Winning NFL Turnover Battle Does Count
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Joe Gibbs had seen it before, although he didn't remember: On Dec. 7, 1986, his Washington Redskins turned the ball over seven times and lost to the New York Giants.
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New Englandâs win offered a succinct reply to those who wonder whether their three championships were tainted by the camera controversy.
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As a trash talker, Bill Belichick is undefeated. One trash-talking game, one win. Put that loudmouth with the Mr. T haircut, Chad Johnson, in his place last week. Good going, Coach Double-B. You told the world that Johnson was a fraud, that he pushed off, that he probably was paying off the officials. You intimated that the Patriots would teach ...
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Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith is expected to be the runaway winner of the Heisman Trophy. But if his margin of victory is the largest ever, it could foster a debate over the merits of that distinction.
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The New York Giants aren&#39;t just winning. They&#39;re doing the kind of things winning teams do. Like making a stand on fourth-and-1 deep in their own territory, then again at midfield in the fourth quarter.
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Teams have a better chance of winning if they go for it when facing fourth-and-short.
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Let&#39;s be clear, for the sake of Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora, about one thing: This is the National Football League. We note that because, following his team&#39;s 24-21 comeback
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The battle for NFC North supremacy takes place Sunday at Lambeau Field. It should be a clash of offenses, with Minnesota&#39;s attack ranking first in the NFL and Green Bay&#39;s checking in at fourth.
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On homecoming day, there is always added incentive for the home team to outperform the visitors. That incentive is not lost when the visiting team happens to be riding a 15-game winning streak.
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The perception is that the New England Patriots are awesome, the result of their NFL record 20-game winning streak. In truth, they just win, not overwhelm _ their margin of victory during the streak is just about nine points per game.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Bill Belichick is a pretty good salesman. He was able to pitch to his team for weeks that setting an NFL record by winning 19 straight games, including postseason, was not important. Yet after his team set the mark in yesterday's 24-10 win over the Miami Dolphins, Belichick acknowleged the achievement and complimented his players.
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There are Super Bowl favorites and Super Bowl contenders, and there&#39;s a pretty big distinction between the two. In the Patriots&#39; 30-20 win yesterday, both the Patriots
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Teams keep score in different ways. The Chicago Bears will not always beat you. But they will always beat you up.
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CONSIDER THE SOURCE. That&#39;s always good advice when evaluating a dispute, and never more true than in recent football developments.
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In the retirement game, sometimes the best offense is a good defense.
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This is why they fought over him. This is why it mattered. This is why the little melodrama known as the Terrell Owens Sweepstakes turned into the juiciest, most hotly contested competition of the NFL offseason.
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Bode Miller does Bill Belichick one better. No, it's not about setting records. It's not about religiously avoiding looking past the next competition. To Miller, it's not even about winning - at least not as a primary focus.