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| Jets want to stay hot against struggling Bears |
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12/12/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Jets hope to keep their playoff hopes alive when they take on the Chicago Bears in a Week 15 affair on Sunday at Memorial Stadium. The Jets won their fifth game in six weeks when they defeated the Denver Broncos, 19-13, in Week 14. Wideout Laveranues Coles hauled in six passes for 126 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown, while starting signal-caller Chad Pennington played another efficient game. Franchise running back Curtis Martin, who rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown, e |
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| Bears won't have Miller for last three games |
NFL Football |
12/11/2002 |
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| r of Monday night's 27-9 loss in Miami when he was torpedoed by Dolphins defensive end Rob Burnett just after releasing a pass. Though the injury will not require Miller to have surgery, the nine-year veteran will sit out Chicago's games against the New York Jets, Carolina and Tampa Bay. Miller, who has been hampered by painful tendinitis in his right elbow and shoulder since mid-October, completed 180-of-314 passes (57.3 percent) this season for 1,944 yards with 13 touchdowns, nine interceptions and a 77.5 |
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| Bears Team Report: Urlacher hurting |
NFL Football |
12/06/2002 |
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| back from his injury. "We've got to support Train, but then again we've got to carry this load as a running back group-all of us. We've got to chip in and do our own little thing to help us win." In the past, the Bears have been able to lean on their running game, but this season they are dead last in the NFL in rushing (82.7 ypg). It hasn't helped that starting linemen Marc Colombo and Rex Tucker are out for the season with injuries. COMING UP: The Bears return home to take on the New York Jets next week. |
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| Broncos Team Report: Return of the Stars |
NFL Football |
12/06/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Denver Broncos will be getting a much-needed lift for this week's crucial game against the New York Jets at the Meadowlands, when QB Brian Griese and TE Shannon Sharpe return to the lineup. Griese is ready to return to field after sitting out two consecutive games with a sprained left knee. He nearly started last week, but head coach Mike Shanahan chose to keep him on the bench because he was favoring the knee in practice. The University of Michigan product improved over the weekend a |
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| Griese and Sharpe likely to return Sunday |
NFL Football |
12/05/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Denver Broncos could have Brian Griese back at quarterback on Sunday against the New York Jets and tight end Shannon Sharpe may also return to the lineup. Griese has missed the last two games with a sprained left knee and Sharpe has been sidelined for three games with a shoulder injury. They are each listed as probable on Denver's injury report. Both practiced on Wednesday and head coach Mike Shanahan was encouraged with the results. "[Griese] worked out good yesterday, did |
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| Jaguars sign another new kicker |
NFL Football |
12/04/2002 |
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| ports Network) - The Jacksonville Jaguars signed Danny Boyd on Wednesday to take over their place-kicking duties. Boyd is the fourth kicker that the Jaguars have had this season. Boyd, 24, has never kicked in a regular-season NFL game. He was at the New York Jets training camp and spent three weeks on the New York Giants' practice squad. Jacksonville cut kicker Richie Cunningham on Tuesday after just one game. Cunningham kicked in Sunday's 25-23 loss to Pittsburgh, hitting two extra points and a 23-yard fiel |
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| Neil has surgery |
NFL Football |
12/02/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Denver Broncos guard Dan Neil underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Monday, but he may be able to play this weekend against the New York Jets. Neil, who was hurt in the third quarter of Sunday's 30-27 overtime loss to San Diego, had loose cartilage removed from his knee. Defensive end Reggie Hayward, who broke his right hand in Sunday's game, may still be able to play this season. |
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| Raiders Team Report: Awaiting the Jets |
NFL Football |
11/27/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The red hot Oakland Raiders will look to extend their winning streak to four when they take on the New York Jets at the Coliseum on Monday night. It will mark the third time in under a year that the Jets have come calling at the Black Hole. The squads split two meetings last season in Oakland with the Raiders winning the one that counted in the first round of the playoffs, 38-24. Oakland has revived its season with three straight wins to climb back into a three-way tie for first place in |
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| Jets await Bills for AFC East showdown |
NFL Football |
11/21/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - One of the more intriguing divisions in the NFL will get a little easier to figure out this week, when the New York Jets host the Buffalo Bills in a critical AFC East showdown. Three of the four teams in the division stand at 5-5, with first-place Miami holding just a one-game lead. But as the Bills have lost two straight to fall back to .500, the Jets have risen from the dead with three consecutive victories. Last week, the Jets used four TD passes from QB Chad Pennington to register a 3 |
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| Hakim placed on injured reserve |
NFL Football |
11/20/2002 |
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| r Az-Zahir Hakim was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. The team also claimed cornerback Jimmy Hitchcock off waivers. Hakim had his first season with the Lions come to an end after he dislocated and partially fractured his hip in a game versus the New York Jets on November 17 at Ford Field. He is not expected to need surgery. Hakim started 10 games this season and finished with 37 catches for 541 yards and three touchdowns. He also contributed 10 punt returns for 148 yards and one TD. Hitchcock was active |
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