, 2012
The New York Jets and Miami Dolphins are a pair of 4-6 teams fighting to keep their season alive. Every game will be critical for these two AFC East teams to have a shot at making a late run at the wild card. That is why Miami and New York received a li… |
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Report: Gronkowski will miss 4-8 weeksNov 19, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The chain of reports regarding the broken arm suffered by Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has included various accounts of his expected absence. The latest comes from our pal Tom Curran of CSN New England. Per Curran, Gronkowski will miss four to eig… |
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Ryan focused on Jets instead of tweaking PatsNov 19, 2012
Jane McManus, ESPN.com Jets coach Rex Ryan is taking an unfamiliar tact ahead of his team's Thanksgiving night game against the Patriots. Humility. |
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AFC East Stock WatchNov 19, 2012
Let’s take a look at whose stock is rising and falling in the AFC East. Falling 1. Miami Dolphins’ playoff chances: Just three weeks ago, the Dolphins were 4-3 and thinking playoffs. But that ended quickly following Miami’s three-game losing streak … |
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QBR: Brady and Sanchez shineNov 19, 2012
The New England Patriots are rolling with hot weapons and quarterback Tom Brady is having another Pro Bowl season. That run continued in Week 11 as Brady led New England to 59 points in a win over the Indianapolis Colts. Brady finished second in the lea… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Thanksgiving is still a few days away, but it isn’t too soon to start looking ahead to Thursday’s games. The Patriots will travel to face the Jets in one of those games and Tom Curran of CSN New England will be on Monday’s PFT Live to talk about whe… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com LeSean McCoy wasn't the only star player to get needlessly injured late in a blowout. Reports out of New England say Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski broke his arm late in the Patriots' 59-24 stomping of Indianapolis, and has already undergone surgery. He's e… |
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Leading Off: Eyesores of All KindsNov 19, 2012
Lynn Zinser, nytimes.com Yipes! Stripes! The Steelers' throwback uniforms were just one reason Sunday's game against the Ravens was tough to watch. |
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Cassel sees what’s coming, Quinn stays positiveNov 19, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Matt Cassel won’t say as much, but he seems to know it’s over. And Brady Quinn doesn’t seem to know where he is. After being benched for the second time this season, this time at halftime of a 28-6 loss to the Bengals, the Chiefs opening day startin… |
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Josh Freeman wasn't perfect, but on Sunday he looked a lot like a recent Super Bowl winner, Peter King writes. He was just one QB who had an impact, good or bad, on Week 11. |
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Monday morning one-linersNov 19, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Bills have gotten stability at cornerback with the addition of Stephon Gilmore. The Dolphins can look to the 2009 Jets for a glimmer of hope this season. CB Aqib Talib called his Patriots debut “sloppy” despite an interception return for a touchdo… |
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Andy Benoit, nytimes.com Julian Edelman wound up stealing the show against the Colts, but as always, it's Tom Brady who makes the Patriots go. |
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Brady, eloquently, on Gronk: “It sucks”Nov 19, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com When Tom Brady left Gillette Stadium last night, he was enjoying a 59-24 win. The reality that he lost one of his most dangerous weapons didn’t kick in for about an hour afterward. “I know he got injured, but I obviously didn’t know the extent,” B… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com Matt Schaub, QB, Houston Texans: In his last three games before Sunday's matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars -- games against the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, and Chicago Bears -- Schaub had thrown for a total of five touchdowns. His one-score, tw… |
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Seven-step drop: Life without 'Gronk'Nov 19, 2012
The AFC East division was an impressive 3-1 this past week. Here are seven notes an observations in the division: The New England Patriots will be without Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski for several weeks due to a broken forearm, ESPN's Adam Schefter … |
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