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| Losman prefers to be traded, rather than return for 1 more year |
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| sman. Edwards took over the first time in Week 3 after Losman sprained his knee during the first series of a 38-7 loss at New England. Losman reclaimed the starting job after Edwards sprained his throwing hand five weeks later in a 13-3 win at the New York Jets. Losman, who rallied the Bills to beat the Jets, went 2-2 in his next four starts before losing the job again. Wichard said Losman was unhappy by the lack of support the team provided him. ``He knows they bailed on him,'' Wichard said. ``Nobody |
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| 49ers' Willis named Defensive Rookie of the Year |
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| e times. He finished the season with 226 tackles, four sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, and five passes defensed en route to becoming the fifth straight linebacker to take home the honor. The previous four winners were DeMeco Ryans of the Houston Texans, Shawne Merriman of San Diego, Jonathan Vilma of the New York Jets, and Terrell Suggs of Baltimore. Willis is the just the third 49ers player to win the award, joining cornerback Bruce Taylor (1970) and defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield (1993). |
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| Patriots ignore playoff expectations after perfect season |
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| 31-year-old Josh McDaniels, the second-year offensive coordinator. He had a chance to interview for head coaching positions but said Thursday he's not pursuing them. Eric Mangini took a different approach when he was 34, becoming head coach of the New York Jets after one season as the Patriots' defensive coordinator. His relationship with Belichick has been cool since. ``Josh is an outstanding coach, one of the best that I've worked with,'' Belichick said. ``I know he's young, but he's outstanding. ... I |
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| Best L.T. has done so far is to imagine getting a playoff win |
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| it happens,'' Tomlinson said. ``You have to picture it happen and then it happens. I have a vision of it happening.'' It didn't happen after the 2004 season, when the Chargers looked tight in their first playoff game in nine years and lost to the New York Jets. Coach Marty Schottenheimer went into one of his conservative modes and sent Tomlinson crashing into the line three times to set up a 40-yard field goal attempt in overtime that rookie Nate Kaeding pushed wide right on a wet field. The Jets went on |
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| NFL Defensive Rookie Of The Year |
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| med by the Associated Press and selected each year by a nationwide panel of sportwriters and broadcasters: 2007 - Patrick Willis, San Francisco, LB 2006 - DeMeco Ryans, Houston, LB 2005 - Shawne Merriman, San Diego, LB 2004 - Jonathan Vilma, New York Jets, LB 2003 - Terrell Suggs, Baltimore, LB 2002 - Julius Peppers, Carolina, DE 2001 - Kendrell Bell, Pittsburgh, LB 2000 - Brian Urlacher, Chicago, LB 1999 - Jevon Kearse, Tennessee, DE 1998 - Charles Woodson, Oakland, CB 1997 - Peter Bou |
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| Unbeaten regular season lifts Belichick to second AP Coach of Year honor |
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| ion to do the right things, Belichick was named The Associated Press 2007 NFL Coach of the Year, an award he also received in 2003. Not even the Spygate scandal in which he was personally fined $500,000 by the NFL for having a video assistant tape New York Jets coaches during the season opener kept him from receiving the honor. Belichick was New England's assistant head coach under Bill Parcells when he first went to work for Kraft in 1996. The next season, Belichick moved on with Parcells when he became |
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| Kitna: Unhappy over Martz firing but will help make change work |
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| e agent who wants to return. ``You could tell he's real in-tune with all the schemes, both running and passing.'' Brown is entering his third season in Detroit and 16th in the NFL, including stints with Houston, Green Bay, Miami, Tampa Bay and the New York Jets. Jefferson, a former standout receiver in the league, has been an assistant in Detroit the past three seasons.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, br |
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| 13 years later, Humphries hopes Bolts can win a playoff game |
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| spectacular seven-year career, going 0-2. ``I feel sorry for him,'' Humphries said. ``I'm hoping it's going to happen this week.'' The former quarterback is among those who are puzzled by the Chargers' recent playoff failures. They lost to the New York Jets in overtime after the 2004 season. Last year, they went an NFL-best 14-2 to wrap up the AFC's No. 1 seed, then melted down in an unfathomable flood of blunders in a 24-21 loss to New England. ``With the talent they have and everything, I don't kno |
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| Patriots return to practice, await word of next opponent |
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| eated and we're all starting at the bottom,'' he said Thursday before the Patriots' first practice since their 38-35 win over the New York Giants on Saturday night. The Patriots have been at the top all season - from their 38-14 opening win at the New York Jets to the last victory in the same stadium that wrapped up the first 16-0 regular season. That's one for the record books, not for the players who produced it. ``We don't care. It doesn't matter,'' safety Rodney Harrison said. ``What happened in th |
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| Lions promote Colletto to offensive coordinator, replacing Martz |
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| e agent who wants to return. ``You could tell he's real in-tune with all the schemes, both running and passing.'' Brown is entering his third season in Detroit and 16th in the NFL, including stints with Houston, Green Bay, Miami, Tampa Bay and the New York Jets. Jefferson, a former standout receiver in the league, has been an assistant in Detroit the past three seasons.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, br |
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