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The four NFL teams on the cusp of the playoffs
novafantasysports.com - 7/14/2009
The four NFL teams on the cusp of the playoffs
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Often in sports it is far too easy to focus on the negative, to talk about the teams that are either doing very well or doing very poorly. The author of this piece lives in Detroit, Michigan where and just witnessed the Detroit Lions perform a perfect season in reverse. Here it is far too easy ...
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