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Aaron Rodgers Throws 4 TDs in Green Bay Packers 45-7 Rout of Minnesota Vikings on ‘Monday Night Football’
Green Bay 45 – Minnesota 7
Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes, and the Green Bay Packers routed the Minnesota Vikings 45-7 on “Monday Night Football” to remain undefeated on the 2011 season. Green Bay (9-0) got an 80-yard punt-return for a touchdown from Randall Cobb in the first quarter, and the defending Super Bowl champions never looked back in dominating Minnesota (2-7).
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NFL 2011 Season – Week 10 Recap
San Francisco 27 – N.Y. Giants 20
Defensive end Justin Smith swatted down an Eli Manning pass to end a potential game-tying drive, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the New York Giants 27-20. Kicker David Akers had four field goals for San Francisco (8-1), which found enough offense to win despite playing most of the game without leading rusher Frank Gore, who suffered a knee injury
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Carson Palmer Helps Oakland Raiders Beat San Diego Chargers, 24-17
Carson Palmer passed for 299 yards and two touchdowns, and the Oakland Raiders beat the San Diego Chargers 24-17 on Thursday night. Palmer also committed two turnovers that helped San Diego stay in the game until its final minute, when the Raiders’ Tommy Kelly sacked Chargers’ quarterback Philip Rivers, and Lamarr Houston recovered the fumble for Oakland to end the game.
Rivers was
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NFL 2011 Season – Week 10 Preview
Key intra-divisional games scheduled for this week will provide teams a measure of exactly how close, or far away, they are from contending this year. Here’s a look at the Week 10 slate:
NFL Schedule for Sunday, Nov. 13:
Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles – 1:00 PM
Arizona (2-6) looks to keep momentum after winning its second game of the season last week when rookie Patrick Peterson returne
NFL Thursday Night Football Preview – Week 10: Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
The NFL’s slate of Thursday night games kicks off this week with an AFC West tilt. Here’s a preview:
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers – 8:20 PM
Both teams enter the primetime contest on losing streaks. Oakland (4-4) has lost two games in a row, both to division rivals, after losing starting quarterback Jason Campbell to injury and subsequently acquiring Carson Palmer from Cincinnati. Palmer p
NFL Player Kirk Morrison Gives College Student Free Game Tickets in Exchange for His Twitter Handle
Buffalo Bills’ linebacker Kirk Morrison traded a 20-year-old Canadian business student with the same name as his to an NFL game experience in exchange for the Twitter handle @kirkmorrison.
Ryanair Releases New Calendar With Flight Attendants in Bikinis
Budget European airline Ryanair released its annual Cabin Crew Charity Calendar last week. With glossy pictures of bikini and lingerie-clad models posed in and around the airline’s airplanes, the fourth edition of the calendar may be produced with more care than the airline puts into its maintenance program.
Michael Vick Tops List of Most Disliked NFL Players
Players with legal troubles and quarterbacks head a list of the NFL’s most disliked players. The list, based on the findings of a public survey of NFL player perception conducted by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research, indicates that players with legal issues, contract disputes or suspect character are viewed unfavorably by NFL fans.
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Jay Cutler Leads Chicago Bears Over Philadelphia Eagles, 30-24, on ‘Monday Night Football’
Jay Cutler threw a 5-yard go-ahead touchdown pass to Earl Bennett early in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bears held on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 30-24 on Monday night .
Cutler completed all four of his pass attempts for 47 yards on the go-ahead drive, including the scoring toss to Bennett
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NFL 2011 Season – Week Nine Recap
Early routs and late thrillers filled the NFL schedule for Week 9. Here’s a recap of all of the NFL action from Sunday:
N.Y. Giants 24 – New England 20
Eli Manning capped a game-winning, 80-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jake Ballard with 15 seconds remaining, and the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots, 24-20. The
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Ryan Succop’s FG in OT Leads Kansas City Chiefs over San Diego Chargers 23-20 on ‘Monday Night Football’
Ryan Succop’s 30-yard field goal in overtime lifted the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Diego Chargers 23-20 on ‘Monday Night Football.’ The kick, Succop’s third field goal of the game, gave Kansas City (4-3) the win in a mistake-filled contest that saw the teams combine for eight turnovers – four each – and commit 21 penalties for 158 total yards.
San Diego (4-3) was in position fo
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NFL 2011 Season – Week Eight Recap
A stunning upset and several blowouts punctuated the action in week eight of the NFL season, meanwhile several games came down to the waning moments. Here’s a recap of all the action:
St. Louis 31 – New Orleans 21
Steven Jackson had 25 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns, as the St. Loui
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