Patriots fans heckle Torrey Smith on Twitter about brother’s deathCurtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com After watching their New England Patriots’ season come to an end last Sunday in a 28-13 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game, Patriots fans took to Twitter to express their frustration. Apparently, that meant feeling the need to hec… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com If members of the Ravens heckled a reporter from USA Today who dared to ask linebacker Ray Lewis about an unsolved double murder case, they could soon be getting the rotten tomatoes and eggs ready for anyone with a four-letter network affiliation. ESPN,… |
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Mike Reiss, ESPN.com New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was fined $10,000 by the NFL for making contact with Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed on a slide late in the first half of the AFC Championship Game, according to a league source. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The game remains 11 days away, but the teams who will be playing in it have made available to anyone who may be interested a rundown of the injuries that affected the ability of certain players to practice on Wednesday. Even if one of the teams didn’t p… |
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Tom Brady fined $10,000 for kick on Ed Reed … or, less than Frank Gore got fined for low socksJan 23
Frank Schwab, yahoo.com For those who think quarterbacks get preferential treatment by the NFL, this news will cause an bit of a stir. NFL.com has reported that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been fined $10,000 for going all Daniel-san/Ty Cobb on Ravens safety Ed Reed and … |
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The NFL surprisingly fined New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady $10,000 for unnecessary roughness in Sunday's AFC Championship Game, a source told The NFL Network. The discipline stems from Brady raising his right leg while sliding, as he hit Balt… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Maybe the Ravens shouldn’t complain about the ungainly kick slide from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Maybe, in reality, they should thank him. Via CSNBaltimore.com, safety Ed Reed says the maneuver actually stirred up the road team in the AFC title … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Every year, the NFL Players Association recognizes one of its members with the Byron “Whizzer” White Award. Named for the late Supreme Court Justice who played for the Steelers (known at the time as the Pirates) and Lions before becoming an intell… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com What's up, ladies? Do you like the Ravens? Would you like a ticket to the Super Bowl? Are you "hot?" Are you open to performing an "HJ/BJ/etc." in exchange for said Super Bowl ticket? Well then, this Craigslist ad is for you! More » |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Norv Turner will call plays for the Browns' next season. It's not yet certain who will run them. |
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Ron Milus lands in San DiegoJan 23
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Broncos may be holding a grudge against former defensive backs coach Ron Milus, but former Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy isn’t. Milus, fired in the wake of a playoff loss to the Ravens that featured three long touchdown passes and an unth… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The San Francisco 49ers will be the first team to touch down in New Orleans for the Super Bowl when the NFC champions arrive Sunday night. The Baltimore Ravens are set to show up Monday. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Colts owner is a weird dude. But he's honest. So when he tweeted Sunday afternoon that he'd give $8,500 to the first person to correctly predict the outcome and score of the Ravens/Patriots game (with a one-point cushion), there was no reason not to tak… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com A gossip website operator defended himself Wednesday against a defamation lawsuit by arguing that a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader featured in posts on the site is a public figure. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Cam Cameron was the scapegoat, but the former Ravens offensive coordinator said he wasn’t bitter about being fired in the middle of a Super Bowl run. In fact, he said he’s rooting for the Ravens next week, hoping his old co-workers do what he wasn’t… |
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There are 49 players on the Ravens' 53-man roster who are making their first Super Bowl appearance. But no one has waited longer than Ravens center Matt Birk. He has reached football's biggest stage after 15 seasons and 227 games played. It's why the 36… |
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Steve Reddicliffe, nytimes.com Olive branches were extended across the N.F.L. on Tuesday, but that's not to say there wasn't any feuding. |
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PunditTracker, deadspin.com Republished with permission from PunditTracker.com More » |
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Browns coach Rob Chudzinski is playing it smart by not committing to quarterback Brandon Weeden right away. It was certainly no surprise when Chudzinski said Wednesday that it was "premature" to say whether Weeden would be the starting quarter… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Ravens and 49ers are the two teams headed to the Super Bowl, but they aren’t the two teams that will be up for discussion during Wednesday’s edition of PFT Live. Mike Florio will be talking to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News about the Jets… |
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Browns coach Rob Chudzinski made the right move Wednesday, when he officially gave the play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Norv Turner. Chudzinski didn't fall into the same pitfall as the man he replaced, Pat Shurmur, who kept the dual role of … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Bengals running game in 2012 was made up of BenJarvus Green-Ellis, BenJarvus Green-Ellis and a little more BenJarvus Green-Ellis. The Law Firm carried the ball 278 times in the regular season and the rest of the Bengals running backs carried it 81 t… |
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I'm sorry to inform everyone that our weekly AFC North chat had to be moved from Wednesday to Thursday. Some Super Bowl preparations have caused an unexpected scheduling conflict. Let's plan to meet up on Thursday at 3 p.m. for the half-hour chat. Also,… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Maybe if Ray Lewis gets bored doing television in his retirement, he can devote all his energies to the U.S. Olympic team. If that’s the case, the United States might win every medal in every sport contested. Because none other than Michael Phelps, the … |
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After Ray Lewis' final game, which will come in the Super Bowl next Sunday, he should put together a resume that can read something like this: Future Hall of Fame linebacker, part-time dancer and successful motivational speaker. Lewis really has become … |
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