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| Lions field all 22 starters for Saints game |
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01/07/2012 |
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| New Orleans, LA (BettingExpress) - The Detroit Lions will have all 22 starters on the field for the first time since Thanksgiving in Saturday's wild card game against the New Orleans Saints. Included in that is safety Louis Delmas, who hasn't played since Thanksgiving due to a back injury. Inactive for Detroit is safety Chris Harris, quarterback Drew Stanton, corner Brandon McDonald, running back Joique Bell, safety Chris Harris, guard Leonard Davis, linebacker Doug Hogue and defensive end Andre Fluellen. Saturd |
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| NFL Inactives (Saturday, January 7, 2012) |
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01/07/2012 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - The following is a list of inactive players for today's Wild Card Playoff games. DETROIT LIONS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 8:00 P.M. (ET) Lions - QB Drew Stanton, RB Joique Bell, G Leonard Davis, DT Andre Fluellen, LB Doug Hogue, CB Brandon McDonald, S Chris Harris Saints - WR Lance Moore, CB Leigh Torrence, LB Jonathan Casillas, G Eric Olsen, TE Tory Humphrey, TE, John Gilmore, DE Turk McBride CINCINNATI BENGALS AT HOUSTON TEXANS, 4:30 P.M. (ET) Bengals - WR Armon Binns, T Anthony |
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| Saints WR Moore ruled out for Saturday |
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01/06/2012 |
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| Metairie, LA (BettingExpress) - New Orleans Saints wide receiver Lance Moore has been ruled out for Saturday's NFC wild card matchup with the Detroit Lions. Moore (hamstring) caught 52 passes for 627 yards and eight touchdowns in 14 games this season. Linebacker Jonathan Casillas (knee) and tight end John Gilmore (toe) have also been ruled out. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma (knee), safeties Malcom Jenkins (neck) and Jonathan Amaya (shoulder) and wide receiver Robert Meachem (knee) are listed as probable. |
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| Tensions high as Giants host Falcons in NFC First-Round tilt |
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01/06/2012 |
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| r, after it lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers by a 48-21 score in the Divisional Round. Atlanta sealed up the fifth seed in this year's playoffs with last Sunday's 45-24 win over Tampa Bay, but just couldn't keep up with the New Orleans Saints in its attempt to seize a second NFC South championship in as many years. Streaky play from the defense and ground game nearly prevented Atlanta from capturing a third postseason berth in four years as well, but the ship was finally righted in the p |
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| Defense may take back seat in Saints-Lions playoff clash |
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01/06/2012 |
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| though the team's sorely- anticipated return to the playoffs could be a short stay if its defense duplicates its most recent performance. The ascending Lions face a second consecutive tough assignment in the form of the high-flying and high-scoring New Orleans Saints, with the two prolifically pass-efficient clubs set to square off Saturday in the Superdome in an NFC First-Round Playoff that figures to deliver no shortage of offensive fireworks. Detroit ended over a decade's worth of frustration by breaking thro |
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| Saints place RB Ingram, LB Herring on IR |
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01/03/2012 |
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| Metairie, LA (BettingExpress) - The New Orleans Saints have placed running back Mark Ingram and linebacker Will Herring on injured reserve. Ingram, who missed the final four games of the regular season, had been dealing with a nagging toe injury. The rookie out of Alabama carried the ball 122 times for 474 yards and five touchdowns in 10 games for the Saints this season. Herring had nine tackles and one interception in 11 games this year. The Saints also signed offensive lineman Eric Olsen off the Washington Red |
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| Passing it on to the playoffs |
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01/02/2012 |
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| d injury for the playoffs, was the shift in postseason positioning that resulted from the event. Detroit's defeat sent the longtime playoff absentees into the sixth and final seed in the NFC, setting up a daunting road assignment against a scorching New Orleans Saints squad that's won eight straight games and is unbeaten at the Superdome this season. So six days after being torched for 550 total yards by a Green Bay offense directed by a second-string quarterback (albeit a very good one), the Lions now get to fac |
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| NFL Game Capsules |
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01/01/2012 |
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| ns scored the first 42 points against the Buccaneers to capture the No. 5 seed in the NFC playoffs with a 45-24 victory. The outcome, coupled with the Lions' loss to the Packers earlier Sunday, means Atlanta avoided a first-round matchup against the New Orleans Saints and will play the winner of the NFC East -- the New York Giants next Sunday. The Falcons (10-6) were crushed by the Saints on Monday, 45-16, and took out their frustrations in a one-sided regular season finale. Atlanta's Matt Ryan played less than t |
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| Falcons cruise to NFC's No. 5 seed |
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01/01/2012 |
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| ns scored the first 42 points against the Buccaneers to capture the No. 5 seed in the NFC playoffs with a 45-24 victory. The outcome, coupled with the Lions' loss to the Packers earlier Sunday, means Atlanta avoided a first-round matchup against the New Orleans Saints and will play the winner of the NFC East - the New York Giants next Sunday at 1 p.m. (et). The Falcons (10-6) were crushed by the Saints on Monday, 45-16, and took out their frustrations in a one-sided regular season finale. Atlanta's Matt Ryan play |
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| Giants last team to clinch playoff berth |
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01/01/2012 |
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| in the 8 p.m. (et) slot on January 14 for its divisional round game, while Baltimore will have the 1 p.m. game a day later. The Green Bay Packers already had the No. 1 seed in the NFC, so the battle was for No. 2 between the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints. The 49ers got it by escaping St. Louis with a win, while the Saints settled for the No. 3 spot despite routing Carolina. San Francisco, under first-year head coach Jim Harbaugh, will host the first divisional round game at 4:30 p.m. on January 14. |
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