Source: Tagliabue bounty ruling coming TuesdayNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- More than nine months after the NFL first disclosed its bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints, four players will finally get a ruling on whether their initial suspensions are upheld, reduced or thrown out. |
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Falcons inching closer to new stadium in AtlantaDec 10, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com After about two years of discussions, the Atlanta Falcons are a step closer to getting a new downtown stadium. |
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Jonathan Bales, nytimes.com It isn't often that you fool a quarterback like the Saints' Drew Brees, but it appears the Giants did just that on a key play to open the second half. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is expected to announce on Tuesday his decision on the appeals for four players suspended in the Saints bounty case. But that doesn’t mean this whole thing is over. Reports from the Associated Press and New Orleans… |
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Vick, McCoy pass concussion tests, could returnDec 10, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Michael Vick and LeSean McCoy have passed concussion tests and could return to practice with the Eagles once they've been cleared by an independent neurologist. |
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NFC South afternoon updateDec 10, 2012
I arrived back at NFC South Blog headquarters just a bit ago and there are a whole lot of odds and ends to catch up on from all around the division. Let’s take a rapid-fire look: ATLANTA FALCONS The team’s plans for a new stadium seemed to take anothe… |
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Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com Sup, gang. We got this email from a reader a few minutes ago. We're passing it along because, well ... do we really need to explain?: More » |
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Greg Hardy Tells The Falcons To Get The Fuck Off His Field, Gets Trolled By Matt BryantDec 10, 2012
Tom Ley, deadspin.com It was Week 4 when Matt Ryan told the Carolina Panthers to "get the fuck off of his field" at the conclusion of his team's dramatic victory over the lowly Panthers. Headed into this week's rematch, it became known that the Panthers were still … |
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Ahmad Bradshaw having MRI, other tests on kneeDec 10, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Running back Ahmad Bradshaw left Sunday’s win over the Saints briefly with a left knee injury, but it wasn’t a big of topic of conversation after Bradshaw returned to the game and David Wilson stole all of the attention paid to the Giants backfield wi… |
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Drew Brees struggling on deep throwsDec 10, 2012
For almost all of his tenure with the New Orleans Saints, Drew Brees has been one of the NFL’s most efficient quarterbacks. But it hasn’t been that way the last three games. In losses to the Giants, Falcons and 49ers, Brees has been intercepted nine t… |
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was the only NFC South quarterback to win a game in Week 14. He also was the best quarterback in the league, by at least one measure. Newton posted a 97.0 Total QBR in Sunday’s 30-20 victory against the Falcons. … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com During the week leading up to Sunday’s game against the Falcons, several members of the Panthers made it clear that they hadn’t forgotten Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan’s message to them after the Falcons pulled out a win in their first matchup of th… |
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Clinching scenarios for the FalconsDec 10, 2012
Even after Sunday’s 30-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Atlanta Falcons still are in good position for a prime spot in the postseason. We’ve got some updated clinching scenarios, courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information. The Falcons can clinch the … |
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Young Christian, a/k/a ‘Little Fear,’ injects YouTube virality into Tampa Bay Bucs’ ‘Gangnam Style’ danceDec 10, 2012
Doug Farrar, yahoo.com Like seemingly every other NFL franchise, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to beat this "Gangnam Style" thing into the ground. They've been rolling the monster dance hit into their in-game entertainment for a few months -- they released the… |
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Panthers looking at top-five pickDec 10, 2012
If the season ended today, the Carolina Panthers would hold the No. 5 pick in the 2013 NFL draft. They’re one of five teams with a 4-9 record and they could move up or down in the remaining three games of the season. But, at the moment, the Panthers hav… |
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Saints loss embarrassing, but not unusual this yearDec 10, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com When the Saints won five of six games to get back to .500 on the season, it became fashionable to mark them a dangerous team, pushing for a playoff berth. But a three-game losing streak that follow has revealed them for what they are, a flawed team that… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com On Sunday morning, details were incomplete regarding the offer made by the NFL to settle the bounty suspensions short of a decision from former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. The story from ESPN has since been updated to reflect the terms offered to Saint… |
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The Math Bowl: Carolina's Win Against AtlantaDec 10, 2012
Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com Atlanta was 11-1 and favored by 3.5 points by the oddsmakers. So why were some statisticians talking up the 3-9 Panthers? |
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Falcons made it easier for their own doubtersDec 10, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Falcons know better than everyone they underperformed yesterday. And they know that the doubters who were in the shadows as as they started the season 11-1 will be out in full force after they lost in embarrassing fashion to the Panthers. “I can hea… |
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