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NFC East News and Rumors

Peterson edges out Peyton for NFL MVP award

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Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins has won The Associated Press 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, beating out two other sensational first-year quarterbacks.

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NEW ORLEANS -- A big night continued for the NFC East when Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten was named the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year. The award is the only one of the night that honors a player's off-field contributions, and Witten beat ou…

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

NEW ORLEANS -- Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in a very tough field that could have seen any one of three first-year quarterbacks as the man in the spotlight. Indianapolis Colts quarterb…

Sam Eifling, deadspin.com

The NFL's next Hall of Fame class, just announced, has a few dudes the TV made famous. There's Bill Parcells, who made a coaching career of winning two Super Bowls with the Giants and then convincing other teams believe he might ever do it again; Chris …

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NEW ORLEANS -- A Hall of Famer is a Hall of Famer, period. They don't rank the busts in Canton in any particular order, don't stack certain ones above others. Yet to those of us who perceive these things from the outside, it sometimes seems as though ou…

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NEW ORLEANS -- Two of the NFC East candidates up for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year were selected for induction. Former New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells became a Hall of Famer in his second year of eligibility.…

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Chris Canty will watch Sunday’s Ravens-49ers matchup in Super Bowl XLVII with a critical eye. And it will have nothing to do with studying players he’ll go up against in the future.

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN.com

Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw had another surgery to replace a screw in his right foot.

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NEW ORLEANS -- Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman thinks the Cowboys should be looking to draft a quarterback in this year's draft. Aikman remains a fan of current starter Tony Romo, but he thinks it's time for the Cowboys to address the long…

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Receiver DeSean Jackson says the coaching change the Eagles made should result in at least one certainty for next season after struggling to a 4-12 finish in 2012 -- retaining the services of Michael Vick.