Mistakes overshadow offensive production in loss
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Looking as if he had just let the family dog run away, Joe Dailey stood in front of glaring camera lights and condemning stares and did his absolute best to try and make sense of it all.
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We tend to concentrate on deals that have been cleverly played or defended, but in the real world everyone makes mistakes. When an opponent does something wrong, you must be ready to benefit.
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The Washington Redskins have too many talented players and too many creative coaches to lose to the building-from-scratch Minnesota Vikings. It shouldn't come down to a 48-yard John Hall field goal attempt to tie the game in the final 20 seconds, not at home in the season opener.
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The confluence of coaching changes, strategy adjustments and players lost to graduation fills college footballÂs season-opening games with unexpected results.
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Two of the NFL&#39;s most disappointing teams put on quite a show in prime time. And after all the wild plays and big offensive numbers last night, a phantom penalty that preceded
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Kansasâ offense may not have been able to post a whole lot of yards, but they were able to take advantage of several opportunities created by the defense.
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FOXBOROUGH - For a team that has rampaged through its first eight games and was coming off a 52-7 victory over the Redskins yesterday, the words seemed a bit misplaced.
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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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Turnaround from record loss is not right around the corner.
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With a posted total of 42 or higher a the home team is off of a home win the road team scored 24 or more points their last game and the road team played a close gameâeither lost by five or less or won by 10 or less, itâs gone under 27-5.
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PITTSBURGH -- One goal of a Bill Belichick-coached team is to take away one thing the opponent likes to do best. Not everything they like to do. One thing.
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It was better, Eli Manning said, that his team was down by 4 points and not 3. It was better without the option of a field goal, without the possibility of overtime. It was victory or nothing.
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Late last night in their game against Minnesota, the Penn State Nittany Lions needed to make a comeback. More appropriately, they needed their offense.
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The problem with having a lot to play for is the prospect of losing it all.
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This one hurt much more than the blowout losses to Washington and Baltimore. This one, No. 8 in the Giants&#39; latest string of defeats, was one they could have won, should have
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Bobby Bowden was hoping for a big play. He wound up with a big problem.
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Mistakes will drive a coach nuts. Mistakes are something Dallas coach Bill Parcells loathes. Mistakes are what put an end to the Cowboys&#39; chances of winning the season opener at Minnesota on Sunday.