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Rocky start to Dolphins’ QB transition to Tua Tagovailoa

October 21, 2020 Rick Solem

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MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Dolphins’ transition to Tua Tagovailoa didn’t start the way coach Brian Flores intended, and deposed quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said the surprising timing left him heartbroken. Flores said he regretted that most of his players found out about the change through social media rather than from him, and said benching Fitzpatrick […]

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My Top 5 NFL teams after Week 6

October 21, 2020 Dave Carney

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Dave Carney 10/21/2020 1. Kansas City Chiefs (up from 3) The Chiefs are back in the “poll position” after a Monday Night game that saw them dispatch the (at the time) 4-1 Bills. The Chiefs beat the Bills by, get ready, the RUN game! Andy Reid had only run the ball as much as the […]

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Packers seek to bounce back after embarrassing defeat

October 21, 2020 Associated Press

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Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Billy Turner and coach Matt LaFleur compared their humiliating 38-10 loss at Tampa Bay to a punch in the mouth. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and defensive tackle Kenny Clark said it was more like a kick in the butt. Whatever part of the anatomy they chose to reference, the Packers (4-1) […]

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HOT MIC: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman not impressed with military flyovers

October 20, 2020 Rick Solem

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Was a military flyover necessary for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Green Bay Packers game Saturday with a limited capacity crowd? Troy Aikman and Joe Buck apparently didn’t think so. It wasn’t much of a airshow on the field Sunday, as Aaron Rodgers threw for 160 yards and Tom Brady went for 166. And, if you asked […]

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On Football: Packers, Browns, Patriots not so real

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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Aaron Rodgers throwing two picks in three passes. New England making errors of commission and omission on the field and on the sideline. The Browns getting annihilated in Pittsburgh. Well, scratch the third item as something unusual. Football fans aren’t used to witnessing the great Packers quarterback, with a 10-0 lead no less, surrendering a […]

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Zimmer, Vikings left to ponder where to turn in 1-5 season

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was assessing his team’s 40-23, Week 6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons with reporters on Monday when the coach stopped talking and paused for several seconds, seemingly done answering the latest question. Zimmer then started back up, without being prompted by a question, to reflect more […]

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Rodgers, Packers sputter against stingy Buccaneers defense

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Things had been going so smoothly for Green Bay that Aaron Rodgers figured the Packers were due for a dose of reality. The NFL’s highest scoring offense was virtually unstoppable through the first four weeks of the season and the opening quarter of Sunday’s 38-10 loss to Tom Brady and the […]

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Longtime Minnesota sports columnist Sid Hartman dies at 100

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality Sid Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday. He was 100. Hartman, whose first newspaper column was published in 1945, died surrounded by his family, […]

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Old man quarterbacks Brady and Rodgers face off Sunday

October 16, 2020 Associated Press

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Hey old-timer, what are you still doing on an NFL field? Guaranteed no one is asking that question to the quarterbacks in the bays: 43-year-old Tom Brady in Tampa and 36-year-old Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. The two future residents of Canton, Ohio — at least their busts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, […]

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My Top 5 NFL Teams after Week 5

October 14, 2020 Dave Carney

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Dave Carney 10/14/2020 1.  Green Bay Packers (up from 2)Wednesday and this is when I get to say, the Green Bay Packers are officially my number 1 team after Week 5 in the NFL. All they had to do this week was watch the Raiders beat the Chiefs at home, avoid COVID-19, and get ready […]

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