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| Titans set out to pin another loss on hapless Colts |
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| ssee reconvened for practice on Wednesday and remains questionable for Sunday's visit to Lucas Oil Stadium to meet the winless Indianapolis Colts. The Titans are second to the already- clinched Houston Texans in the AFC South standings and trail the New York Jets, who lead two other 7-6 teams and the 6-7 San Diego Chargers, in the chase for the final Wild Card. If Hasselbeck can't go, it'll be start No. 1 for Locker, the eighth overall pick in the 2011 draft. "We are not worried about [Hasselbeck] knowing th |
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| Chargers strive to stay afloat in tilt with red-hot Ravens |
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| first time since Oct. 29-Nov. 26, 2006, which was also the only other season that the Ravens ever posted an 11-3 mark after 14 games. Baltimore can officially lock up a playoff spot with a victory in this game, but can also get in with a loss by the New York Jets and either Oakland or Tennessee. The Ravens are also in if both the Raiders and Titans lose or tie, but Harbaugh is only worried about what his team does on the field. "That's the object -- just to win the next game more than anything, probably," th |
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| David meets Goliath as Tebow's Broncos host powerful Pats |
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12/16/2011 |
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| riots would edge Denver ever closer to an unlikely title in the AFC West, which it leads by a game over Oakland and two over San Diego -- both of whom it split a season series with. Meanwhile, the Patriots hold a two-game bulge over the second-place New York Jets in the AFC East and can clinch the division for the ninth time in 11 years with a victory, having swept two 2011 games with the Jets by a combined 67-37. A New York loss to Philadelphia this weekend would also allow New England to seize the crown. A |
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| Unpredictable Eagles vie to damage Jets' playoff plans |
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12/16/2011 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Before this season, a clash between the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles was some people's non-hyperbolic Super Bowl matchup. But when the two desperate sides meet on the Eagles' home turf at Lincoln Financial Field in Week 15, it's much closer to an old-school "loser leave town" wrestling match. With three games remaining on the 2011 regular-season schedule, the Jets hold a tenuous one-game lead on a trio of teams in the chase for the AFC's second Wild Card berth. Meanwhile, the Eag |
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| Battered Bears face another test in streaking Seahawks |
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12/16/2011 |
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| victory. Smith has gone 4-2 against Seattle during his eight-year tenure in Chicago, while Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll owns a 2-2 mark versus the Bears and is 1-1 in head-to-head tests with Smith. Carroll lost to Chicago while in charge of the New York Jets in 1994 and guided New England past the Bears in 1997 when then at the helm of the Patriots. WHEN THE SEAHAWKS HAVE THE BALL Carroll has rode Lynch (969 rushing yards, 22 receptions, 10 total TD) hard over the course of the season's second half, but |
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| Packers resume perfection quest against revamped Chiefs |
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12/16/2011 |
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| ering Chiefs made what was believed to be an inevitable move into a reality when the organization fired head coach Todd Haley on Tuesday, two days after the team was handed its fourth loss in a five-game span with a miserable 37-10 throttling by the New York Jets this past Sunday. Though Kansas City surprised nearly every observer by winning 10 times and capturing an AFC West title in Haley's second season at the helm in 2010, the regression of an offense that's been one of the league's poorest this year cou |
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| Bengals in search of needed win over depleted Rams |
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| his weekend against the struggling St. Louis Rams. Just outside the playoff picture in the AFC, Cincinnati looks to avoid a third straight loss this Sunday and deal St. Louis a fifth consecutive defeat in a row. The Bengals dropped a game behind the New York Jets for the sixth spot in the conference following last Sunday's heart-breaking 20-19 defeat to the Houston Texans in which they blew a 13-point halftime lead. Cincinnati has lost four of five since a 6-2 start and is now battling for a Wild Card spot a |
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| Refreshed Giants continue playoff push against rival Redskins |
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12/16/2011 |
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| Manning said after the win. "That's the mindset. We can't relax now. We can't start feeling great about ourselves. We have three big games. [This] week, Washington is coming to New York and we have to win that game and go from there." The Redskins, New York Jets and Cowboys remain on the upcoming schedule for the Giants, who were able to stop a four-game losing streak and avoid dropping five in a row for the first time since the 2004 campaign. New York now has to put the brakes on a two-game home losing str |
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| Eagles QB Vick probable for Sunday |
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12/16/2011 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is listed as probable for Sunday's game against the New York Jets and is expected to start. Vick suffered broken ribs in a Week 10 contest against the Cardinals and missed three games with the injury before returning last Sunday in a victory against the Miami Dolphins. Others listed as probable for Sunday include safety Nate Allen (hamstring), cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha (knee) and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (ankle), running b |
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| So who's the next head coach to be fired? |
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12/15/2011 |
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| try to shake off shocking 20-19 home loss to Houston last week, team's fourth defeat in last five games, against lowly St. Louis squad that suffered fourth straight setback with 30-13 ousting by Seattle on Monday...Cincinnati dropped one game behind New York Jets in race for AFC's No. 6 playoff seed after falling to Texans on touchdown pass with two seconds remaining...Rams quarterback Sam Bradford and top pass rusher Chris Long both uncertain to play due to ankle sprains, while defensive end James Hall (che |
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