NY Giants would be wrong to take Trent Richardson and Cleveland Browns lightlyThere are no such things as breathers in the NFL, particularly if you’re the defending Super Bowl champions like the Giants.But the natural inclination would be to look at a young team like the Browns and think that way. |
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Picking apart the Week Five picksOct 4, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Every Thursday, MDS joins PFT Live to discuss our game picks for the coming week. This week, we disagree on two games — Cardinals at Rams (which is going on right now) and Falcons at Redskins. We also each have one game that makes us nervous. For MDS,… |
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Jason Pierre-Paul isn’t having funOct 4, 2012
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Jason Peters thinks he can play this seasonOct 4, 2012
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Eagles left tackle Jason Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon in March, had it surgically repaired, and then ruptured it again in May. Describing his offseason like that, you might think that it goes without saying that Peters won’t play until the 2013 s… |
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Film review: Demetress Bell vs. the GiantsOct 4, 2012
It appears as though Demetress Bell, who was signed in the summer to replace the injured Jason Peters but lost his job in training camp to King Dunlap, is going to be the Philadelphia Eagles' starting left tackle again Sunday and possibly for the forese… |
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Browns S Ward practices despite broken thumbOct 4, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Browns starting safety T.J. Ward is practicing with a broken right thumb and could play this Sunday against the New York Giants. |
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Trent Richardson: Browns can run on GiantsOct 4, 2012
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Browns running back Trent Richardson has watched the film of the Giants’ loss to the Eagles, and he liked what he saw. Richardson told New York reporters that after seeing the Giants’ defense give up 191 rushing yards against Philadelphia, he’s conf… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Redskins got wide receiver Pierre Garçon back for Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers, although it was clear he wasn’t 100 percent recovered from his foot injury during the game. Garçon’s biggest play came when he fell on a Robert Griffin III fum… |
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Not playing Sun.: Giants' NicksOct 4, 2012
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks won't play in Sunday's game against Cleveland because of recurring left foot and knee problems. |
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Cowboys' line was penalty-free MondayOct 4, 2012
Here's another silver lining from the Dallas Cowboys' miserable Monday night loss to the Chicago Bears: They weren't whistled for one single false-start penalty in the entire game. Hey, I'm trying here. As you can see from Todd Archer's penalty breakdow… |
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Giants' Nicks to Miss Third Consecutive GameOct 4, 2012
Sam Borden, nytimes.com Wide receiver Hakeem Nicks, who has been battling knee and ankle injuries, won't return by Sunday to play the Cleveland Browns. |
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Aldrick Robinson recovers from pregame collisionOct 4, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Before Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers, Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather ran into receiver Aldrick Robinson, who was walking with his head down. Robinson was knocked unconscious. Amazingly, Robinson has been cleared to play. Even more amazingly,… |
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Film review: Will Beatty handled Trent ColeOct 4, 2012
I have attempted another "all-22" breakdown using the NFL Game Rewind app, and this time I went through Sunday night's game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles with a specific focus on the left tackles. I will have a post u… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin didn’t really know what Steelers receiver Antonio Brown meant when he called him a “candy bar,” though he surmised it was not a compliment. “It’s up to me to do what I got to do to make sure they don’t treat me… |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com All right, this is fairly awesome: over the weekend, word began spreading that Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy has used a clever catchphrase as he's juked would-be tacklers: his own last name. Andrew Taglianetti, a senior at Pittsburgh and… |
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Robert Griffin III, Offensive Rookie of MonthOct 4, 2012
The Washington Redskins announced Thursday that their rookie quarterback, Robert Griffin III, has been named the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Month for September. This strikes me as something of a no-brainer selection, as his closest competition likely… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The per-team unadjusted salary cap this year is $120.6 million. But no team has an actual salary cap of $120.6 million. Via various accounting devices (including the ability to carry over unused cap space from 2011 and the penalties imposed on the Cowbo… |
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PFT’s Week Five picksOct 4, 2012
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Last week was a very good week. But for a late field goal by the Redskins, misplaced faith in the Chiefs, and a failure to realize that, as Joe Theismann says, Tony Romo “isn’t that good,” I would have generated the first perfect week of picks in … |
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Cowboys lacking home-field advantageOct 4, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Cowboys have a showplace of a stadium. They just don’t have a home-field advantage. The Cowboys are a meager 14-12 in Cowboys Stadium since it opened in 2009, and the Bears felt particularly at home Monday. “Big ups to all the Chicago fans in Dall… |
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Breakfast links: Numbers on RG3Oct 4, 2012
Good Thursday morning to you all here in the NFC East. We are gearing up for a weekend of three games that will teach us whether the Eagles are over their turnover problem, whether the Giants can handle their injury problem and whether the Redskins are … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The Cowboys were a .500 team last year in Jason Garrett’s first season as head coach, and they’re 2-2 this year. That isn’t the record of a great coach. But Cowboys tight end Jason Witten says Garrett is better than his record suggests. “Jason’s… |
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Critics Have It Wrong About RomoOct 4, 2012
Andy Benoit, nytimes.com It's amazing how many sports media members have unknowingly embarrassed themselves this week by criticizing the Dallas quarterback. |
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