Cam Newton threw two touchdown passes, DeAngelo Williams ran for a score and the Carolina Panthers ended Houston’s seven-game winning streak with a 28-13 win over the Texans on Sunday. Newton completed 13 of 23 passes for 149 yards, outplaying opposing rookie quarterback T.J. Yates. The Panthers (5-9) built a 21-0 halftime lead, then ended Houston’s second-half rally when linebacker James Anderson intercepted [...]
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Source: Rams QB Sam Bradford to stay sidelined for season
St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford will likely be shut down for the remainder of the season, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. After not missing a snap as a rookie, Bradford has been battled a left high ankle sprain since Week 6, an injury that has kept him out of three games and ineffective in the games [...]
Bears RB Matt Forte unlikely to return this season?
Two weeks after suffering a Grade 2 sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte says he’s nowhere near 100 percent and doesn’t want to risk further injury by trying to come back too soon, Nick Friedell of ESPN Chicago reports. “Day to day, I just see how it [...]
Kellen Clemens Will Start vs. Cincinnati
St. Louis Rams QB Kellen Clemens is going to start against Cincinnati. He is the 5th different Rams QB to start since Spagnuolo took over in 2009. Clemens is 4-5 in his career as a starter and was claimed two weeks ago after being waived by the Texans. Hit “Like” if you hope the Rams [...]
Romo’s Three Touchdowns Propel Cowboys by Tampa Bay; 31-15
Tony Romo found each of his three top wide receivers for scores and capped off a 28-point first half with a touchdown run of his own, as the Cowboys easily put away the Bucs in Tampa Bay 31-15 on Saturday night. Romo was 23-30 with zero interceptions and Felix Jones went over 100 yards on [...]
Ravens QB Flacco Not a Big Fan of the Coverage on Tim Tebow
Ravens QB is in the news, but for all the wrong reasons. The QB, who has failed to make it to a Super Bowl in his 3 seasons in the NFL, has taken to the radio to talk bad about up and coming NFL wonderkid – Tim Tebow. “I like Tim, but you have a [...]
Has the Lions secondary shown steady improvement?
In years past, this time of the year was devoted to draft research and speculation as the Lions played out the string. Despite the Lions being in the thick of the playoff race, I have indulged in the guilty pleasure of very premature mock drafts. While checking out some of the Lions’ projected picks, I [...]
Does Seahawks CB Brandon Browner rank among the elite?
There’s a saying that the stat’s don’t lie. Even in an increasingly growing metrics era of measuring player performance and efficiency, it would be fairly naive to ignore the company that Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner is keeping with his play this season regardless of your statistical measuring allegiance. What Doug Baldwin has been to the [...]

December 18th, 2011
Russ Loede
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