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Niners' Shaun Hill Looks Great Against Lackluster Bengals

Posted: Dec 17th 2007 11:47PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: 49ers, Bengals, AFC North, NFC West, Cincinnati, San Francisco

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Some weeks the NFL Network gets the Packers-Cowboys games; some weeks they get the Bengals-Niners.

The Bengals looked the part of a 5-9 team that has packed it in for the season in their 20-13 loss to the Niners. San Francisco threw Shaun Hill out there for his first start ... and he looked like an old hand. Hill completed 21-of-28 passes for 197 yds and a TD (plus he rushed for another touchdown). Niners back Frank Gore ... who is having a disappointing season of his own ... ran all over the Bengals for 138 yds. That's just the second time this season he has topped the century mark.

For Cincinnati, this is bad. The loss tonight gives the Bengals their first losing season in Marvin Lewis' five year tenure as head coach. They gave up 20 points to a Niners team that has topped that total just once this season. Oh, and that dropped TD pass by Chad Johnson really summed up this ugly season.

The one bright spot for the Bengals was a 52-yd touchdown pass to Chris Henry, which was Carson Palmer's 100th career TD pass.

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Cowboys Need New Digs Because Eagles Own Texas Stadium

Posted: Dec 16th 2007 8:40PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, Eagles, NFC East, Dallas, Philadelphia

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Normally, I'd be a little bent about Fox giving an athlete's girlfriend so much camera time (write that down during Spurs games, ABC/ESPN) ... but Jessica Simpson was by far the best looking thing in Texas Stadium. It was pretty ugly out there as the Eagles eeked out a 10-6 win over the Cowboys.

Simpson's boyfriend ... Tony Romo ... completed just 13 of 36 passes for 214 yds, no TDs and three INTs. Some of that came after he injured his right thumb in the 3rd quarter, but he stunk up the joint before that. This was the first game in three years that Dallas failed to score a touchdown - that's during a season where the Boys may set a franchise record for scoring.

The loss is huge for Dallas. It drops them to 12-2 and into a tie with the Green Bay Packers atop the NFC. The Cowboys still own the tiebreaker, but will have to probably win out to keep it. With a win today, they only needed one win in the last two weeks to clinch home field advantage in the playoffs.

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Vince Young Leads Titans Over Chiefs

Posted: Dec 16th 2007 5:30PM by Dan (author feed)
Filed under: Chiefs, Titans, AFC South, AFC West, Kansas City

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Although some fans actually decided to show up for the Chiefs final home game of the season, the Titans and Vince Young spoiled the party with a 26-17 victory.

Young, who has been criticized as much as Eli Manning this year, turned in a very solid performance this afternoon. In a place where opposing quarterback are often fed to the dogs (insert Michael Vick joke here), he stepped up and help keep his team in the hunt for a playoff spot with a two touchdown, no turnover performance.

LenDale White also checked in with a solid performance, gaining 103 yards on 24 carries, putting him only 32 yards away from the century mark. While kicker Rob Bironas added four field goals and two extra points -- I hope you had him on your fantasy team.

Things weren't so pretty on the Chiefs side of things. Brodie Croyle threw two damaging interceptions and Eddie Drummond lost an extremely costly fumble himself. And in the end, those three turnovers were too much to overcome for Kansas City, who now falls to 4-10.

Tennessee will continue their playoff quest next week in New York against the Jets, while Kansas City ... well, do fans really care what Kansas City does from here on out? It certainly doesn't seem like it.

Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Wet

Posted: Dec 16th 2007 4:52PM by Josh Alper (author feed)
Filed under: Jets, Patriots, AFC East, Boston, New York

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If you're a God fearing sort, after taking a look at the weather in Boston today, you'd have to think that the man upstairs didn't want Bill Belichick and Patriots fans to have the satisfaction of a blowout victory over the Jets. In fact, you might even think that ol' flowing robes didn't want them to get a win at all. Alas, human beings were blessed with free will and much like Job, Jonah and Lot's wife, the Jets couldn't stay out of their own way long enough to do anything but lose 20-10.

Both Patriots touchdowns came as a result of Jets miscues. On Kellen Clemens' first pass of the game, Richard Seymour demolished him and created an easy interception which Eugene Wilson took back for six points. Later in the first half, Ben Graham got a punt blocked and the Pats took over on the three yard line. Laurence Maroney carried in for an easy score and the Patriots led 17-7 at the half.

In the second half, things didn't get much better for the Jets. Darrelle Revis picked off Tom Brady, just the 2nd home interception of the year for Brady, but Chris Baker fumbled the ball back inside the red zone. That was the way it went for Chad Pennington. In a strong return engagement as Jets quarterback, Pennington moved the ball but his mates kept letting him down in the end.

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Browns Shutout Bills; Snow Whites Out Game

Posted: Dec 16th 2007 4:48PM by Dan (author feed)
Filed under: Bills, Browns, AFC East, AFC North, Cleveland, Buffalo

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Although snow was the story all afternoon in Cleveland, the Browns stole the spotlight with a sloppy 8-0 (yes, 8-0) victory over the Buffalo Bills. And with the win, Cleveland all but secured themselves a spot in the [drum roll] playoffs!

Running back Jamal Lewis led the way, plowing through the slush for 163 rushing yards, while wide receiver Braylon Edwards hauled in four of the Browns nine completions for 64 yards. And although the statistics won't show it, Derek Anderson did exactly what he had to do today -- he didn't turn the ball over.

For the Bills, this one will be tough to swallow. With the aid of the weather, they held one of the league's highest scoring teams to only eight points. Unfortunately, their offense wasn't able to get anything going until the very last drive, and even that fell short. They now become the third team Cleveland has shutout since 1999, and will head back to Buffalo with their heads hanging.

Congratulation, Browns fans, you are going to see (barring a completely meltdown) postseason action this year. And Buffalo fans ... maybe next year?