Special teams just plain trouble
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Special teams could be the focal point this week for Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski .
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Except to say, they are the team now enjoying Chris Gardocki&#39;s work as a punter, no? Until this special-teams game of seesaw between division pretenders teetered Baltimore&#39;s way on a downed punt at the Browns
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Consistency isn&#39;t sexy. It&#39;s not a quarterback throwing bombs, or backs bursting into the secondary, linebackers in their wake.
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CHARLOTTE -- So often in today&#39;s rich-get-richer corporate climate of the NFL, everybody seems to get along just swimmingly. The league&#39;s management and the players union have to endure charges of being entirely
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Maybe it is time for the Redskins to hit the panic button. After all they just suffered their third straight loss and it came to the Cleveland Browns, a team that was supposed to battle for the No.
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By Charlie Riedel, AP. : Kansas City&#39;s 0-2 start includes an offseason strategy that is backfiring. The Chiefs defense was a huge problem last year - so much so that NFL Commissioner
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Dwight Freeney has the advantage here because he&#39;s too fast to be covered by just one player. He&#39;s playing incredible football right now and is absolutely terrorizing offensive lines.
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They played most of Sunday's game with a special teams player at linebacker, a tight end at fullback, an undrafted former backup at nose tackle and, yes, that rookie quarterback who wasn't supposed to play this season.
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It is an accepted axiom in the NFL: Every team has problems. Coaches and team executives commiserate about them like old folks complaining about aches and pains.
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The Patriots [stats, news] steamroller has yet to meet an obstacle it can&#39;t obliterate. Job-hunting coordinators. (Allegedly) vengeful running backs.
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Their running back quit, their coach resigned and their season is in a shambles. But for some reason the Miami Dolphins kept trying against the
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Things aren&#39;t supposed to be this easy in the NFL. Not for the Pittsburgh Steelers, not for anyone. Every game is supposed to be a brutal battle to the end
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Perfection is the impossible dream in the NFL. No matter how hard you try, there will be some weeks when things don&#39;t go as planned.
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The Chiefs&#39; previously unstoppable offense has been slowed by injuries and their defense has remained one of the worst in the league despite the efforts of new coordinator Gunther Cunningham.
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It is an all-for-one, one-for-all game if ever one existed. The complexity, the speed, the violence all dictate that, and even those who practice the team concept fervently sometimes find it isn&#39;t good enough.
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Because, while the Eagles are certain to stumble at some point during the regular season, it seems inconceivable that they will falter against a team with as many offensive problems as Baltimore has right now.
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By that they mean whoever takes over running things for that franchise has a three- and four-year job in front of them. The team has cap issues, draft picks have been traded away and some of the best players are on the downside of their careers.