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49ers vs Seahakws – Clean, Old Fashioned Hate
Some teams simply don’t like each other very much, and the fact that they play each other two times a year (if not more, thanks to the playoffs), doesn’t really help patch things up. The San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks don’t have one specific event that turned this rivalry into something special. It’s a simple case of proximity, a rise to power at the same time and having figures who aren’t afraid of talking to the media.
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Wade Phillips Doesn’t Understand Why No One is Hiring Him
It’s been almost 40 years for Wade Phillips in the NFL, working his way up from position coach to a usually successful head coach. Despite his record with teams like the Buffalo Bills and the Dallas Cowboys or his reputation as an excellent defensive coordinator, there seems to be zero interest in his talents for the head coaching position this offseason, with most opening already being filled.
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NFL Playoffs – Four Quarterbacks From Two Different Generations
Few will argue that the best teams in the NFL reached the “Final Four”, the conference championship games. It also offers an interesting take on old and new in the NFL, with Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson being a new breed of quarterbacks regarding their skill-set, while Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, representing the old guard, and relying on their arms and not their legs approach.
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Minnesota Vikings – Mike Zimmer is Their New Head Coach
The Minnesota Vikings are the next team to fill their vacant head coach slot, naming Mike Zimmer, the defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals, as the man to replace Leslie Frazier.
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Detroit Lions – Jim Caldwell Becomes Their New Head Coach
The Detroit Lions didn’t need too many interviews with candidates or more than two weeks to pick their next head coach, which happens to be Jim Caldwell, serving as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens over the last couple of seasons.
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Carolina Panthers – Cam Newton Needs Good Receivers
Many thought the Carolina Panthers were in for a good season, but few expected them to win the NFC South, make the playoffs with a 12-4 record and even getting a bye week before losing at home to the San Francisco 49ers. Now is the time to make sure the Panthers are just as successful next season, and that begins with giving Cam Newton a few more offensive weapons to throw to.
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James Franklin, Destroying the Vanderbilt Recruiting Class
It didn’t take long for James Franklin to feel right at home at Penn State as their new head coach and beginning his plundering of his recruiting class for Vanderbilt, leaving the Commodores with hardly any of what was considered a top 25 class heading into 2014.
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Peyton Manning Helping Out the City of Omaha By Yelling it During Games
Quarterbacks shout things during games. Some of them mean something – snap count, audible. Sometimes it’s meaningless, or an attempt to trick a defense. Peyton Manning isn’t the first, but seems to be the one who sticks to the word Omaha, Nebraska’s biggest city, more than anyone else. And the city, or some people in […]
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Tennessee Titans – Ken Whisenhunt Is Their New Head Coach
The Tennessee Titans didn’t wait long to replace the fired Mike Munchak at head coach, hiring Ken Whisenhunt who spent last season as the offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers and previously was the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.