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Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Has a Defense to Rely On
For once, it wasn’t Aaron Rodgers and his vast & impressive crew of receivers that carried the Green Bay Packers to victory, their first of this NFL Season. This time, it was the defense, usually criticized for being pretty bad, that dealt most of the damage to the Chicago Bears and mostly Jay Cutler, beating their division rivals 23-10.
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Washington Redskins – Controlling the Robert Griffin III Hype
It’s true that the Washington Redskins have the St. Louis Rams to prepare to this Sunday, but it seems that Mike Shanahan has an equally important job on his to-do list as well: Calming down the hype around Robert Griffin III, who became the first rookie to receive the NFL offensive player of the week award for his debut performance.
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San Francisco 49ers – Alex Smith Finally Enjoying the Quarterback Life
When Alex Smith decided to give up on tasting free agency, he realized something very simply. All his seasons in San Francisco with the 49ers before Jim Harbaugh took over, and everything that happened in the 2011 season, Smith’s best since he was the number one pick in the 2005 NFL draft.
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Baltimore Ravens – Falling In love with Joe Flacco
Suddenly, all that talk about being the best quarterback in the NFL. We’ve already established that the Baltimore Ravens, the only team in the NFL to make the last four playoffs, have a good shot at winning the Super Bowl. Joe Flacco and the offense being the main reason for it just wasn’t in the plans.
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Teams That Can Still Win the Super Bowl – Anyone Who Lost in Week 1
The New York Giants, the Green Bay Packers, the New Orleans Saints, the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers all lost their opening games of the 2012 NFL Season. It doesn’t really matter, because the last five different teams to win the Super Bowl opened with a loss.
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Denver Broncos – Peyton Manning Survives First Test
Keyword: Survives, not thrives. Because there was a whole lot of fear regarding Peyton Manning’s debut for the Denver Broncos against the ultra-blitzing Pittsburgh Steelers, waiting for the first moment he’ll take a big hit or sack and connect with the ground. After a 31-19 win, getting sacked twice in the process and hit a couple of more times, it’s safe to say he’s completely back after 20 months.
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Griffin vs Luck – Week 1 Debuts
These things can really be decided only years from now but after both Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III made their NFL debuts, it looks like the Washington Redskins made a better choice than the Indianapolis Colts in the 2012 NFL Draft.
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2012 College Football Rankings – Week 2
While the national title contenders had no problems what so ever in week 2; Alabama cruising against Western Kentucky, USC putting up big numbers against Syracuse and LSU demolishing Washington, the big move was #8 Arkansas losing at home to Louisiana Monroe, dropping out of the rankings for the second biggest fall in the history of the AP Poll, behind Michigan’s fall from #5 in 2007.
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2012 NFL Season – Week 1 Predictions
The 2012 NFL season officially began on Wednesday, when the Super Bowl champions New York Giants lost at home to the Dallas Cowboys, but a full list of games on Sunday, with the Pittsburgh Steelers facing the Denver Broncos and the Peyton Manning debut is the biggest source of interest, while Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III make their debuts as well, in Chicago and New Orleans.
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2012 College Football Season Week 2 – When the Upsets Begin
After a rather mild opening week regarding the AP Poll rankings, week of the 2012 College Football season is going to be harsh, with four teams in the top 25 losing their first game of the season – Arkansas, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Oklahoma State, while Missouri and Texas A&M lost in their SEC debuts.