The N.F.L. Pulled Something Out of the Air This Season
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A convergence of schemes, rules and personnel made this the highest-flying season in N.F.L. history.
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Some teams steamroll into the NFL playoffs, some back in and some stumble in as if they&#39;d finally found their way home after wandering around dizzy and lost.
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The script plays out the same way nearly every week for the Miami Dolphins. They head to the locker room at halftime in another close game, and slink back there two quarters later wondering how another opportunity for victory slipped away. It happened again Sunday, when they were tied at halftime and lost 20-17 in Denver.
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The Giants are either still in the thick of the N.F.C. wild-card race or falling out of it. Having Eli Manning learning on the fly makes the puzzle much more puzzling.
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Several pro leagues have tried and failed to compete with the NFL. But that isn't stopping  two more from trying
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Let's see. Shaun Alexander was irate and felt like he got "stabbed in the back." Randy Moss was so furious he headed to the locker room while his team was still on the field with only a glimmer of hope. John Lynch was seething because it cost him $75,000 to nearly end a player's season with a cheap shot.
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One wondered if the events of last week had penetrated the normally iron-clad concentration of the New England Patriots.
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By John Bazemore, AP. The sucking noise you hear is the air being taken out of the Philadelphia Eagles&#39; passing game in the wake of the right ankle injury that will sideline big-play
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It's not often the NFL and Las Vegas agree on something. Actually, it's probably never happened before.
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One third of this years&#39; NFL season is over, and already each division has a situation, a player or a change that has been a surprise.
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CHARLOTTE - Michael Vick head-butting an opposing linebacker may not have been the smartest thing for a National Football League quarterback to do.
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The N.F.L. scouting combine is more circus than sport, as perhaps befits the intersection where the rabid audiences of college football and the N.F.L. meet.
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In the NFL, it used to be the object of the game was to get into the end zone. Now, the object of the game is to get into the end zone and act like a fool.
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Concerned by growing uneasiness among fans and marketers about athletes gone wild, the N.F.L. is embarking on an advertising effort highlighting the positive aspects of the on- and off-field lives of its players.
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Further advances in technology, combined with footballâs winking culture toward espionage, promise to confuse matters in what may already be the biggest cheating scandal in N.F.L. history.
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The Denver Broncos were hoping to find some kind of offensive rhythm headed into the regular season.
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For U.S.C., this season has been more about team as opposed to the megawatt celebrity that surrounded quarterback Matt Leinart and running back Reggie Bush last year.