The Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets are supposed to be among the ranks of Super Bowl favourites. They sure didn't look like it during the pre-season.
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What did we learn about the this pre-season? (The Canadian Press)
September 3rd, 2010What did we learn about the NFL this preseason? (AP)
September 3rd, 2010The Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets are supposed to be among the ranks of Super Bowl favorites. They sure didn't look like it during the preseason. Of course, those games also didn't count. That's the trouble with trying to make sense of the preseason. We don't know how much to take from the things we saw the last five weeks.
What did we learn about the NFL this preseason? (PA SportsTicker)
September 3rd, 2010By JAIME ARON AP Pro Football Writer
Eagles cut ex-CFL star Mallett (CBC.ca)
September 3rd, 2010The Philadelphia Eagles on Friday released last year’s Canadian Football League rookie of the year, Martell Mallett.
Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz mum on cuts (The Canadian Press)
September 3rd, 2010ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz isn't talking about the cuts he has to make by Saturday night.
Schwartz mum on Lions cuts (AP)
September 3rd, 2010Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz isn't talking about the cuts he has to make by Saturday night. The franchise, along with the rest of the NFL, must trim its roster to 53 players by 6 p.m. Saturday. "It doesn't do a whole lot of good for us to speak as an organization before we make those moves," Schwartz said Friday.
NFL fines rookie Ndamukong Suh US$7,500 (The Canadian Press)
September 3rd, 2010NEW YORK, N.Y. – Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was fined US$7,500 by the NFL on Friday for his roughing-the-passer penalty on quarterback Jake Delhomme in an exhibition game against the Browns.
NFL fines Ndamukong Suh $7,500 (AP)
September 3rd, 2010Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been fined $7,500 by the NFL for his roughing-the-passer penalty on Cleveland quarterback Jake Delhomme. Suh grabbed Delhomme's face mask and twisted it. He wrapped his arms around the quarterback's head and slammed him to the ground in an exhibition game last Saturday.
NFL fines Suh $7,500 for hit on Delhomme (SportingNews.com)
September 3rd, 2010The NFL fined Detroit Lions DT Ndamukong Suh $7,500 for his controversial hit on Cleveland Browns QB Jake Delhomme last week, an NFL official tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The league was expected to review the play, during which Suh grabbed Delhomme’s facemask then held the quarterback’s head as he slammed him to the ground. At the time of the play, the Lions were assessed a 15-yard penalty, but some thought Suh should have been ejected. Kyle Vanden Bosch said that would have been an overreaction.
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.
