Ben Roethlisberger thinking about Bengals, not Patriots “fireworks”

In an interview with Tony Dungy for NBC’s Football Night in America, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he was “going to embrace the elephant in the room” that is the team’s upcoming matchup with the Patriots and the chance that the two teams will meet again in the playoffs. His quarterback isn’t thinking

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Eli Manning becomes latest scapegoat in Giant failure of Ben McAdoo's tenure

Dear New York Football Giants: Welcome to the human-shield portion of your 2017 schedule. What transpired Tuesday afternoon signaled much more than the end of the Eli Manning era in New York, even though the Giants, face down in the North Jersey mud at 2-9, are claiming that benching him does not mean

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Satisfying Moment of the Game presented by SNICKERS®: Ebner fakes 'em out!

There is certainly nothing new about Tom Brady leading the Patriots to a touchdown on the opening drive of a game. But in Sunday’s win over the Dolphins, New England found a new, satisfying way to put forth a game-opening march to a Rex Burkhead 2-yard touchdown run. Brady and Co. took over on their

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Another awkward slide, another broken knee brace for Ravens QB Joe Flacco

Joe Flacco still has not learned the art of sliding gracefully. The Ravens quarterback capped an 11-yard scramble late in the second quarter of Monday night’s eventual 23-16 win against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore with an awkward slide that tore a chunk of the turf and broke

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Ravens used fake punt to perfection for second time in three games

After a Sam Koch-to-Chris Moore connection led to a successful fourth-down conversion in a game against the Tennessee Titans on Nov. 5, the Ravens went to the same well again. Koch found Moore for a 22-yard gain that the offense converted into a 10-yard touchdown run by running back Buck Allen in Monday

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