Previewing the final 53 man roster. QBs: (3) Rodgers, Flynn, and Harrell. Review: Super Bowl MVP Rodgers continues to look sharp in the preseason. Backup Flynn is one of the NFL’s best backup. RBs: (4) Grant, Starks, Green, and Kuhn. Review: With a talented West Coast passing game, the Packers deemphasize the run keeping only three halfbacks and one fullback. RB Grant is [...]
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Steelers Offense Outplays Atlanta in 34-16 Preseason Win
If the Steelers offense is as good in 2011 as it was for the first 30 minutes of Saturday’s preseason game – it’s going to be a very good year. Against a team that won 13 games in the regular season a year ago, the Steelers went up and down the field against the Atlanta [...]
Tampa Bay Tops Dolphins 17-13 in Preseason Action
Nathan Overbay’s seven-yard touchdown reception with just over three minutes left in the fourth quarter was the difference as Tampa Bay got past Miami, 17-13, in preseason action. Rudy Carpenter threw the game-deciding score, finishing 5-of-8 for 59 yards for the Buccaneers, who saw starter Josh Freeman strike for 149 yards on 12- of-23 completions. [...]
Texans Star RB Foster Injuries Hamstring in Teams 30-7 Win Over 49′ers
August 28th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in 2011 Preseason, Houston Texans, Injuries, San Francisco 49ers Star Texans running back Arian Foster left the game with a left hamstring injury in the first quarter, but Houston went on to beat San Francisco 30-7 on Saturday. Foster rushed eight times for 38 yards before leaving, while Matt Schaub passed for 180 yards and a touchdown with an interception in the victory. The [...]
Tampa Bay CB Aqib Talib Won’t Face League Suspension
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has decided to not suspend Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. In May, the 25-year-old Talib was arrested in Garland, Texas on aggravated assault with deadly weapons charges following an incident in March where Talib allegedly pistol-whipped and fired multiple shots at [...]
Bengals Cut Carson Palmers Brother Jordan, Five Others
The Bengals have waived quarterback Jordan Palmer, cornerback LeRoy Vann, free safety Tom Nelson, linebacker Stephen Franklin, wide receiver Jamere Holland and released cornerback Fred Bennett. The writing was on the wall for Carson Palmer’s little brother after he failed to make an appearance in Cincinnati’s past two preseason games. A sixth-round pick of the [...]
Gridiron Preseason Preview: Texans at 49′ers
Following a pair of very positive results at home in their first two appearances of this preseason, the Texans take to the road for Saturday’s clash with the 49ers at Candlestick Park. What will be an important upcoming season for Texans head coach Gary Kubiak and his staff has gotten off to a promising beginning, [...]
49′ers Unhappy RB Gore Snaps at Assistant Coaches
Frank Gore’s frustration has grown to the point that those around him say they’ve never seen the 49ers’ running back as frustrated as he’s been over the past couple weeks. One team source said Gore has uncharacteristically “snapped” at some of the team’s assistant coaches as his concern has grown over not receiving a contract [...]
