Overconfidence and arrogance are not problems for the Tennessee Titans. Just listen to them talk about their 5-0 start.
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Gaither Faces Speedy Test
Jared Gaither will face one of the toughest challenges in his young career Sunday, as the Ravens travel to Indianapolis to battle all-world defensive end Dwight Freeney and the Colts.
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FCC sides with NFL Network in dispute with Comcast
FCC sides with NFL Network in dispute with Comcast NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, joins Houston Texans owner Bob McNair on the sidelines before the Texans game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, …
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NFL fines Finnegan, Mason $5,000 each
Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan and Ravens receiver Derrick Mason got their money’s worth in a sideline scrap during last Sunday’s game in Baltimore.
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a Rivarly of Respect
Manning Says Rivalry with Ravens, Lewis as Mental as it is Physical INDIANAPOLIS Peyton Manning respects Ray Lewis.
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Fins trying to triple last year’s win total
The Miami Dolphins could triple last year’s win total with a victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday.
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Walker, Nelson out
The Jaguars will activate wide receiver Northcutt for Sunday’s game. The Jaguars will be without injured wide receiver Mike Walker for Sunday’s road game against the Denver Broncos.
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Summer prep keeps Mathis on the run
Officially, running back Joseph Addai’s 15-yard burst stands as the longest run of the Indianapolis Colts’ 31-27 victory at Houston. But on the play before, defensive end Robert Mathis ran farther.
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Ravens plan to hammer away at Colts
At the risk of being a rude guest, Baltimore will take the direct approach Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Ravens have a 232-pound running back, a 260-pound fullback and a pronounced proclivity. They run the football. They average 40 rushes a game. They don’t get cute. They get physical.
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McNabb gets vocal with Birds
On the superstar quarterback scale, Donovan McNabb’s heart-to-heart pep talk during a players-only meeting Monday ranked somewhere between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
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LEGWOLD: Jaguars’ Taylor still looking for respect in NFL
When it comes to Pro Bowl trips, nobody in the Denver Broncos locker room has hopped the big bird across the big blue for the NFL’s all-star game more than Champ Bailey.
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Who can stop the Titans?
Less than two weeks ago, the RealFootball365.com “Odds on the odd” column featured a look at what one bookmaker dubbed “reactionary odds,” i.e., adjustments to certain high-profile posted lines like taking down …
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Aggies Face Explosive Offense Saturday
Mike Sherman coached Brett Favre and faced Peyton Manning in the NFL. So he knows what to expect when his Texas A&M squad plays Josh Freeman and Kansas State tomorrow.
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Slaton, Green power Houston’s running game
Ahman Green is finally healthy, but he hasn’t returned to the role he once had with the Houston Texans.
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Jacksonville’s Walker sidelined for Sunday (AP)
The Jacksonville Jaguars will be without wide receiver Mike Walker for Sunday’s game at Denver. Walker, who has 12 catches for 161 yards, injured his knee against Pittsburgh last Sunday and was listed as out. “We’re going to get him rested up and have him coming out of the bye week,” coach Jack Del Rio said Friday.
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Titans, Colts staged stunning rallies
The Associated Press The Titans were beaten for the first time. The Colts were headed for a 1-3 start.
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Jaguars Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
The Jaguars defense gets another difficult test Sunday in Denver.
Tied for 21st in the league in yardage allowed, the Jaguars will take on a Denver offense that is ranked second in the league in yardage gained.
The defense has had trouble closing the deal while losing three of its first five games.
In all five games, the opposing offense has scored on its final drive although the Jaguars offense pulled out two of the games.
“We just need to play better,” coach Jack Del Rio said. “It’s not like we have never shown the ability to, it’s just we have not come up big when we needed it, and we’ll keep working at it. The biggest thing that you have to do as a football team, as in life when things aren’t going your way, is keeping doing the right things, keep…
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Titans Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Albert Haynesworth’s value to the Tennessee Titans last year was evident.
When he went on the shelf with a hamstring strain in midseason, the Titans lost all three games he was out of the lineup. And though he was really never close to 100 percent when he returned, opposing offenses were still forced to account for him with double teams and game-planning.
Now, with the Titans at 5-0 entering this week’s bye, Haynesworth is on track for an even better season. Last year, Haynesworth had six sacks, a career high, and through five games this year already has five sacks.
How impressive is that total? In a category dominated by defensive ends and outside linebackers, Haynesworth, as a defensive tackle, has more sacks than all NFL defensive ends except for John Abraham…
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Texans Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
It may have been the fact that the Texans were finally playing in Reliant Stadium. It may have been just the natural progression of an offense finally coming into its own. Or maybe the late change of Sage Rosenfels starting at quarterback provided an ignition.
Either way, the Texans played with a determination and demand for perfection against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
“I think there was a different sense of urgency out there with the team, period,” wide receiver Andre Johnson said. “Guys laid it all on the line. We were just determined that we were going to win. But we didn’t.”
They did dominate an Indianapolis Colts team for 56 minutes though. And the task this week is for Matt Schaub to return to quarterback and keep that same intensity going against the…
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Colts Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Keep getting better.
That is the Indianapolis Colts’ primary goal heading into Sunday’s home game with the Baltimore Ravens at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Indianapolis has gotten the 2008 season off to a rather sluggish 2-2 start, with both wins coming on the road. The Colts have battled back from early deficits in posting wins over Minnesota and Houston, but neither victory has come easy.
“Two-and-two is .500 football. That’s not where you want to be,” quarterback Peyton Manning said this week. “We break (each season) into quarters and that’s pretty average for the first quarter. The second quarter starts this week. We have a tremendous challenge with Baltimore and a tough schedule from here on out.
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