Friends Successfully Use Twitter To Get Adrian Peterson To Call High School Kid With CancerSean Newell, deadspin.com At least, it appears they succeeded. The friend with cancer, Blake Cognata, is a senior lacrosse player from Fairport, NY who is also Minnesota Vikings fan. From what we can gather, Cognata seems to be a pretty good dude. Unsurprisingly, then, a grounds… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With the 49ers preparing for a playoff game that they won a year ago against the team they beat to start the current season, it’s becoming harder to overlook the fact that the quarterback who led San Fran to victory against the Saints in January 2012 an… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Lions plunged from 10-6 to 4-12 in one season, but the powers-that-be see the glass as 25-percent full. “We still have a lot of confidence in our young players - Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson with a record year - guys who can form the nucleus |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com So far, Texans offensive coordinator Rick Dennison has landed on the interview list of only one NFL team - the Bears. His current boss thinks the time has come for someone to give Dennison a chance to run a team of his own. “I think he’s been read |
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Jay Busbee, yahoo.com Tough news out of the Arena Football League, as player Chandler Williams died Sunday while playing in a flag football tournament. Williams, who was 27, had played for several NFL teams. He had been drafted in the seventh round by the Minnesota Vikings i… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The meaningful portion of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s season came to an end in Saturday night’s loss to the Packers, but Peterson’s still got one more game to play. Peterson will be heading to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and he said Monday tha… |
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Robert Griffin III will get more tests on his injured right knee after an MRI proved inconclusive because of a previous ACL tear. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Two head-coaching jobs have been filled, and five (for now) remain vacant. Two of the teams still looking have caused some grumbling in NFL circles over the width of their nets. Per a league source, some teams believe the Bears and Eagles are employing… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The 49ers sent both their kickers to Candlestick Park Monday, to continue the competition that will determine who kicks against the Packers Saturday. And while 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said he had a hunch which way he was leaning, he didn’t divulge whic… |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Andy Reid has been introduced as the new coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, one week after he was fired following 14 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. |
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John Clayton's Last Call column broached a unique angle in looking ahead to Saturday night's divisional playoff game at Candlestick Park. Namely: Will the Green Bay Packers have an advantage because their defense is less beat up than the San Francisco 4… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Today, Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder can hold a football and raise it to his chest. That’s progress. Ponder told reporters Monday there was no way his right arm would have allowed him to play in Saturday night’s playoff loss to the Packers, as … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com As the Vikings embark on their 2013 offseason a week later than expected but four weeks sooner than hoped, they’ll need to figure out whether receiver Percy Harvin will be part of the team next season. Coach Leslie Frazier believes Harvin will be back. … |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) It's official: Doug Marrone is the Buffalo Bills' new coach. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Packers are a different offense than the first time they played the 49ers. And that may actually help the 49ers this time through. As Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee points out, because Green Bay spent much of the opener spreading the field with … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Packers had a couple of offensive starters leave Saturday night’s win over the Vikings before the game was complete, but it doesn’t sound like there’s much worry about either player’s status for next weekend’s game against the 49ers. Tight e… |
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After the Green Bay Packers' 24-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, here are three issues that merit further examination: Charles Woodson has seen just about everything in his 15-year career. He has even suffered, rehabilitated and returned from the … |
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We're Black and Blue All Over: At a time when two of the NFL's seven head-coaching vacancies have been filled, the Chicago Bears are still adding names to their list of candidates. That is not necessarily a bad thing; it simply illustrates they are on t… |
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The 2012 NFL playoffs got off to a sloppy start, but RGIII's injury was the ugliest moment of the wild-card round. So, who's to blame in D.C.? Peter King weighs in on that and more. |
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