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A Day for Defense
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Sunday Slate: Analyzing the Week 5 Matchups
The Lions’ pressure forced Jay Cutler into the kind of mistakes he can’t afford against the Saints. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Let’s go past the obvious storylines and take a deeper dive into every...
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Week 5: Decisive Moments
CINCINNATI — NFL games usually tip one way or the other very late because the talent level is so close between teams. We’ll certainly hit on the dramatic finish between the Cowboys and Broncos (and...
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Week 6: Decisive Moments
Week 6 in the NFL seemed to have a little bit of everything when it came to deciding games: improbable touchdowns (Patriots), utter ineptness (Texans, Vikings), strange decisions by players (Brandon...
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Jermichael Finley: Fear. Relief. Resolve.
The minutes Jermichael Finley spent on the Lambeau Field turf on Oct. 20, after a collision with Cleveland Browns safety Tashaun Gipson, were a suspended surreality for the Green Bay Packers tight end,...
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Flagged as Contenders
The NFC North crown is there for the Lions’ taking. With a 6-3 record, they lead by a game over the Bears, whom they swept and hold a tiebreaker over, and the Packers, who are playing without...
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Flynn It to Win It
After a three-team sojourn around the NFL, Flynn returned to Lambeau and pulled the Packers back from 23-7 down to tie the Vikings. (Tom Lynn /Getty Images) GREEN BAY — How restless is Aaron Rodgers,...
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A Football Feast
In last season’s two games against the Packers, Calvin Johnson had 15 catches for 264 yards and one touchdown … but the Lions lost both. (Leon Halip/Getty Images) Going past the obvious storylines and...
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A Horrible Holiday
When Mike McCarthy and his family sit down to have their day-after Thanksgiving meal, as is the custom for those whose teams get called to play in the holiday games, it’s going to be very difficult for...
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Revealing The Fiction of Self-Sacrifice in Sports
As superstars Tom Brady and Kobe Bryant near the end of their careers, the teams they’ve played for—the Patriots and Lakers—have faced the difficult decision of whether to keep them or turn the page....
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The Big D Blame Game
After blowing a 23-point halftime lead and losing 37-36 to the Packers at home in a game with major playoff implications, it was a CYA postgame in Dallas on Sunday: cover your ass. For Cowboys coach...
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Chicago Bears: Blown Out, But Not Blown Away
PHILADELPHIA — Spotted in the visitors’ locker room at Lincoln Financial Field late Sunday night: Marc Trestman in a pow-wow with Jay Cutler and Josh McCown lasting several minutes. After the Bears...
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Sunday Slate: Analyzing Week 17 Matchups
Packers (7-7-1) at Bears (8-7), 4:25 p.m., FOX Eddie Lacy’s ankle could decide who wins the NFC North. The rookie workhorse was dominant against the Steelers but limped off the field in the third...
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Answered Prayers
CHICAGO — He’s a Super Bowl champion and a Super Bowl MVP, to say nothing of his regular-season MVP award. So in the grand scheme of things, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers did not need this moment....
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The Stories of 2013, Off the Field
Mary Ann Easterling, widow of Ray Easterling, and former NFL player Kevin Turner were key figures in the head-trauma lawsuit against the league. (Bill Frakes/SI :: Gary Bogdon/SI) Looking back on a...
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A Chance for Revenge, Served Ice-Cold
CHICAGO — Tramon Williams had just finished peeling off his green and gold Packers uniform, the one with mud stains all over it from a Soldier Field turf that had been mixed with equal parts freezing...
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Seeds of Doubt
The forecast for Sunday’s 49ers-Packers game at Lambeau Field is for a high of 0 degrees with a 30 percent chance of snow. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) I’ll go out on a limb and make one lead-pipe...
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Wild-Card Winners
Picking the four games this weekend, with the key elements in each: Philadelphia 27, New Orleans 20, at Lincoln Financial Field (Saturday). The Eagles’ offensive line—one of only three units in the...
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Weekend Slate: Analyzing Wild-Card Matchups
Chiefs QB Alex Smith and Colts QB Andrew Luck. (Robert Beck and Andrew Hancock/Sports Illustrated) Chiefs (11-5, fifth seed) at Colts (11-5, fourth seed) Saturday, 4:35 p.m. EST, NBC Chiefs offense vs....
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