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| Surging Saints ready for key clash with Titans |
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12/09/2011 |
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| ainst playoff contenders Tampa Bay, Atlanta, the New York Giants and Detroit, New Orleans has won by an average score of 33-20 while racking up a combined 1,831 total yards. Test No. 5 comes Sunday at Nashville's LP Field, where the Saints visit the Tennessee Titans. "The loss to St. Louis left us in the middle of the division with Atlanta and Tampa," Saints quarterback Drew Brees said. "November is when you begin to separate yourselves from the pack, and we wanted to be playing our best football." New Orleans |
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| Rice, McCarthy and Brown earn AFC weekly honors |
NFL Football |
12/07/2011 |
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| New York, NY (BettingExpress) - Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, Tennessee Titans linebacker Colin McCarthy and Pittsburgh Steelers punt returner Antonio Brown have been selected as the AFC's top players for Week 13 of the NFL season. Rice picked up the offensive award after rushing for a career-high 204 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries in the Ravens' 24-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns. He also had a career-best 67-yard run in the game on the way to his second career weekly award. McCarthy regis |
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| Texans release Clemens |
NFL Football |
12/06/2011 |
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| touchdowns and 83 interceptions during his NFL career. With plenty of NFL experience between Garcia and Delhomme, it appears that Houston's plan is to use the veterans as teachers to guide fifth-round rookie quarterback T.J. Yates through the rest of the season. Yates threw for 188 yards and a score in Houston's 17-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday -- his first career NFL start. The Texans have won six consecutive games and continue to hold a two-game cushion over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC South. |
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| Newton carries Panthers past reeling Bucs |
NFL Football |
12/04/2011 |
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| a touchdown. Naanee also completed a 27 yard pass to Newton. Josh Johnson completed 16-of-27 passes for 229 yards, one touchdown and one interception in place of Josh Freeman, who missed the game after being injured in last week's 23-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans. Johnson led the Bucs (4-8) in rushing with 45 yards on five carries and Dezmon Briscoe caught a touchdown pass. The Bucs have lost six consecutive games. The Panthers struck first on the opening possession of the game, as they went 83 yards in seve |
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| Johnson runs Titans past Bills |
NFL Football |
12/04/2011 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (BettingExpress) - Chris Johnson carried the ball 23 times for 153 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Tennessee Titans beat the struggling Buffalo Bills, 23-17. Johnson, who struggled early on this season, now has three 100-yard rushing performances in three of his last four games for the Titans (7-5), who remained two games behind red-hot Houston for first place in the AFC South. Matt Hasselbeck completed 16-of-25 passes for 140 yards for Tennessee, which has won two in a row. "Buffalo is |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 4, 2011) |
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12/04/2011 |
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| lson, CB Brent Grimes, CB Kelvin Hayden, C Brett Romberg, LB Stephen Nicholas, T Kirk Chambers, DE Cliff Matthews Texans - QB Kellen Clemens, CB Brandon Harris, FB Lawrence Vickers, G Thomas Austin, T Andrew Gardner, TE Garrett Graham, DE Tim Bulman TENNESSEE TITANS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Titans - QB Rusty Smith, WR Donnie Avery, T Byron Stingily, C Kevin Matthews, DT Zach Clayton, CB Tommie Campbell, LB Barrett Ruud Bills - K Rian Lindell, S George Wilson, LB Antonio Coleman, T Sam Young, WR Derek Ha |
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| Titans shoot for needed win over stumbling Bills |
NFL Football |
12/02/2011 |
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| (BettingExpress) - While the Buffalo Bills appear on the verge of having yet another season end in heartbreak, the Tennessee Titans head into the stretch run with still viable playoff aspirations after an important win in their last test. The Titans will attempt to follow up that positive result when they take to the road for Sunday's clash with the sputtering Bills, who return to Ralph Wilson Stadium on a four-game losing streak and off a rough sequence of unsuccessful visiting ventures. Though Tennessee stil |
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| Johnson, Suggs and Janikowski earn AFC weekly honors |
NFL Football |
11/30/2011 |
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| New York, NY (BettingExpress) - Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski have been selected as the AFC's top players for Week 12 of the NFL season. Johnson picked up the offensive award after rushing for a season-best 190 yards on 23 carries in Tennessee's 23-17 win over Tampa Bay. Suggs tied a career-high with three sacks and added three tackles and one forced fumble in a 16-6 win over the NFC-West leading 49ers to e |
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| Texans ink veteran QB Delhomme |
NFL Football |
11/29/2011 |
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| lhomme started four games for the Cleveland Browns in 2010 before giving way to then-rookie Colt McCoy. Delhomme has thrown for 20,764 yards with 125 touchdowns and 101 interceptions in 10 NFL seasons. The Texans are currently two games ahead of the Tennessee Titans for first place in the AFC South, but are down to Yates at quarterback after Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart suffered season-ending injuries. Schaub has already been placed on season-ending injured reserve because of a right foot injury, while Leinart |
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| Report: Texans ink veteran QB Delhomme |
NFL Football |
11/29/2011 |
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| lhomme started four games for the Cleveland Browns in 2010 before giving way to then-rookie Colt McCoy. Delhomme has thrown for 20,764 yards with 125 touchdowns and 101 interceptions in 10 NFL seasons. The Texans are currently two games ahead of the Tennessee Titans for first place in the AFC South, but are down to Yates at quarterback after Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart suffered season-ending injuries. Schaub has already been placed on season-ending injured reserve because of a right foot injury, while Leinart |
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