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| Tuna time in Miami |
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01/02/2008 |
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| went 3-12-1 in his first year before winning a pair of Super Bowl championships. The Patriots were 2-14 before he arrived for the 1993 campaign, then made the playoffs in 1994 and reached the Super Bowl in 1996. His biggest turnaround came with the New York Jets, who were in a similar situation as the Dolphins. The Jets were coming off a 1-15 mark in 1996. Enter Parcells: 1997, 9-7; 1998, 12-4, AFC East champs and within one half of beating the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game. The Cowboys had th |
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| If momentum counts for anything, Redskins are primed for playoffs |
NFL Football |
01/02/2008 |
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| awks have known for a while they were likely going to win the NFC West, and they haven't played a team that finished with a winning record since Week 5. The Redskins are battle-tested as can be - every opponent on their schedule except Miami and the New York Jets finished 7-9 or better - and their four-game, season-ending winning streak included road victories against the New York Giants and Minnesota. ``I wouldn't want to play us right now,'' defensive end Phillip Daniels said. ``To be honest with you, I |
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| Patriots' prolific offense has much more than Brady and Moss |
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01/02/2008 |
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| ' In his other three NFL seasons, the 5-foot-9 Welker had a total of 96 receptions and one touchdown catch. This season, he scored eight touchdowns, starting with an 11-yarder on the Patriots' first possession of the season in a 38-14 win over the New York Jets. Maroney started slowly, shared time with Sammy Morris and missed the fourth, fifth and sixth games of the season with an injury. Then Morris was sidelined for the season and Maroney got most of the carries. He scored on a 59-yard carry and had a |
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| Four Chiefs assistants shown the door |
NFL Football |
01/02/2008 |
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| Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards cleaned house on Wednesday, firing offensive coordinator Mike Solari and three other assistants. The Kansas City Star reported the moves, just days after the Chiefs finished the 2007 season with an overtime loss to the New York Jets which completed a 4-12 season -- the franchise's worst since Marv Levy guided the team to the same record in 1978. Solari joined the team in 1997 as offensive line coach, and was eventually promoted to offensive coordinator in 2006. However, the Chi |
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| Report: Raiders set to fire defensive coordinator Rob Ryan |
NFL Football |
01/02/2008 |
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| eportedly set to fire defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, according to the Oakland Tribune. Ryan is not expected to be out of work for long, however. The veteran coach is expected to reunite with Eric Mangini and become the defensive coordinator for the New York Jets. Ryan and Mangini were defensive assistants together in New England under Bill Belichick for four seasons. Mangini is expected to fire current defensive coordinator Bob Sutton to make room for Ryan. The 2007 Raiders defense allowed 398 points on the |
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| Steelers place OT Starks on IR |
NFL Football |
01/02/2008 |
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| ive roster and practice squad the past two years. Bloom was originally selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He was placed on injured reserve that season after a hamstring injury and was released by the Eagles following training camp in 2007. Capizzi signed with the Steelers as an undrafted rookie free agent out of IUP earlier this season before spending time on the practice squad with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets and, most recently, the Kansas City Chiefs. |
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| Duke hires Jets assistant MacIntyre as defensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
01/02/2008 |
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -Duke coach David Cutcliffe made his first hire, making New York Jets assistant coach Mike MacIntyre his defensive coordinator. MacIntyre coached defensive backs for the Jets and was an assistant to Cutcliffe at Mississippi from 1999-2002, spending two seasons coaching receivers and two years coaching the secondary. Cutcliffe took over as the Blue Devils' head coach on Dec. 15. Before working with the Jets, the 42-year-old MacIntyre coached the secondary under Bill Parcells with the |
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| Disappointing Jets head into offseason with plenty of questions after 4-12 season |
NFL Football |
01/02/2008 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -Kerry Rhodes spent last offseason parlaying his success with the New York Jets into a few acting gigs. He's taking a break from the cameras this winter after the drama that played out on the field in 2007. ``I'm going to take some time off and enjoy my time away from this season,'' the playmaking safety said as he and his teammates cleaned out their lockers. ``The good thing now is that I'm not associated to a 4-12 team. Now we're 0-0. That's probably the best thing right now.'' |
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| Chargers GM Smith gets extension. Will playoff win follow? |
NFL Football |
01/01/2008 |
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| hat the two men didn't talk to each other. Schottenheimer was fired by Spanos in February, a month after the top-seeded Chargers fell apart in their playoff opener, a shocking 24-21 loss to the New England Patriots. The Chargers also lost to the New York Jets in overtime in the 2004 wild-card round, also under Schottenheimer. Smith hired Norv Turner to replace Schottenheimer. After a stunning 1-3 start, the Chargers head into the playoffs having won six straight and 10 of 12.Copyright © 2005 The A |
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| L.T.: Rolling Chargers go into playoffs with 'newfound respect' |
NFL Football |
12/31/2007 |
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| ion Browns and Texans have won at least one playoff game. After losing a home wild-card game after the 1995 season, San Diego went eight straight seasons without making the playoffs. In 2004, the Chargers won the AFC West, then lost at home to the New York Jets in overtime. ``I think we've learned our lesson in two playoff games, that you've got to keep your composure and play smart and be the team that holds it all together in all phases, not just emotionally, but physically and execution and all those |
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