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Detroit Lions – Calvin Johnson Can’t Get Better Than This
It’s hard to tell what was the most impressive feat for the Detroit Lions as they picked up their fifth win of the season – Matthew Stafford fooling everyone and then lunging forward to score the game-winning touchdown, or Calvin Johnson catching 14 passes for 329 yards, nearly setting a new NFL record for receiving yards.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Got Rid Of the Wrong Person
Getting rid of Josh Freeman made sense only if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thought that the team they have is good enough to win without him under Greg Schiano. With every game and loss that goes by, it’s not quite clear if Freeman was going to be the guy to help this expensive project thrive at some point, but Schiano is looking more and more like the guy who can’t.
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NFL Rumors – Atlanta Falcons Not Trading Tony Gonzalez
Despite ESPN really trying hard to push that angle, the Atlanta Falcons have made no indication that they’re going to trade Tony Gonzalez in order to give him some sort of shot for the Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, while giving themselves a first round pick as the failure (so far) of this season is some wake up call and time for a minor rebuild.
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New York Giants – Misleading Run Defense Statistics
When you check out box scores and statistics, it may seem like the New York Giants aren’t doing everything badly, and their defense is able to at least handling the run and especially elite running backs in the NFL. However, when you take a more macro look at their whole performance on defense and in general, it seems that the numbers are simply misleading.
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Seattle Seahawks Rumors – Taking it Slow With Percy Harvin
In the big arms race of the NFC West, adding Percy Harvin should have been a huge offensive bonus for the Seattle Seahawks. However, his torn labrum surgery has kept him off the field for the last three months, and they’re not rushing him into anything if they don’t have to.
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NFL Rumors: Philadelphia Eagles Re-Starting Michael Vick
After missing two games due to a hamstring injury, the Philadelphia Eagle seem intent on bringing Michael Vick back to the starting quarterback position, as the other options for the spot haven’t proven to be too reliable despite the promising start.
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NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings Not Benching Josh Freeman
Despite a horrendous performance on his debut as the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, Josh Freeman won’t lose that job in the next game as well, as his head coach believes that the problems featured in his passing are easily fixable even in the short time left for them to prepare.
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NFL Rumors – Cleveland Browns Don’t Want Jeff Garcia
Things seem to be going so badly for the Cleveland Browns that even Jeff Garcia, five years into his retirement from the NFL, thinks he has a shot to play for them. So far, no one from the franchise is actually interested in four-time pro bowler, but it just goes to show just how bad things have gotten (yet again) for one of the most poorly run organizations in the NFL.
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Top 5 Most Hated Players in the NFL
People love the NFL, but they also spend a lot of time hating football players. As always, in the annual poll to uncover who gets the most hatred, the names of Michael Vick, Ndamukong Suh and Mark Sanchez come up, while newcomer and rookie Manti Te’o brings somewhat of a refreshing case, getting points for things […]
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Minnesota Vikings – Josh Freeman Over Adrian Peterson?!
Of all the things that don’t make sense, giving Josh Freeman, on his first start for the Minnesota Vikings, to throw the ball 53 times while there’s someone called Adrian Peterson in the backfield defies any kind of logic that’s based on the assumption that you play to win games and not prove a point.