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| Raiders take on Chargers, try to boost playoff fortunes |
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12/30/2011 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - In the movie "White Men Can't Jump", Woody Harrelson said Wesley Snipes would rather look good and lose than look bad and win. The Oakland Raiders have been at the opposite end of that phrase and proved it after the team squeezed out a 16-13 overtime victory against the Kansas City Chiefs at a raucous Arrowhead Stadium on Christmas Eve. "An ugly win is better than a pretty loss," quarterback Carson Palmer said. No matter how it's sliced, the Raiders' playoff hopes will be on the line Sunday |
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| Orton-Tebow face-off highlights critical Chiefs-Broncos tilt |
NFL Football |
12/30/2011 |
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| title and securing an unlikely playoff berth. A win Sunday guarantees Denver a spot in the six-team conference tournament and a home game a week later in the Wild Card round. A loss would necessitate further help to seal the deal, in the form of an Oakland Raiders' loss to visiting San Diego in a game kicking off at the same time. Short of a chance at earning his own postseason berth, it's the sort of spoiler role any castoff like Orton would relish. Any castoff prone to admit such things, that is. But in Ort |
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| Just win, Raiders! |
NFL Football |
12/30/2011 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Some have emphasized the similarities of Oakland Raiders legendary owner Al Davis to Monty Burns, Ebenezer Scrooge or any other character who has an unquenchable thirst to increase his own wealth and power. Davis was despised by many and loved by even more around the NFL for his tenacious approach to building a winner with the Raiders. Whether it was in Los Angeles or the current headquarters in Oakland, Davis did what he deemed best for the team and more often than not he was right. Though |
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| Patriots' Brady among AFC players of the week |
NFL Football |
12/28/2011 |
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| New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Indianapolis Colts defensive end Robert Mathis and Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Richard Seymour have been named AFC players of the week for Week 16 of the NFL season. Brady took home the offensive award after completing 27-of-46 passes for 304 yards with one touchdown in New England's 27-24 win over Miami. He also ran for a pair of one-yard scores, helping the Patriots erase a 17-0 halftime deficit. Mathis registered three tackles |
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| Handing out NFL holiday gifts and grinches |
NFL Football |
12/26/2011 |
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| me runs with the April selections of wide receiver A.J. Green and quarterback Andy Dalton and nabbing two future premium picks by jettisoning the self-exiled Carson Palmer, it's certainly been a very good year for owner Mike Brown and his staff. The Oakland Raiders. Palmer's new team had been on the verge of being dead and buried in the AFC bracket following an untimely string of three consecutive deflating defeats, but stayed afloat by putting forth one of the grittiest efforts of the weekend. Veteran defensi |
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| NFL Game Capsules |
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12/24/2011 |
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| ard somersault to get into the end zone. Simpson's acrobatic feat completed a 19-yard touchdown play in the second quarter, the decisive score in Cincinnati's second consecutive victory. The Bengals (9-6) hold a one-game lead over the New York Jets, Oakland Raiders and Tennessee Titans for the final AFC wild card spot. Cincinnati stayed in position to make the playoffs, thanks in part to another effective performance by rookie quarterback Andy Dalton. He threw for 154 yards and two touchdowns Saturday while co |
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| NFL Inactives (Saturday, December 24, 2011) |
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12/24/2011 |
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| n Kolb, WR Stephen Williams, S Sean Considine, LB Brandon Williams, T Brandon Keith, WR Jaymar Johnson, WR DeMarco Sampson Bengals - WR Andre Caldwell, S Robert Sands, RB Brian Leonard, LB Dontay Moch, G Otis Hudson, TE Colin Cochart, DT Nick Hayden OAKLAND RAIDERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Raiders - QB Jason Campbell, WR Jacoby Ford, RB Darren McFadden, RB Taiwan Jones, S Michael Huff, G Bruce Campbell, DT John Henderson Chiefs - QB Tyler Palko, S Jon McGraw, DE Brandon Bair, DT Jerrell Powe, T Da |
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| With playoffs in sight, Lions host fast-closing Chargers |
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12/23/2011 |
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| one of the final postseason berths since the NFC North has already been locked up by the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. It has won two straight and three of five games, including Sunday's exciting finish to a 28-27 victory over the Oakland Raiders out west. Peering down a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford engineered a pair of drives to put his team ahead for good. Stafford moved the Lions closer with a three-yard touchdown pass to Titus Young with 4:59 |
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| Chiefs try to build off huge win in big bout with rival Raiders |
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12/23/2011 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A stunning upset win that capped a most tumultuous week has the Kansas City Chiefs still alive in the AFC West race heading into the final two weeks of this 2011 season, while a poor December stretch has the Oakland Raiders on the brink of postseason elimination. With both teams' playoff fortunes hanging by a thread, the longtime division rivals will square off Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium in a Christmas Eve showdown with major implications for both the present and future. The Raiders had |
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| Eagles playing with house money |
NFL Football |
12/23/2011 |
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| , but also understands how the business works and how the body goes through the rigorous process that is the NFL. Hali helped Crennel earn his first win with three sacks against the Packers and leads the team with 12 this season. The Chiefs have the Oakland Raiders on the docket this Saturday, and Hali believes the team will be facing a different Carson Palmer from before. Kansas City smoked the Silver and Black in a 28-0 victory back on Oct. 23 at the Coliseum, where Palmer and fellow quarterback Kyle Boller |
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