Archive for the ‘NFL’ Category
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Some of you may remember a few weeks back that San Diego Chargers left guard Kris Dielman sustained a concussion against the New York Jets but refused to leave the game. On the team flight home from New York that night, Dielman suffered what was then referred to as a ...
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
As a Cub fan, I feel highly qualified to pick out teams that appear to have been damned by some sort of heavenly decree. But even following that sorry franchise has nothing on what it must be like to root for the Houston Texans, albeit in a much shorter timeframe.
Houston ...
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
When Mike Smith decided to go for fourth-and-inches from his own 29 in overtime against the Saints on Sunday, I figured that there weren't a lot of people outside of Mike Smith who were thinking "That's a good idea."
But according to an ESPN.com poll on Sunday night, some 43 percent ...
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson has spoken out about former teammate Philip Rivers' struggles this season and actually seems concerned for the 29-year-old signal caller.
Tomlinson said the Chargers quarterback looks distracted or like he's going through a tough time and that is what's causing his uneven play this ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been called a dirty player and, he could be, depending on your definition of what constitutes dirty play. It looks like Suh would like that defined for himself, as he has contacted NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to set up a meeting.
Suh wants to ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
A person with knowledge of the situation has told the AP that San Diego Chargers left guard Kris Dielman suffered a seizure on the team's flight home Sunday after playing the New York Jets.
Dielman sustained a concussion during the loss to the Jets, but had to remain in the game ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Shawne Merriman was supposed to have a bounce-back season for the Buffalo Bills, but that hasn't happened, and now his comeback year is over. Despite promising to play in Week 8, the 27-year-old linebacker has been placed on injured reserve by the Bills, ending his season.
Merriman has confirmed he will ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
If Week 7 of the NFL season could be summed up in one phrase, it would be this: Holy crap, that was awful.
How does one even go about picking the week's worst performance?
Given the tallness of the task, we'll list all of the potential candidates and let you the reader ...
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Friday, October 21st, 2011
Earlier this week, New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan said he probably would have a couple of rings if he had gotten the Chargers' job in 2007 instead of current San Diego head coach Norv Turner (both interviewed for the job and Turner was hired because he could keep ...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
The NFL players' union has stopped a proposal by the league to implement blood testing for human growth hormone.
The union issued the following statement:
"We informed the NFL (Tuesday) that absent a collective agreement on several critical issues, blood collection is not ready to be implemented on Monday. We have advised ...
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