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| Abundance of intrigue offered by season's final week |
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12/29/2011 |
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| e one contest that will have the most impact of unscrambling the brain- racking jumbled mess that is the AFC playoff picture at the moment resides in of all places, Cincinnati. No, seriously. Sunday's battle between the rising Bengals and powerhouse Baltimore Ravens will determine at least three of the four seeds in the conference, and maybe a fourth if New England somehow falls flat in its 1 p.m. (et) home date with far-less credentialed Buffalo. Baltimore would claim both the AFC North and at least the No. 2 |
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| Brady, Rodgers among Pro Bowl starters |
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12/27/2011 |
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| nods at quarterback for the Pro Bowl. Brady will start for the AFC, while Rodgers will get the start for the NFC. The rosters were announced Tuesday and the Patriots and San Francisco 49ers led all teams with eight selections apiece, followed by the Baltimore Ravens and Packers with seven players each. The other quarterbacks for the AFC are San Diego's Philip Rivers and Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger, while New Orleans' Drew Brees and the Giants' Eli Manning are additional QBs for the NFC. The contest will be |
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| Step back likely to cost Rams' Spagnuolo |
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12/27/2011 |
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| ike this than you do when it's going good." Hopefully that notebook is easily transportable. BENGALS PUSHING FOR SELLOUT If the Cincinnati Bengals continue to have problems selling out Paul Brown Stadium for this weekend's win-and-in game versus the Baltimore Ravens, they should just buy up as much ad time as possible and run Jerome Simpson's incredible touchdown on loop. Simpson's acrobatics in this past Saturday's game with Arizona will go down as the highlight of an exciting season in Cincinnati, but it hasn |
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| Cowboys/Giants goes to prime time for final week |
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12/24/2011 |
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| win at Cowboys Stadium. The league flexed three other contests, moving them from early-afternoon starts to later in the day. With the AFC North still in the balance, both games involving teams from that division were switched to 4:15 p.m. (et). The Baltimore Ravens (11-4), who have already clinched a playoff spot, can claim the division title and a first-round bye with a victory at Cincinnati. A victory for the Bengals (9-6) will assure them of a postseason berth. Pittsburgh (11-4), which still has an opportun |
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| Flacco leads Ravens over Browns |
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12/24/2011 |
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| Baltimore, MD (Best E Casino) - Joe Flacco threw a pair of touchdown passes to help the Baltimore Ravens hold off the Cleveland Browns, 20-14. Flacco completed 11-of-24 passes for 132 yards and an interception for the Ravens (11-4), who went 8-0 at home this year to record the first perfect regular season at home in franchise history. "[Undefeated] at home for the first time in the history of the franchise is a tremendous accomplishment. ...There's not a better stadium in the league than M&T Bank Stadium, |
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| NFL Inactives (Saturday, December 24, 2011) |
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12/24/2011 |
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| Lee, G Derek Hardman, DE Daniel Te'o- Nesheim, DT Brian Price, DT Albert Haynesworth, S Larry Asante Panthers - QB Jimmy Clausen, WR Seyi Ajirotutu, C Jeff Byers, DE Eric Norwood, LB Omar Gaither, S Charles Godfrey, K Adi Kunalic CLEVELAND BROWNS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Browns - QB Colt McCoy, WR Rod Windsor, WR Jordan Norwood, T Oniel Cousins, C Steve Vallos, DE Kiante Tripp, CB James Dockery Ravens - RB Anthony Allen, WR LeQuan Williams, WR Anquan Boldin, DE Cory Redding, LB Sergio Kindle, CB Dann |
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| Ravens K Cundiff inactive |
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12/24/2011 |
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| Baltimore, MD (Best E Casino) - Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff is inactive for Saturday's game against the Cleveland Browns due to a left calf injury. Baltimore prepared for Cundiff's possible absence by bringing in veteran kicker Shayne Graham on Wednesday. Graham will handle the kicking duties on Saturday. Cundiff had kicked in all 14 games for the Ravens this season. Defensive end Cory Redding (ankle) is also inactive. Art Jones will start in his place. |
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| With playoffs in sight, Lions host fast-closing Chargers |
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12/23/2011 |
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| ad and so goes the same for head coach Norv Turner and his job status. The Chargers are still alive in both the AFC West and wild card standings with a 7-7 mark, and recorded their third win in a row with Sunday's convincing 34-14 victory versus the Baltimore Ravens at home. San Diego's season high- tying three-game winning streak comes on the heels of a six-game slide. In the 20-point victory over the Ravens, Philip Rivers did not throw an interception for a fourth straight game and completed 17-of-23 passes f |
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| Bengals host surging Cardinals in key late-year clash |
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12/23/2011 |
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| lost both his two career meetings with the Cardinals during his tenure as the Bengals' head coach, while Whisenhunt won his only previous encounter with both Cincinnati and Lewis with that 2007 result. The two men worked together on the staff of the Baltimore Ravens for two seasons from 1997-98, with Lewis then a defensive coordinator and Whisenhunt a tight ends coach. WHEN THE CARDINALS HAVE THE BALL Arizona's 363 yards of offense upped its season average to 320.6 per game, ranked 22nd in the NFL, while Skelto |
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| Ailing Steelers hope to get well at Rams' expense |
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12/23/2011 |
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| a high ankle sprain suffered 10 days earlier versus Cleveland, Roethlisberger started the game and turned the ball over four times, including three interceptions, as his club had a four-game win streak snapped. The Steelers had a chance to pass the Baltimore Ravens for first place in the AFC North, but instead fell back into a tie with the 10-4 club. The Ravens own the head-to-head tiebreaker, so Baltimore can win the division with a victory over the Browns and a Steelers loss to the Rams. "We didn't do enough |
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