11/30/06
- [Seattle Seahawks] Seahawks kicker Josh Brown was named the NFC's special teams player of the week after kicking four field goals in the Monday night win over Green Bay. It was the second such honor this season for Brown, who is the only Seattle player to be named player-of-the-week. (HeraldNet.com)
- [New Orleans Saints] Saints starting tight end Ernie Conwell was placed on injured reserve Wednesday, ending his season. The Saints moved quickly to fill Conwell's roster spot with defensive end Trevor Johnson, a 2004, seventh-round pick of the New York Jets who was released late September of this season. Johnson, who played in 25 games in two seasons with the Jets, was acquired the same day Saints starting defensive end Will Smith missed practice with a knee bruise.
Smith, however, said he believed he would play Sunday and wanted to practice Wednesday but was ordered to rest by the coaching staff. (AP)
11/29/06
- [Seattle Seahawks] Seahawks kicker Josh Brown will be named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 12. That will be officially announced tomorrow.
Brown made all four of his field goal tries in the Seahawks 34-24 win over the Green Bay Packers last night. He did so in snow and cold temperatures the likes of which have never been seen at a Seahawks home game before.
Brown is 18-for-22 on field goals this season and has made 8 of 10 tries from 40 or more yards, including two on Monday. This is Brown's second time as NFC Special Teams Player of the Week this season [Week 6] and third time in his four-year career. (Seattle Times)
11/28/06
- [Week 13- Patriots vs Bills] Patriots defensive lineman Le Kevin Smith and Lions safety Daniel Bullocks were four-year teammates at the Nebraska from 2002-2005...Patriots offensive lineman Russ Hochstein and Lions center Dominic Raiola were four-year teammates on the offensive line for the Nebraska from 1997- 2000. (Patriots.com)
- [Oakland Raiders] Raiders' Treu out for season
11/27/06
- [Seattle Seahawks] Thinking Green: Ahman, Seattle, money and Bay
- [Oakland Raiders] Long-snapper Adam Treu sustained a quadriceps injury in Sunday's game, and his status is in doubt for Sunday's game against the Texans, if not longer.
Shell said it appears as if Treu got hurt while covering a punt in the first half, though he could have injured himself on an earlier play and aggravated the injury in the subsequent play.
Regular center Jake Grove handled long-snapping duties in Treu's absence. Shell said Grove is expected to shoulder both duties until further notice. Left guard Corey Hulsey also has experience at center.
Treu is the longest-tenured Raider. He has appeared in all 155 regular-season games and seven postseason games during his 10-year career.
Treu was unavailable for comment after Sunday's game, as well as Monday during media access. (The Argus)
Week 12: Stats, Stories & Pictures
11/26/06
- [St. Louis Rams] Incognito plays with an old-school mentality
11/24/06
- [Green Bay Packers] Packers' Green ready to return to Seattle
11/23/06
- [San Francisco 49ers] The 49ers worked out LB Jay Foreman.
- [San Diego Chargers] Polk kicks off shackles of injuries and steps up
- [Oakland Raiders] Treu earns place in 'Raiderland'
- [Carolina Panthers] http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/16084322.htm
- Father, Son Share Love Of Coaching (Clint Finley)
- Will To Succeed honors Overland Park couple for generosity (Will Shields)
11/22/06
- [CFL] BC Safety Barron Miles agreed to a contract that will keep him committed to the Lions through the 2009 season. (CanWest News Service)
11/21/06
- [Carolina Panthers] The Questions: With Mike Rucker, Panthers Defensive End
11/20/06
- [St. Louis Rams] His Viewing Pleasure (Incognito)
Week 11: Stats, Stories & Pictures
11/19/06
- [Tampa Bay Buccaneers] LB Barrett Ruud had a strong game vs Carolina
- [Carolina Panthers] Anticipated Opening of Fantasia Barrino and Mike Minter's IMAJ...
- Carolina's defense was stung by Dallas' 25-point fourth quarter three weeks ago, but has played very well in two straight games following a bye week. Now, these gatherings can be overrated, but there's a feeling in Charlotte that the team turned things around when safety Mike Minter suggested that players gather for dinner each Thursday night to bond and improve team chemistry. Defensive end Mike Rucker, who made two sacks against St. Louis, said he tends to play harder for his teammates when he knows them personally. Hey, whatever works... (Mercury News)
11/18/06
- [St. Louis Rams] No way he's incognito in this baby
- The NFL has fined Isaac Bruce and center Richie Incognito $5,000 apiece for their parts in a skirmish following Steven Jackson's fourth-quarter touchdown Sunday at Seattle.
Incognito was called for a personal foul on the play, in which Jackson's helmet was pulled off by Seattle cornerback Kelly Jennings. According to a league official, Jennings was not fined. (Post-Dispatch)
- [CFL] Calgary placekicker Sandro DeAngelis was named the CFL's top special-teams player.
11/17/06
- [Chicago Bears] Mike Brown's absence hurting
- [Seattle Seahawks] Singing, joking kicker Josh Brown a smash hit with Seattle
11/16/06
- [New England Patriots] Super Market Sweep for Patriots Linemen (Hochstein)
- [] Game day brings out rituals (Raiola)
- [Chicago Bears] It’s probably not a coincidence that the current stretch (three consecutive games) of 100-yard rushers began immediately after Pro Bowl strong safety Mike Brown suffered a season-ending foot injury. The last time the Bears allowed such a streak came in October of 2004, shortly after Brown suffered a season-ending Achilles injury. (VikingUpdate.com)
11/15/06
- [AFL] Arizona Rattlers waived WR-LB Wilson Thomas
11/14/06
- [CFL] Miles and Calvillo are friends and foes
- Miles goes for a ring again against former teammates
- Buono gives Lions no excuses (Miles)
- [Miami Dolphins] With Jeno James sidelined by a knee injury, Toniu Fonoti could start at left guard.
11/13/06
- [Green Bay Packers] Packers, Green discuss contract
Week 10: Stats, Stories & Pictures
11/11/06
- [CFL] Lion Miles picks way to league all-star nod
- [MLB] Rockies ready to go shopping
- The Rockies are ready to go shopping and have "called about...Darin Erstad" among other players.
- [Carolina Panthers] Panther's Mike Minter Steps Up
- [Detroit Lions] Q&A with Cory Schlesinger
11/10/06
- [Green Bay Packers] Packers' Green confirms talk of contract extension
- Green's Stock Rising
- [Detroit Lions] Lil' birdie picks fight with Lion (Raiola)
- Hall irate at threat by Lions' Raiola
11/08/06
- [af2] Lineman O'Shea assigned to Steamwheelers
11/07/06
- [Miami Dolphins] Dolphins sign Fonoti
- [Buffalo Bills] DEs Aaron Schobel (seven) and Chris Kelsay (five) are on pace for double-digit sack seasons. Should they both reach at least 10 sacks, it would mark the second time in club history that more than one player posted 10 sacks in the same year (1995: Bryce Paup 17½; Bruce Smith 10½; Phil Hansen 10). (NFL.com)
- [Detroit Lions] Schlesinger visits Michigan schools
- [Baltimore Ravens] Kicker Matt Stover's assignment on kickoffs might be coming to an end this week. Stover, who resumed kicking off after rookie punter Sam Koch pulled his quadriceps in September, said Sunday that Koch is getting close to 100 percent and could return to kicking off against the Titans. (Baltimore Sun)
- [Cincinnati Bengals] Punter Kyle Larson might be a Pro Bowler. In the past four games, he has 10 punts inside the 20 and no touchbacks. His net average is holding at 38.9 yards. (The Enquirer)
11/06/06
- [Detroit Lions] Raiola on DeAngelo Hall: 'I might get him if I see him on the street'
- Raiola seeks payback on `cheap-shot artist' Hall
- Dan Miller, the radio voice of the Lions, on Raiola's comments-- "If this team can show some toughness, whatever it takes, and start to prove that nobody is going to come into their house and not push them around -- whatever it takes is fine by me. If it takes Dom standing up and saying something like that, great. I don't have a problem with that... Anything that goes into the category of toughness and a little bravado, I'm all for it because this team hasn't had enough of that and they need some of it." (MLive.com)
- Detroit Free Press gives out the Lions' midtern grades-- For the offensive line, "Left tackle Jeff Backus and center Dominic Raiola have been the bedrock, playing every game and performing solidly. The rest of the line has been in constant flux -- the Lions have used six combinations in eight games because of injuries -- and it has showed at times".
In the secondary, "Terrence Holt has held off rookie Daniel Bullocks, but Bullocks is still challenging for playing time.".
- [San Diego Chargers] Polk hopes the shoes fit
- [Tampa Bay Buccaneers] Bucs starting LB Shelton Quarles left in the third quarter with a high ankle sprain and is questionable for Monday night's game against the Panthers. Second-year LB Barrett Ruud would start in Quarles' place. Ruud filled in for Quarles in the second half of Sunday's game and finished with six tackles.
"It's one of those things where I always expect him to play," Ruud said. "It's easier for me if I know he's not going to play to prepare and treat it like I'm starting." (TBO.com)
11/05/06
- Week 9: Stats, Stories & Pictures
11/04/06
- Punting Buddies: Larson & Koch (scroll)
- Amos helping young jump rope team
- [NBA] Hawks get bench support aplenty (Lue)
11/02/06
- [Green Bay Packers] Green voted FedEx Ground Player of the Week
- [CFL] Miles named Defensive Player of the Week
- [Carolina Panthers] Panthers' Minter rises to his defense
11/01/06
- Koch goes against fellow Husker Larson
- [CFL] DeAngelis Finalist For Rogers CFL Player Awards