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NFL Replay: Steelers could now be the team to beat in the AFC

After Sunday's win in New England, Hines Ward and the Steelers are 9-3 with the AFC's second-best record. Jarrett Bell, who covers the NFL for USA TODAY, hands out his weekly accolades each Tuesday during NFL season Get the...

Offensive front contributed heavily to Bolts' latest defeat

When the gun sounds, LaDainian Tomlinson is no more elusive than a bulldozer. He's a cutback runner, but a straightforward speaker: direct, succinct, all eye contact all the time. “We got our butts kicked,” the Chargers'...

Norv or Rich?

I haven’t written about sports in ages, but I’ve got to ask any NFL-fan readers: I’ve long considered Rich Kotite to be the most inept head coach of my lifetime, but I’ve got to tell you, the job Norv Turner is doing in San...

Ravens' Lewis a Ray of wisdom

He lends guidance to many in NFL When Ray Lewis heard Chad Ocho Cinco was deactivated for being late to a team meeting last week, it wasn't too long before he was on the phone with the disgruntled Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver.

Another Sunday trip into weird, wacky

By Jim Armstrong The Denver Post With coach Tom Coughlin at the controls, the Giants are 10-1. San Francisco at Buffalo 11 a.m., Bills by 7 Last meeting: Bills won 41-7 at San Francisco on Dec. 26, 2004. Prediction: Bills 30,...

NFL: Week 13 Capsules

Nov 30, 2008

By Bob Christ • Special to the RGJ • November 30, 2008 San Francisco (3-8) at Buffalo (6-5) Line: Bills by 6.5 Facts: The 49ers, 0-6 straight up (and against the line) in "jet lag" games in 2007-08, are the fourth West Coast...

Playoff Position On Line In Falcons-Chargers Battle

This Sunday's game between the Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers was supposed to be a matchup of one team squarely in the playoff mix and the other struggling to pick up wins. SERIES HISTORY The Falcons are 6-1 in their...

10 things that fans should understand

No matter what you've heard, perception is not always reality. It's the mirror image you find in a carnival funhouse, except for the degree to which the distortion is accepted as accurate. Perception is the triumph of...

Struggles often follow success for NFL coaches

McCarthy in the same boat as Belichick, others By Tom Pelissero • for The Northwestern • November 28, 2008 GREEN BAY — John Fox has been in Mike McCarthy's shoes. A late-season surge in Year 1 set up a highly successful second...

NFL Preview - Atlanta (7-4) at San Diego (4-7)

This Sunday's game between the Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers was supposed to be a matchup of one team squarely in the playoff mix and the other struggling to pick up wins. That's turned out to be exactly the case, only...

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