NFL roundup: Sanchez leads Jets to first win

Mark Sanchez completed a amazing 31-yard touchdown canyon to Chansi Stuckey and denticulate 20 credibility in 2 1/2 abode as the New York Jets belted the New York Giants 27-25 on Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J., giving new drillmaster Rex Ryan his aboriginal win.

Sanchez had to dart to his appropriate to abstain charging arresting ends Mathias Kiwanuka and Osi Umenyiora. Just afore he accomplished the Jets' sideline, Sanchez threw a bang to Stuckey at the 10 and the receiver bankrupt four tackles to accomplish his way into the end zone.

Former Glencoe High School brilliant Erik Ainge threw a 70-yard touchdown canyon to Aundrae Allison and Burns built-in Kellen Clemens was 1 for 2 for 5 yards for the Jets.

San Francisco 20, Dallas 13: The 49ers won a action of the backups in the additional bisected and anguish up acceptable on a 9-yard touchdown run by Kory Sheets with 33 abnormal larboard in Arlington, Texas.

Notes: Drew Stanton threw a 21-yard canyon to amateur Dan Gronkowski and a 2-point about-face to John Standeford with 4:13 larboard to accord the Detroit Lions a home win over the Indianapolis Colts. Three-time MVP Peyton Manning was 12 of 15 for 123 yards for the Colts. ... Joe Flacco threw for 247 yards and a touchdown, the Ravens' aegis shut down Carolina's aboriginal unit, and Baltimore exhausted the Panthers 17-13 in Charlotte, N.C. ...

Ben Roethlisberger led two scoring drives while traveling 15 of 19 for 168 yards as the host Pittsburgh Steelers exhausted the Buffalo Bills 17-0. In three games, the Steelers' top-ranked aegis from a division ago has yet to acquiesce a touchdown. ... Drew Brees completed 14 of 17 passes for 179 yards and collection the Saints to touchdowns on all three drives he played, arch New Orleans to a 45-7 win over the host Oakland Raiders. ...

San Diego's Philip Rivers led touchdown drives in two of his three backing afore the Atlanta Falcons' backups rallied to exhausted the visiting Chargers 27-24. ... Former Pro Bowl abhorrent accouterment Marvel Smith has retired from 49ers afterwards getting bedeviled by aback problems during training camp.

Bruschi set to say goodbye to the Patriots and the NFL

Did you hear?

By cafeteria time tomorrow anybody about Tucson will be talking.

Why you ask?

One of the All-time Arizona Wildcat football greats has absitively to adhere it up.

After 13 years of arena for the New England Patriots, average linebacker Tedy Bruschi will be announcement his retirement during a columnist appointment at 10:45 a.m. ET.

There are a few factors that played into his decision…

Age – At 36 years-old Bruschi is the oldest amateur on the aegis and additional on the aggregation abaft Joey Galloway, 37. The claiming apparently went something like this…retire with address or be cut in shame.

Depth blueprint – A year ago the Patriots drafted average linebacker Jerod Mayo out of Tennessee in the aboriginal round. He went on to become the NFL arresting amateur of the year. This off-season New England active central linebacker Paris Lenon from the Detroit Lions.

'Kiss da baby' to this NFL preseason

Do his teammates like him? Do they really, absolutely like him?

Brett Favre insists it doesn't matter, and that aggregate will be all right. Besides, with his 12th retirement alone two years abroad now, he's a little too old to play the acceptance bold anyway.

At atomic the blow of the Minnesota Vikings apperceive area things stand. They came to affected cerebration the applesauce was over, until that acute day if they saw their drillmaster acknowledgment from the airport with No. 4 in the commuter bench beside him.

It's a accord of convenience, this aberrant accord amid a aggregation all cheeseheads abound up to hate, and the old, aged gunslinger who will yield their snaps beneath center. But that hasn't chock-full Viking admirers from acquisitive up amethyst Favre jerseys faster than a bowl of absurd walleye sandwiches.

The jersey bearings is a bit added complicated in Philadelphia, area the country's a lot of acclaimed beastly abuser now plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. One antic appurtenances alternation is cat-and-mouse to see whether to advertise a blooming No. 7, afraid conceivably that the fur will activate to fly, but others were added than blessed to accident the ire of dog lovers if they could accomplish a blade off it.

Quarterback controversies are annihilation new to the preseason, admitting a lot of accept added to do with arena time than bastille time. There are still several traveling on even now, including one in Cleveland area Bill Belichick wannabe Eric Mangini insists on absolution Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson aberration in the wind.

Doesn't absolutely amount because Las Vegas oddsmakers accept already accustomed that the Browns will be a awful aggregation whoever is active the offense. But it's Mangini's aboriginal year in Cleveland, and he'll absorb a lot of of it reminding anybody that he is in charge.

Cutler must 'bear' up for rough Denver crowd

Jay Cutler didn't like it if new Denver Broncos drillmaster Josh McDaniels approved to barter for quarterback Matt Cassel. In essence, the strong-armed Cutler threw a hissy fit and orchestrated a barter appropriate out of the Mile High City.

It was Merry Christmas for the built-in of Santa Claus, Ind., and a Happy New Year for the Chicago Bears.

Cutler wowed Bear admirers endure anniversary with a aciculate achievement adjoin the New York Giants in the additional exhibition game. This week, Cutler ability wish to accumulate his helmet on even while on the sidelines if the Bears biking to Denver on Sunday (7 p.m., NBC).

Denver admirers will assail Cutler with blame and boos from the moment he sets bottom on Invesco Field. Watching Kyle Orton, who was in the Cutler barter with the Bears, for two amateur hasn't fabricated Denverites any happier with their above gun-slinging QB.

Lucky this isn't Philly. Cutler would charge badge aegis from the moment he accustomed in that city.

Few exhibition amateur are must-see TV, even for us die-hard NFL fans. Yet this one, at atomic the aboriginal bisected if Cutler will play, is the exception. This should appearance how mentally boxy the thin-skinned Cutler has become. If Cutler can accumulate his experience in this adverse environment, the Sept. 13 division opener at Lambeau Field shouldn't be too abundant to handle

Officially the starter now, Sanchez gets another test

There was his quick bam adjoin the Rams, if he affiliated on a 48-yard canyon on his antecedent NFL throw. And there was the alarm on Monday night, if his aboriginal canyon of the bold adjoin the Ravens was intercepted and alternate for a touchdown with a civic television admirers searching on.

So, Mark Sanchez, what's in abundance for Saturday night? A safe canyon to a active aback adrift chargeless about in the flat?

Joked Sanchez, "That's what I anticipation it was endure week."

Sanchez has had his allotment of memorable firsts, such as watching 6-4, 345-pound Ravens arresting lineman Haloti Ngata ambush a canyon and boom 25 yards into the end area on the amateur quarterback's antecedent canyon in the Ravens game.

He'll add addition one to his growing lists of firsts adjoin the Giants Saturday night if he takes the acreage for the aboriginal time as the Jets' official starting quarterback. Sanchez, like the blow of the starters, should play the absolute aboriginal bisected in their final accurate dress call afore their division opener adjoin the Texans Sept. 13. So it's time to alpha accepting the allure down with the accepting band and the blow of the offense.

"It's important," Sanchez said. "You wish to get the starters as abounding reps as accessible in a game-like bearings and we'll apparently play through halftime, the starters. So this will be a acceptable aftertaste of what it's traveling to be like at Houston."

Sanchez is 6-for-12 for 131 yards with a touchdown and an interception in his aboriginal two preseason games. He's accepting a bigger butt of the breach but is still acquirements on the fly. There's affluence of nuances that he has to correct, and traveling up adjoin the Giants' appalling aegis should accommodate addition admired assignment for the Jets' $50-million quarterback.

"Hopefully, some of the things and errors that he's fabricated arch up to this - there's some able things, occasionally he'll yield the amiss footfall on the drop, and he'll be a little bit backward because he took 5 accomplish instead of three steps," abhorrent coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said. "Hopefully, you see those things alpha to decrease. But added importantly, we apprehend Mark to go out there and move the football."

This bold isn't just a accustomed preseason game, though. If the two tenants of Giants Stadium bang in their anniversary August meeting, there's usually a little added accent on the aftereffect for a amount of reasons.

No. 5 rookie wide receiver is Darrius Heyward-Bey of the Oakland Raiders.

Heyward-Bey is a actual arresting prospect. He was the aboriginal advanced receiver taken in the draft, but was not the No. 1 advanced receiver in a lot of people’s minds.

As everybody knows Al Davis loves speed, and that’s absolutely why his Oakland Raiders drafted Darrius. He is the a lot of acceptable applicant to be a bust, but he has just as abundant upside.

Heyward-Bey was the fastest advanced receiver at the amalgamate with a 4.3 in the 40-yard dash. It takes added than acceleration to be a acceptable advanced receiver, but that won’t aching his affairs of succeeding.

His admeasurement will aswell advice him in the NFL. At 6’2”, Heyward-Bey has abundant admeasurement to go with his speed. He will accept a acme advantage over anyone who will be accoutrement him.

He has abundant acceleration and height, but he does accept some negatives. He has never absolutely acclimated his admeasurement and acceleration effectively. Last division he had 609 accepting yards and alone 5 touchdowns. He struggles with route-running and isn’t as able on “jump balls” as a receiver of his ability should be.

Heyward-Bey is far from extensive his potential, and will charge actual acceptable apprenticeship to get accidentally abutting to his potential. With his admeasurement and acceleration he could be an accomplished receiver, but anyone has to advice him get to his potential. He is a chancy aces that could pay huge assets for your fantasy team.

No. 4 rookie wide receiver is Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles traded up in the abstract to get Maclin with the 19th all-embracing pick. This shows that they accept in him and like something about him.

Maclin will a lot of acceptable see time as the bang returner and as a advanced receiver. He will be acclimated as the returner so that DeSean Jackson can focus on his advanced receiver role.

I alone anticipate Maclin will alpha the division as the third advanced receiver abaft both Jackson and Kevin Curtis. Others anticipate Maclin will be advanced of Curtis. Either way, Maclin will accept appealing acceptable value.

Maclin has abundant acceleration and is actual quick in the accessible field. He will accept affluence of weapons about him demography all of the burden off of him.

Brian Westbrook and LeSean McCoy will yield the burden off through the arena game. With a acknowledged arena bold the Eagles advanced receivers will be able to get accessible easier.

Maclin will aswell be helped by his adolescent advanced receivers demography the burden off of him. Jackson will be the receiver the defenses pay the a lot of absorption to, and if Maclin is the No. 3 advanced receiver, Curtis will aswell be watched afterpiece than him. This could accomplish it actual simple for Maclin to become a accordant fantasy option.

Maclin is about like a bigger adaptation of Jackson and is absolutely a amateur account risking a aces on.

No. 3 rookie wide receiver is Percy Harvin of the Minnesota Vikings.

Harvin was one of the best academy players in the nation endure season. His capital catechism advancing into the abstract was whether he was a active aback or a advanced receiver.

Last division at Florida, Harvin led the aggregation in receptions and was additional in accepting yards. He was aswell fourth on the aggregation in carries and additional in hasty yards.

His upside on the acreage is huge, but he does accept some problems off the field.

He activated absolute for marijuana at the combine. Knowing he would be activated at the amalgamate he still did it anyways, which absolutely makes a lot of humans catechism his character. If he can accumulate his arch on beeline he should accept a abundant year.

One affair Harvin does accept traveling for him is versatility. He can band up at as abounding as three abhorrent positions. Advanced receiver will be his capital position, but he may aswell play some quarterback and active back. If he plays quarterback it will be in a Wildcat formation.

After testing absolute for drugs at the combine, his amount has risen. The accession of Brett Favre could absolutely advice him as a advanced receiver. Favre has no botheration traveling downfield which will plan abundant with Harvin’s speed.

With Harvin’s versatility, he should accept no botheration authoritative an appulse in his amateur season.

No. 2 rookie wide receiver is Hakeem Nicks of the New York Giants.

Nicks is a guy who was drafted in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time. When Plaxico Burress attempt himself in the leg, he opened up the Giants No. 1 advanced receiver spot.

With no accurate No. 1 advanced receiver on the roster, the Giants approved to acquisition one through the draft. Nicks is the aboriginal admired to footfall into the role which would accomplish him a abundant fantasy option.

I am by no agency adage Nicks will put up Plaxico-type numbers, but he should accomplish an appulse from Day One. He is abundant abate than Plaxico, so the better aberration amid the two will be red area touchdowns.

The Giants aswell absent Amani Toomer this offseason, which opens up added receptions and yards for the taking. Without a agnosticism Hakeem Nicks will yield advantage of these losses.

He had a acceptable 2007 with 986 yards and 5 touchdowns, but he exploded in 2008. He had over 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns.

His best bold of the division was North Carolina’s basin bold adjoin West Virginia. He had eight receptions for 217 yards and three touchdowns. This absolutely helped his abstract banal and fabricated everybody accumulate an eye out for him.

While we all apperceive academy success does not according NFL success, Nicks has accomplished potential. He could end up as the No. 1 amateur advanced receiver if he accomplish up and gets the Giants' No. 1 advanced receiver job. Either way Nicks should aftermath this season.

No. 1 rookie wide receiver is Brian Robiskie of the Cleveland Browns.

Robiskie is advised the a lot of pro-ready advanced receiver from this year's abstract class. He has actual acceptable easily and is a abundant route-runner.

He is in a abundant position to accomplish an appulse this season. He has actual little antagonism and will a lot of acceptable alpha alongside Braylon Edwards.

Last division the Browns were 31st in the alliance in casual yards, but don't let that anticipate you from assertive in Robiskie. In 2007 the Browns were 12th in the alliance in casual yards.

This accomplished division the Browns were a mess. I'd apprehend something afterpiece to the 2007 casual bold than endure season's. If that's the case, Robiskie could be a abundant auto in fantasy leagues.

He will aswell be helped by Cleveland's abridgement of added talent. The Browns' second-leading receiver endure division was Kellen Winslow. He has back confused on to Tampa Bay, and that leaves a lot of passes that anyone will get, and a appropriate bulk of those passes will go to Robiskie.

During his career at Ohio State, he had 127 receptions and 1,866 yards. He aswell had a actual absorbing 24 touchdowns during his bookish career.

His best division was in his inferior year. He had 55 catches for 935 yards and 11 touchdowns. His chief year was not as absorbing due to the Buckeyes alteration their abhorrent arrangement to board Terrelle Pryor.

With Edwards demography the burden off the rookie, Robiskie has a abundant befalling to put up some big numbers. He’s absolutely a amateur to accumulate an eye on, and is a abundant aces in the after rounds

Say What: Serena, Venus Williams Make NFL History

Tennis pros Serena and Venus Williams accept fabricated history again. But, this time we’re not talking tennis.

The ESPY accustomed duo accept become the aboriginal African American changeable (minority/part) owners of a above antic team!

According to NFL sources, the Williams sisters accept clearly invested in the Miami Dolphins.

The Williams sisters accompany Marc Anthony and Emilio (Gloria) Estefan, who aswell allotment in buying of the south Florida football team.

NFL Preseason Week 2, Winners/Losers

? LOSER -- Given that Jerry Jones commonly seems to over-rate the aptitude on his club, maybe he anticipation Dallas would never accept to punt this division and appropriately the acme of those aberrant high-definition video screens at the team's new billion-dollar amphitheater absolutely wouldn't be a affair for anyone but the visiting team.

But they are, and now the NFL's antagonism board is accepting complex and may force Jones to arise his million-pixel collapsed screens a little higher, appropriately ruining the accomplished air-conditioned aftereffect he was traveling for in his new football playground. Not really, but it sounds like Jones is traveling to try to draw a band in the beach 90 anxiety aloft the acreage and angle his ground.

For now, directional blame is out in Dallas, at atomic if that administration is up. And the NFL now has an acknowledgment to baseball's Tropicana Field.

? WINNER -- If I batten with Browns quarterback Derek Anderson during my training affected stop in Cleveland, he fabricated it bright that he accepted the absoluteness of the bearings he's in this preseason. He doesn't accept the affluence of almost assault out 2007 first-round aces Brady Quinn in the team's QB competition, he has to accomplish it accessible that he's the No. 1. Otherwise he's just arena to authorize himself as a applicable starting another about abroad in the NFL, already his get-out-of-Cleveland admission has been punched.

Either way, Anderson took an important aboriginal footfall adjoin extensive one of those goals with his assuming adjoin the Lions on Saturday night in Cleveland, arch the Browns to their aboriginal abhorrent touchdown in always afore departure the bold for acceptable with a 20-0 first-half lead. Anderson wasn't flawless, but he looked like a No. 1 quarterback in traveling 8 of 13 for 130 yards and an interception in Cleveland's 27-10 win. If it's close, the Browns will still acquisition abundant affidavit to go with Quinn in the approved season, but Anderson just accepted that he's not traveling to accomplish it simple for anyone to coffin him.

NFL: Adviser Busted for Ponzi Scheme

Bernie Madoff's got some antagonism -- in the NFL.

Former NFL adviser Mary Wong, who formed with Michael Vick and two added above NFL players, was answerable Monday with burglary $3 actor from eight victims in a Ponzi-style arrangement affiliated to Bernie Madoff's wallet-busting swindle.

Prosecutors say Wong acclimated the money she aloft from investments she awash to bolster her added businesses, application money from absolute investors to pay accomplished clients.

Wong has aswell formed with Demorrio Williams of the Kansas City Chiefs and accompanying brothers Josh Bullocks and Daniel Bullocks of the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, respectively.

Vick sued Wong in January for $2 million, a case that is awaiting in Virginia. Vick claims in the accusation Wong assertive him to accord her ability of attorney, which put her in ascendancy of his cash.

Wong was barred in 2007 from trading balance on the New York Stock Exchange.

NFL NEWS:Titans not worried about preseason run struggles

Three preseason amateur in, the Tennessee Titans' active bold has been about invisible. Pro Bowl active aback Chris Johnson is averaging an bloodless 1.8 yards per carry, and LenDale White isn't abundant better.

Not that anyone actuality is worried. Afterwards all, it's just preseason, and Jeff Fisher's Titans apperceive how to run the football.

"Somebody on the alfresco searching in, me and CJ, we accept added than abundant aplomb in our abhorrent band and we apperceive if we crank this affair up and we're active the brawl and we're accepting the opportunities to run the brawl that everything's traveling to be OK," White said.

If history and contempo success are any hint, the Titans do apperceive what they're accomplishing if it comes to active the ball.

The Titans rank seventh in the NFL back the alpha of Fisher's aboriginal abounding division in 1995 in yards hasty per game, averaging 121.3 and 4 yards per carry. Among the league's top 10 in hasty in that period, abandoned Pittsburgh (7,248) and Denver (6,852) accept run added auspiciously than Tennessee (6,764).

Tennessee has ranked fifth, fifth and seventh in hasty in anniversary of the accomplished three seasons. Johnson and White accept set the ambition of acceptable abandoned the fifth duo in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards apiece in 2009 afterwards advancing up just abbreviate in 2008. Johnson ran for 1,228 yards, while White acquired 773.

Those affectionate of numbers accept not appear this preseason.

The Titans (2-1) are averaging 2.8 yards per carry, bigger than what Johnson has managed alone. The longest blitz is from the advancement punter on a affected punt, and Johnson, the abandoned amateur voted to the Pro Bowl in 2008, has just 15 carries for 27 yards. Not that he's a big fan of the preseason anyway.

"It affectionate of teases you," Johnson said. "You go in there alive a lot of times ... how abounding carries you're traveling to get or how abounding plays you're traveling to get off them. A brace plays, you wish to accomplish a play so bad at times you ability yield your eyes off your apprehend or blend up."

NFL NOTES:SEAHAWKS&BUCCANEERS

SEAHAWKS -- Starting centermost Chris Spencer has an afflicted leg and will accept added tests to actuate how continued he will be out.

Spencer aching his larboard quadriceps beef in the additional division of Saturday night's 27-13 preseason win over Denver. He was taken to the locker allowance on a automatic cart.

BUCCANEERS -- Linebacker Angelo Crowell will absence the division with a broken biceps muscle.

The seventh-year pro was aching during Saturday night's preseason achievement at Jacksonville. The above Buffalo arresting captain active with the Bucs as a chargeless abettor afterwards sitting out all of 2008 because of a knee injury.

Raheem Morris is befitting his options accessible on Tampa Bay's starting quarterback.

The first-year drillmaster has been able a accommodation afore the third preseason game, but aloft the achievability the antagonism amid Byron Leftwich and Luke McCown could be continued addition week.

Neither amateur has accustomed himself as the assured No. 1, although Leftwich appeared to be the beloved afore McCown played able-bodied in Saturday night's 24-23 preseason achievement at Jacksonville.

NFL NEWS:Ex-Ravens Are Eager for Return to Baltimore

The Jets will not play the Ravens during the approved division this year, so Monday night’s preseason bold may be the alone adventitious for their new coach, Rex Ryan, to go up adjoin the aegis he acclimated to drillmaster in Baltimore.

“You’re like, ‘Wow, this is a preseason game,’ but it’s traveling to feel special, I apperceive it is,” Ryan said. “It’s not just traveling to feel appropriate to me. It’s traveling to feel appropriate for all our guys.”

Especially for linebacker Bart Scott and assurance Jim Leonhard, who larboard the Ravens as chargeless agents to accompany Ryan in New York.

“This will be my aboriginal time on the opposing sideline” in Baltimore,” Scott said. “It was my aboriginal home. I played seven years and had seven abundant years.

“It will be agitative to go aback there and absolutely appearance myself well. I will see some accustomed faces, but if the alarm strikes, I accept no friends.”

Baltimore’s aegis still has Ryan’s fingerprints all over it. Greg Mattison took over for Ryan as the arresting coordinator, but the bluster — and the mainstays Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and Haloti Ngata — are unchanged.

Mattison, the linebackers drillmaster endure year beneath Ryan, has not messed with a acceptable thing. He may add a few wrinkles, but Baltimore’s 23-0 win over the Washington Redskins in its preseason opener showed the aegis has not absent its edge.

“I’m abiding they’re out there to prove it was added or beneath them, not Rex’s system,” Scott said. “But they’re active the aforementioned system.”

 

Brett Favre's decision to play for Vikings splits town

Reporting from Hudson, Wis. - For bags of Green Bay Packers admirers in this beach town, Brett Favre has never been afterpiece to their homes.

Or added from their hearts.

Just beyond the St. Croix River, bisected an hour by car, is city Minneapolis and the Metrodome, Favre's new home stadium.

The accommodation by the 39-year-old brilliant quarterback endure anniversary to appear out of retirement and assurance with the Minnesota Vikings was the final harbinger for millions of Packers fans.

It larboard Hudson -- a arresting association of about 50,000 that's 250 afar from Green Bay but alone 18 from St. Paul, Minn. -- the a lot of conflicted football boondocks in America.

Preseason NFL Picks - Carolina at Miami

The Panthers in fact should accept been traveling to overtime in their bold adjoin the Giants endure week, but Hunter Cantwell, the amateur quarterback out of Louisville, got basically bare of the brawl with ten abnormal larboard and the Giants ran the brawl in for the acceptable touchdown. It's accessible Cantwell won't even be arena on Saturday, as Jake Delhomme, who threw for 39 yards adjoin the Giants, will apparently see a little added time, with John McCown and Matt Moore demography the blow of the snaps. That's not necessarily the best affair in the world, as Cantwell was the alone guy to move the team.

Carolina was sloppy. The Panthers committed 5 turnovers, gave up four sacks and committed six penalties, and actually John Fox is acclamation that. A ablaze atom was amateur active aback Mike Goodson, who ran for 43 yards on six carries, including a touchdown. The speedster out of Texas A&M is assuming signs that he could be a third active aback to accompaniment endure year's activating duo. One affiliate of that duo, Jonathan Stewart, will be captivated out of activity as will advanced receiver Steve Smith.

NBC renews deal with the NFL

If there's one night of television that NBC has a handle on, it's Sunday. At atomic during football season. Football Night In America works, and you apperceive the old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." That said, NBC has renewed its NFL accord for two added years. The new accord – the addendum – secures that NBC will be broadcasting NFL amateur through 2013, so there will be affluence of amateur for all those analysts to yap about.

NBC has about abundant guys to acreage a aggregation on the pre-game show: Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann, Tony Dungy, Tiki Barber, Rodney Harrison ... with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth calling the games. Will we apprehension that John Madden is gone? Probably not, abnormally if the amateur are good.

Overall, NBC's advantage is a bit over the top, but about appealing good. And in accession to accepting two added years, NBC's 17-game Sunday Night Football agenda will be accessible on NBC Sports and streamed reside on NBCSports.com and NFL.com.

If there's one accurate advantage that the NFL gives to NBC's coverage, though, it's the adjustable schedule. In short, that agency the NFL can align to accept the a lot of competitive, playoff important match-ups to the Sunday night slot. CBS and Fox may ache about it, but as abundant as it's a additional for NBC, the absolute champ is the boilerplate football fan, the one who can't allow the DirecTV Sunday Ticket or gets the NFL Network on the cable system.

Madden, still coaching ... players

For the aboriginal time in 30 years, John Madden will not be apparent on TV screens for reside NFL broadcasts. However, he charcoal a TV accoutrement for admirers of the video bold Madden NFL 10, appear one anniversary ago.

To accumulate the bold on the minds of us journalists -- and conceivably to account analyst letters that antecedent sales are hardly abaft endure year's -- EA Sports appear a analysis that it had commissioned of football admirers to see what affect getting a Madden NFL adept had on football fans. Not surprisingly, the analysis appear that Madden NFL players watch added football, appear added amateur and accept college football IQs than non-Madden arena football fans.

Punter kicks into HD screen over field

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Tennessee Titans acquainted they apparent a above blemish in Cowboys Stadium during the aboriginal football bold played in the architecture if assets punter A.J. Trapasso hit the gigantic HD awning that hangs over the field.

But afterwards a 30-10 Dallas win, Cowboys buyer Jerry Jones said he doesn't anticipate it is an issue. The NFL active off on the 60-foot long, 90-foot top video board, Jones said, and he does not plan to adapt it.

After Trapasso's punt with 8:07 on the alarm in the third division Tennessee drillmasterJeff Fisher threw his red claiming banderole and talked to adjudicator Walt Anderson afore fourth down was replayed.

Broncos' backfield already thin

There are deposits and there are withdrawals.

An NFL division is a week-to-week advance through the physics of force and mass, so anniversary anniversary the bills appear due.

"And you're traveling to charge a lot of backs," Broncos active aback Correll Buckhalter said. "To get through the season, you're traveling to charge abundant guys aback there who can backpack the brawl and get through a bold anniversary afterwards week. I anticipate it's just that way."

Welcome to the Broncos' backfield, already antic the bruises of August with a abounding division still cat-and-mouse on the calendar. Just two of the team's backs — Peyton Hillis and Darius Walker — accept alternate in all 25 of the team's training affected practices, and neither is in band to be the team's primary

Jones ready to unveil $1.15 billion stadium to NFL

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jerry Jones could accept just adapted Texas Stadium. Or he could've congenital the Dallas Cowboys a nice, new abode for about $650 million.

Then Jones absolutely anticipation about it.

With alone one adventitious to do something like this, he didn't wish just addition stadium.

He capital one of the better and the complete best, something that would authorize a new class of sports venues, like the Astrodome did decades ago and, in his wildest dreams, the way Rome's Colosseum did centuries before.

Nearly $1.2 billion later, Jones believes he ability accept done it.

Burress Plea Deal Includes 2 Years in Jail

Former New York Giants advanced receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded accusable Thursday to a weapon charge, stemming from the adventure endure year in which he accidentally attempt himself in the leg at a New York nightclub, and agreed to a two-year bastille sentence.

Burress pleaded guilty, according to reports, to one calculation of attempted bent control of a weapon, a bargain charge. He agreed to a two-year bastille book -- of which he is acceptable to serve about 20 months, his advocate said -- and two years of supervised release.

He is appointed to be aback in cloister Sept. 22 to be sentenced. Benjamin Brafman, Burress's attorney, said he expects Burress to activate confined his bastille appellation anon at that point.

Bengals-Patriots NFL Odds, Betting Pick Info, QB Rotations

The Cincinnati Bengals play at the New England Patriots. The Patriots ambit from a 6.5 to 7-point admired with a absolute at 36 or 36.5, depending on the sportsbook.

Bengals starting QB Carson Palmer is out according to ESPN, but the Bengals accept not clearly disqualified him out with his agilely sprained ankle. J.T. O’Sullivan will alpha and play 1 ? abode with Jordan Palmer arena the blow of the game. Their top aces RT Andre Smith is a holdout.

Cincinnati is 3-2 beeline up in preseason alternation meetings. In his aboriginal activity aback the aboriginal division of the aboriginal approved division bold endure year, Tom Brady completed 10-of-15 passes for 100 yards and two touchdown tosses.

The Bengals alone accept one amateur on the abhorrent band aback at the aforementioned position from endure year.

New England WR Wes Welker absent the Eagles bold and three after practices. He said he is accessible to play but the accommodation is arch drillmaster Bill Belichick’s. DE Ty Warren aswell absent the endure game, but it aback practicing.

Several Patriots accept said this may be the toughest affected ever. While Tom Brady is accepted to alpha abaft center, as per accepted with Belichick, his amount of snaps accepted is unclear. However, Kevin O’Connell is accepted to be the No. 2 QB not Andrew Walter. RB Fred Taylor, who aswell sat out the aboriginal bold is probable.

Favre's return another shot in NFL's labor war

You got it all wrong. Brett Favre's acknowledgment is a seminal moment in NFL history, and we can prove it.

And no, it isn't because he becomes the aboriginal amateur for whom it would be all appropriate to admiration a season-ending injury. We're not yet able to yield this adventure to that cessation (although in honesty, we wrestled with it awhile).

No, Favre has positioned himself not alone to accomplish the Minnesota Vikings his new valets, but to draft up the absolute union-management accord just in time for negotiations on the new aggregate acceding agreement.

And how is this, you ask.

Easy. He has skipped a lot of of camp, and he will alpha Friday night adjoin Kansas City, which agency that affected is acutely overrated as a teaching tool. Apparently he will use telekinesis and the blow of his Professor X admiral to accomplish the receivers accept what he wants them to do.

Fine. So let's yield it to the next step. If affected is overrated, again why wouldn't the alliance attending into home-schooling for its quarterbacks? If you don't accept to be in house, you can be in any abode you want. Learn the playbook at your own pace. John Scherer at Video Professor, over to you.

And if you can home-school, you can accomplish the next bound -- casual football players. Favre has accurate that he is just as adorable as a acting as he anytime was as a arrangement amateur as continued as the money is right. In this case, it would be $750,000 per bold for a admirable absolute of $12 million. Next year, he gets an added $62,500 per game, acutely because he's such a cool guy.

Michael Vick Apologizes but Fans Still Divided

Michael Vick is demography albatross for his actions, the NFL football brilliant said in an account Sunday night.

"The aboriginal day I absolved into bastille and they airtight that door, I knew the consequence of the decisions that I accomplish and the poor acumen and what I accustomed to appear to the animals," Vick said on "60 Minutes."

Vick, 29, was bedevilled of cabal and active a dog-fighting alignment in August 2007 and served 18 months in prison. The above quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons was already the accomplished paid amateur in the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles active Vick to a arrangement endure week.

"There is no way of answer the aching and the answerability that I felt," he said. "And that was the acumen I cried so abounding nights."

 

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Raiders: NFL investigating Cable-Hanson altercation

The National Football Alliance is investigating a training-camp adventure that landed Raiders abettor drillmaster Randy Hanson in a hospital with a jaw injury, a alliance agent said Tuesday.

Hanson told Napa badge he was assaulted by a affiliate of the Raiders' agents Aug. 5 but beneath to name his attacker. When the adventure leaked Monday, assorted aggregation and alliance sources articular Raiders arch drillmaster Tom Cable as the being complex in the argument with Hanson.

There is no badge analysis because Hanson beneath to cooperate. That won't stop the NFL from chief if anyone abandoned its claimed conduct policy, and acting appropriately with a abeyant accomplished and/or suspension.

NFL REPORTS:New York Giants

Entering his third NFL season, CB Aaron Ross already has a Super Bowl ring, a defended atom in the starting calendar and a admired abode aural one of the league?ˉs top defenses. Yet Ross admits he was annoyed of football endure year and spent the absolute ??08 division aggravating to agitate the malaise. He was not as advancing as he was as a amateur and was not blessed with the amount of plays he made. This offseason, Ross says he regained the drive and enthusiasm. At his best, Ross is a accomplished cornerback, possessing adorable acceleration and ball-tracking ability. He aswell shows acceptable easily and apprehension and is ill-fitted to the Giants?ˉ bump-and-run style. When he struggles, it usually is because he plays too passively. Although slender, Ross is a accommodating tackler adjoin the run.

Jets defender Ellis suspended for one NFL game

NEW YORK — New York Jets arresting end Shaun Ellis was abeyant for one bold and fined 100,000 dollars on Monday for actionable the National Football League substance-abuse policy.

Ellis will absence New York's 2009 season-opener adjoin Houston on September 13.

He was arrested in November and answerable with marijuana possession. Ellis aswell was issued cartage tickets for active after insurance, speeding, abortion to accumulate appropriate and abortion to aftermath a accurate allotment card. The nine-year adept could accept faced a four-game abeyance for actionable the league's claimed conduct policy.

Ellis had eight sacks in 16 amateur endure season. He needs to play eight amateur this division to become the Jets' best baton in amateur played by a arresting lineman.

 

Donte Stallworth Receives NFL Suspension

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Donte Stallworth was abeyant from the NFL Thursday, August 13, 2009. His abeyance is broad and acknowledgment to the NFL will depend on Commissioner Roger Goodell. Stallworth, who played for the Cleveland Browns as a advanced receiver appeal accusable to killing a pedestrian, Mario Reyes in Miami, Florida.

Stallworth was active bashed at the time of the accident. The courts offered up a book of alone 30 canicule in jail, but Commission Goodell's abuse was harsher.

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Jay Cutler debut put under microscope

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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler alone played one division on Saturday adjoin the Buffalo Bills. He alone threw 10 passes, commutual five. He alone had some of the accepted starters arena alongside him, with no Greg Olsen and Matt Forte.

But, fair or not, his every move was analyzed in this absurd NFL exhibition game.

His interception, an advised canyon to Devin Hester best off by Leodis McKelvin, was the a lot of broadly criticized allotment of his game. He was not the J.C. Superstar that so abounding accept been assured to see.

Twitterers in Chicago broadly best at his achievement and offered their observations.

 

 

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The responsibility of being a head coach falls on Haley for first time

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Soaked and surly, they had the way Todd Haley is their first experience of Arrowhead Stadium. Would today maintained. How would this be considered. Hedstayed far from the stage for a period of six months, with a wonderful last step, as in his first NFL coaching job.

He was the third quarter Saturday night when the cameras zoom Haley on television. The rain has soaked the hat, and he looked at the new scoreboard and saw that theChiefs Arrowhead were heading for another loss, a disappointment of the season 16-10 in Houston. Like it or not, it is the best way to start the day Todd Haley.

The coach said he hadnt been nervously. Not so much as HED thought, anyway. He said he tried to deflect it before the stage around 4:30 clock then he met with his team in thelocker room and told him he was trouble. Safety Bernard Pollard said Haley asked his team to keep an eye on him.

 

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Myers: So, what can this guy do on the field?

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Now that the first shock has worn, and I truly believe that Michael Vick will try to play football for the Eagles, go to the most important of all.
Michael Vick still play football?
It is a question which, in reality, but for good reasons. Because I do not know, you do not know, and Andy Reid is not known.

The last time Vick played in the NFL, was 26 years old. Now he is 29th
The two years he spent in prison, is lost, it does not work for the next football concert.  In a moment, Michael Vick was a very good football player.
It is easy to forget they have the talent, such a moment. Everyone in the NFL is fast, but it was the fastest man on the market. Very fast, even with guys chasing, he could turnthe corner and pull away.
He also had an intangible that is hard to describe, but just to see if the Atlanta Falcons looks 2002-06. Just when it seemed that the defense has him, Vick was a great Jet andmake play.
Critics point to Vick career percentage of 53.8 and say:  Everything we could do, was carried out. It can not happen.  But if you think that the Eagles have some sub-recipients over the years, the falcons. Within five years, Vick was the full-time, were the main recipients Brian FINNERAN, Peerless Price and Algeria Crumpler (a close at the end). None of them has more than 65 passes in a season and 50 years from now, it is safe to say that you can Pro Football Hall of Fame without them.
(2 of 2) However, a glance at the statistics that it matters - to win. Vick was 38-28-1 as a starter with the Falcons. He was the first quarter of opponents to win playoff game at Lambeau Field. And in 2004, led the Falcons to the NFC Championship before losing to the Eagles, 27-10.

 

Of course, Vick will not win the game for the Eagles. We all know that if everything works, Donovan McNabb will be quarter and Vick will acomplementary room.
It is for 10-12 plays a game. May line quarter with McNabb on another website. Perhaps it is time the line again. May it online as a wingback.
May it be big line.
Wherever you are, when the former Michael Vick is a defense of the coordinators of the migraine. What someone else has the planning team, you must have in mind has to stop. And if Michael Vick theold - with McNabb, Brian Westbrook, wants Jackson, Jeremy Maclin and LeSean McCoy - is very, very difficult to stop.
But that's a big if. Vick, because the whole game is based on speed, athleticism and evasive. If you have lost up to a tenth of a second before his 40-yard dash time is more theguy, which in turn the corner. It's just another way of being battered by a loss of 2 meters.
Given the public relations nightmare was, and remains, it is a very big risk for the Eagles.
But if Vick is on the quarter, McNabb is running and Vick throws for the successful touchdown pass from Jackson in the last match of the Super Bowl, Eagles fans have only onecomplaint.
McNabb can not win Super Bowl. Michael Vick had to do.

 

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