Ravens Super Bowl practice reportNEW ORLEANS (AP) Baltimore Ravens starters Dannell Ellerbe and Dennis Pitta practiced Wednesday in heavy winds at Tulane University, looking sharp despite nagging injuries. |
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NFC South evening updateJan 30
NEW ORLEANS -- Let's take a run through the day's headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS With Joe Flacco in the Super Bowl, you knew this question was going to come up. Did the Falcons make the right decision in drafting Matt Ryan over Flac… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Falcons coach Mike Smith is in New Orleans this week, but not for the reason he’d like. He wanted to be coaching one of the teams in the Super Bowl instead of visiting the Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network crew on the Wednesday before the game. We… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- They’re having a Super Bowl here Sunday, but the best show of the week came Wednesday afternoon. Adults cried tears of sorrow and joy, reporters violated the time-honored tradition of not clapping at news conferences and a clear winner em… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com When the Panthers replaced offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski with quarterbacks coach Mike Shula, the obvious message was that the team wanted stability on offense. Coach Ron Rivera made it official. Rivera said that the play of quarterback Cam Newton… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Buccaneers had the league’s worst pass defense in 2012, which is probably why they didn’t put up much of a fight when defensive backs coach Ron Cooper wanted to take a job at the University of South Florida. It did leave them with an opening on th… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- It was not difficult to find the members of the San Francisco 49ers' offensive line on the turf of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome at Super Bowl Media Day on Tuesday, even though thousands of people were there, including peppy guys dressed as… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Brett Favre is coming back. To television. The Associated Press reports that Favre will be part of the NFL Network team providing 10-plus hours of coverage from New Orleans on Super Bowl Sunday. We haven’t heard much from Favre since the Saints bounty a… |
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NEW ORLEANS – When Drew Brees signed his $100 million contract last summer, he became the highest-paid player in NFL history. That’s why he could chuckle a bit when he reflected on how his financial picture wasn’t always so rosy. Speaking to a group… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Near the end of the 49ers’ 28-24 NFC Championship Game win against the Falcons, 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks hit Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and left Ryan with a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder. Brooks can empathize with Ryan’s plight since … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Ravens tight end Ed Dickson is watching tape of the 49ers, and he likes what he sees. Dickson said at Super Bowl Media Day that watching the 49ers’ defense give up 24 first-half points to the Falcons in the NFC Championship Game, the Ravens became confi… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com With Tuesday's "Media Day" over and done with, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers can get down to business and focus on preparing for Super Bowl XLVII. Both teams will practice on Wednesday, with the 49ers using the New Orleans Saint… |
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There’s a sudden stream of speculation that the Atlanta Falcons could be moving to Los Angeles. I’m not buying it. Maybe you never say never, but I see this one as an extreme long shot. I see it simply as another step in the negotiating process to get… |
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