Favre's new job: game manager

For NFL players of a assertive age, Brett Favre has been a connected in their lives for just about as continued as they can remember.

A amount of 49ers, for example, were in average academy if they aboriginal started watching Favre plan his bamboozlement with Green Bay in the aboriginal 1990s. Now as adolescent men in their 20s they get to hunt down the graying, soon-to-be-40-year-old quarterback.

"I never looked at it like that, but now that you acknowledgment it, it is crazy," chargeless assurance Dashon Goldson, 25, said in searching advanced to Sunday's bold with Favre and the Minnesota Vikings in the Metrodome. "It can be a lot of fun."

It potentially could be a lot of fun for arresting end Justin Smith and his mates on the foreground seven of San Francisco's 3-4 defense. Favre has been sacked seven times in the aboriginal two games.

Just don't apprehend any contemplative adolescence memories from Smith of watching Favre bung the brawl around. The man is authentic pragmatism.

"I assumption if I was added a fan of the game, watching it all the time, I would be," Smith, 29, said. "Right now I'm just afraid about endlessly him. He's still got adeptness - he can still accomplish plays. Doesn't amount what age he is."

With Adrian Peterson arch the alliance in rushing, Favre has been asked to be a bold administrator for the aboriginal time in his career, and he seems accomplished with that so far. In two Minnesota wins to alpha the season, Favre has anesthetized for 265 yards and three touchdowns while not throwing an interception.

Even Peterson marvels that the slinger he watched as a kid is now the man handing him the brawl on Sunday.

 

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Favre's new job: game manager

For NFL players of a assertive age, Brett Favre has been a connected in their lives for just about as continued as they can remember.

A amount of 49ers, for example, were in average academy if they aboriginal started watching Favre plan his bamboozlement with Green Bay in the aboriginal 1990s. Now as adolescent men in their 20s they get to hunt down the graying, soon-to-be-40-year-old quarterback.

"I never looked at it like that, but now that you acknowledgment it, it is crazy," chargeless assurance Dashon Goldson, 25, said in searching advanced to Sunday's bold with Favre and the Minnesota Vikings in the Metrodome. "It can be a lot of fun."

It potentially could be a lot of fun for arresting end Justin Smith and his mates on the foreground seven of San Francisco's 3-4 defense. Favre has been sacked seven times in the aboriginal two games.

Just don't apprehend any contemplative adolescence memories from Smith of watching Favre bung the brawl around. The man is authentic pragmatism.

"I assumption if I was added a fan of the game, watching it all the time, I would be," Smith, 29, said. "Right now I'm just afraid about endlessly him. He's still got adeptness - he can still accomplish plays. Doesn't amount what age he is."

With Adrian Peterson arch the alliance in rushing, Favre has been asked to be a bold administrator for the aboriginal time in his career, and he seems accomplished with that so far. In two Minnesota wins to alpha the season, Favre has anesthetized for 265 yards and three touchdowns while not throwing an interception.

Even Peterson marvels that the slinger he watched as a kid is now the man handing him the brawl on Sunday.

 

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Favre's new job: game manager

For NFL players of a assertive age, Brett Favre has been a connected in their lives for just about as continued as they can remember.

A amount of 49ers, for example, were in average academy if they aboriginal started watching Favre plan his bamboozlement with Green Bay in the aboriginal 1990s. Now as adolescent men in their 20s they get to hunt down the graying, soon-to-be-40-year-old quarterback.

"I never looked at it like that, but now that you acknowledgment it, it is crazy," chargeless assurance Dashon Goldson, 25, said in searching advanced to Sunday's bold with Favre and the Minnesota Vikings in the Metrodome. "It can be a lot of fun."

It potentially could be a lot of fun for arresting end Justin Smith and his mates on the foreground seven of San Francisco's 3-4 defense. Favre has been sacked seven times in the aboriginal two games.

Just don't apprehend any contemplative adolescence memories from Smith of watching Favre bung the brawl around. The man is authentic pragmatism.

"I assumption if I was added a fan of the game, watching it all the time, I would be," Smith, 29, said. "Right now I'm just afraid about endlessly him. He's still got adeptness - he can still accomplish plays. Doesn't amount what age he is."

With Adrian Peterson arch the alliance in rushing, Favre has been asked to be a bold administrator for the aboriginal time in his career, and he seems accomplished with that so far. In two Minnesota wins to alpha the season, Favre has anesthetized for 265 yards and three touchdowns while not throwing an interception.

Even Peterson marvels that the slinger he watched as a kid is now the man handing him the brawl on Sunday.

 

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Saints Clash With Bills in NFL Gambling Shootout

In what could be a agrarian one on Sunday, the Buffalo Bills will acceptable the New Orleans Saints to the Empire State in addition NFL bank contest.

After two weeks of the NFL action season, the Bills abiding attending like a aggregation that can do some accident in the AFC. Endure week, their no-huddle advance put up 438 yards of breach adjoin a Tampa Bay aegis that artlessly had no answers. QB Trent Edwards is actualization to aces up the offense, as he went 21/31 for 230 yards with two array in Buffalo’s 33-20 victory. Both WRs Lee Evans and Terrell Owens bent touchdown passes, but the duo still alone hauled in four assurance on the day. RB Fred Jackson was a brilliant in abode of the abeyant Marshawn Lynch for the additional beeline week, as he ran for 163 yards and bent six passes for 25 yards. However, it wasn’t all acceptable account for Buffalo Bills action fans. TE Derek Schouman, who bent nine assurance for 103 yards in the aboriginal two weeks of the season, will be out for the blow of the year afterwards adversity a knee abrasion in the additional bisected adjoin the Bucs.

New Orleans may not be active a no-huddle offense, but down in the Bayou, it abiding feels like the Saints are active added of an Arena Football appearance of breach than a acceptable NFL offense. QB Drew Brees has already befuddled for 669 yards and nine touchdowns through two weeks of the NFL wagering campaign, and he’s been the agitator abaft the whopping 93 credibility that the breach has put up. HC Sean Payton has to be appreciative of his offense’s efforts, as the assemblage ranks in the top division of the alliance in every above statistic. Endure week, New Orleans destroyed the football wagering band with a 48-22 achievement in the City of Brotherly Love.

Dating aback to endure season, the Saints are one of the hottest football action teams in the NFL. They are 7-1-1 in their L/9 amateur overall. Meanwhile, Buffalo is just 2-8 ATS in its L/10 amateur adjoin teams with a acceptable record. If there’s one affair that both abandon should be able to do, it’s account points. New Orleans is 20-7-1 for ‘over’ bettors in its L/28 overall, while the Bills accept tallied at atomic 24 credibility in four of their L/5 approved division contests.

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How do you woo a Jets fan? Call him or her. And bandy him or her a boutonniere just to let that getting apperceive you adulation him or her.

When he aboriginal was alien as the Jets’ new coach, Rex Ryan went out of his way to accent the accent of the home army getting involved. Then, he able that bulletin with a taped pep allocution that was delivered by blast to every season-ticket holder endure week.

Mission accomplished. The admirers came aboriginal and accustomed at a agitation angle that alone grew louder with every big arresting play and the affiance showed by amateur quarterback Mark Sanchez in a 16-9 achievement Sunday that bankrupt the Patriots’ eight-game acceptable band on the Jets’ home field.

“I anticipate our admirers are huge in this victory,” Ryan said. “In fact, we’re giving a bold brawl to our fans. It will go up in our bays case.”

Sanchez aswell threw a boutonniere to the Jets’ “12th man.” Recalling his canicule at Southern Cal arena animosity amateur adjoin UCLA and Notre Dame, Sanchez said, “As abundant as I’ll bethink them, it’s not even close.”

 

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How do you woo a Jets fan? Call him or her. And bandy him or her a boutonniere just to let that getting apperceive you adulation him or her.

When he aboriginal was alien as the Jets’ new coach, Rex Ryan went out of his way to accent the accent of the home army getting involved. Then, he able that bulletin with a taped pep allocution that was delivered by blast to every season-ticket holder endure week.

Mission accomplished. The admirers came aboriginal and accustomed at a agitation angle that alone grew louder with every big arresting play and the affiance showed by amateur quarterback Mark Sanchez in a 16-9 achievement Sunday that bankrupt the Patriots’ eight-game acceptable band on the Jets’ home field.

“I anticipate our admirers are huge in this victory,” Ryan said. “In fact, we’re giving a bold brawl to our fans. It will go up in our bays case.”

Sanchez aswell threw a boutonniere to the Jets’ “12th man.” Recalling his canicule at Southern Cal arena animosity amateur adjoin UCLA and Notre Dame, Sanchez said, “As abundant as I’ll bethink them, it’s not even close.”

 

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49ers accuse Jets of tampering

The San Francisco 49ers accept filed analytical accuse adjoin the New York Jets apropos top 49ers abstract best Michael Crabtree, Jets drillmaster Rex Ryan accustomed Monday.

"My compassionate is they filed accuse with the league," Ryan said. "I'm adage my acknowledgment is, it's not true. I mean, it's not accurate. It's not true, but, hey, we'll let the alliance amount this out."

Asked Monday if his aggregation filed charges, 49ers drillmaster Mike Singletary said it is a bearings "the alliance is traveling to handle internally."

"I'm not traveling to get into that. We'll let that play out, the process," Singletary said. "I'm not even traveling to go there."

Ex-Texas Tech standout Crabtree, the 10th amateur taken in April's draft, is the abandoned first-round aces who has not signed. He is gluttonous money commensurable to college picks and hasn't accustomed the 49ers' appear activity for 5 years and $20 million, with $16 actor guaranteed.

The analytical accuse were aboriginal appear by the New York Daily News.

Ryan commented during a radio account that he admired the Jets played the 49ers this season.

"Yes, and I'll angle by that comment," he told media after in the day. "That agency we're in the Super Bowl, so I'll absolutely yield that. "

NFL abettor Greg Aiello said in an e-mail to The Associated Press the alliance doesn't animadversion on declared tampering, but would advertise any antidotal activity taken adjoin a aggregation begin in abuse of the league's analytical policy.

The Jets could use a high-profile receiver.

According to the Daily News report, "The 49ers allegedly accept the Jets contacted Crabtree or his abettor to let them apperceive they'd be absorbed in trading for him or accommodating to baddest him if he re-enters the abstract in 2010."

 

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NFL Today, Week 2

STARS

Passing

-Matt Schaub, Texans, threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns in Houston's 34-31 win over Tennessee.

-Philip Rivers, Chargers, threw for a career-high 436 yards and two touchdowns in San Diego's 31-26 accident to Baltimore.

-Matt Ryan, Falcons, was 21 of 27 for 220 yards and three touchdowns in Atlanta's 28-20 win over Carolina.

-Kurt Warner, Cardinals, was 24 of 26 for 243 yards with two touchdowns in Arizona's 31-17 win over Jacksonville.

-Drew Brees, Saints, completed 25 of 34 passes for 311 yards and three touchdowns in New Orleans' 48-22 win over Philadelphia.

-Jay Cutler, Bears, anesthetized for 236 yards and two touchdowns in Chicago's 17-14 win over Pittsburgh.

Receiving

-Andre Johnson, Texans, had 10 catches for 149 yards and two touchdowns in Houston's 34-31 win over Tennessee.

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-Darren Sproles, Chargers, had seven catches for 124 yards, and assistant Vincent Jackson had six catches for 141 yards in San Diego's 31-26 accident to Baltimore.

Rushing

-Frank Gore, 49ers, had 207 yards and two touchdowns in San Francisco's 23-10 win over Seattle.

-Chris Johnson, Titans, denticulate three touchdowns and ran for 197 yards, and added 87 yards receiving.

-Cedric Benson, Bengals, rushed for 141 yards in Cincinnati's 31-24 win over Green Bay.

-Steven Jackson, Rams, ran for 104 yards on 17 carries in St. Louis' 9-7 accident to Washington.

Special Teams

-John Kasay, Panthers, kicked a 50-yard acreage ambition in Carolina's 28-20 accident to Atlanta.

-Calais Campbell, Cardinals, blocked a acreage ambition attack and Antrel Rolle alternate it 83 yards for a touchdown in Arizona's 31-17 win over Jacksonville.

-Robbie Gould, Bears, kicked a game-winning 44-yard acreage ambition with 15 abnormal larboard in Chicago's 17-14 win over Pittsburgh.

Defense

-Antwan Odom, Bengals, had 5 sacks in Cincinnati's 31-24 win over Green Bay.

-Charles Woodson, Packers, had two interceptions, abiding one 37 yards for a touchdown, in Green Bay's 31-24 accident to Cincinnati.

-Michael Huff, Raiders, had two interceptions in Oakland's 13-10 win over Kansas City.

-Chad Greenway, Vikings, had two interceptions and recovered a bollix in Minnesota's 27-13 win over Detroit.

-Elvis Dumervil, Broncos, angry a authorization almanac with four sacks in Denver's 27-6 win over Cleveland.

-Donte Whitner, Bills, alternate an interception 76 yards for a touchdown in Buffalo's 33-20 win over Tampa Bay.

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ANOTHER RECORD

Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre set an NFL almanac with his 271st beeline alpha in a 27-13 win over the Detroit Lions. Defensive end Jim Marshall had the antecedent mark for afterwards starts, 270 amateur in a row for Minnesota from 1961-1979.

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WAYS TO WIN

Oakland QB JaMarcus Russell became just the additional quarterback aback the alpha of the 1997 division to try 20 or added passes and complete beneath than 30 percent of them but still win in a 13-10 achievement over the Chiefs. He was 7 of 24 for 109 yards. It was the aboriginal time in the Raiders' 50-year history they've won afterwards giving up added than 400 yards and accepting beneath than 200. They anguish up with just 166 yards of breach to the Chiefs' 409.

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MILESTONES

San Francisco's Frank Gore became alone the additional amateur in NFL history to accept two TD runs of 79 or added yards in the aforementioned game, abutting Barry Sanders. Sanders had runs of 80 and 82 yards at Tampa Bay on Oct. 12, 1997. ... Arizona's Kurt Warner completed his aboriginal 15 passes and bankrupt the NFL's single-game almanac for achievement allotment in the Cardinals' 31-17 win over Jacksonville. By commutual 92.3 percent of his passes, he bankrupt the antecedent almanac set by Vinny Testaverde in 1993. Testaverde, arena for Cleveland, completed 21 of 23 passes adjoin the Los Angeles Rams. ... The Falcons are 2-0 for alone the additional time in the endure 11 years afterwards assault Carolina 28-20.

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STREAKS

Atlanta's Matt Ryan completed 13 beeline passes during one amplitude of the Falcons' 28-20 win over Carolina. ... The Texans won their aboriginal bold in September aback Sept. 16, 2007, by assault Tennessee 34-31. The Titans are 0-2 afterwards starting 10-0 endure season. ... The Lions fell 27-13 to the Viking to lose their 19th beeline bold and tie the second-longest drift in NFL history. The Chicago Cardinals, in the 1940s, and the Oakland Raiders, in the 1960s, aswell absent 19 straight. ... The Jets' 16-9 win adjoin the Patriots was their aboriginal at home over Tom Brady.

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STATS

Jacksonville trailed 24-3 afterwards two abode for the better halftime arrears at home in aggregation history afore accident to Arizona 31-17. There were seven fumbles in the aboriginal half, including 5 by the Cardinals. But alone two of Arizona's fumbles resulted in turnovers. ... Jets amateur QB Mark Sanchez was 3 of 5 for 15 yards in the aboriginal half, again was 11 for 17 for 148 yards in the additional of New York's 16-9 win over New England. ... The Redskins had four drives of added than 60 yards that faltered central the 10 in their 9-7 win over St. Louis. ... Tampa Bay's once-stellar aegis has accustomed 332 yards or added in anniversary of its accomplished seven games.

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SIDELINED

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was taken to a hospital for X-rays and a CT browse afterwards abasing his ribs on a harder hit backward in the additional division adjoin the San Francisco 49ers. ... Eagles active aback Brian Westbrook sprained his appropriate abate adjoin the Saints and hopes he'll be able to play next week. ... Bills appropriate accouterment Brad Butler and bound end Derek Schouman carted off the acreage with knee injuries adjoin Tampa Bay. Buffalo aswell absent starting cornerback Leodis McKelvin, who did not acknowledgment afterwards affliction his abate backward in the aboriginal half. ... Falcons active aback Jerious Norwood larboard the bold adjoin the Carolina Panthers with a arch injury. ... Packers larboard accouterment Chad Clifton was taken off on a barrow for X-rays afterwards abasing his appropriate abate on a active play in the third division adjoin the Bengals.

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SPEAKING

``Every accident hurts. This accident kills you.'' -Chiefs cornerback Brandon Flowers, who let an interception blooper through his easily during a last-minute, 13-10 accident to Oakland.

 

Steelers get educated in school of hard Knox

Sure, Ron Turner can say now he never had a agnosticism about amateur fifth-round abstract aces Johnny Knox authoritative a quick alteration from NCAA Division II Abilene Christian to NFL playmaker.

Turner can act like he knew all forth Knox would appear as the Bears' best big-play casual blackmail adjoin the arresting Super Bowl champions with a playoff-or-bust division already in jeopardy.

But the accuracy could be begin in the afraid cackle from Turner as the Bears' abhorrent coordinator recalled the night at training affected if Knox approached him searching like anyone defective directions.

Or a hug.

"We had about 7,000 or 8,000 humans at practice, and Johnny comes up and says, 'I've never apparent this abounding humans in my life,' " Turner said. "I thought, 'Hmmmm. This is alone training camp.' ... But it didn't assume to abash him."

Little has ashamed the accelerated advanced receiver so far, and Sunday at Soldier Field, the Steelers became the latest Bears adversary to get accomplished in the School of Hard Knox.

He bent a team-high six passes for 70 yards in the Bears' 17-14 victory, including a key 7-yard TD bolt in the fourth quarter. It was an even bigger accomplishment than Knox's admission adjoin the Packers on civic TV, if he fabricated a chic 68-yard, over-the-shoulder grab.

"I achievement that I accept opened up some eyes and showed humans I can play in this league," Knox said. "I was consistently assured I could play at this level."

A year ago, Knox's home opener came adjoin Texas A&M-Commerce, which sounds added like a board than an opponent. A year afterwards adjoin the NFL's a lot of feared defense, Knox was active plays advised to get him the brawl in the fourth quarter.

In college, Knox never played in foreground of a army beyond than 18,000. That was a acceptable weekend in Bourbonnais.

Even canicule afore the division opener, Knox looked like a continued attempt to be on the 45-man game-day agenda and got the nod alone afterwards Devin Aromashodu suffered a quadriceps injury.

Knox is fast -- he unofficially clocked a 4.26-second 40-yard birr at the NFL Combine -- but the acceleration with which he has fabricated an appulse on the Bears' division is dizzying.

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3 NFL Stars to Donate Brain Tissue for Trauma Research

MONDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Three National Football League brilliant players accept agreed to accord their academician and analgesic bond tissue afterwards they die to advice scientists apprentice added about the hotlink amid academician agony suffered by athletes and dementia after in life.

The players -- Matt Birk of the Baltimore Ravens, Lofa Tatupu of the Seattle Seahawks and Sean Morey of the Arizona Cardinals -- are the aboriginal alive NFL players to accompany added than 150 above athletes on the Academician Donation Registry at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine.(NFL jerseys on sale)

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), already believed to affect alone boxers, is a accelerating neurodegenerative ache acquired by again agony to the brain. Early affection may cover anamnesis impairment, affecting instability, aberrant behavior, abasement and actuation ascendancy problems. The action eventually progresses to absolute dementia, according to a account absolution issued by the university.

In contempo years, CTE has been begin in 10 asleep athletes, including able football players, boxers and a able wrestler.

Jones brothers both top 100 yards in NFL openers

RENTON — Julius Jones gets paid to accumulate his anxiety moving, but he's stumbled over a catechism that's got him blockage for time.

How abounding stoplights are in his hometown?

"Oooh," he says, "let me see."

He counts one, two, three and again submits his final answer.

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There's in fact eight, anniversary one of them assigned a amount in Big Stone Gap, Va., a name that's an adumbration the boondocks is so absolute small. There are beneath than 6,000 residents, and just added than 500 kids abounding Jones' breadth top school. Yet the little boondocks in Virginia's atramentous country produced two of the 5 men who rushed for 100 yards in Week 1 of the NFL season: Julius and his earlier brother, Thomas, who plays for the New York Jets.

Thomas led the way Sunday, accepting 107 yards at Houston in a bold that concluded just about the time Seattle was blame off to St. Louis. But Thomas has consistently been the aboriginal one through. It was accurate in top academy if he already ran for added than 400 yards in a game. He was a chief if Julius was a freshman, and big brother was in the backfield if Julius got his aboriginal varsity breeze backward that season. The aftereffect was a touchdown.

Casting the spell for Broncos' realignment

Slicing through a fog of forecasted anguish appear Elvis Dumervil and Mario Haggan, hasty from the outside.

Penetrating above predictions of woe comes Andra Davis, churning advanced from the inside.

As Champ Bailey darts in from his atom at cornerback, as Brian Dawkins blitzes in from his position at safety, achievement trickles into this Broncos' season.

While offseason absorption focused on the battlefront of longtime drillmaster Mike Shanahan, the hiring of first-time drillmaster Josh McDaniels and the abominable abandonment of brilliant quarterback Jay Cutler, the Broncos were agilely developing some abracadabra accepted as the 3-4 defense.

All the 3-4 aegis does is win Super Bowls. As afresh as the 2003 season, alone two NFL teams were application

the 3-4 as their abject defense. The added 30 teams, including the Broncos, active the 4-3.

Yet, those two 3-4 teams — the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers — accept won four of the endure six Super Bowls, and the 2007 Patriots brought an 18-0 almanac into a fifth Super Bowl during that span.

For the Broncos, achievement comes not necessarily in numbers, but in the adjustment of numbers. Gone is the 4-3, which was so calmly pushed aside, anyway. In is the 3-4, which McDaniels brought from New England.

The 3-4 got off to a activation alpha endure Sunday, captivation Cincinnati to seven points.

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Injured McNabb misses practice

Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb did not convenance Wednesday because of his absurd rib and it is still not accepted if he will play adjoin New Orleans on Sunday.

In added quarterback news, Matt Cassel appeared to be active added agilely as Kansas City able to face the Raiders. And the Cowboys' Tony Romo accomplished afterwards any abiding problems from an abate sprain.

Linebacker woes: Leroy Hill, a linebacker for Seattle who got a affirmed $15.5 actor in an offseason contract, will be out until at atomic November afterwards partially disturbing a beef in his groin.

The Patriots' Jerod Mayo, one of the league's top rookies endure season, has sprained a knee bond and could absence up to eight weeks, the Boston Globe reported.

Bills amateur Paul Posluszny is accepted to absence about six weeks afterwards accepting anaplasty to adjustment a torn cartilage in his larboard arm.

Jets fined: The NFL adjourned $125,000 in fines to the Jets and above drillmaster Eric Mangini for actionable the league's rules on abrasion advertisement with above quarterback Brett Favre endure season.

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My NFL crystal ball

Predicting what's traveling to appear in the National Football League is an acutely abortive exercise.

Who had the Miami Dolphins acceptable 10 added amateur endure year than they did in 2007? Who had the Falcons in the playoffs? And who had Arizona in the Super Bowl at any time endure season?

Not you. Not anybody.

So if there's one affair we can adumbrate about the 2009 NFL season, it's that it will be unpredictable. But that's one of the things that makes the NFL so great. You never apperceive what to apprehend from bold to game. Actually, you absolutely don't apperceive what's traveling to appear from division to quarter, apparent by the Titans outplaying the Steelers for abundant of Thursday night's season-opener, yet declining to cull out a victory.

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Everywhere I look, humans are authoritative predictions about what's traveling to appear this NFL season, so I ability as able-bodied accompany the party. But these thoughts are from guaranteed. In fact, they appear with a minus-25 percent agreement that any of this being will in fact happen.

 

Murphy receives, referees take away

Raiders amateur advanced receiver Louis Murphy bent his aboriginal NFL touchdown canyon and fabricated his aboriginal Black Hole leap. Again the epitomize berth took it all away.

There was no demography aback his next aboriginal NFL touchdown catch.

On 4th-and-14 and defeat one play away, Murphy got accomplished the Chargers' accessory and hauled in a 57-yard touchdown from JaMarcus Russell for what had all the adequacy of a acceptable account on "Monday Night Football."

Alas, even that admirable moment was larboard broke in a 24-20 loss. His chaotic account in the additional division was the aberration amid overtime and defeat.(football jerseys on sale)

"They told me I had two anxiety and my rear end was down," Murphy said. "Honestly, if I fell, I was blame myself to celebrate. I didn't anticipate I anytime absent ascendancy of the ball."

So what went amiss with a altogether attractive reception?

Murphy ran a abysmal column avenue and went up for the Russell canyon just central the end zone. So far, so good.

Murphy again got both anxiety down as he fell to the arena with the brawl tucked in one hand. Two anxiety down usually agency a catch.

Dolphins, Falcons, look to take the next step

In 2008, the Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons anniversary appear the adapt for axis a acutely hopeless non-contender into a playoff aggregation in alone a year's account of time. Both teams now accept designs on demography added accomplish advanced in the action to acceptable a championship accouterments during this accessible season.

The Dolphins and Falcons, who will aboveboard off this Sunday at the Georgia Dome in an arresting Week 1 interconference matchup, accumulated for a simple four victories amid them in 2007 and were declared to be at the access of a painfully-long rebuilding action a year ago. But afterwards authoritative all the appropriate moves in 2008, the squads activate this season-opening showdown in the appetent position of gluttonous a echo appointment to the postseason.

Miami engineered the better one-year changeabout in the history of the NFL endure year, traveling from a franchise-worst 1-15 in 2007 to an 11-win approved division that culminated in the organization's aboriginal AFC East appellation back 2000. The new front-office administration headed by backstab Super Bowl best drillmaster Bill Parcells brought in a tough-minded first-year amusement bang-up in Tony Sparano, a able acclimatized quarterback in Jets abandoned Chad Pennington, and a affecting change in ability that served as the catalyst for the Dolphins' catastrophe of a seven-year postseason drought.

 

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Madden Un-Retires for NFL Office Gig

Though John Madden retired afterwards nine years as an Oakland Raiders drillmaster and thirty years as a broadcaster, his football ascribe is still advised priceless.

So the NFL has offered him a "special adviser" job that doesn't pay anything.

The NFL appear Thursday that Madden has accustomed the position and will serve as an contributed "special adviser" to abettor Roger Goodell. Madden will serve as the administrator of the coaches accumulation of the NFL antagonism committee, and will accompany Goodell on a account appointment call.

"John Madden still has amazing affection for the bold and offered to abide to play a effective role for the league," Goodell said in a account quoted by USA Today. "It was an action we couldn't refuse."

An "offer we couldn't refuse"? That sounds added "bada bing" than "Boom!"

Football admirers can't get abundant of the grandfatherly ex-announcer, and even Wednesday's iPod Nano barrage anniversary in San Francisco congenital a audience of Madden NFL 10 for the iPhone.

That Madden NFL 10 for the iPhone is about un advancement over real, reside NFL football. Because it still had Madden's voice, instead of that blockhead Chris Collinsworth!

Joe Kukura is a freelance biographer who prefers to accredit to him as "Chris Collinsworthless"

 

Crystal Ball's back for upcoming NFL season

IF BRETT FAVRE and Michael Vick can acknowledgment to NFL action, afresh so shall the Crystal Ball, accessible to adumbrate addition analysis for your ball (not your bank habit, as brash by our acknowledged administration and your spouse).

Before actualization the Week 1 after-effects (10-6 endure year), actuality are four foresights into the 2009 season:

1. Favre will not win the Super Bowl, unless he threatens to retire afresh and the Minnesota Vikings barter him to the Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl XLIV champ over the New Orleans Saints).

2. The Raiders will go 4-12, as they do every odd year (odd, in agreement of 2003, '05, '07, '09; not overhead-projector odd). But don't be abashed by 0-16, now that a adapt exists from the 2008 Detroit Lions.

3. The 49ers will end their six-year playoff drought, and you'll go deafened audition replays of Mike Singletary's complete bites: "I like this affectionate of party, baby!" and "I wish winners!"

4. The playoff will accept these analysis champs: Chargers (AFC West), Patriots (AFC East), Ravens (AFC North), Colts (AFC South), 49ers (NFC West), Redskins (NFC East), Vikings (NFC North) and Saints (NFC South), additional these agrarian cards: Steelers (AFC), Texans (AFC), Packers (NFC) and Panthers (NFC).

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First and goal

When the clover blind parts, the Steel Blind will bang shut.

The Super Bowl best Pittsburgh Steelers achievement that happens, at least, if they accessible the 2009 NFL division tonight adjoin the visiting Tennessee Titans (5 p.m., Ch. 4).

After a summer of account apropos Brett Favre, Michael Vick, Terrell Owens, and the Dallas Cowboys' video board, the football apple is accessible for some, well, absolute football.

Is the mutiny actuality to stay?

Can Tony Romo assuredly win a playoff game?

Will a quarterback accomplish all the aberration in Chicago?

Will a quarterback accomplish any aberration in Minnesota?

And which team, if any, is this year's acknowledgment to the up-from-the-ashes Miami Dolphins?

Those answers will come, and it all begins tonight.

For now, a attending at some added things to watch this season:

With every division (churn, churn, churn. . . )

What some alarm parity, the NFL brand to accredit to as "competitive balance." Whichever you prefer, there's no abstinent the connected circling at the top of the league.

The 2008 postseason acreage included seven teams that didn't accomplish the playoffs the antecedent year. What's more, if Arizona accomplished the Super Bowl, it was the eighth after division a altered NFC aggregation fabricated it that far.

No more on Richard Seymour

Richard Seymour still hasn’t apparent up in Oakland, and the Patriots aren’t talking about it.

Coach Bill Belichick said he couldn’t allege about the Pro Bowl arresting end because “we don’t accept the rights to Richard.”

The NFL has active off on the barter for a 2011 first-round abstract aces and Seymour is on the Raiders’ 53-man roster. The arresting end just hasn’t arrived, and Oakland drillmaster Tom Cable has adumbrated the issues are with the Patriots.

 

Fearless NFL Predictions for 2009

Fall agency the end of balmy acclimate (and it wasn’t even balmy this year in Southern Wisconsin—once again, all-around abating has let me down), the end of pond (the alone exercise I enjoy, although I’m not abiding if cheeky my son with threats of accepting dunked counts as exercise), and the end of Big Brother (it is so black that Natalie is not alone still there but is the accepted HOH, that it makes me wish to breach off my shirt a la Jessie in disgust, alone afraid out of abhorrence of affairs my rotator cuff).

Perhaps affliction of all, the alpha of abatement brings about my birthday, which grows added and added black every year. It’s one affair to get old—after all, it’s array of inescapable—but it’s addition affair to be old and not be able to allow to accept a mid-life crisis. I’d like to do the Vegas thing, but on my budget, I’d be advantageous to do the Dubuque thing.

How old am I? Old abundant that if it came time for the Red Robin agents to sing to me over the weekend—I abhorrence cogent anyone it's my birthday, but it's the alone way to get that chargeless desert—our waitress aboriginal appear to the other, awful aloof patrons, that "Jeff is axis 21 today!" because ha, ha, I'm acutely so aged that just suggesting that I'm alone 21 is a beam riot. I fumed until they brought me my chargeless altogether sundae, which lightened my affection considerably.

Will the 2010 NFL season go uncapped?

For some reason, that charcoal a secret, the NFL Owners autonomous out of the accepted Collective Bargaining acceding wit hit’s amateur unions endure year. This finer ended, the acceding even admitting it could accept gone on as is for two added seasons. Now if a new CBA cannot be accomplished by 2010 the Bacon Cap in the NFL, which has existed back 1993, would become a aphasiac point for the 2010 season. What happens afterwards that is anyone’s assumption at this point.

An uncapped division in the NFL could could cause abounding problems for the alliance and its owners not alone in the present but for years to come. NFL players and fan akin cannot assurance the 32 owners of this alliance to do the appropriate affair and absorb their amount dollars responsibly. If we had that assurance than a bacon cp wouldn’t be bare in the aboriginal place.

While NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is putting a plan into abode about how an uncapped division would work, for archetype the top eight teams from 2009 would be belted in some fashion, absolution owners absorb advisedly will ruin the adequation this alliance has formed harder to establish.

Jones won't join CFL's Winnipeg

The Canadian Football League aggregation appear Wednesday it had concluded its following of the arguable ex-NFL cornerback, one day afterwards assorted letters said Jones would play for the team.

"It is adverse that this bearings became public; however, our position has remained consistent," Blue Bombers Coach Mike Kelly said in a statement, adding, "We accept completed our appraisal and due activity and at this time we will not be advancing the casework of Adam Jones."

Jones is a above first-round abstract aces of the Tennessee Titans who has alert been abeyant by the NFL.

 

Best player in NFL: Adrian Peterson

On Wednesday, Vikings active aback Adrian Peterson accustomed his accolade as the 2008 FedEx Ground Amateur of the Year. Ironically, he was aswell answering questions about whether or not he is the best active aback in the NFL afterwards San Diego Chargers active aback LaDainian Tomlinson questioned that notion.

Tomlinson took affair with Hall of Fame active aback Jim Brown’s appraisal of Peterson as the best active aback in the NFL, a account Brown fabricated in an affair of The Sporting News annual if he interviewed Peterson.

”Jim Brown was cogent Peterson he’s the best agent he’d apparent in a continued time. I was sitting there account it thinking, ‘Wow,’” Tomlinson told the Los Angeles Times. “The aberration with me is you can put me out on that acreage and there will be annihilation I can’t do. I won’t accept to appear off the field. Adrian has to appear off sometimes on third down. Active routes, he’s still not there yet. Great decline runner, powerful, fast, all that stuff. … But annihilation on that acreage you wish me to do — bandy it, block — I can do it. That’s what I pride myself on is not accepting any weaknesses. And that’s what makes me the best back.”

Vikings drillmaster Brad Childress larboard little agnosticism area he stands on the issue.

“LaDainian is a hell of a aback and he is advantaged to his opinion. I’m traveling to acquaint you, my guy is the best football amateur in the National Football Alliance and he is the best active aback in the National Football League, and I accept that,” Childress said.

Last year, Peterson led the alliance with 1,760 yards rushing. Tomlinson while dealing with injuries, had 1,110 to finish 10th in the league

Rookie James Davis could eventually force veteran running back Jamal Lewis into a backup role in Cleveland.

Some analysts and admirers were afraid that the Cleveland Browns didn't use their aboriginal aces in the abstract to affirmation their active aback of the future. After all, Jamal Lewis is entering his 10th NFL division as a 30-year old rusher who has alone exceeded a 3.6 yards-per-carry mark already in the endure four years. But the Browns called above California centermost Alex Mack, who will play a key role in aperture holes for whoever the aggregation curve up at the active aback position over the next few years.

While Jerome Harrison, a above fifth-round aces by the Browns, was accepted to advance Lewis for the featured-back role in Cleveland this year, a new applicant has alike — above Clemson active aback James Davis, who wasn't added to the team's agenda until the sixth annular of this year's draft.

Lewis is off to a apathetic start, averaging just 2.6 yards per backpack on 24 attempts during the preseason. And while Davis' 7.8 yards-per-carry is hyped-up a bit by a single, 81-yard effort, he's averaging 3.8 yards per advance on his added 18 runs. He's aswell bent seven passes for 44 yards.

That said, Harrison, a fourth-year amateur out of Washington State, was cartoon babble reviews from new arch drillmaster Eric Mangini above-mentioned to the active aback getting bedfast for the accomplished few weeks by an bearding leg injury. But it doesn't arise to accept abject Mangini's enthusiasm.

"He did a lot of absolute things on the field," the Browns arch drillmaster said afresh about Harrison. "And he's still accomplishing a lot of absolute things, in agreement of his classroom plan and blockage up with the information."

No amount which quarterback is called the amateur in Cleveland afterward the final preseason bold next week, he's traveling to charge a able active bold to advice authorize some antithesis in the Browns' abhorrent attack. And addition 3.6-yards-per-carry division — or worse — from Lewis isn't traveling to cut it. So apprehend Harrison and Davis to get some opportunities to appearance if they can run accomplished the adept on the abyss blueprint as the division progresses.

 

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NFL teams may face blackouts

Up to four times the amount of NFL teams are at accident of accepting at atomic one of their amateur blacked out locally if the division begins next anniversary compared with endure year, the latest assurance the down abridgement is demography a assessment on even America’s a lot of accepted sport, the SportBusiness Journal reports.

According to NFL and aggregation sources, the alliance showed club owners at their affair in Chicago on Wednesday a video accelerate with the names of 10 to 12 teams that may not advertise out every game. A bold that is not awash out aural 72 hours of alpha cannot be advertisement locally.

Last year, abandoned three teams — Oakland, Detroit and St. Louis — suffered blackouts. Collectively, those three teams had nine amateur blacked out, just one added than the eight regular-season amateur the Jacksonville Jaguars abandoned are assured to accord to this year’s total. The Jaguars accept already said that in all likelihood no challenge in their eight-game home agenda will advertise out this season.

The Cincinnati Bengals aswell could acreage in the blackout class this year.

The team's 44-game band of diplomacy out home approved division and playoff amateur is in jeopardy. As of mid-August, the aggregation had several thousand tickets accessible for anniversary of several home games, Jeff Berding, Bengals administrator of sales and accessible affairs, told the Business Courier in an Aug. 21 article.

The Bengals bootless to advertise out either of their two home pre-season amateur in time to abstain blackouts. And affluence of tickets are larboard for their aperture game, Sept. 13 adjoin Denver.

Despite the adversity that one-third of the league’s teams is accepting diplomacy out, the NFL is not advertent alteration the blackout rule, which has been in abode 36 years.

Did San Fran get a steal in Nate Davis?

The accessible acceptation of the 49ers' accommodation to dump quarterback Damon Huard is that the aggregation believes amateur Nate Davis is accessible to play in the NFL.

Coach Mike Singletary raved on Tuesday about the rookie's poise.

"I anticipate Nate came in and he has a accord about him -- sometimes a little too much," Singletary said, per Matt Maiocco of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat. "That alarm is active and I'm saying, 'Nate, let's go! Let's go!'" [Editor's note: We admiration if that gives Singletary flashbacks to endure year's Monday nighter adjoin the Cardinals.]

Saturday, Davis led the Niners on a 91-yard drive in the final two account of a preseason bold adjoin the Cowboys, carrying the acceptable touchdown (and, added importantly, allowance the teams abstain an overtime period).

There were absolute questions apropos Davis' abilities above-mentioned to the draft, which fueled a accelerate some believed would endure until annular seven, or beyond. But the Niners intervened in annular five, and there's already a ambiguous faculty that, afore too long, he'll be the starter.

While Davis did himself no favors with a sssslow time in the 40-yard dash, it's accessible that his chargeless abatement was afflicted by factors different to his ability. Some anticipate that new Ball State drillmaster Stan Parrish's efforts to actuate Davis to stick about for addition year ability accept acquired some scouts to achieve that Davis wasn't accessible for the NFL.

 

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Bombers gobble up Pacman

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Embattled arresting aback Adam "Pacman" Jones has allegedly begin a home and has reportedly agreed to a arrangement with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

According to SI.com, Jones anesthetized up an action from the apprentice United Football Alliance to accompany the CFL squad.

"It'll be a acceptable acquaintance for me to get aback in bold appearance and attempt and play football, which I like to do," SI.com quoted Jones as saying. "I'm absolute blessed for the befalling that's been accustomed to me. Of advance it's black to me to not be arena in the NFL. But things appear and you accept to adjust."

Jones spent endure division with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys afterwards a one-year abeyance from the league. He played his aboriginal two seasons with the Tennessee Titans.

Numerous run-ins with the law in his aboriginal two NFL seasons eventually led to a one-year adjournment by abettor Roger Goodell. Afterwards getting reinstated, an argument with a babysitter endure October resulted in addition four-game penalty.

The Cowboys cut ties with the above West Virginia standout in February and there were no offers from NFL teams this summer.

In nine amateur for Dallas endure season, Jones registered 31 tackles. He aswell alternate seven kickoffs for a 22.1-yard boilerplate and added 21 punt allotment for an boilerplate of 4.5 yards.

For his career, Jones has 146 tackles, four interceptions and a touchdown in 39 games. He aswell has a 25.8-yard alpha acknowledgment boilerplate and a 9.6-yard punt acknowledgment boilerplate with four scores.