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NFL Week 8 results

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DVDC Wade Phillips was hurt by a player running into him. Went to the Hospital but was OK & released.
CRQB Cam Newton is complaining to the NFL about not getting late hit calls.  Good luck with that!
SEDE Michael Bennett will get surgery for a cartilage issue & will miss 2-3 wks
KCQB Smith is in concussion prototcol after taking 2 hits to the head.
KCrb Spencer Ware is in concussion protocol.
KCRB Jamaal Charles will go to a knee specialist to get his knee checked.
DACB Claiborn sports hernia & S Church broken arm.
AZS Ty Mathieu shoulder injury MRI today & LT Veldheer needs surgery Tricep
NFLWR Andre Johnson retires after 14 seasons in the NFL.
WA24 CN24WA missed a 34y FG in the last 2 min to send the game into OT.
4-3-1  3-4-1RV Dalton lost a fumble in OT but Cousins couldn’t get into scoring position
Dalton 27/42 284 11 FL Hill 20/76 TD Bernard 11/52 TD Green 9c 121  Eifert 9c 102 TD
Cousins 38/56 458 21 Kelley 21/7 TD Crowder 9c 107 TD  Reed 9c 99 TD
NE41 BF25Brady & Pats
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NFL Week 8 preview on NNR.

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MIrb Arian Foster retires
njQB Smith is put on IR
DVrb C J Anderson has meniscus damage out indefinately
OKlb Aldon Smith has applied for reinstatement after a year susp for substance abuse policy violation
DATony Romo is throwing the ball at practice.
JK22 TN36The Titans scored on 4 of their first 5 possessions. It was a very one sided game.
2-5  4-4The issue with JK was as usual QB Bortles.  His mechanics & footwork are bad. That prevents accuracy.
The game was Col. Mustard vs the Smerfs
TN Mariota 19/22 270 20 Murray 21/123 TD Wright 4c 84y TD
JK Bortles 33/54 337 30 4r 22y Hurns 7c 98 TD
WA CN-3CN has to get the run game going again.  Looked great last week but that was vs CL so it doesn’t count.
4-3  3-4WA run game is solid but the pass game has not been as effective as last year.
CN pass game (4th) vs WA pass D (17th)
WA pass game (3rd) vs CN pass D (12th)
NE-6.5 BFIn week 4 BF shut out NE. But that was without Brady at QB. Look for NE to crush
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NFL Week 7 Results & thoughts on the Browns

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NFL Week 7 Results

Injuries
WACB Norman in concussion protocol.
CL5th QB Kessler in concussion protocol
NJQB Geno Smith torn ACL injury & C Nick Mangold out with an ankle
BFRB McCoy out hamstring & WR Goodwin  in concussion protocol
NG17 LA10
4-3      3-4On the 2nd play of the game NG turned the ball over & LA got a TD from it.
LondonBut what LA gets it gives away.  Pick 6 by NG off of Kennum tied the score
Keenum would throw 4 pick to insure that LA did not get the win.
NG Manning 24/37 196 00 Jennings 13/25 Cruz 5c 55
LA Keenum 32/53 291 14 Gurley 15/57 Quick 4c 92 Austin 10c 57 TD
How bad could Goff be not to see action after Kennum threw 4 picks?
WA17 DT20Stafford threw an 18 yard TD pass to Boldin with 16 sec left to win the game.
4-3   4-3Neither team could stop the run DT had 94 y & WA had 134
DT Stafford 18/29 266 10  Forsett 8/33 Jones 4c 94 FL Tate 6c 93y
WA Cousins 30/39 301 10 FL Rush TD Thompson 12/73 Crower 7c 108y
OK33 JK16OK RB Murray
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Week 7 NFL Preview

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KC Traded RB Knile Davis to GB for a late round draft pick.
SF RB Hyde will not play vs TB
GB cb Sam Shields placed on IR & RB Lacy out with ankle surgery Pack placed him on IR out till wk 15
PT QB Ben Roethlisberger will be out 4-6 weeks. The meniscus is torn. He should be back vs CL.
MI S Reshad Jones out for the seaon Torn rotator cuff
BF rb McCoy suffered a hamstring injury in practice Wed. Doubtful for Sunday
ba QB Joe Flacco may not play Sunday
OK Owner Davis said he will file paperwork to move to LV
NG Signed k Gould to a deal he will go to London.
NFL The league is working with the city of Oakland to get something done so Raiders don’t move.

Reunion Sunday

CH10 GB26 The WR issue has affected Rodgers He has the 35th ranked pass comp %
1-6 4-2 Hoyer broke his arm in the 2nd Q replaced by Barkley
Hoyer had thrown 200 passes this season without a pick.
If you can’t get open vs Chicago, you are a bad WR
Hoyer 4/11 49 00 Barkley 6/15 81 02 Carey 10/48 … Read more at FryingPanSports

News, Notes & Rumors for 09-17-2014

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News:

The Radisson Hotel chain has suspended sponsorship of the Vikings. This is what the new Viking banner looks like.

Week 2 was disastrous for a lot of teams suffering significant injuries.

Redskins lost QB Robert Griffin for a number of weeks with a dislocated ankle. They also lost WR DeSean Jackson with a shoulder sprain.

Chiefs lost RB Jamaal Charles with a high ankle sprain and S Eric Berry with a low ankle sprain.

Chargers lost RB Ryan Mathews for a month with an MCL sprain.

Saints RB Mark Ingram with a broken hand for a month.

Bengals WR A.J. Green is dealing with a toe injury.

49ers lost TE Vernon Davis with an ankle injury and Vance McDonald with a knee injury.

The Bears lost CB Charles Tillman for the year with a torn tricep.

Bucs DT Gerald McCoy broke his hand.

Bears lost CB Charles Tillman with a triceps injury.

Jags lost TE Marcedes Lewis with a ankle injury.

Jets lost WR Eric Decker.

2-0 teams

Bills – Not making the playoffs.

Bengals – Playing better than I thought and should make the playoffs.

Texans – Amazing what a last place schedule will do for a team. … Read more at FryingPanSports

News, Notes & Rumors for week 11

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NOTE:  This week the NFL Preview show will be on Thursday at 6 PM and next week it will be on Wednesday due to the Thanksgiving weekend.

 

Check out the live News, Notes and Rumors show on Monday and Friday at 6 PM Eastern on The Bill Smith Radio Show or the archive of the shows on https://fryingpansports.com/radio-show/.  On Monday Samantha Bunten of NBC Sports and I discuss the Browns game and the results of the weekend.  On Friday Tony Williams Giants beat writer for Metro New York joins Samantha and me to preview the upcoming games.

 

 

 

News:

The best news of the week was that Texans coach Gary Kubiak was back with the team.  He is a good guy and we hope he continues to have good health.

 

Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe was is facing possible drug charges.  According to league rules he is exempt from suspension until the legal case is adjudicated.

 

Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders was lost for the game and perhaps longer with a foot injury.

 

The end of the Patriots Panther game was another example of bad and gutless officiating in the NFL.  After seeing TE Rob Gronkowski tackled … Read more at FryingPanSports