ON THE GRIDIRON AT A GLANCE.Byline: Matthew Kredell WHO'S HOT Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila Muhammed-Kabeer Olarewaju Gbaja-Biamila (born September 24, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Football defensive end of Nigerian descent who currently plays for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. needed half a sack last week to join Reggie White Reginald Howard "Reggie" White (December 19, 1961 – December 26, 2004) was a professional American football player. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and attended Howard School [1] during high school. as the only Green Bay Packers to post at least 10 sacks four years in a row. He did much more than the minimum. Gbaja-Biamila had four sacks, seven tackles and a forced fumble in Green Bay's 31-14 victory over Chicago. WHO'S NOT Kerry Collins Kerry Michael Collins (born December 29, 1972 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers with the fifth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft. didn't leave a good final image for the Raiders to remember this offseason. Oakland has to decide what to do with the overpaid o·ver·pay v. o·ver·paid , o·ver·pay·ing, o·ver·pays v.tr. 1. To pay (a party) too much. 2. To pay an amount in excess of (a sum due). v.intr. To pay too much. Collins for next season. With the money already committed to him, chances are that Oakland is stuck with the former Giants QB. That might not be so bad - Collins passed for at least 339 yards four times. But he finished the season with three interceptions and a fumble inside the Jacksonville 5-yard line in the final seconds. QUICK HITS --Seattle and Minnesota will try to win NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference wild-card playoff games against division rivals that swept them in the regular season. Seattle plays St. Louis, and Minnesota visits Green Bay. The last time a team was swept in the regular season and rebounded to defeat the same opponent in the playoffs was 1998, when Arizona beat Dallas. --Since the current playoff format was instituted in 1990, at least one road team has won a wild-card game in 12 of 14 postseasons. |
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