NFL'S TRICKS AND TREATS: 49ERS ARE JUST HORSING AROUND.Byline: BILLY WITZ Tricks, treats and other scary thoughts on the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga , while wondering what Raiders fans dress up as on Halloween. To no one's surprise, the highest-scoring offense in the NFL is quarterbacked by Manning. To everyone's surprise, it's the Giants' Eli. ... To no one's surprise, a downtrodden down·trod·den adj. Oppressed; tyrannized. downtrodden Adjective oppressed and lacking the will to resist Adj. 1. franchise has undergone an offensive renaissance after acquiring a receiver named Moss. To everyone's surprise, it's been Santana in Washington, not Randy in Oakland. ... There's a reason doctors spend six years in medical school and sportswriters don't, but Tedy Bruschi is going to be playing football - a sport that has been described as being in a car wreck once a week - less than nine months after suffering a stroke and undergoing surgery to repair a hole in his heart? Here's hoping that when Bruschi chooses to walk away from the game, he'll be able to. ... Ravens tailback Jamal Lewis, who two years ago rushed for 2,066 yards and has a 4.5 yards-per-carry career average, is tiptoeing around the line of scrimmage line of scrimmage n. pl. lines of scrimmage Football Either of two imaginary lines extending across the field parallel to the goal line at the ends of the ball as it rests prior to being snapped and at which each team lines up for as if he's looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ghosts. Lewis is averaging just 2.9 yards per carry. ... Expect Alex Smith to help his team to victory today in San Francisco. OK, that Alex Smith - the 49ers' quarterback - is out with a knee injury, but the other rookie Alex Smith - Tampa Bay's tight end from Stanford - has caught 14 passes this season for the surprising Bucs. ... As if the 49ers need any more bad omens, the Breeders' Cup provided a pair Saturday. Fourty Niners Son and Singletary - named after 49ers linebacker coach Mike Singletary - finished ninth and eighth, respectively, in a pair of races that were run on turf, the preferred surface of the nags wearing gold, red and white. ... Donovan McNabb threw the ball 54 times last week against San Diego - including 25 consecutive plays at one point - raising questions about whether or not Eagles coach Andy Reid has him on a pitch count. ... If Mike Martz isn't welcomed back in St. Louis next season, you can bet he would be in Oakland, where the Raiders - for all their weapons - broke the 20-point barrier for the first time last week. Al Davis has a jones for offensive coaches and who better than the mad scientist himself, who grew up watching Sid Gillman in San Diego. ... Hillsborough County (Fla.) judge Perry A. Little, after ruling that NFL- mandated patdowns at Buccaneers Buccaneers can refer to:
abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there and Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. don't bother with - are unconstitutional: ``9/11 was a tragedy in and of itself, but that doesn't mean, in my opinion, the Constitution has to be ripped up and thrown out the door.'' Amen. ... Pete Carroll and Charlie Weis are in a no-win situation when the subject of NFL coaching jobs arise. If they acknowledge any interest, they get hurt in recruiting, which is why you see announcements like Saturday's that Weis' contract will be extended. Weis and Carroll are no different than Nick Saban, who left LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit for the Miami Dolphins. They'll leave when they get plenty of money, complete control of football operations and an owner who will stay out of his way. ... Former Fresno State quarterbacks Trent Dilfer of Cleveland and David Carr of Houston meet today, but given their offenses are averaging 25.3 points per game between them, we're not sure if that's an accomplishment or an indictment. ... It's not only the schedule-maker, but Mother Nature who seems to have conspired against the Chargers. They are in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a stretch in which four opponents in five weeks - the Steelers, Raiders, Eagles and next week the Jets - get to play the Chargers coming off a bye. Today's opponents, the Chiefs, were given two extra days of preparation when their game last week was moved up two days due to Hurricane Wilma. ... For all the Packers' problems, one of them isn't Brett Favre. They've lost Javon Walker, Ahman Green and Najeh Davenport to injuries, guards Marco Rivera and Mike Wahle to free agency and sit at 1-5. Yet in the past three games, Favre has thrown nine touchdown passes and one interception, and has a quarterback rating of 93.1 for the season. ... On Halloween night, the rough-and-ready Steelers are playing a Ravens team without Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and any semblance of a quarterback. Now that's scary. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1) Washington receiver Santana Moss has helped the Redskins Redskins can refer to:
abbr. National Football Conference East. Jamie Squire/Getty Images (2) The Giants' Jeremy Shockey is second among tight ends with 424 yards receiving. Box: (1) BUMP & RUN - Matthew Kredell (2) WEEK 8 CAPSULES - Associated Press |
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