Much Offense Expected In Steelers-Vikings Tilt
Channel 3000
But in the NFL, things hardly go as expected. That's why when the Steelers and Vikings get together on Sunday, offensive ... Mike Tomlin will be meeting each other as well as their counterpart's respective teams, for the first time as head ...
Ground-Based Dolphins Host Pass-Happy Saints
WDSU
The Dolphins, who lead the NFL in rushing offense as Week 8 begins, like to keep things on the ground. Miami is averaging a ... who previously served together on Bill Parcells' staff in Dallas (2003-05), have never met in meaningful play as...
TV Brown-out? As season drags on, NFL's TV blackout rule becoming more ...
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Drew Brees: The Saints quarterback, leading the NFL with a 118.4 passer rating, plays the Dolphins for the first time since Miami bypassed him in free agency in 2006. Since then the Dolphins have gone through seven quarterbacks and three he...
Illinois heads to Purdue looking for a rebound
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris was listed as doubtful for Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals because of a nagging left knee injury. Although he has started all five games this season, the three-time Pro Bowler has be...
Bernadeau's first NFL start with Carolina fires up Waltham
The Daily News Tribune
If the NFL Network is wondering why there was a peculiar bump in the ratings for last night's Panthers/Dolphins game in a New England city 725 miles away from Charlotte, it might come down to two words: Mackenzy Bernadeau.
In NFL, interim-coach honeymoon rarely lasts
Miami Herald
Worked out pretty well the previous time the Buffalo Bills fired coaches in the midst of a season. It was 1986, and they dumped Hank Bullough for some guy named Marv Levy, who stayed 12 years and put up so many of the AFC roadblocks that ke...
NFL Week 11: Ten bold predictions
SportingNews
RealScouts Sporting News ' team of former NFL scouts make 10 predictions about this week's games: 1. Indy will finally go down . Though it's hard to argue with the Colts' karma (a missed field goal attempt and Bill Belichick's gamble saved ...
NFL Feature Capsules: Ricky Williams a workhorse once again
The Brownsville Herald
DAVIE, Fla. — Ricky Williams is having his best season since retiring. That was in 2004, when a marijuana habit drove Williams out of the NFL. The following year he began a comeback that proceeded fitfully because of Miami Dolphins coaching...
Five things to watch in Browns' game
Akron Beacon Journal
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger leads the NFL in the 20-plus category (26 plays) and Rodgers is right behind (22 in ... All that and being 1-5 provided a challenging week for the coaches and players. ''You start questioning, 'Maybe ...
U-M ticker
Detroit Free Press
Brady, who eventually played in the NFL on three teams for 13 years, had narrowed his college choices to Michigan and Penn ... "I had breakfast with him and a number of the other coaches and a couple other recruits, and he explained to us h...
USC defensive line in a rush to greatness behind Jethro Franklin
Los Angeles Times
NFL College football ENTERTAINMENT Movies Television Music Celebrity Arts & Culture Company Town Calendar The Envelope Hot List Living ... Position-group meetings the night before USC games are typically brief, coaches quietly offering a fe...
NFL players getting hooked on fantasy football
SportingNews
NEW YORK -- Fantasy and reality collided at the 1-yard line for Maurice Jones-Drew. The Jacksonville Jaguars running back passed up a sure touchdown and took a knee before the goal line, helping seal a win against the New York Jets last Sun...
NFL players getting hooked on fantasy football
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. , Associated Press NEW YORK - Fantasy and reality collided at the 1-yard line for Maurice Jones-Drew. The Jacksonville Jaguars running back passed up a sure touchdown and took a knee before the goal line, helping seal a...
Don Banks: NFL coaching candidates for 2010
Sports Illustrated
With Dick Jauron's demise in Buffalo this week, the first domino has fallen in the NFL's annual exercise known as hiring/firing season. While nowhere near as many head coaching vacancies are expected this year compared to last year's record...
