Category: NFL Playoffs
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Brian Orakpo was expected by many to break out in a big way in 2012, but then he went down with a torn pectoral muscle very early in the year and was forced to watch from the sideline as the Redskins went on an amazing run to win the division ...
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Matt Ryan's numbers have been better than Joe Flacco's since the two came into the league in 2008, but Flacco has a Super Bowl ring and Ryan has just one playoff victory. As a result, Flacco is now the highest-paid player in NFL history while Ryan enters a contract year ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Asante Samuel nearly made it back to a Super Bowl for the first time since his Patriots days in his first year with the Atlanta Falcons. And now, after falling just short, Samuel believes that the pain from the NFC Championship loss to San Francisco. as well as the increased ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2013
Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck garnered most of the hype throughout the season and RG3 was named the NFL's Rookie of the Year over the weekend, but it's certainly arguable that the top rookie was a quarterback drafted much later than those two. Russell Wilson put together an unfathomable ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2013
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver had hoped to play in the NFL until he was 40. However, Driver will fall a few years short of that goal. The Packers' all-time leading receiver has announced his plans to retire and will make the formal announcement next week in front of the ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
The read-option, "Pistol" offense has taken the NFL by storm this season, as has one of its top engineers, Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick will surely utilize a lot of option-oriented designs in Sunday's Super Bowl, and the man who implemented that offense for Kaepernick at the University of Nevada will have ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2013
The San Francisco 49ers have been dominant on defense for two years and the Ravens aren't exactly a top-notch offense in comparison to some of the teams San Francisco has shut down -- or at least limited. But Niners defensive coordinator Vic Fangio is cautioning everyone that the Ravens present ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
As the Super Bowl countdown continues for Baltimore and San Francisco, two big potential issues facing the Niners that you're sure to hear a lot about between now and next Sunday involve Michael Crabtree and David Akers. Crabtree has been questioned in a sexual assault investigation, while Akers has missed ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Execution. It's as simple as that. In the second half on Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens defense came to play and shut out the New England Patriots' high-scoring offense. The hurry-up offense was ineffective and wasn't fooling anyone on the Ravens defense. Tom Brady got out of his rhythm and never ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
The Atlanta Falcons finally thought they had it all together. After years of dominant regular seasons, the Falcons finally won a playoff game for the first time in the Matt Ryan era and were on cruise control with a 17-0 first-half lead in Sunday's NFC Championship Game versus San Francisco. ...
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