Players Are Seen and Unseen at N.F.L. Scouting Combine
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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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They are members of an unusual fraternity. There are not many equivalents in professional sports to a major league knuckleball pitcher. But, much like National Hockey League goaltenders, they understand each other better than anyone else understands them.
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Two hands aren&#39;t enough to count the Falcons&#39; players and staffers who, while lumbering from the Georgia Dome field Sunday, locked eyes and went, &quot;Whew!
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Tom Brady looked at his targets on the Patriots' first day of training camp Friday and didn't see some familiar faces. Former Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch is holding out for a new contract, Troy Brown took the morning practice off before returning in the afternoon and David Givens is playing for the Tennessee Titans.
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With 17 television camera operators in attendance -- including crews from ESPN and NFL Network -- and 50 media members, Randy Moss was seemingly followed with every step during the team's two-hour passing camp practice.
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FOXBOROUGH - In the third row of the press box at Gillette Stadium yesterday, a scout from the Jacksonville Jaguars watched the action on the field, copiously jotting down notes.
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Overshadowed by college and even high school teams, the city's Super Bowl-bound pro football team grabs the limelight.
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At the beginning of preseason camp, Ricky Santos was fourth on the depth chart at quarterback for the University of New Hampshire. Cocaptain Mike Granieri was the starter, Hassan Noble was No. 2, and Matt Skoby was waiting in the wings.
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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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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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New data gives a peek into how the players are posed to do.
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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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For anyone wondering what it might be like to bow in a huddle with Tom Brady, ESPN NFL 2K5 is the game for you. In the game&#39;s first-person mode, players can maraud about while viewing the action from behind a face mask.
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How odd that a major-market professional sports team blitzing relentlessly toward victory went almost unnoticed.
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Ryan Verrier and Chris Drosner are hoping to catch another Green Bay Packer or two in Sundayâs National Football Conference championship game against the Giants.
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It's a week for schmoozing, networking and catching up, guys in NFL jackets and caps of all colors putting little things such as the Super Bowl aside for some pleasant chitchat with intense rivals.
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In its latest quest to overcome crowd noise, the N.F.L. may soon allow visiting teams the benefit of a helmet-to-helmet wireless communication system.