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Dallas Cowboys – On Tony Romo and the Clutch Issue
Is Tony Romo ever going to shake the label of fourth quarter/December choker off of him? Some of the numbers during his career suggest that it’s quite the opposite, yet these late-game interceptions keep on coming, as the Dallas Cowboys find themselves with a losing record despite playing quite well on both end of the field so far this season.
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Houston Texans – The Weird Matt Schaub Story
It’s hard to say what’s the weirder story right now: Matt Schaub turning into one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL, or the difference in versions between NFL security and the Houston city police regarding Houston Texans fans coming to his house and confronting him about his lousy play recently.
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Oakland Coliseum – From Baseball to Football Stadium
The city of Oakland doesn’t have the luxury of building too many stadiums for its sport teams, so sometimes the grounds crew has only 20 hours to convert the place from a Baseball stadium after an A’s game to a football stadium for the Oakland Raiders.
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Matthew Stafford Breaking NFL Passing Records
The ongoing debate about Matthew Stafford being a good quarterback or just an average one gets aided by his newly acquired record for most passing yards (14,331) and completions (1239) through the first 50 games of his career, more than any other QB in NFL history.
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Going For it on Fourth Down – Worth the Risk?
It seems like every week the NFL presents a new study case for one of the oldest questions in the book – Should teams go for it on fourth downs, or simply take the safe route with the field goal or punt? A lot depends on what kind of play you run, and obviously your position on the field.
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Alex Smith Has More Rushing Yards Than Colin Kaepernick
The San Francisco 49ers replaced Alex Smith with Colin Kaepernick, never looking back to regret it. However, the Kansas City Chiefs are quite happy with the quarterback they’ve acquired, who is surprisingly quite solid on his new job, and even more shockingly, doing a better job at running the ball than Kaepernick, who has been disappointing, to be gentle, so far this season.
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Chip Kelly, Longest Tenured Head Coach in Philadelphia
He maybe only five professional games into his new job, but Chip Kelly is the longest tenured head coach among the NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB teams in the city of Philadelphia, making it 266 days so far since becoming the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles without being fired.
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South Carolina & Jadeveon Clowney Have Different Goals
The whole situation created by Jadeveon Clowney not really wanting to play for South Carolina while injured and the bad way it was handled by Steve Spurrier and his coaching staff is just another example of the mss the NCAA finds itself, with more and more voices calling to get players at least some sort of pay for the money they help generate to the schools.
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Eagles vs Bucs – DeSean Jackson Trash Talking Darrelle Revis
The meeting between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should have been with a bit more playoff implications to it, but there’s still plenty to focus on, like DeSean Jackson facing Darrelle Revis, as the wide receiver is warming things up by challenging the popular pick for best cornerback in the game to stop him.
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New Uniforms Won’t Save Pro Bowl
So Nike are giving the Pro Bowl a new look, making players who don’t really want to play an exhibition game at the end of the NFL season look like they’re playing for the Oregon Ducks. A nice touch, but unless there’s one massive revamp of the event, the Pro Bowl will continue to be […]