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10 situations you should all be following (The National Football Post)
September 3rd, 201010 situations you should all be following (The National Football Post)
September 3rd, 2010The NFL preseason has officially come to a close and Labor Day weekend is now upon us. Time to fire up the…
Reason for concerns: AFC South (SportingNews.com)
September 3rd, 2010A capsule look at reasons for concern among teams in the AFC South: Houston Texans 1. The running game. Even though Arian Foster averaged 6 yards rushing in preseason, there's no guarantee coach Gary Kubiak will have the kind of running game he wants, one that ranks among the top 10. Foster started only two games as a rookie. Steve Slaton has a toe injury after being injured last season. 2. Interior offensive line. It was a weak point last season after starting Gs Chester Pitts and Mike Brisiel sustained season-ending injuries.
Leftwich, Hardesty injured in preseason finales (AP)
September 3rd, 2010First, no Ben Roethlisberger. Now, maybe no Byron Leftwich for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dennis Dixon, you're up next. Leftwich, expected to be the fill-in starter for the suspended Roethlisberger at quarterback for the Steelers, sprained his left knee in the second quarter as Pittsburgh (3-1) beat the starter-less Carolina Panthers 19-3 in the preseason finale Thursday night.
Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger await suspension decision (SportingNews.com)
September 2nd, 2010Pittsburgh Steelers fans have seen the last of Ben Roethlisberger for a while. The question of how long — six games, four games, or three — will be answered by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, perhaps as soon as today. The spotlight now is on Roethlisberger's replacement. While coach Mike Tomlin was expected to name seventh-year veteran Byron Leftwich as the stand-in during Roethlisberger's suspension, that plan likely will have to be scrapped.
Jones-Drew expects to return to practice next week (AP)
September 2nd, 2010Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew expects to be back at practice next week. Jones-Drew has missed five consecutive practices, didn't travel to Tampa Bay last week and didn't dress for Thursday night's preseason finale against Atlanta. He denied an Internet report he had arthroscopic knee surgery, but acknowledged that he has been "taking care of all the nicks and…
Jones-Drew expects to return to practice next week (PA SportsTicker)
September 2nd, 2010Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew expects to be back at practice next week.
Jaguars beat Falcons 13-9 in preseason finale (AP)
September 2nd, 2010With most starters watching from the sideline, Atlanta and Jacksonville got a last look at players vying for open roster spots. No one really stood out. Fullback Brock Bolen scored on a 16-yard run, Josh Scobee kicked two field goals and the Jaguars beat the Falcons 13-9 Thursday night. The teams exposed just a few starters to the preseason finale, with coaches and close friends Mike Smith and Jack…
Owner rankings, Part 1: Brown makes ‘em laugh (Yahoo! Sports)
September 2nd, 2010Mike Brown’s business acumen is commonly questioned, but he has no problem providing comedy.
‘10 owner rankings, Part 1: Brown makes ‘em laugh (Yahoo! Sports)
September 2nd, 2010The Bengals’ Mike Brown’s business acumen is commonly questioned, but he has no problem providing comedy.
