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Fantasy Football Friday: Who to start and who to avoid in NFL's Week 11
We always knew Rex Ryan was a "baller" with his trash-talking skills but we never knew he was a "bawler." Clearly, the Jets head coach has never played fantasy football, a sport that can reduce grown men to tears weekly.
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Fantasy Football Friday: Who to start and who to avoid in NFL's Week 11
We always knew Rex Ryan was a "baller" with his trash-talking skills but we never knew he was a "bawler." Clearly, the Jets head coach has never played fantasy football, a sport that can reduce grown men to tears weekly.
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Rex Ryan
New York Jets
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Williams leads Dolphins over Panthers
Ricky Williams rushed for 119 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Dolphins beat the Carolina Panthers 24-17 on Thursday night for their fourth win in six games to get into the AFC playoff picture.
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Inside the NFL matchups: Week 10
It's that time of the week again and our experts try to break down all the odds for your Sunday spreads and odds. Check out Hank Gola's guide to get you through the weekend a winner.
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Myers: Tom must be terrific again for Giants
Tom Coughlin had a great feel for his team during the Giants' unexpected Super Bowl run two years ago. But as the Giants have lost four straight, it doesn't look like Coughlin knows how to shock them out of their slump.
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Revis doesn't want help against Randy Moss
Darrelle Revis held Randy Moss to four catches for 24 yards in the Jets' victory over the Patriots in Week 2, but Moss refused to acknowledge that Revis got the best of him. That, quite frankly, doesn't sit well with Revis.
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Smith: Patriots will hit, Jets must hit back
The Jets are a joke right now, and the only way they can stop being the laughingstock of the NFL is for the defense to stand up and fight back. When the Patriots hit the Jets, the Jets need to hit them back.
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New England Patriots
Everyone practices
For the first time all season, the Giants had all 53 players practice on the field Thursday after going long stretches without players such as Aaron Ross, Chris Canty and Michael Boley among others.
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Aaron Ross
Chris Canty
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Raissman: Sapp-y analysis overlooking game
The football media must be full of wannabe psychologists. That's the only conclusion drawn in the run-up to Sunday's Jets-Patriots game.
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Jacobs set to carry Giants in cold
When the weather starts to get cold, Brandon Jacobs likes to run and punish defenders. Now if only the Giants could hand him the ball more. He thinks this is the time of year when the Giants' running game can come to life.
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New York Giants
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Fantasy Footballl Friday: The Live Chat
Maurice Jones-Drew may have cost fantasy owners by taking a knee last week against the Jets, but the News' fantasy football expert Ohm Youngmisuk won't be coming up short on Friday as he answers all your questions - live - starting at 2 p.m.
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Leon aiming to rejoin Jets in March
An upbeat Leon Washington, four weeks removed from his gruesome leg injury, said Thursday that he's ahead of schedule and hopes to rejoin his teammates next March for the start of the off-season conditioning program.
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Ross puts hopes in hamstring
Aaron Ross has now made it through a season-high three straight practices without a setback for his injured hamstring. Two more and he might even get to play in a game.
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Smith: For final seven games, Eli must be the one
There are no guarantees that come with this opportunity to restart the season. There is one certainty, though. The Giants' fate rests with Eli Manning.
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Boley gets ready to pluck Falcons
Michael Boley said he once was "bitter" about how his four years in Atlanta ended. And sure, there's a part of him that wants to show the Falcons what a mistake they made letting him get away.
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Michael Boley
Myers: Tissues can't wipe away Jet mess
Rex Ryan reiterated on Wednesday his claim from his first day on the job in January that the Jets will win the Super Bowl in the first term of the Obama administration. There is still too much of a culture change that needs to take place.
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Sanchez explains himself
Mark Sanchez started his weekly Wednesday press conference with a jab at himself and his Sunday postgame press conference in which he opened by rattling off thoughts on the game while reading hand-written notes.
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Pats quickly put Colt loss behind them
The Patriots got back to practice Wednesday for the first time since Bill Belichick's Barry Switzer imitation in Indy, vowing to put the Colts loss behind them and to focus on Sunday's rematch against the Jets.
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Harris will get defensive calls
The Jets' defense had communication problems last week against the Jaguars - and that was with S Jim Leonhard, the "quarterback" of the unit. LB David Harris will wear the helmet headset instead of Leonhard.
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Jones puts rap on negativity as he delivers Super speech
Thomas Jones is known for his fiery locker-room speeches on game day, but Wednesday was Sunday for Team Desperation. According to several players, Jones' impassioned message was this: This is our last shot.
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Jets, News partner with JetBlue to display historic photos
Airliners will not be the only high-flying jets at JFK Airport in coming months - thanks to award-winning Daily News photography. An eye-catching photo exhibit celebrating 50 years of Jets football kicked off Tuesday at JetBlue's Terminal 5.
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NFL fines Quinn for hit on Suggs
Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn has been fined by the NFL for his low hit on Baltimore's Terrell Suggs.
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Cleveland Browns
Terrell Suggs
NFL Power Rankings: Saints still notch below Colts
It was not possible to blow everybody out every week, but the Saints have been struggling. Still, the undefeated season lives, writes Gary Myers in his weekly NFL power rankings.
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New Yorkers say Jets coach Rex Ryan's blubbering was cryin' shame
Hey, Rex Ryan - put away that crying towel. After word got out that the Jets' latest loss left their 340-pound coach blubbering, New Yorkers grappled with a nagging question yesterday: Is weeping over a football game acceptable? It's not.
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Braylon Edwards pleads not guilty to assault count
Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge after he was accused of punching a man outside a downtown nightclub last month.
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Braylon Edwards
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Jacobs runs over early slump
Brandon Jacobs is a 6-4, 264-pound ball of power. He's not going to dance his way through the line of scrimmage. He's going to knock over defensive lines as if he were a bowling ball. The Giants just forgot it earlier in the year.
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Athletes have a long history of tearing up - just ask Vermeil, Federer
Hey, Rex Ryan - put away that crying towel. After word got out that the Jets' latest loss left their 340-pound coach blubbering, New Yorkers grappled with a nagging question Tuesday: Is weeping over a football game acceptable?
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Austin Long
Ryan a foot-bawl coach
In the span of a few days, Rex Ryan went from "swagger-licious" to Jimmy Swaggart - from predicting a Jets playoff berth to choking up in a heartfelt speech to his team one day after the crushing loss to the Jaguars.
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Jacksonville Jaguars
Ryan Ayers
Sanchez needs help with media blitz
Mark Sanchez's bizarre postgame news conference, which included a long-winded, rapid-fire opening statement from prepared notes, definitely raised eyebrows within the Jets' organization.
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Mark Sanchez
New York Jets
Myers: Too many tears a cryin' shame for Rex
Rex Ryan needs to be the emotional rock of the Jets, a franchise in desperate need of stability and leadership. He has to find a way to pace himself through the ups and downs of the long NFL season or he's going to burn out.
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Fantasy Football Tuesday
The Dolphins visit the Panthers - and a huge blow for Miami, as well as for many fantasy teams, is that Ronnie Brown was on crutches Monday and seems unlikely to play after hurting his right foot on Sunday against the Buccaneers.
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Ravens angry over Quinn's 'cheap shot'
Brady Quinn's hit on Terrell Suggs in the third quarter had Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis questioning the Browns' quarterback's motives. Lewis accused Quinn of a dirty play.
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Tila Tequila sues ex-beau NFL star Shawne Merriman for assault
Reality show star Tila Tequila filed a lawsuit today against ex-boyfriend Shawne Merriman, the hulking San Diego Chargers linebacker who she claims grabbed her, shook her, knocked her down and choked her during an argument in September.
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Bills boot coach Jauron
Coach Dick Jauron has been fired by the Buffalo Bills following the team's 3-6 start. The Bills said in a statement that a replacement would be announced later.
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Titans owner Adams fined $250k for flipping bird
Bud Adams now owns one of the NFL's most expensive insults. The Titans owner was fined a whopping $250,000 for giving Buffalo fans the middle finger while celebrating his team's 41-17 win - and late game rally - over the Bills on Sunday.
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Myers: Belichick adds dunce cap to hoodie collection
If this weren't Bill Belichick, if this were a coach without all those rings, not punting against the Colts would be a fireable offense.
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Bill Belichick
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Cimini: Defensive Rex fires D-line coach
Things turned ugly Tuesday in Florham Park, where Jets head coach Rex Ryan dismissed his defensive-line coach, a guy named Kerry Locklin. Ryan painted it as a "mutual decision," but let's be real. He was fired.
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Raissman: Sanchez's script shifts focus
Mark Sanchez's media strategy, no matter how lame, quickly paid a dividend. It shifted the focus. The first question was not about the Jets' pitiful performance. Instead, it was about why he decided to read from a script.
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Jets fire D-line coach, cut Carroll
With the Jets free-falling out of the playoff picture, Rex Ryan announced that the team had parted ways with defensive line coach Kerry Locklin and that he had cut Ahmad Carroll, a popular special teams veteran.
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Giants say hello after good bye
While the Giants were enjoying their much-needed bye week, there was carnage in the NFC East on Sunday. The Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys were both dragged back to the pack by disheartening losses.
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Belichick defends his 4th-quarter gamble
Bill Belichick defended his decision to go for it on fourth down as criticism mounted Monday of the call that led to the New England Patriots stunning loss.the New England Patriots stunning loss.
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Leonhard to have surgery on broken thumb
New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard is having surgery on his broken right thumb, and coach Rex Ryan is uncertain how long he might be sidelined.
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Jim Leonhard
Rex Ryan
Larry Johnson could land backup role with Bengals
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said on Monday that Larry Johnson would be in Cincinnati to discuss a limited role - fourth-string running back, essentially an insurance policy in case Cedric Benson's hip injury gets worse.
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Jaguars use their heads to give Jets the boot
This was the moment of truth for the Jaguars. Trailing the New York Jets 22-21 with 5:04 left, they answered the call and beat the Jets 24-22 on Josh Scobee's 21-yard field goal on the final play of the game.
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Jones-Drew apologizes to fantasy owners
Maurice Jones-Drew became the first running back to rush for more than 100 yards on the Jets this season. He also scored a touchdown. But his numbers could have been bigger. "I apologize to all my fantasy owners," said Jones-Drew.
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Maurice Jones-Drew
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Belichick's gaffe heard 'round the world
Patriots coach Bill Belichick's brutal mistake Sunday night not only cost his team a win against Peyton Manning and the rival Colts, it also made him the whipping boy of Monday morning quarterbacks everywhere.
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Goin' Deep: Intrigue from around the NFL
Studies show that on the average, people have roughly 1,460 dreams a year. That works out to four a night. Now, to be honest, we try to squeeze in at least one Danica Patrick dream every night.
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Beli-flop! Colts stun Pats late
After the Patriots were stopped short on fourth down deep in their own territory, Peyton Manning took advantage by throwing a 1-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds left that rallied the unbeaten Colts to a 35-34 win Sunday night.
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Sanchez sticks to the script
Repeatedly looking down at notes he had written as if they were a quarterback cheat-sheet bracelet on his forearm, Mark Sanchez discussed situations during the Jets' 24-22 loss to the Jaguars in rapid-fire sequence like an auctioneer.
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Jones-Drew apologies to fantasy owners
Maurice Jones-Drew became the first running back to rush for more than 100 yards on the Jets this season. He also scored a touchdown. But his numbers could have been bigger. "I apologize to all my fantasy owners," said Jones-Drew.
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