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Week 9 of the 2009 Regular Season
| Sun 11/8 | |
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| Redskins | - |
| Falcons | - |
| 1 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
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| Packers | - |
| Buccaneers | - |
| 1 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
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| Dolphins | - |
| Patriots | - |
| 1 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
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| Chiefs | - |
| Jaguars | - |
| 1 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
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| Texans | - |
| Colts | - |
| 1 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
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| Ravens | - |
| Bengals | - |
| 1 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
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| Cardinals | - |
| Bears | - |
| 1 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
|---|---|
| Panthers | - |
| Saints | - |
| 4:05 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
|---|---|
| Lions | - |
| Seahawks | - |
| 4:05 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
|---|---|
| Chargers | - |
| Giants | - |
| 4:15 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
|---|---|
| Titans | - |
| 49ers | - |
| 4:15 p.m. ET | |
| Sun 11/8 | |
|---|---|
| Cowboys | - |
| Eagles | - |
| 8:20 p.m. ET | |
| Mon 11/9 | |
|---|---|
| Steelers | - |
| Broncos | - |
| 8:30 p.m. ET | |
After further review, '89 game still resonates
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Browns fumbling away another season
Eric Mangini walked off Soldier Field like a weary pall bearer, head down, like most coaches move when they get cracked 30-to-6.
Can it get any worse in Washington?
With a bye, Redskins fans got the weekend off. Nevertheless, the team has questions to answer, and the spotlight has shifted from head coach Jim Zorn to owner Dan Snyder.
Pause before laughing off Seymour
After the Raiders' Richard Seymour recently predicted that his team would make the playoffs, PFW's Dan Parr wonders whether he should dismiss Seymour's forecast out of hand or not.
NFL franchise doesn't belong in London
Although Roger Goodell seems to favor NFL expansion to England, PFW's Hub Arkush says there are too many negatives built into such a concept.
Madden made his mark 40 years ago
The 1969 regular season — the last before the merger — belonged to the Oakland Raiders and to their first-year head coach John Madden.
Have Pats turned corner offensively?
Is the big play back in the Patriots' offensive arsenal? Does one big game — really, one big quarter — mean the Patriots have solved their offensive issues?
QB Russell playing on borrowed time
JaMarcus Russell never thought football could be as baffling as it has become in Oakland. Three years ago he arrived in the Bay Area to great fanfare. He was the NFL's No. 1 draft choice and, after a lengthy ...
Deion needs to avoid conflicts of interest
Has Deion Sanders lost all credibility as an NFL Network analyst after two recent controversies? Not yet, but Sanders must be more cautious and more forthright with viewers, writes TV-radio columnist Barry Jackson.
Harrison, Dungy candid with opinions
Nobody at NBC needs to remind Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy to say exactly what they think. Both rookie commentators are displaying the type of blunt candor NBC executives hoped for.
Offense and defense and the Gremlins
Some days it's the offense that decides games, with its fancy throwing and blocking and clearing out for the run; other days belong to the defense — the work of raw and bandaged fists. But every so often the gremlins ...
Only thing wrong with Brady is perception
In sports, an athlete is often defined by his numbers, the one he wears and the ones that sometimes wrap around his neck like dead weight. Such is now the case with Tom Brady.
Forgotten: Jim Nance, the AFL's wrecking ball
The Boston Patriots were an exception in the pass-happy AFL, the cornerstone of the franchise being a 240-pound wrecking ball named Jim Nance.
Foul-weather flings … and fleas
The trickiest thing about the Patriot flea flicker that ripped Tennessee last Sunday was how deeply RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis had penetrated the line before his pitch-back to Tom Brady. I mean, what a sell job. Maybe too much of one ...
As always, Patriots keep pedal to metal
Was 59-0 too much? Not when Bill Belichick coaches his players to play 60 minutes, no matter the score.
Analysis
Scout's Notebook: Bills FS Jairus Byrd
Nolan Nawrocki analyzes Bills FS Jairus Byrd from a scout's perspective, detailing his positives and negatives.
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Spins
Packers' frustration can't be denied
In the aftermath of a game that received “surreal” coverage by both the local and national media according to one local veteran Packers observer, there was no denying the frustration many Green Bay players were feeling, particularly on the defensive ...
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