Eli Manning looks refreshed from week off, and NY Giants will need quarterback at best for Green Bay Packers gameReports had the ball flying out of quarterback Eli Manning’s hand with greater velocity and accuracy than at any time in the last four weeks. |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com Things are so bad in Philadelphia that reporters are just asking Andy Reid if he's going to quit to save himself the indignity of being fired. The Eagles were soundly defeated by the Redskins yesterday, 31-6, bringing Philly down to 3-7 and all by itsel… |
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Former NY Giants quarterback and CBS analyst Phil Simms scrambles on ‘elite’ remark of Eli ManningNov 19, 2012
It's hard believing a tough guy like Phil Simms would be troubled by reaction to his branding Eli Manning the un-elite. Yet watching a guy who spent a career on offense get so defensive Sunday on national television gives reason to believe he wished he … |
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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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London Fletcher dealing with sprained ankleNov 19, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Redskins linebacker London Fletcher’s consecutive games played streak is in jeopardy again. Fletcher sprained his left ankle during Sunday’s 31-6 win over the Eagles and Tarik El-Bashir of CSNWashington.com reports that Fletcher’s ankle is in a walk… |
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Redskins' Meriweather out rest of seasonNov 19, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com He was all over the field making plays for the Washington Redskins, and his name isn't Robert Griffin III. Now Brandon Meriweather's season is done after one game with a torn ACL in his right knee -- and right after his left knee had finally healed. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Giants got back to work on Monday after their bye and returned to face the same kinds of questions they were facing before being given the week off by coach Tom Coughlin. Those questions have to do with the team’s poor play in two losses before the … |
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Eli Manning says his arm feels betterNov 19, 2012
While he continues publicly to put little stock into reports that a "tired arm" is the reason for his recent struggles, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning did admit that he felt better throwing the ball Monday in the team's first practice… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Ah, 2011. I remember it like it was just last year. The powerfully frisky Cardinals clawed and pecked their way to 8-8 with a 7-2 finish. They beat the Eagles in Philly. They beat the Cowboys. They beat the Niners. They started woefully, but they finish… |
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Eli back in flow as Giants cling to division leadNov 19, 2012
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN.com Eli Manning returned from the New York Giants' bye week refreshed, recharged and with his arm feeling lively as the team enters a season-ending six-game stretch that will determine whether it reaches the playoffs. |
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Source: Cowboys' Murray, Smith likely outNov 19, 2012
Calvin Watkins, ESPN.com The Dallas Cowboys likely will not have two of their valuable offensive talents for the Thanksgiving Day game against the Washington Redskins. |
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Percy Harvin’s ankle still “sore and pretty tender”Nov 19, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Giants quarterback Eli Manning returned to work after a bye week on Monday and reported the pop was back in his arm. Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin didn’t have quite the same return to health during Minnesota’s week off. Harvin didn’t participat… |
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Gronkowski has surgery on armNov 19, 2012
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) A person familiar with Rob Gronkowski's injury says the New England Patriots tight end has undergone surgery for a broken forearm. |
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Dez Bryant: Getting booed hurt my heartNov 19, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant had a very productive Sunday. He caught 12 passes for 145 yards to help the Cowboys come back in the second half against the Browns and ultimately win the game in overtime. That didn’t stop him from hearing boos at Cowbo… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com After Andy Reid said he wasn’t going to quit on the Eagles, he moved on to updating the status of quarterback Michael Vick and running back LeSean McCoy. Both players are recovering from concussions and both are still at the first stage of the process. … |
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Timothy Burke, deadspin.com ESPN's SportsCenter Facebook page attempted to capitalize on Robert Griffin III's solid game against the Eagles yesterday by posting the mangled meme you see above. In addition to the expected racist arguments, among the 1,000-so comments were dozens of… |
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Eagles' Reid: Resigning would be a 'cop-out'Nov 19, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Andy Reid said Monday that he won't resign as the Philadelphia Eagles' coach because quitting on his team would be a "cop out" after he has asked the players to keep fighting. |
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Reid not quitting, could go back to VickNov 19, 2012
Those who have been asking whether Andy Reid will finish out this season as Philadelphia Eagles coach can stop asking. Multiple reports out of Philadelphia today say Reid is not in danger of being fired this week, after the team's sixth straight loss, a… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com When he walks out onto Lincoln Financial Field a week from tonight, Eagles coach Andy Reid knows he’s going to hear the loudest boos of his coaching career. But he says he can live with that. Reid said at his press conference today that he believes he a… |
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In praise of Cowboys WR Dez BryantNov 19, 2012
When people talk about the "talent" the Dallas Cowboys have, they're thinking about certain players in key positions who appear to possess the ability to be great. I have argued (and continue to believe) that the Cowboys don't have as much &qu… |
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Jerry Jones downplays Sunday chat with HolmgrenNov 19, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Mike Holmgren’s tenure with the Browns doesn’t officially come to an end until the year is out, so he was in Dallas with the team on Sunday. After a week filled with talk about Holmgren’s interest in coaching the Cowboys and Jerry Jones’ appreciat… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Eagles have lost six straight games and are coming off a 31-6 pasting at the hands of a 4-6 Redskins team on Sunday afternoon. Players seem resigned to the fact that coach Andy Reid will be gone in the near future, although it seems that Reid will r… |
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The Gruden leverage game acceleratesNov 19, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Next week, when the Panthers and Eagles prepare to square off on Monday Night Football, one of the guys from the ESPN broadcast team eventually could end up being a candidate to coach not one but both of the teams that will be playing. Awkward. Indeed, … |
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Total QBR: RG3 great, but not 'perfect'Nov 19, 2012
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III earned a perfect score of 158.3 in Sunday's victory on the traditional NFL passer rating scale. He's the fourth quarterback in the last five years to do that in a game. Yet his Total QBR -- the stat tha… |
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Report: Reid will coach on Monday nightNov 19, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With the Eagles’ bye week a distant memory, the question becomes whether a week with one extra day in it will result in a coaching change. Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that Andy Reid will remain the head coach when the Eagles host th… |
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Breakfast links: Eagles sink to the bottomNov 19, 2012
Yeah, a couple of teams gained ground on the idle first-place Giants in the NFC East race. But the way the division's teams played for most of the day Sunday, it's clearer than ever that, if the Giants don't win this division, they will have themselves … |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The Dallas Cowboys did everything they could early on Sunday to hand the Cleveland Browns a victory. Unfortunately for the Browns, they couldn’t take advantage, blowing a 13-0 halftime lead and eventually falling to the Cowboys in overtime, 23-20. The w… |
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