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| Grass or fake grass? Steelers haven't decided yet |
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01/08/2008 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Pittsburgh Steelers' anticipated switch of Heinz Field to artificial turf might not be the done deal it appeared to be six weeks ago. The Steelers' players are arguing against it, and the NFL is pleased at how the field's beaten-up grass held up for a playoff game last weekend. After nearly 1 1/2 inches of rain in several hours and a newly sodded field combined to make Heinz Field's surface almost unplayable for Pittsburgh's 3-0 victory over Miami on Nov. 26, the club was expected to in |
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| Pats defense must stop Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew, Fred Taylor |
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01/08/2008 |
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| a 74-yard touchdown run that gave the Jaguars a 7-3 lead. He scored later on a 1-yard run. ``Well, Kyle was trying to tackle him on that play. I think Kyle knew he was going to be a Patriot this year,'' Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio joked. The Pittsburgh Steelers struggled to bring Jones-Drew down last Saturday when the Jaguars won the wild-card game 31-29 to advance to the matchup with New England. Jones-Drew scored on a 43-yard swing pass and a 10-yard run and returned a kickoff 96 yards to set up Taylor |
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| Garrard bounces back to lift Jags |
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01/08/2008 |
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| rk) - Ladies and gentleman, David Garrard is human after all. The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback had one of the most efficient regular seasons in the NFL before he was faced with adversity during Saturday's 31-29 AFC Wild Card Playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. Garrard, in his first-ever playoff game, shook off a pair of interceptions to help the Jaguars become the first opponent to win twice in Pittsburgh in the same season. Garrard, who passed for 18 touchdowns with just three interceptio |
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| Second-half surge leads Chargers past Titans |
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01/06/2008 |
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| l round to the New England Patriots with then-head coach Marty Schottenheimer at the helm. In this game, with Norv Turner as coach, the club got off to a slow start, but a 17-point second half gave San Diego its first playoff win since defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game on January 15, 1995. The win, however, came at a cost for the Chargers, who lost All-Pro tight end Antonio Gates to a left toe injury. Gates suffered the injury in the second quarter and did not return. His status for ne |
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| GOLDBERG ON FOOTBALL: Steelers may lose, but always act with class |
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01/05/2008 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Dan Rooney walked down the row of lockers in the Pittsburgh Steelers' locker room, patting shoulders, whispering words of consolation, telling the team's distraught players there's always a next year. It's called class, and Rooney and his organization exemplified it Saturday night, especially in the face of a gut-wrenching 31-29 loss to Jacksonville in the first round of the NFL playoffs. ``Mike did a great job,'' the Steelers' 75-year-old owner said of 35-year-old Mike Tomlin, who took ove |
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| Garrard bounces back after 2 costly mistakes, leads Jaguars to victory |
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01/05/2008 |
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| r his mistakes. Garrard looked as if he was about to have his worst game of the season at the worst possible time for Jacksonville. Garrard threw two second-half interceptions - the first time he's thrown two in a game this season - and helped the Pittsburgh Steelers overcome an 18-point deficit in their AFC wild-card playoff game Saturday night. But Garrard gained 32 yards on a fourth-and-2 draw play at the Pittsburgh 43, setting up Josh Scobee's 25-yard field goal with 37 seconds remaining that gave the Jagu |
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| NFL Inactives (Saturday, January 5, 2008) |
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01/05/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - The following is a list of inactive players for today's NFL Wild Card Playoff games. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS, 8:00 P.M. (ET) Jaguars - RB LaBrandon Toefield, CB Aaron Glenn, S Lamont Thompson, LB Shantee Orr, LB Mike Peterson, G Uche Nwaneri, OL Tutan Reyes, WR Chad Owens Steelers - 3rd QB Brian St. Pierre, WR Willie Reid, CB Allen Rossum, T Jeremy Parquet, T Jason Capizzi, T Marvel Smith, TE Jon Dekker, DE Ryan McBean WASHINGTON REDSKINS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS |
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| NFL Injury Report |
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01/05/2008 |
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| EDSKINS at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Redskins: OUT: QB Jason Campbell (knee); QUESTIONABLE: WR James Thrash (ankle). Seahawks: QUESTIONABLE: WR Deion Branch (calf); PROBABLE: RB Shaun Alexander (wrist), LB Niko Koutouvides (knee). JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS - Jaguars: OUT: LB Mike Peterson (hand), RB LaBrandon Toefield (ankle); PROBABLE: CB Aaron Glenn (ankle), DT Grady Jackson (knee), S Reggie Nelson (thigh). Steelers: OUT: T Marvel Smith (back); QUESTIONABLE: S Troy Polamalu (knee), CB Allen Rossum ( |
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| 13 years later, Humphries hopes Bolts can win a playoff game |
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01/03/2008 |
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| P) -Stan Humphries will be watching on TV from his Louisiana home Sunday, wondering the same thing everybody else will be: Is this the year the San Diego Chargers finally win a playoff game? Humphries guided the Chargers to a stunning upset of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship game 13 years ago, and it's been all downhill ever since for the Bolts in the postseason. The Chargers are on a four-game losing streak that started with that bruising 49-26 loss to San Francisco in the Super Bowl on Jan. 2 |
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| Last round for Red? Faneca knows this could be his last Steelers game |
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01/03/2008 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Ten seasons, seven Pro Bowls and maybe one last game. Few players in Pittsburgh Steelers history have performed as well in a career as Alan Faneca, arguably the NFL's best left guard and a lineman whose personality and work ethic seem a perfect match for the franchise. Faneca is a team-first player in a sport that has increasingly become me-first, the steadiest of players in an unstable profession where one bad game can ruin a season or a career. ``My agent kept telling me before the (199 |
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