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THE WAY WE SEE IT

Our weekly take on the hottest

topics from around the NFL.

Monday-night game results not factored in.

RANK

CAPITAL OFFENSE

The Redskins new offensive scheme did QB Jason Campbell no favors, making it more difficult for him to develop.

Zorns offense is no match for QB Campbell

In Washington, Joe Gibbs from his first stint as head coach to his
last was known for his Hogs-powered, move-the-line-of-scrimmage, smashmouth running game sprinkled with a play-action,
drop-back, downfield passing attack. When Jim Zorn was hired, the
Redskins changed offensive philosophies to a pass-heavy, multiplereceiver, spread-the-field, dink-and-dunk attack, while keeping Greg
Blache in place to run the defense. What got overlooked in the
change is that the Redskins still have a drop-back, vertical passer
with a long release who requires maximum protection, which is no
longer being used. Doug Williams would never fit in a West Coast offense, and neither does Jason Campbell, lacking the quick-hitting
trigger and rapid-fire brain needed to thrive in the system. Instead

of reading half the field, high to low Campbell now must read left
to right or right to left, short to deep an adjustment that could require another three years to master. Campbells average showing in
the opening loss to the Giants is a sign of what figures to be a long
season, if he can even stay healthy with five-man protection. And
the Redskins have no one to blame for his regression but themselves. They hired Zorn for his QB pedigree with an emphasis on
Campbells development. What the Washington franchise overlooked was how Zorns offensive philosophy sets Campbell up to
fail. When Gibbs retired, the Redskins lost more than a Hall of Fame
coach, they lost their most experienced personnel evaluator.

Nolan Nawrocki

TRIAL BY FIRE

BIG BOOST

IGNORE HYPE

RIGHT PATH

Pats must believe

in the untested

Falcons collecting
promising talent

Dont believe in
Panthers just yet

Steelers approach
remains the same

Its time for Matt Cassel to

earn his stripes. After what
looks to be a season-ending
knee injury to Tom Brady, the
Patriots must forge ahead
with a fourth-year pro who
hasnt started a game since
his prep All-America days.
Grabbing a free agent like
Daunte Culpepper or Kelly
Holcomb wont do, as Cassel
at least knows this intricate
offense. But should he falter
as he has done in limited action throughout his career,
itll be Kevin OConnells time.
At least the rookie has shown
promise.

While the Falcons might not

have long-term answers
along their offensive or defensive interiors, theyve accumulated a promising
collection of skill-position
players. With todays rules
tilted in favor of offenses,
teams need to score to contend. If Sundays showing vs.
the Lions is any indication,
the Falcons offense already
is ascending from the valley
that was 2007, thanks to developing weapons like QB
Matt Ryan, RBs Michael
Turner and Jerious Norwood
and WR Roddy White.

The Panthers are sure to

generate buzz after their
upset of the Chargers, which
was one of the more dramatic wins weve seen from
the club in recent years.
However, it carries the same
early-season sizzle that has
always fizzled in recent
years. The Panthers opened
each of the past two seasons
with a 4-2 record before fading to 8-8 and 7-9 finishes.
Carolina has a long way to go
before I can consider it a
true contender once again in
the much-improved NFC
South.

The Steelers opening-week

rout of Houston was a masterpiece that followed a
script weve seen before. On
offense, they ran, ran and ran
some more. On defense, they
blitzed a well-regarded Texans offense into submission.
The Steelers have a consistent approach on both sides
of the ball, and they have the
correct personnel for their
schemes. Continuity didnt
help the Steelers in the preseason popularity poll, but
oh, what an asset it is in September in an AFC that appears to be up for grabs.

Dan Parr

Mike Wilkening

Matt Sohn

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THE SKINNY

Dallas Cowboys Power shift puts them

on top heading into huge Monday-nighter.

Pittsburgh Steelers Willie Parker not

going away quietly.

New York Giants Defense reminded

people it still is an elite unit.

San Diego Chargers They started out

1-3 and 5-5 last season.

Philadelphia Eagles Stats gained vs.

Rams should be halved for fantasy purposes.

Indianapolis Colts Hey, how about

that gorgeous stadium?

New England Patriots Matt Cassel

jerseys selling by the dozens now.
Minnesota Vikings Short week to prepare for angry Colts.

Jacksonville Jaguars Derrick Harvey

worked on his hands while holding out.

New Orleans Saints Those

cornerbacks didnt look too bad after all.
Green Bay Packers Had to like what
they saw from the Lions opener.

Carolina Panthers Chris Harris is a

tough hombre.

Tennessee Titans Vince Young suffered from lack of heart before injuring knee.
Cleveland Browns Braylon Edwards
said Dallas game would be measuring stick.

Arizona Cardinals Travis LaBoys hair

looks like Andy Gibbs in the Spirits 79 tour.

New York Jets Brett Favre has chuck it

and get lucky part of playbook down cold.

Buffalo Bills Are they the best specialteams club of the past decade?
Seattle Seahawks Are they the worst
special-teams club currently?
Chicago Bears Fort comes from the
French word for strength. No joke.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Reggie
Bush ran where Derrick Brooks wasnt.

Houston Texans Defense appeared

gassed mid-second quarter.

Baltimore Ravens How about Joe

Flacco the runner and blocker?
Atlanta Falcons Turner-Ryan see even
bigger jump in polls than McCain-Palin.

Denver Broncos Watched Chiefs,

Chargers suffer injuries, heartache.

Washington Redskins Jim Zorn

looked like he wasnt a head coach before.

Cincinnati Bengals Nueve was muy

malo against the Ravens.

Oakland Raiders Desperate for wide

receivers these days.

Miami Dolphins Being in position to

win no solace for improved team.
San Francisco 49ers J.T. OSullivan
threw well but fumbled twice.

Kansas City Chiefs Lest we forget

Dwayne Bowes four catchable drops.
St. Louis Rams New drinking game: Do
a shot every time they allow a first down.
Detroit Lions Fix one problem, another
one is right around the corner.

Pro Football Weekly

September 14, 2008

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
The news that

starting SLB Angelo

Crowell has decided
to undergo seasonending arthroscopic
left knee surgery has
the Bills worried
about their LB corps.
Buffalo has reluctantly inserted woefully undersized
Keith Ellison to fill
the void, although
athletically limited reserve MLB John DiGiorgio can also be
plugged in.

AFC EAST

By Matt Sohn
BUFFALO

BILLS

The Dolphins WR
corps was the teams
only unit to be consistently lousy
throughout the preseason. Its been so
bad that the team
now feels that Greg
Camarillo who
barely made the 53man roster and undrafted rookie
Davone Bess trail
only Ted Ginn Jr. as
the most competent
receivers.
The Bills and Lee
Evans have been engaged in contract extension talks for a
while now, but both
parties are very relaxed and amiable
about the situation.
While theres no rush
to get it done, its
abundantly clear a
deal favorable to both
the team and player
is well in the works.

VISUAL IMAGE, INC.

Word out of Foxborough is that the Patriots arent as

concerned about how
ORG Billy Yates will
fill in for PUP-lister
Steve Neal as many
assume they are. The
team feels that Yates,
the leagues highestpaid practice-squad
player two seasons
ago, has the athleticism and smarts to
develop into a quality
starter now that he
has his chance.

The Bills have tailored their offense to best utilize second-year QB Trent Edwards passing skills.
NEW YORK

MIAMI

NEW ENGLAND

JETS

DOLPHINS

PATRIOTS

The most unexpected addition to

the Jets might be one of the most
important, even though he wont
play a down for the team. But thats
the regard that the Jets have for
special-teams coordinator Mike
Westhoff, a man who came back
from a complicated leg surgery
stemming from a bout with cancer
as well an anyone could have hope
for. Hes a great model for some of
those guys who sit out with a hangnail, coach Eric Mangini said. He
really didnt know whether he
would be able to coach this year
until just recently because he had
to have clearance from his physician. Westhoff helped mold the
Jets into one of the NFLs best special-teams units in 07, but his return complicates matters on the
staff. Mangini opted to retain Kevin
ODea, who was brought in as
Westhoffs replacement, and ODea
clearly has taken a back seat to
Westhoff in making the specialteams calls.

The Dolphins were busy this offseason, bringing aboard a host of

players they see as cornerstones
for the future. Now, just as the regular season kicks off, theyre already in extension mode. The
team extended RB Ricky
Williams by one year last week,
and we hear theyre now in the
process of getting SS Yeremiah
Bell a lengthier deal. Bell signed a
one-year deal during free agency,
but team officials view him as a
potential Pro Bowl player and
want to lock him into a longerterm contract. The irony is that
Bell and Williams have been anything but reliable players throughout their respective careers.
Williams drug use has been wellchronicled, and Bell missed almost all of last year with a torn
Achilles tendon. Word out of South
Florida is that LB Channing
Crowder could be next in line to
receive a deal, although thats
merely speculation at this point.

Lest people think the NFL is all

about talent, the Patriots release
of presumed starting CB Fernando Bryant was all about one
thing: his lack of toughness. The
clincher was Bryant getting steamrolled by Giants TE Darcy Johnson in the preseason finale, when
he barely even tried to make the
tackle on a first-quarter TD. Although Bryant was one of the
most gifted players in the Patriots
patchwork CB stable, coach Bill
Belichick showed by cutting
Bryant that he is more comfortable going in with players who
arent afraid to stick their helmets
in a pile. The irony in all this is that
Belichicks cornerbacks are often
undersized, as the coach believes
the soft zone coverage he typically
employs can mask physical shortcomings of his cover men. One
such player who personifies the
undersized-but-tough mantra is
rookie Terrence Wheatley, who
has the look of a quality starter.

When head coach Dick Jauron

appointed Turk Schonert as offensive coordinator following the departure of Steve Fairchild, the
theory was that Schonerts ingenuity in play-calling would be what
would take the Bills offense to new
heights. And while he certainly is
responsible for designing and calling the plays, word out of Buffalo is
that job descriptions aside, this is
ultimately QB Trent Edwards offense. Not in the sense that Edwards has the power or the
desire to override Schonert, but
in the sense that Schonert has tailored his offense specifically to the
strengths of his emerging secondyear quarterback. What that
means is less emphasis on downfield passing, entrusting Edwards
to make multiple reads on any
given play, and locating the right
receiver in the multitude of formations Schonert has instituted.
The expectations (for the offense) are soaring, said Edwards,
who was an efficient 19-of-30 for
215 yards with one TD and no interceptions in a Week One win over
the Seahawks. The only reason
theres more pressure on me is because the offense goes where I go.
Although it may seem like a
clich, the Bills belief that Edwards
can handle the pressure is the
major reason they drafted him in
the third round two seasons ago.
His scouting report coming out of
college was that he was a good, but
not great, physical specimen, and
that he was easily the most headstrong and intelligent quarterback
in his class. So heady that the Bills
ranked him 30th overall on their
draft board and thus far have been
even more pleased with his poise
than they imagined theyd be.
Still, Schonert recognizes that
Edwards is just in his second season, and to help aid the maturation
process of the quarterback whos
inextricably linked to his own success as a coordinator, Schonert
has decided to be on the sideline
instead of in the booth. We just
have to get on the sideline and talk
about some things and correct him
if he makes a mistake, Schonert
said. He is determined. The players see it in his eyes, and the
coaches see it in his eyes.
Edwards has similar trust in
Schonert, a fellow Stanford alum.
If we keep taking seven-step
drops and getting sacked, hell call
for more boots and nakeds and
screens, Edwards said. Hes going
to put us in the right position.

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Pro Football Weekly

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
The sense in Balti-

more is that FS Ed
Reeds neck and
shoulder injury could
be a season-long
concern. Reed, who
has a nerve impingement in his left shoulder and neck, was
able to start Week
One. He is one of the
top playmakers at his
position in the NFL
and the quarterback
of the secondary. The
play and communication of the group
could suffer greatly if
he were out for an extended period of
time.

AFC NORTH

By Mike Wilkening
CINCINNATI

BENGALS

The most surprising of the Bengals

all-star list of end-ofpreseason cuts was
ORT Willie
Anderson, the way
we hear it, given his
leadership role with
the club. Anderson
said he was asked to
take a pay cut, which
he refused. Anderson
ultimately signed
with the Ravens,
whose uncertainty
about the readiness
of young OTs Jared
Gaither and Adam
Terry no doubt
played a major role in
the decision to sign
him.
The Steelers arent
expecting big contributions from thirdround OLB Bruce
Davis and fourthround OT Tony Hills
in their first NFL seasons, the way we
hear it. Davis is learning a new position,
and the Steelers have
good veteran depth
at Hills position.

SPORTPICS

Though Browns
WR-RS Syndric
Steptoe had a strong
preseason, the feeling in Cleveland is
that, over the long
term, the falloff from
Pro Bowler Joshua
Cribbs to him would
be significant. Cribbs
is recovering from a
high ankle sprain suffered in the preseason, a factor that
likely worked in Steptoes bid to make the
club.

Chris Perry finally is getting his shot at being the dynamic running back the Bengals offense needs.
BALTIMORE

PITTSBURGH

CLEVELAND

RAVENS

STEELERS

BROWNS

The Ravens love rookie QB Joe

Flaccos poise, something they believe he has in ample reserve for a
first-year player. And they love his
skill set. But they are wary of the
hard lessons he might endure after
being thrust into the starting lineup
because of a season-ending shoulder injury to Kyle Boller and a tonsil infection that kept Troy Smith
off the active roster in Week One.
The way we hear it, it will not be a
surprise if the Ravens bench Flacco
if he struggles once Smith is back in
the fold. Flacco did get off to a winning start, though, helping lead the
Ravens to a Week One win over the
Bengals. He completed 15-of-29
passes for 129 yards and didnt turn
the ball over. He also ran 38 yards
for a TD. In short, the Ravens have
Flaccos long-term future in mind as
well as the present. In the meantime, Flacco is being asked to run
an offensive package that isnt quite
as expansive as the one the Ravens
would run with Boller or Smith.

In Pittsburgh, we hear there is

little long-term concern about the
summer fumbling problems of
rookie RB Rashard Mendenhall,
who coughed up the ball three
times in four preseason games. In
the short term, the 5-10, 225pound Mendenhalls opportunities
at getting significant work down
near the goal line will be compromised, but he is too talented to
keep off the active game-day roster, and he is likely to get a few
first- and second-down carries
spelling starter Willie Parker. Another talented but green rookie
who wont have a big role early in
his rookie season is WR Limas
Sweed, who struggled somewhat
in the preseason and might not
get many snaps as the No. 4 wideout. However, the Steelers remain
high on Sweed, who works hard
and figures to be a key part of the
offense in the years to come, and
perhaps as early as the 2009
campaign.

An early-season story line to

watch in Cleveland, the way we hear
it, is the Browns play in the
trenches on both sides of the ball.
The offensive line, widely regarded
as one of the NFLs best, wasnt at
its sharpest in the preseason; its
strong play both in the running and
passing games keyed the offenses
resurgence a season ago, and a
similar effort is expected this season. Any drop-off in play could be
disastrous. Another issue to keep
an eye on: the Browns ability to
generate a pass rush, an especially
key issue considering the Browns
young secondary, which needs all
the help it can get as Cleveland begins a rugged schedule filled with
strong passing clubs. Losing OLB
Antwan Peek to a season-ending
knee injury forces the Browns to
give rookie Alex Hall a bigger role in
the defense and puts all the more
pressure on the D-line to do what it
can when it comes to getting after
the passer.

Four years ago, the Bengals

passed on the opportunity to draft
Oregon State RB Steven Jackson
to take star Michigan RB Chris
Perry. Jackson has developed into
a star in St. Louis, while Perry has
been a part-time player whos
struggled to stay healthy in his previous four NFL seasons. But Perry is
finally getting a chance to become
the Bengals featured back, and the
clubs confidence in him went a
long way in the decision to cut RB
Rudi Johnson, the way we hear it.
Johnsons case to stay on the Bengals roster was hurt by questions
about his durability and whether a
nagging hamstring injury had
robbed him of some of his burst.
Another issue at play in Johnsons release, were told: the Bengals injury problems in recent
seasons, which limited the teams
roster flexibility within the season
and left the club downright thin at
positions at times (for example, the
utter lack of depth at linebacker at
times in 2007). In short, the Bengals
were not going to carry Johnson on
the roster if they werent sure he
could contribute for 16 games.
News of Johnsons release elicited
surprise around the league, where
Johnson is still regarded by some
evaluators as a viable featured back
for a team trying to establish a
physical running game. Johnson
didnt last long on the open market,
signing with the Lions, who want to
run more than they did when Mike
Martz ran the offense.
Perry, who missed all of 2007
after dislocating his right ankle late
in the 06 season, had a strong
training camp, impressing the
coaches with his work ethic. Now
the question is whether he can
handle getting double-digit carries
each game for the first time since
he was a senior at Michigan. He
didnt get off to a great start, gaining 37 yards and on 18 carries with
one lost fumble in Week One. Veteran Kenny Watson is first in line
to spell Perry; he received a careerhigh 178 carries last season as
Johnson was limited to nine games
and proved he could fill in as the
clubs featured back when needed.
Ex-Colt DeDe Dorsey, a speedy
change-of-pace back, will get limited work, as well. In short-yardage
situations, Perry and Watson are
the primary options. The Bengals
ability to get the tough yards
wasnt helped by the loss of FB Jeremi Johnson to a season-ending
knee injury days before the opener
at Baltimore.

Pro Football Weekly

September 14, 2008

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
There is greater op-

timism in Tennessee
about Titans DE
Jevon Kearses ability to consistently
contribute after a
strong end to the preseason. This wasnt
the case early in
training camp, when
Kearse did not look
quite as good as had
been hoped, the way
we hear it.

AFC SOUTH

By Mike Wilkening and Matt Sohn

JACKSONVILLE

JAGUARS

The manner in
which the Bears supposedly lackluster offensive line
manhandled the
Colts front four came
as one of the biggest
disappointments in a
thoroughly disheartening opener for
Indy. Although DEs
Dwight Freeney and
Robert Mathis appear to have regained
their speed on the
pass rush after injury-plagued 2007
campaigns, the run
defense was gashed.
We hear that S Bob
Sanders will be
asked to play an increasingly active role
in the box until Tony
Dungys down linemen provide better
resistence.
One Texans issue to
keep an eye on is the
depth at linebacker.
Rookie Xavier Adibi
has a nagging
Achilles injury, and
reserve Chaun
Thompson didnt
play in the preseason
because of a hamstring injury.
Until C Brad
Meester is ready to
rejoin the Jaguars following biceps surgery
hes roughly four
weeks away Jacksonville might mix in
more gadget runs
with the straightahead plowing style
that was so effective
a season ago.

HARRY SCULL, JR.

Veteran Texans TE
Mark Bruener made
the roster because of
his blocking ability,
and if rookie OLT
Duane Brown struggles in pass protection, dont be
surprised if Bruener
pitches in to help
Brown and fortify the
left side of the line.

Titans QB Vince Young injured his left leg in Week One, and his availability for Week Two is in doubt.
HOUSTON

INDIANAPOLIS

TENNESSEE

TEXANS

COLTS

TITANS

The Texans are likely to make

every effort to restrict RB Ahman
Greens workload early in the season and perhaps for the long
term, the way we hear it. The fear of
Green breaking down is palpable:
The former Packers Pro Bowler was
limited by a knee injury in 2007 and
missed much of this preseason
with a groin injury, and the Texans
are wary of overloading him.
Younger RBs Steve Slaton and
Chris Taylor will also get carries,
with Slaton ahead of Taylor in the
pecking order at this time. Slaton is
smaller and faster than Taylor, and
the West Virginia rookies gamebreaking ability is a dimension the
Texans have lacked in the running
game. Taylor, who also plays fullback, is a bigger, more rugged runner, and he could become the
featured back were Green to go
down. In Week One, Slaton got the
most ground work, carrying 13
times for 43 yards compared to
Greens 28 yards on five carries.

A year ago, injuries to their offensive tackles got Peyton Manning

beaten up and rendered the offense
a shell of its normal potency. This
season, the concern has shifted inside, as a makeshift lineup at guard
and center has many wondering if
theyll be able to keep the offense
running crisply while C Jeff Saturday and ORG Ryan Lilja are rehabbing. Lilja, whos on the PUP list, is
out at least six weeks, while Saturday should be sidelined for a longer
period of time. Confounding the
problem is a knee injury to touted
rookie Mike Pollak, although he
should be back in the near future.
Word out of Indianapolis is that the
Colts wont afford their line to suffer
through the growing pains at the
expense of Manning, and that offensive coordinator Tom Moore will
adjust his diversified passing game
to feature a greater emphasis on
three-step drops getting the ball
out of Mannings hand being the
primary impetus.

When QB Vince Young suffered

a sprained left knee late in the Titans season opener vs. the
Jaguars, backup Kerry Collins
came in, completed both of his
passes for 65 yards and led Tennessee to the game-clinching
touchdown. Collins play underscored his importance to the Titans; dating back to last season,
the clubs last two regular-season
wins have come with Collins closing out the win for an injured
Young. Titans head coach Jeff
Fisher has indicated that Youngs
injury is not serious, but he may
not start in Week Two. The Titans
can afford to be prudent with their
young quarterbacks health as
long as Collins continues to thrive
off the bench. As for Young, his
2008 debut was marked by two interceptions, but he did throw a
touchdown pass to rookie RB
Chris Johnson, who racked up 127
total yards in his first game as a
pro.

The reaction from most of the

Jaguars in light of the gunfire that
has left OT Richard Collier in critical condition is what many would
expect: quiet, introspective,
mournful. But it has been the ire of
coach Jack Del Rio that has stood
out. Del Rio has lashed out at criticism in the local and national
media that he runs too loose of a
ship, staunchly defending the way
he runs his club. The way we hear
it, its just further evidence of Del
Rio not being in touch with the realities that afflict his club. He
hates being known as a players
coach, but thats exactly what he
is, a source close to the club told
PFW. Hes always coming to the
defense of his players and doesnt
see that there are major problems
that he continually fails to address.
Although it must be said that it
looks as if Collier did not provoke
any of the violence inflicted upon
him early in the morning of Sept. 1,
hes a player who had character
red flags attached to him coming
out of Valdosta State in 2006, and
who last year was charged with a
DUI. You also have players like
Matt Jones with a felony cocaine
possession trial looming ahead,
and Khalif Barnes, who has had
multiple brushes with the law, still
on the team, the source said.
These guys arent exactly
Lawrence Taylor-caliber. Why
theyre still around is beyond me.
Since September 2006, the
Jaguars have had 13 incidents in
which players have run afoul of the
law.
The notion that Del Rio doesnt
place a priority on players character wouldnt be such a hindrance to
the functionality of the team if he
had other voices balancing him
out, but he wields ultimate power
over the player personnel decisions. For as good a job as owner
Wayne Weaver has done in fostering community relations inside
Jacksonville, hes nothing more
than a wallflower when it comes to
actual football decisions.
The irony in all this is that Colliers potentially tragic incident
happened a day after veteran RB
Fred Taylor had addressed the
team about making smart decisions, especially late at night, following his own disorderly conduct
arrest earlier in the weekend. But,
as could have been expected, it
wasnt Del Rio, but Taylor himself
who decided to speak up in the aftermath of his arrest.

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Pro Football Weekly

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
The Raiders sign-

ing of WR Ashley
Lelie, who has been a
perpetual disappointment in his previous
six NFL seasons, is an
indication of how
desperate the team is
for help at receiver.
There isnt much
depth behind Javon
Walker and Ronald
Curry, providing QB
JaMarcus Russell
with yet another obstacle in his first full
season under center.

AFC WEST

By Dan Parr and Michael Blunda

DENVER

BRONCOS

Due to B.J. Sams

injury in the Chiefs
preseason finale, the
team was forced to
keep two return men,
one of whom was undersized, undrafted
rookie Dantrell Savage. Although
Kansas City will carry
both Sams and Savage to begin the season, we hear that one
of them is likely to get
cut loose as soon as
the team has a need
at another position.
The pair had similar
numbers in Week
One. Sams returned
two kickoffs for 50
yards, while Savage
had a pair of kickoff
returns that went for
48 yards.
With the status of
Chargers OLT Marcus McNeill (neck)
in question, the team
is looking to add
depth at the OT position.

HARRY SCULL, JR.

While Selvin
Young is No. 1 on the
Broncos depth chart
at running back, we
hear the anticipated
difference in workloads between Young
and backup Andre
Hall may not be as
pronounced as it was
once thought. Head
coach Mike Shanahan has voiced concerns about Youngs
ability to handle fulltime duty, and it
could very well turn
out that the carries
are split almost
evenly, with Hall serving as the No. 2 and
goal-line back.

The Broncos offense should get a jolt when WR Brandon Marshall returns from a one-game suspension.
SAN DIEGO

KANSAS CITY

OAKLAND

CHARGERS

CHIEFS

RAIDERS

While most teams would panic if

they were entering a season without their starting left tackle especially when that player is a
two-time Pro Bowler the Chargers are doing no such thing. Even
though Marcus McNeill has been
sidelined with a neck injury for
more than a month, we hear that
the team is very confident in his replacement, free-agent pickup L.J.
Shelton, who started in Week One.
Shelton is no stranger to starting
he has now done so 126 times in
his nine-year career and San
Diego was impressed with his ability to protect the quarterbacks
blind side in the preseason. The
question with Shelton might not be
his effectiveness, but how long hell
be asked to play a big role. McNeill
visited a specialist this week to
have his painful neck examined,
and theres no timetable yet for his
return. The Bolts eventually will
need him back if they hope to
make a Super Bowl run.

If youre a Chiefs placekicker,

your job is far from safe. The team
proved this just weeks ago when
they signed veteran PK Jay Feely,
only to cut him one day later. From
what we hear, the Chiefs had intended to make Feely their fulltime kicker to begin the season,
but they didnt like his performance during his first two practices
and decided they had seen
enough. They have since handed
over placekicking duties to journeyman Nick Novak, but he might
not last long, either. We hear that
the Chiefs, knowing that theyll
need every single point given the
sad state of their offense, wont
hesitate to bring in another leg if
Novak gets off to a shaky start. He
connected on his lone FG attempt,
a 40-yarder, in Week One. Last season, the team drafted PK Justin
Medlock in the fifth round and
then released him after Week One,
even though he converted 1-of-2
FG attempts.

Sources in Oakland say the

Raiders were hoping that secondyear DE Jay Richardson would
prove he could handle a full-time
starters load, but thus far, he hasnt shown hes prepared for it. Instead, the team is likely to use
Richardson on first and second
downs and bring in Kalimba Edwards as a pass-rush specialist in
3rd-and-long situations. Richardson had just one sack as a rookie
last season and didnt have a single sack in three preseason starts
in August. He has been very
strong against the run, but hasnt
made enough of an impact on
passing downs. The Raiders are
counting on Edwards to be a playmaker off the edge, but he has
been far from reliable in past seasons. The seventh-year player has
been slowed by a groin injury recently and if it gets worse,
Richardson could be thrust into
the full-time role, even if hes not
ready for it.

The way we hear it, Broncos WR

Brandon Marshall could return
from his one-game suspension
faster, stronger and tougher than
ever. Sources in Denver say Marshall focused on two aspects of his
game in training camp and the preseason in order to help ensure an
even more productive season than
the one he had in a breakout 07,
when he burst into the leagues
elite while snagging 102 catches for
1,325 yards and seven touchdowns.
Word is Marshall has been working
on fending off press coverage as
well as his timing and route running
on deep pass plays. If hes able to
make strides in those two departments, the third-year veteran could
see a noticeable increase in his
yards-per-catch average, which
was 13.0 last season. He has established a strong rapport with QB Jay
Cutler, even though Cutler has
been critical of Marshalls lack of
maturity. Theres no doubt that
Marshall is the go-to guy in Denver
and hell gain his spot back as soon
as he returns from the suspension.
In the past month, sources say
Marshall has been demonstrating
just how strong he can be, overpowering defenders who try to
stuff him at the line. Once he gets
beyond that hurdle, few players
can match his straight-line speed.
If he and Cutler consistently can
get synchronized on the deep pass
play, this combination will be fun to
watch and very difficult to stop in
08. We hear that head coach Mike
Shanahan could open up his offense a little more this season and
send Marshall out deep much
more frequently than he has in the
past. Marshall is the teams only
proven deep threat and his ability
to stretch the field could open up
shorter routes for other receivers
as well as the ground game if Cutler can successfully connect with
him on long tosses.
As is always the case with the
ultra-talented receiver, Marshalls
off-field transgressions are more
of a concern than his ability on the
field. He is due in court twice in the
next few weeks. Marshall is scheduled to appear Sept. 17 as a result
of a traffic violation he was ticketed for and again on Sept. 24 for a
DUI case. Further punishment
from the league office isnt anticipated, but Marshall has built a reputation as someone who gets in
trouble when hes not with the
team. The Broncos and the NFL
will monitor him closely as they
move forward.

Pro Football Weekly

September 14, 2008

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
Even though Cory

Procter is the temporary placeholder,

the Cowboys might
be fast-tracking Montrae Holland for a
starting spot at left
guard until Kyle
Kosier (sprained
foot) returns in 4-6
weeks. Team sources
indicate that Holland
is a better option
than the dependable
but limited Procter.

NFC EAST

By Eric Edholm
WASHINGTON

REDSKINS

The Cowboys are

hopeful that adding S
Keith Davis, who had
signed with the Dolphins this offseason
but was cut at the 53man deadline, will
help shore up the
clubs special-teams
coverage units. Davis
has been one of the
top tacklers the past
few seasons on punts
and kickoffs and
steps in to what
might be the Cowboys biggest question mark at this
point.
The Giants remain
interested in adding
free-agent QB Chris
Simms as their third
quarterback, but we
hear they have serious competition from
the rival Cowboys.
The Giants currently
only have two QBs on
the roster but are interested in carrying a
third.
Despite some tirekicking from other
teams, the Giants are
likely to hold on to
No. 5 RB Danny
Ware for now, perhaps until another
team suffers an injury
at running back and
can make a worthy
trade offer. For now,
Ware will be a gameday inactive, but he
has upside.

KKR GROUP

The reports on Eagles DE Victor Abiamiri appear to be

more promising than
they were a few
weeks ago. Abiamiri
(dislocated wrist)
originally was
thought to be sidelined at least for the
first quarter of the
season but now could
return in a few weeks.

Justin Tuck and the Giants applied consistent pressure to the QB in Week One, despite netting just one sack.
DALLAS

NEW YORK

PHILADELPHIA

COWBOYS

GIANTS

EAGLES

The Cowboys had feared they

might have to make some serious
roster adjustments with WRs Sam
Hurd and Miles Austin missing the
Week One game against the
Browns, but the fact that Isaiah
Stanback who dislocated his
shoulder last week was available
was a huge lift. Stanback played
with a shoulder harness and was
able to catch two catches (the first
two of his career) for 24 yards in
the Cowboys win in Cleveland.
Stanback also gives insurance for
Austin on kickoff returns, though
Felix Jones and Orlando
Scandrick handled those duties in
the first game. Austin (sprained
MCL) and Hurd (high ankle sprain)
are likely to miss this weeks game
also, so the Cowboys chose to add
practice-squader Mike Jefferson
to the active roster. Jefferson might
not end up playing much as a receiver even if hes the No. 4 guy
but he will play a role on special
teams in the meantime.

None of the Giants brass will try to

say that losing Michael Strahan and
Osi Umenyiora makes the D-line a
better unit than the one that led the
team to a Super Bowl victory, or that
Mathias Kiwanuka switching back
to end will go off without a hitch. With
the loss of last years starting ends,
expect to see less tinkering with ends
playing inside on passing downs,
which was common in 2007. But in
the season-opening win over the
Redskins, DE Justin Tuck and Kiwanuka played well, getting consistent pressure despite only one sack,
and Renaldo Wynn and Jerome McDougle rotated in and played well.
Theres also Dave Tollefson, who
was inactive Week One but could
work into the rotation. Tom Coughlin
appeared satisfied with his D-lines
work, saying, We have to obviously
be concerned a little bit with Kiwi
here at the end and what exactly that
is going to be like, but we did do what
we set out to do. I am sure we will improve from here.

The Eagles were quick to dampen

the hype around rookie WR-PR
DeSean Jackson after his big preseason performance, but it became
obvious to anyone who had seen him
play that he was going to contribute
right away and in a big way. The injuries to starting WRs Kevin Curtis
and Reggie Brown in Week One
thrust Jackson into the starting
lineup, and it was clear he was a big
part of the gameplan when the Eagles looked his way on three of the
first four plays from scrimmage. He
finished with 106 receiving yards on
six catches and had eight punt returns for 97 yards (including a 60yarder that set up a score). Jackson
became only the fourth Eagles
rookie to start under Andy Reid, joining ORG Shawn Andrews (2004),
ORT John Welbourn (1999), and DT
Corey Simon (2000). Reid has said
he will leave Jackson at the Z
(flanker) spot, so it will be interesting
to see what happens when Brown,
the usual starter there, returns.

The Redskins made a tough decision moving Jon Jansen from starting right tackle to backup left guard,
but the coaching staff believes that
Stephon Heyer gives them the best
chance to succeed, especially in
pass protection. Jansen struggled
to pass-block in the preseason, and
his injury history had something to
do with the decision. Heyer was not
spectacular this preseason either,
and he struggled early in the season-opening loss to the Giants, allowing a sack to Giants DE Justin
Tuck on the Redskins first offensive
play, in which Heyer appeared overmatched.
However, head coach Jim Zorn
absolved Heyer from blame on the
play when he said, That was due to
the quarterback not throwing the
ball, 100 percent, and Heyers play
did appear to improve as the game
went on. Team sources say his play
has been more steady to this point
and that his upside certainly is
greater. In the West Coast offense,
having a tackle with long arms is a
big plus, and the team saw enough
positives in Heyers development to
think he can control defensive ends
and prevent them from batting
down the short timing passes that
make up a big chunk of the offense.
He needs to play well early this season. The Redskins face a series of
good pass rushers in the first quarter of the season, and the opponents will want to see how Heyer
stands up, perhaps overloading his
side with blitzes. Jansens future
now appears to be at guard. He
could end up replacing OLG Pete
Kendall down the line or at some
point this season, but for now
Jansen will be a high-priced backup
with no clear role.
In other Redskins news, Washingtons first three drives of the
game against the Giants netted
only 16 offensive yards, with one of
the drives extended by a roughingthe-kicker penalty. To say that the
first scripted plays of Zorns coaching career were disappointing
would be an understatement. The
plays included a sack and two false
starts, and eight of the first 13 plays
they ran (including penalties) either
gained zero yards or lost yardage.
They gained some momentum in
the final drive of the half, scoring
their only TD of the night, but it was
set up by a 50-yard kickoff return
that got them into scoring position
and a 15-yard facemask penalty by
Giants DT Jay Alford that put the
ball in the red zone, where it took
three plays to score.

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Pro Football Weekly

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
The Vikings love the

athleticism and confidence of rookie FS

Tyrell Johnson, who
has been thrust into a
starting role now that
Madieu Williams is
out indefinitely with
injury. But the
coaches are a little
concerned how Johnson will hold up early
in the season and will
look to scheme
around his strengths
until he gets his feet
wet. Expect SS Darren Sharper to do a
lot of teaching and
mentoring during the
first few games to
make sure Johnson is
in the right spots and
executing the correct
assignments.

NFC NORTH

By Dan Arkush and Eric Edholm

MINNESOTA

VIKINGS

The Lions kept 11

D-linemen on the
final roster, not one of
them weighing more
than 300 pounds.
One small surprise
was the team keeping DT Landon
Cohen, a seventhround pick who had
played well in the preseason but appeared
to be in a numbers
crunch. Head coach
Rod Marinelli explained that he knew
someone would pick
up Cohen if the Lions
cut him, and the
team felt good
enough about his upside to keep him.
Newly acquired
Bears OG Dan Buenning may have a real
shot at competing for
the starting OLG job,
provided hes healthy
enough. However,
considering that he
landed on injured reserve in November
2006 and was inactive the entire 07
season, that could be
a pretty big if.

PROCASE

Daily team observers of the Packers think the team

might have found itself a supersleeper in
undrafted free-agent
RB Kregg Lumpkin.
Hes got great size
at 225 pounds with
decent vision, and he
always is surging forward, one source
said of the Georgia
product. And hes a
tough kid, very tenacious.

Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson believes the offense will be fine while Bryant McKinnie serves a suspension
CHICAGO

DETROIT

GREEN BAY

BEARS

LIONS

PACKERS

As is the case with the Bears situation at defensive tackle, where as

many as four, and possibly five,
players are expected to be rotated
in and out of the starting lineup on a
fairly regular basis, it appears that
strong safety will also be a pretty
fluid position moving forward, with
three players in no particular
order, Kevin Payne, Brandon McGowan and Danieal Manning
figuring prominently in the mix.
Manning, it should be noted, is the
teams latest high-round draft pick
having problems living up to expectations, as he has been increasingly underwhelming in the eyes of
team insiders while filling the
teams nickel back role. You have to
question the decision to cut Ricky
Manning, who was clearly the
teams best nickel back and certainly better than Manning has
been, a source said. Theyre thinking about using McGowan more at
the nickel, but hes never been a
real good cover guy.

In the past, the Lions have been

forced to play unexpected starters
in the secondary because of injuries
or poor play. This season, the team
is starting two defensive backs because, at least as of now, they have
held off the expected starters with
their strong play. The Lions traded
for CB Leigh Bodden and signed
him to a four-year, $27 million extension this summer. So far, hes
running with the second team behind Travis Fisher, who has played
well. Bodden has had time to learn
the defense but just hasnt beaten
out Fisher for the job. At safety, Gerald Alexander, who was forced to
start as a rookie in place of starter
Daniel Bullocks, has remained in
the starting lineup ahead of Bullocks, who continues to work back
into top shape following last seasons torn ACL. Again, the coaches
feel comfortable enough with
Alexander being ahead of Bullocks
for now, in order to get the best
lineup on the field.

After all was said and done, we

hear it was just a clear-cut case of
seventh-round rookie Matt Flynn
outperforming second-round
rookie Brian Brohm for the No. 2
QB job behind Aaron Rodgers to
start the season. Word is Brohm, a
three-year starter at Louisville,
looked pretty good earlier in the
offseason, but, according to one
source, The longer he played, the
worse he got. He became more and
more indecisive, and he started
throwing too many flutter balls.
Flynn, meanwhile, kept getting better and better and has really impressed the coaching staff with his
confidence and presence. Hes still
a work in progress with limited arm
strength, the source said of the
LSU product who has been compared by Packers head coach Mike
McCarthy to Carolinas Jake Delhomme. But hes been durable
and has shown real moxie. Hes a
very good ad-libber, and his mobility is a plus.

The four-game suspension of

Vikings OLT Bryant McKinnie
came as no surprise to the team,
but the offense knows it must fill a
big hole.
McKinnie has not been perfect,
but hes a mauler in the run game
and can use his long arms to deflect pass rushers. His battles
with DE Jared Allen have been
the highlight of the summer, but
with McKinnie out and Artis
Hicks in, theres a noticeable drop
in talent.
Despite this, QB Tarvaris Jackson the man whose backside is
at stake here says hes not worried one bit about Hicks stepping
in.
Of course, theres an adjustment we have to make. (McKinnie) has been the left tackle,
starting every game, since I have
been here. So its just a comfort
level. You know hes going to get it
done, Jackson told PFW last
week. But I am very confident in
Artis. He has been in this situation
before. He played left tackle in
Philly when (Eagles OLT) Tra
Thomas went down. He has
played everywhere here, too I
have seen him everywhere but
center. Hes versatile. Hes athletic
enough to do it, just to the point
where you get comfortable with
him there.
While on the topic of the Minnesota offense, WR Bobby Wade
says he thinks the receivers have
taken a step forward this season.
I think it definitely started at
OTAs and our offseason workouts
because we knew immediately,
once we had grabbed Bernard
Berrian, what we had. Its basically the same group we had last
year plus Bernard, Wade told
PFW. So that definitely helped in
terms of getting involved with
each other and understanding our
personalities and our roles and
how were all going to fit into the
offense. I think the biggest thing
(with Berrian) is that hes going to
be a consistent force. He understands how to play in this division
and all the (NFC North) opponents. Hes going to be as big as
everyone expects. Hes going to
be big in play-action, which is
huge with the backfield that we
have. Hes going to hit some home
runs, but hes going to be a consistent first- and second-down
guy, too.

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Pro Football Weekly

September 14, 2008

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
Sources in Carolina

say the Panthers

backup QB situation
is far from ideal with
the recently acquired
Josh McCown trying
to learn the playbook
on the fly as he replaces Matt Moore,
who will be out for 46 weeks with a broken fibula. It is,
however, a much improved scenario from
the one the Panthers
faced last season,
when they were left
with Vinny Testaverde as the
starter after Jake
Delhomme was lost
for the year with an
elbow injury.

NFC SOUTH

By Dan Parr
ATLANTA

FALCONS

Bucs PK Matt
Bryant struggled in
the preseason, but
we hear the team is
confident he can
work out of the
slump. Word is hes
having a problem
with his mechanics,
particularly on his follow-through. Tampa
will keep an eye on
potential replacements who become
available should
Bryants issues linger,
but a move is not imminent. He made
both FG attempts in
Week One.
Falcons rookie QB
Matt Ryan told PFW
hes made some
strides in earning the
respect of his teammates, but theres
still a long way to go.
You go through what
teams go through; in
the course of a year,
you find out a lot
about people, Ryan
told PFW. I think
thats something that
I havent been
through yet. It does
take time. People
need to see you in all
the different situations you can go
through.

HARRY SCULL, JR.

Although Hurricane
Gustav stirred up rumors that the Saints
were considering a
permanent move of
the franchise,
sources in New Orleans quickly struck
down the idea of the
team moving to Los
Angeles, calling it an
irrelevant story at
this point.

The Panthers will be without their No. 1 playmaker, WR Steve Smith, who is suspended for one more game.
TAMPA BAY

CAROLINA

NEW ORLEANS

BUCCANEERS

PANTHERS

SAINTS

Sources in Tampa see a revolving

door developing when it comes to
the Buccaneers' No. 2 starting receiver. In a crowded field consisting
of Antonio Bryant, Ike Hilliard,
Maurice Stovall and Michael Clayton, no one has stepped up to claim
the role, much to the frustration of
coach Jon Gruden. Bryant got the
start opposite Joey Galloway in
Week One, but close observers of the
team say his hold on the job is tenuous and still called the competition
wide open. It could be a fluid rotation
of starters through the first couple
weeks of the season. Bucs players
don't see the field, and certainly
don't gain starting jobs, without Gruden's trust. Word is Gruden trusts
Hilliard the most of the group. While
Hilliard might be a solid possession
receiver, he doesn't have much
breakaway ability, which already has
cleared the way for players like
Bryant and Stovall, who had very
strong preseasons. Hilliard had the
Bucs lone receiving TD in Week One.

Sources in Carolina say the Panthers are anxious to welcome WR

Steve Smith back from his twogame suspension. The timing of
the suspension, which was issued
after Smith punched and broke the
nose of teammate CB Ken Lucas
on Aug. 1 in a training-camp brawl,
comes at a crucial time for the club
as it tries to avoid a slow start while
operating with an undermanned
receiving corps. If anyone on the
team doesnt already realize it,
Smiths absence and the effect it
has on the offense could expose
just how vital he is to its success.
Smith, who was an offensive captain last season, was stripped of
those duties this season, and his
decision to strike Lucas clearly affected his role as a leader. However, sources say he has been
humbled by the incident and teammates appreciate the way he and
Lucas, who forgave Smith shortly
after the fight, have handled the aftermath.

Sources close to the Saints were

mystified by the team's decision to
keep only three defensive ends on
the active roster. The lack of depth
could become a major concern
should Will Smith, Charles Grant
or Bobby McCray suffer an injury.
Aside from bringing in a free-agent
castoff, which the Saints have
shown no indication of pursuing,
their best option to add some depth
would likely be bringing DE Josh
Savage, a third-year veteran with 13
games of experience, off the practice squad. The Saints are taking
the opposite approach at cornerback, where they are stocked with
seven players. Word is New Orleans
will beef up at defensive end when
it's convinced that starting CB Mike
McKenzie is fully recovered from a
torn ACL he suffered late last season and CB Usama Young is over a
hamstring injury that nagged him in
the preseason. Both were inactive
in Week One. It may be a few weeks
before they add cushioning at end.

WLB Keith Brooking has been

through some tough times recently
in Atlanta, but he isn't eyeing a
jump to another team once he becomes a free agent after this season. I would love nothing more
than to finish my career with the
Falcons, Brooking told PFW. We
have a great working environment
thats been developed in a short
period of time here. The 11th-year
veteran is enthused about the
teams direction under head coach
Mike Smith and a move from middle linebacker back to his natural
position on the weak side, where
hes more comfortable.
Im a run-and-hit linebacker, Im
not a stuff and shed (linebacker),
Brooking said. In this scheme, I
think I have the ability to be in
space more and utilize my speed
and take advantage of that.
Brooking likes the style of defense implemented by Smith, who
served as a defensive coordinator in
Jacksonville before landing with the
Falcons, and he thinks it could benefit the 10 other starters, as well.
I think its a friendly defense for
everybody, all 11 guys, Brooking
said. It allows us to line up and play
and play fast and get to the football,
and when you get to the football,
you get there with bad intentions.
Brooking was replaced in the
middle by rookie Curtis Lofton, a
second-round pick out of Oklahoma, but the 32-year-old wont
get a lighter workload this season.
Hell be a three-down player, remaining on the field in nickel situations, and he gets the added
responsibility of wearing the audio
communication device in his helmet so he can receive play calls
from the coaching staff, which the
NFL is allowing defensive players
to use for the first time.
Early in the offseason, there was
some speculation that Brooking
would be part of the teams roster
purge. There were rumors that he
would be released so the Falcons
could avoid taking his $7.7 million
cap hit. The front office decided to
keep the trusted veteran around
and he, SS Lawyer Milloy and DE
John Abraham are the leaders on
defense.
GM Thomas Dimitroff doesnt
discuss contracts with the media
and declined to specifically address Brookings future with the
team, but he said there are some
quality players entering their
contract year that he and Smith
will be assessing throughout the
season.

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THE WAY WE HEAR IT

WHISPERS
Seahawks insiders

tell us that veteran

WR Bobby Engram
is saying hell miss
only the first two
games due to a
cracked shoulder
bone, but most observers close to the
scene think he wont
be back in the starting lineup until October at the earliest.

NFC WEST

By Dan Arkush
SEATTLE

SEAHAWKS

Word is, it will probably be a week-toweek proposition as

to whether or not
Niners first-round DL
Kentwan Balmer will
be activated. Balmer
started to display
some flashes late in
the preseason, but
the consensus is that
he needs a great deal
of work on his technique and remains a
work in progress.
There are some
Niners insiders who
cant understand why
the team seems so
obsessed with the
Ted LB position, as
evidenced by their
acquisitions of Takeo
Spikes and Ahmad
Brooks. They just
seem to have so
many more pressing
needs, and (Jeff) Ulbrich can do the job
there just fine, said
one insider. (Head
coach Mike) Nolan
just seems so intent
on Ravenizing the
defense.
We hear the Rams
were interested in obtaining ex-Bengals
CB Deltha ONeal
before settling for exBear Ricky Manning
Jr., but the Patriots
beat them to the
punch.

SPORTPICS

We hear one key

factor in the Cardinals decision to start
the season with Kurt
Warner under center,
instead of Matt
Leinart, was the
teams concern over
Leinarts ability to
perform on the road
after the way he imploded in Oakland in
the third preseason
game. The Cardinals
have three of their
first four games away
from home this season.

Rams WR Torry Holt enters the 2008 season free of knee troubles that bothered him a season ago.
ARIZONA

ST. LOUIS

SAN FRANCISCO

CARDINALS

RAMS

49ERS

Forgive Cardinals LB coach Bill

Davis for feeling like the proverbial
kid in the candy store about a
stacked unit that team insiders believe is the best theyve ever seen in
the desert. I think our personnel
department has done an outstanding job grabbing high-quality talent
and fitting it into a tough salary
cap, Davis told PFW. There is
depth and great competition at
every position, and theyre all highcharacter guys, very smart, all the
abilities that coach (Ken) Whisenhunt has preached since Day One.
A testament to this units depth was
the release of serviceable veterans
Brandon Moore and Matt Stewart
a move that was made primarily
to clear a roster spot for promising
undrafted rookie Ali Highsmith,
according to sources. They needed
a young guy in the group, one team
insider said of Highsmith, and this
is a kid who just gets it. He makes a
lot of plays and caught on to the
system fast.

Perhaps the biggest plus for the

Rams this offseason was the noticeable difference in veteran No. 1
WR Torry Holt, whose chronic
knee problems werent nearly as
big an issue. Last year, it seemed
like he was walking around tentatively with an ice pack on his surgically repaired knee after almost
every practice, a longtime team insider told PFW. But that wasnt the
case this year. He missed nothing
in camp. He could have some issues (with the knee) at some point,
but right now the team couldnt be
happier. Head coach Scott Linehan agrees with that assessment.
I thought he had a really, really
good camp, said coach Scott Linehan. He has a different role, too, in
that he was leading some young
players. I just really see a rejuvenated guy, a lot like my first year,
with a very focused attitude on
what has to be done. Holt didnt
have a big Week One, though,
catching one pass for nine yards.

We hear the 49ers decision to acquire third-year LB Ahmad Brooks,

who was released by the Bengals,
could have been based, as much as
anything, on the inability of another
recently acquired linebacker, Takeo
Spikes, to seize the teams starting
Ted LB role next to 2007 rookie
sensation rookie Patrick Willis. The
Niners always have liked Brooks talent they nearly grabbed him in
the 2006 supplemental draft but
his character and work ethic remain
major concerns. Hes got good size,
quickness in coverage and some
pass-rush ability, but hes also got a
ton of issues, a team insider told
PFW. It could be, though, that the
Niners think assistant head
coach/defense and Hall of Fame LB
Mike Singletary is perfectly suited
to make those issues disappear. If
he (Singletary) can handle Brooks
as well as he handled Willis, it could
really uplift his head-coaching aspirations, the insider said. Brooks
was inactive in Week One.

Dont pay too much attention to

the fact that Maurice Morris was
listed first on the depth chart at running back heading into the regular
season. The way we hear it, the days
of accommodating one primary
back (the departed Shaun Alexander) have been replaced by a very
fluid RB-by-committee approach.
Although Morris looked like the
most explosive back in the preseason, word is there will still be plenty
of opportunities for newly acquired
Julius Jones who many league
observers had believed would
emerge as the featured back T.J.
Duckett, FB Leonard Weaver and
perhaps even seventh-round rookie
Justin Forsett to strut their stuff
and make a real impact. One longtime team insider told PFW that
Morris was listed as the No. 1 back
as much because of his seniority as
anything, although he did really look
better than ever this preseason.
In the past, though, whenever
hes gotten opportunities to start, he
has had a tendency to get hurt, the
insider said. (In the opener, Morris
left the game with a knee injury, the
severity of which was not known at
press time. He went down shortly
after making an impressive 17-yard
run to the outside.) The big thing
now, though, is that, regardless of
whos in the lineup, the offense will
remain consistent, and plans call for
a lot of different guys to get involved.
The timing of that collective involvement, however, remains a
major work in progress. Head coach
Mike Holmgren tinkered with the
idea of rotating players series by series and reportedly didnt care much
at all for that approach. A quarterby-quarter game plan could materialize, but more likely than not, it will
ultimately depend on feel, with the
player having the hottest hand carrying the load. Daily team observers
believe Jones was still having some
problems getting completely comfortable in the Seahawks' offense
entering Week One.
Essentially, both he and Morris
are the same back, the team insider
said. They both have good speed
outside and quickness inside. And
perhaps above all else, they both do
a good job catching the ball out of
the backfield a skill Alexander
could never fully master. Make no
mistake, the insider said. The
screen pass, which used to be a staple, is back in the picture.
As for short-yardage situations,
dont be surprised if Weaver emerges
as the primary ballcarrier over Duckett and rookie FB Owen Schmitt.

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September 14, 2008

COVER STORY

QUITE
THE CATCH
Browns OLT Joe Thomas is a rising star
at one of the NFLs most coveted positions

By STEVE DOERSCHUK

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Pro Football Weekly

Big Joe arguably is the most substantial chapter.

In his second pro start, Thomas neutralized Bengals
DE Justin Smith and helped the Browns win a 51-45
shootout. In 16 starts, he allowed only one sack and
helped make RB Jamal Lewis relevant again.
After drafting Courtney Brown in 2000, then-GM
Dwight Clark called the would-be pass rusher the perfect football player. Current Browns general manager Phil Savage doesnt go that far with Thomas, unless
you go by the smile that creases Savages baby face when
he assesses the former Wisconsin star.
I just got back from Wisconsin the other day, and
the coaches there were not surprised at all with what
Joe has done, Savage said as the Browns geared up for
their opener against Dallas. Whatever Joe puts his
mind to doing, he seems to wind up doing.
Thomas caught a rookie break in that the Browns
played a soft schedule. Five of their first seven games
were against teams that wound up with losing records.
So were five of the last seven contests.
In contrast, Thomas will open his sophomore season
with five of the first seven games against 2007 playoff
teams.
Joe knows he faces a bigger challenge this year, Savage said. Hell be up against better pass rushers. He
knows he has to get better. I think he will.
He cleared every obstacle in college and continued
to do that at the pro level, which is pretty unusual. I
think hell continue to improve.
Thomas grew up as the kind of kid who could make
rivals jealous. He was bigger, smarter and more athletic than just about everybody at his Wisconsin high
school, Brookfield Central, and then in college. He had
an ornery streak and a winning smile that never left his
face. He was the son of an investment banker.
Yet, he was such a regular guy, it was almost
impossible not to like him.
Browns fans, blue-collar to the bone, absolutely loved him when he skipped the huzzah of Manhattan and went fishing with his
dad the day of the 2007 draft.
Appropriately, Thomas and his father
pulled big brown trout out of Lake Michigan.
He has changed addresses and Great Lakes.
During the offseason, he launched a TV
show, Outdoors Ohio with DArcy Egan and
Joe Thomas. One of the highest-rated shows
was a walleye trip during which they broke in
Browns C Hank Fraleys new boat on Lake
Erie.
Joes just a regular guy, said Fraley, a
nine-year pro. Hes a little younger, but hes
one of us.
Joe Thomas spent Draft Day fishing instead of watching TV
As left tackles go, there arent many like him.
Hes what the Raiders and Jets hoped they had
found when they spent high picks on OLTs Robert
made Clevelands expansion era a wreck.
Gallery and DBrickashaw Ferguson. He was an inspiThe new Browns came out of the gate in 1999 by
ration for this years first-round run on tackles, topped
drafting QB Tim Couch No. 1 overall after considering
by No. 1 overall pick Jake Long, a fellow Big Ten prodAkili Smith and ignoring Donovan McNabb.
uct regarded as perhaps more powerful but less athletPicking first overall again in 2000, they whiffed on
ic than Thomas. Eight of the first 26 draft picks were
DE Courtney Brown. In 2001, they chose DT Gerard
offensive tackles.
Warren at No. 3 overall when LaDainian Tomlinson was
right under their noses.
Meanwhile, as Savage said, Thomas will have to prove
The right picks might have put the Browns on the rise
himself against better competition. In his own underby about 2003.
stated way, Thomas seems up for the challenge.
Instead, they turned out all wrong, and the Browns
I thought I had a pretty good preseason, he said with
entered a four-year swoon in which they went 19-45.
that little-boy smile of his.
Their ascent from 4-12 in 2006 to 10-6 in 07 is a
longer story than the arrival of Thomas signing OG
Steve Doerschuk covers the Browns for the Canton
Eric Steinbach away from Cincinnati was a key but
Repository and GateHouse News Service.

EREA, Ohio After some unbelievably bad

luck or judgment, depending on ones perspective the Cleveland Browns finally made a
high draft pick that seems too good to be true.
Joe Thomas is the left tackle who righted a sinking
ship. Now, with the 6-6, 305-pound Thomas anchoring an emerging offensive line, the Browns have
buoyed up to battleship status.
With our group, Thomas said on the eve of the 2008
season, we want to be the best individually. We want to
be the best as a unit. We were already striving for that
last year.
With Jonathan Ogden retiring, Orlando Pace ailing
and Walter Jones aging, Thomas is poised to be the next
big thing at left tackle.
The expectations always get bigger and bigger,
Thomas said with his plain-speaking, look-you-in-theeye bearing. Thats from fans and coaches, but from
myself more than anything.
Thomas is a precocious 23, lean and quick enough
to frustrate cat-quick rushers, strong and polished
enough to leverage bull rushers away from the blind
side. Smashmouth? He can do that, too.
Hes the kid brother whos better than his siblings but
never brags about it.
Hes just a great dude, said Ryan Tucker, 33, the senior member of the Browns blocking brigade. You could
see he was a Pro Bowl-caliber player before he got invited to the Pro Bowl as a rookie.
Hes a mature guy who just has that demeanor of a
good tackle. He doesnt get too high or too low. Just kind
of a steady Eddie.
The way he plays ... hes a natural.
Thomas is the antithesis of the high draft picks who

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THE ELITE EIGHT OF 2008

In the QB-driven NFL, protection for the franchise passer has
become almost as important as the quarterback himself. In
April, an astounding eight offensive tackles were taken in
Round One for front-line fortification. What follows is a brief
look at what we can expect from this years first-rounders, with
an eye on whether anyone can match Joe Thomas instant impact. (The number at the beginning of each player capsule indicates where each was selected in the first round.)
Jake Long, Dolphins As much as the Dolphins believe the mammoth (6-7, 330
pounds) Michigan product is the real deal,
hes still a work in progress. He needs to keep
his chin up in pass protection to be able to
handle speed more efficiently, but its game over when hes
locked in one-on-one as a run blocker.

Ryan Clady, Broncos After facing

lesser foes in a smaller college conference, Clady was rattled by some
tough competition in preseason games. Hes
still a bit raw but might be the most athletic
tackle on this list with very long arms. He is perfectly tailored
for the Broncos zone scheme.

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Chris Williams, Bears After suffering

a herniated disc early in training
camp, dont look for Williams to be
much of a factor in his rookie campaign. The
Bears are hoping he can be back by midseason, but they have had to prepare without him, and he could
wind up redshirting.

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Branden Albert, Chiefs A college

guard who only started two games at
left tackle, Albert is transitioning to the
crucial OLT spot for the Chiefs. A foot injury
sidelined him for the entire preseason, but he
has the skill set to become a permanent fixture at the position.

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Gosder Cherilus, Lions So far, Cherilus has yet to beat out George Foster
at right tackle and has taken snaps on
the left side. He enters the season as the
Lions No. 3 tackle, having been slow to adapt
to the offense and too mistake-prone to earn the starting nod.

17

Jeff Otah, Panthers Has appeared

more athletic than he was while playing
on a bad ankle as a senior at Pittsburgh.
Although he is the only member of the class
starting on the right side, he was the most dominant in the preseason. Hes stronger than an ox and has made it
look so easy that he could wind up at left tackle before long.

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Sam Baker, Falcons Baker had a

strong showing in the preseason, excelling in slide protection, and will protect fellow rookie Matt Ryans blind side. He
might not always look pretty, but the game
has not been too big for him and he has consistently gotten the
job done.

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Duane Brown, Texans Was immediately installed as the Texans starting

left tackle and struggled early but
has been quick to adapt under the watchful
eye of OL coach Alex Gibbs. Very raw and athletic, Brown has been challenged to develop quickly by facing
standout DE Mario Williams in practice daily.
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Pro Football Weekly

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

FEATURE STORY

REBUILDING

BLOCKS
t was about the middle of training
camp, when sore muscles tend to strain
the spirit out of practice and fatigue begins to suck the emotion from players,
particularly the young and inexperienced.
These are the first true tests for rookies
and they provide an opportunity for firsttime head coaches to set the tone.
GM Thomas Dimitroff, in his first year
with the team, like many other people on the
Falcons practice field that day, was roaming
the sideline, keeping a watchful eye on the
man he hired in January to lead Atlanta from
rock bottom, head coach Mike Smith.
Smitty was working his way around the
field, like he always does, Dimitroff said. He
was analyzing each drill and how coaches

HARRY SCULL JR.

Michael Turner set a team record,

rushing for 220 yards in Week One.

were instructing and such.

Training camp had claimed a victim. A player committed a mental error a small-scale
setback in the Falcons rebuilding effort, but
it just couldnt be ignored.
Smitty, usually brimming with energy,
optimism and a smile, lost his perky grin for
a moment. He turned red in the face.
He got his point across to a player, patted
the player on the butt, and we moved on as
a team, Dimitroff said. It was interesting to
see how he interacted with the players and
the coaches and how they took to it and
moved on, as well. It was just an impressive
display of being able to deal with a situation
appropriately, and thats what Mike Smith
does well.
That seemingly simple turn of events is
when Dimitroff had his suspicion confirmed
the Falcons had hired the right man for
this job.
Its the kind of scene that observers of the
Falcons will see quite frequently over the next
few months as Atlanta tries to recover from
the wounds of a season ago, when their fortunes faded fast after Michael Vick was
suspended indefinitely by the league before
the 2007 campaign began.
Dimitroff, who previously served as the Patriots director of college scouting, and
Smith, the former Jaguars defensive coordinator, will oversee the first stages of a new era
in Atlanta.
After cleansing the team of several longtime staples, like TE Alge Crumpler, RB Warrick Dunn and CB DeAngelo Hall, in the winter, Dimitroff and Smith began to implement
their plan to resurrect the grounded franchise. The goal is to draft well, keep those
players in the system and develop them so
they can turn the Falcons into a consistent
winner.

GETTY IMAGES / JOE ROBBINS

As the Falcons set a new foundation for their

franchise, GM Thomas Dimitroff and head
coach Mike Smith are teaching, learning and
trying to mold the club back into a winner
with the help of a rookie QB BY DAN PARR

Falcons head coach Mike Smith talks things over with rookie QB Matt Ryan.

The idea sounds simple, although its not,

and theres really nothing new about it.
Dimitroff and Smith will try to take the best
they learned from their previous stops and
apply it.
The Falcons open this season with a fullscale youth movement, which amounted to
five rookie starters in Week One, if you
count the third receiver and nickel back, as
Smith does.

Theres no doubt that in this first season,

the knocks Atlanta takes will be hard and the
results might not often be favorable, but the
team is off to a strong start after beating the
Lions 34-21 in Week One.
Theres a sense from those around the team
that the sideshow is finally over.
There will be no head coaches who do their
best to alienate all those around them before
fleeing the scene, as Bobby Petrino managed

to do last season, or franchise players engaging in animal cruelty. No quick fixes. Players
putting themselves before the team really
arent welcome here anymore.
The calamity that consumed the Falcons
is long gone. It has been replaced by leaders
full of optimism and a firm commitment to
the plan, but a strong sense of reality, as well.
Were in a different place than most football teams, Smith said. I think its a challenge, but I think our coaching staff and our
players understand its a challenge.
Theres always going to be change. I
dont think were overwhelmed by that fact
at all.
Dimitroff and Smith arent going to win any
popularity contests. Before being hired, they
were basically unknown to those who werent
NFL insiders, and they are still foreign to
many who follow the game closely, but both
men have spent their entire lives around football. Dimitroff, the son of an NFL playerturned-coach and scout, was a scout himself
for 18 years, and Smith coached college ball
for 17 years before jumping to the pro ranks
in 1999.
The Falcons opponents will get a chance
to stunt Atlantas growth, but dont expect
Dimitroff or Smith to ever cover their eyes
if things get ugly.
Weve never discussed evaluating this
season off of how many Ws we have in the
win column, Dimitroff said. Its just about
what we are already starting to see here. Its
about seeing the change in culture with
people who are focused on the football field,
not only in practice, but in game time, and
guys who are completing their task as expected. Its about having resilient football
players who have the mental and character
makeup to deal with a redeveloping program,
and weve made a concerted effort to get that
type of player in here.
Hopefully we will continue to put wins on
the board. I just think its a matter of time.
While the opening win was a major state-

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ment, it could still be a trying season for the

chopped-up, stripped-down, young Falcons.
But WLB Keith Brooking, the last player remaining from Atlantas 1998 Super Bowl
team, hasnt been this optimistic in some
time.
After seeing what Ive seen over the past
few months with what this coaching staff
brings to the table, Brooking said, the Falcons are going to win sooner rather than later.
The centerpiece of the rebuilding plan is
rookie QB Matt Ryan, who threw a 62-yard
touchdown on his first career pass and went
9-of-13 for 161 yards in his debut. His fate became inextricably linked to Dimitroffs and
Smiths when they selected him with the third
overall pick on Draft Day in April and
signed him to a six-year, $72 million contract,
making him the richest rookie in NFL history.
Ryan was considered to be the most polished, NFL-ready quarterback in the draft.
He impressed scouts with his intelligence and
cool demeanor, and he has all the athletic
tools, too.
Hes already earning the respect of players,
coaches and fans in Atlanta, and he beat out
Chris Redman, Joey Harrington and D.J.
Shockley in an open competition to become the teams starting quarterback.
I think (Ryan) is mature beyond his years,
Brooking said. Im very impressed with the
way hes handled himself through this whole
process, coming in being very diligent with his
work, being very consistent. When negative
things happen to him, throughout practice or
games, he puts it behind him and worries
about the next play.
Considering everything thats taken place,
with the deal, being the high draft pick and
being labeled as the savior for the Falcons, I
dont think he really watching him and the
way he handles himself and his body language, his work ethic has been affected by
any of that. I dont think he lets that stuff get

to him.
That ability to shrug off adversity should
serve Ryan and the Falcons well in 08. While
he has two solid weapons in RB Michael
Turner and WR Roddy White, the teams offensive line could struggle, with rookie OLT
Sam Baker protecting Ryans blind side and
OLG Justin Blalock still learning in his second season.
Some people will always question if it is
the right decision to put a rookie quarterback
out there from Day One, and my statement
to that is he won the competition, Smith said.
Hes the best quarterback on our team; he
gives us the best opportunity to be successful.
As Dimitroff said, the success wont be
measured in wins and losses. Ryan wont use
completions, yards or touchdowns as a
gauge, either.
The biggest thing for me as a player, as an
individual, is to be a better quarterback at the
end of the season than I am at the start, Ryan
said. I think if I can do that and continue to
get better as the year progresses, then it will
be a successful year.
As they embark on this season, Smith will
keep roaming the practice field, searching to
correct mistakes and brush the imperfections
out of the system. Dimitroff will stay focused
on the plan, shuffling players in and out as
he finds out whether or not they fit with his
vision. Ryan will just try to get better.
Thus far, Brooking, who has seen his
share of ups and downs in 11 NFL seasons,
says he thinks the Falcons finally might
have cleared a path worth following.
The quicker you have everybody on your
football team buy into the approach, the
quicker youre going to have success, he said.
I havent seen anyone who has fallen onto
the opposite side of the road.
Were all pulling on the same side of the
road, and thats very encouraging.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

After a trying 2007 campaign, Keith

Brooking said he thinks the Falcons
are back on the right track.

THE FACE BEHIND THE FRANCHISE

Thomas
Dimitroff
TITLE: Falcons
general manager
AGE: 42

Notes: Born in Ohio as the son of a

former NFL player, coach and respected scout, Thomas Dimitroff Jr. carried
his fathers passion for football into
the scouting world, where he climbed
the personnel ranks as a scout in the
CFL and World League before joining the
NFL in 1993. Following stints in Kansas
City, Detroit and Cleveland primarily as
a road scout, he was tabbed to be New
Englands director of college scouting in
2003. There he spent five years overseeing the Patriots college area scouts,
learning the intricacies of the Patriots
system-specific scouting, and was responsible for evaluating the nations top
college prospects.
Beat out Eagles GM Tom Heckert, the
presumed favorite, for the GM post of

the Falcons, being appointed on Jan. 13,

2008, after having been interviewed on
a Web cam through a process that was
criticized and involved consultant Ernie
Accorsi, for whom his father had worked
in Cleveland. Selected Jacksonville defensive coordinator Mike Smith to be his
new head coach and handpicked Matt
Ryan to be the new face of the franchise
with the third overall pick. Aggressively traded into the first round again to select OLT Sam Baker and invested heavily in the offense with the signing of freeagent RB Michael Turner. Cut Byron
Leftwich, Alge Crumpler, Warrick Dunn,
Rod Coleman, Jimmy Williams, Joe
Horn and Joey Harrington and traded
DeAngelo Hall.
Positives: Very prepared and detail-

oriented. Intelligent. Outstanding organizational skills. Works very hard and

has an undeniable passion for the
game. Has a wide range of scouting experience. Has a thorough understanding of personnel. Strong communicator.
Very loyal, honest, humble and down-toearth. Has shown in a short time that he
is willing to make bold decisions and has
placed an emphasis on cleaning up
the locker room and establishing a new
team culture. Comes from a very
proven, championship system, is not
threatened by the success of others and
has assembled a strong cast of talent
evaluators around him.
Negatives: Has limited experience in
an office environment that requires
considerable administrative duties.

Had not been heavily exposed to pro

personnel and free agency or managing
the salary cap and negotiating contracts. Is still growing into the role of a
decision maker.
Summary: A spunky, optimistic, forward-thinking football mind who quickly has put his stamp on the organization
by clearing out the old, building through
the draft and placing a new emphasis
on character and team chemistry. Has
brought a renewed sense of energy to
what is still viewed by many as a somewhat dysfunctional front office in which
he must clean up the mistakes of the
previous regime, when former GM Rich
McKay was still presiding as chief negotiator.
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September 14, 2008

OPINION
WHAT YOU THINK

WHAT WE THINK

Less preseason equals

better games

New look, features for Pro Football Weekly

The NFL is currently considering reducing the number of preseason games and
extending the regular season. It appears
that the primary driving force for this
change is surprise money. Fans are
not happy about paying full price for
meaningless preseason games to watch
what amounts to a scrimmage game.
Coaches dont like the preseason games
much because they worry about losing
players to injury. So why not just reduce
the number of preseason games and
make the fans (who dont really want to
pay for them but have to) and coaches
happy? Simply, lost revenue. So, to make
up for the lost revenue, they want to add
one or two games to the regular season.
This means more money than preseason
games due to a higher advertising value.
The problem that nobody seems to be
talking about, though, is what impact on
the playoffs the extra games will have.
Football is a grind. As the season progresses, players get more and more beat
up. How will the playoffs be as more and
more significant guys miss them due to
injury? By the time the teams get to the
Super Bowl, it may be a battle of Gimps.
The level of play will fall. The postseason
is supposed to be played at the highest
level, but it may end up being played at
the high-school level. The league should
just drop two preseason games and leave
it at that.

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PUBLISHERS PEN

Just wanted to pass along my thoughts

on the arrival of Brett Favre and what his
presence means to the Jets organization.
Without question Favre can still play at an
extremely high level in this league. And
nobody can argue how much of an upgrade Favre brings over Chad Pennington.
But aside from making the team better
on the field, his presence has created a
huge buzz from both the fans and the
media. The huge increase in fan attendance at training camp would attest to
that. This team has not had this level of
media exposure and coverage since 1999.
We had just come off a 12-4 season and
were 28 minutes away from reaching the
Super Bowl against Atlanta. While many
realistic fans are not expecting a Super
Bowl appearance this year like we did in
99, those same feelings of excitement
are back again with Favre at the helm.

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Favre mania giving Jets

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t used to be that one of the more tried

and true credos of big-time professional sports was the more things change,
the more they stay the same. Events like
the addition of new teams, relocation of
ballclubs or meaningful rules changes
were extremely rare occurrences. But
within the past few weeks there has been
a virtual sea change in the sporting world
as Major League Baseball has rushed
through the use of instant replay and the
NFL kicked off regular-season play with
more significant rules changes than I can
remember taking place in a single season.
For openers, the final chapter in the
Videogate saga was truly written when a
defensive player on each team played in its
opener with an audio receiver in his helmet
so that defensive signals could be called from
the sideline without the use of any visual
communication and rendering the temptation to videotape the other teams sideline
meaningless. It was an obvious and positive
move by the league, although one does
wonder why it wasnt done at the same time
quarterbacks were allowed to put the receivers in their helmets.
Another significant change for 2008 is
that the NFL has eliminated the incidental face mask penalty of the five-yard variety while stating there will be a new point
of emphasis on the grabbing the face
mask penalty by all players, including of-

fensive players with specific attention being

given to ballcarriers who twist, turn or pull
the face masks of defenders trying to tackle them. Runners and tacklers are to be
treated identically when this happens from
now on, and when whistled, they will all be
15-yard penalties. I like the fact that a
judgment call has been eliminated by getting rid of the five-yard penalty, but Im troubled that it has been replaced with a new
judgment call since the officials now can
leave the laundry in their pockets if they believe a face mask was grabbed by accident
and released before the player whose mask
was grabbed was in any danger of injury. Im
not sure what, if anything, has been accomplished or gained here.
The clear elimination of a judgment call
by the officials was accomplished by wiping
out the forceout rule. A receiver or interceptor now must come down with possession
of the ball and both feet inbounds to complete the reception or interception. The old
rule that gave an official the right to rule it
a catch if both feet werent inbounds if, in
the officials judgment, both feet would
have been inbounds had the defender not
pushed the receiver out of bounds before he
could get his feet down was far too ambiguous. For those of you who think this gives the
defender too much of an advantage, I have
a simple response dont run routes so
close to the sideline as to make this a prob-

lem.
The instant-replay rule has been amended to allow replay of field goals, extra points
and illegal forward handoffs, a change I cant
imagine anyone would disagree with.
My favorite change for 2008 is the simplest. As in the college game, the team that
wins the coin toss now has the option of deferring its decision to the second half, creating some real value in winning the coin
toss. Winning the toss and being forced to
decide before the game had even started
made the odds on whether receiving or kicking was the better choice no better than the
odds on the toss itself. But being able to
choose playing offense or defense to start the
second half, knowing where you are at in the
game and which would be more beneficial,
is an actual advantage.
Finally there is the change in the muffedsnap rule. For reasons that escape me, a
muffed snap by the center to any player other than the quarterback had been ruled a
false start in the past, apparently protecting
teams from screwing up trick plays like
snapping through the QBs legs, or around
them to another player. Beginning in 2008
it will be a live ball that can be advanced by
either team. If you try it and screw it up, you
will be punished with the potential loss of
possession, exactly as you deserve. Why
would you want a team to be rewarded if it
wasnt taking any risk?

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OPINION
RADIO DISTURBANCE

A-BOMBS

Jerry Magee

Technological reliance corrosive to NFL

iee! The nerds are out there with
their stuff that is not of our world,
and they are closing in on us, turning
football into an expression of a society
gone wrongly high tech.
In the latest demonstration of this, the
NFL is committing a defender to be
wired in his headgear to a coach on the
sideline, just as quarterbacks have been
since 1994.
Enough, I say. I would rid the game of
everything electrical. Give football back
to human beings, who were doing just
fine with it before the technocrats came
along. What next, robots?
I include computers. Off with them.
Computers are the scourge of society. Because of them, the printed page is becoming obsolete. What has happened to the
majesty of language? Eliminated by the
Internet and the devices that cause the
teens to communicate in abbreviations.
Forgive me. I work for a newspaper,
and its a sad thing to watch it wither
away, quite possibly taking my job with it.
At this point, I should bring up Paul
Brown. Not all things in our game began
with Brown, but a good many of them

RADIO/TV

did: game plans, messengers ferrying in

plays, and radios being inserted into the
headgears of players. According to what
Ive been advised by an NFL source,
Brown hit upon the matter dealing with
radios when he was coaching at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Center during
World War II.
Prior to the 2007 season, the leagues
executive committee defeated a proposal
that wouldve clicked on a radio for the
defense, but then came the Spygate
scandal involving the Patriots, and the
league acted. By allowing an electronic
link to the defense, it was eliminating the
practice of coaches wig-wagging in defensive tactics with hand signals. Pilferage
was impossible, supposedly accomplished
electronically.
Whether the radio matter is going to
have a meaningful impact in how defenses perform is one of the questions to be
explored during this 89th NFL season. I
dont think we know, said Greg Aiello,
the NFLs senior vice president of public
relations. Aiello said the radio issue was
approved in terms of equity to afford
defenses the same electronic advantages

offenses had possessed for 14 years.

Defense is reaction, contended Tom
Bass, a one-time Chargers defensive coordinator. In other words, this radio business is so much static.
Not all agree. I think its a great thing,
Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said. Ive
always been in favor of it.
Shanahans stance contrasts with that
of Bill Belichick, whos unsure whether he
will utilize a defensive radio at all.
I did a workup that showed offenses
improved markedly after the NFL logged
radios in quarterbacks helmets in 94.
Twenty-three of the leagues 28 teams
scored more points in 94 than they had
the previous season.
What cannot be determined is whether
the upsurge in scoring related to the
wiring or resulted from standard offensive improvements in the NFL.
Whatever, I dont like anything high
tech. Football should be for human beings, not for devices of the space age.
Jerry Magee has covered pro football for
the San Diego Union-Tribune since 1961 and
for PFW since its inception in 1967.

Barry Jackson

Strahan has early edge on Sapp

wo recently retired All-Pro defensive
players made their broadcasting debuts on the seasons opening Sunday,
and Michael Strahan left a much better
impression than Warren Sapp.
Strahan, Foxs new studio analyst,
amused at times, joking that hes renting
out space in the gap between his front
teeth. He was honest, saying he felt if he
had returned to the Giants last month
that he would be stealing money and
that Tampa Bay was the only team we
werent afraid of in last years playoffs.
Sapp, meanwhile, offered mostly simplistic and superficial analysis on the debut of NFL Networks new pregame show.
His commentary consisted partly of saying teams were in trouble.
The Panthers, it seems, were in trouble. The Bears were in trouble. The
Packers were in trouble. Why? Sapp
couldnt be troubled to get into details.
He automatically discounted the chances
of Eastern-based teams playing on the
West Coast because of the travel time, as
if to suggest no Eastern team has ever
won after flying cross-country. He picked
Tampa Bay against New Orleans because
you never go against Johnny Gruden.

Johnny?
Sapp is willing to offer strong opinions
he said the Jets would win seven games
and miss the playoffs but will he say
anything the average fan wouldnt know?
Amazing that Sapp landed two TV jobs
before proving he could do even one.
Sapp was set to make his Inside the
NFL debut, alongside Cris Collinsworth,
Phil Simms and host James Brown, on
Sept. 10 on Showtime.

MNF CHANGES
ESPN apparently needed to assemble
focus groups in San Diego, Chicago and
Boston this NFL offseason to tell them
what you or I could have told them years
ago: They want us to focus on football,
ESPN senior vice president Jed Drake
said. And they want us to get our graphics out of the way and dont want it to be
a distraction.
As a result, ESPN is eliminating ingame celebrity guest appearances in the
Monday Night Football booth and
pulling back on non-football chatter. And
the continuous score/time box, which
dropped down in the middle of the screen
the past two years, will be less intrusive.

People tune to ESPN for a sporting

event, ESPN senior coordinating producer Jay Rothman said of the findings from
the focus groups. We might have been
trying to serve too many. A couple things
we heard was, Youre trying too hard.
Rothman, referencing analyst Ron Jaworski, said one of the objectives is lets
make Jaws the new Madden.
Tony Kornheiser, who returns alongside Jaworski and Mike Tirico, said he
believes his work got better the second
year. And last year was a lot more for me.
How many guys get this chance? I just
hope I get better.
Rothman wants Kornheiser to speak as
if he is writing live columns during the
course of the game.
When the Redskins were taking way
too much time between plays late in their
16-7 loss to the Giants on opening night,
NBCs John Madden said, First game in
a new system. They dont have no-huddle
(in) yet. But why not? Isnt that the point
of training camp? Madden never explained that.
Barry Jackson covers sports media for
the Miami Herald.

Dan Arkush unleashes his Week

One reflections.
It was a case of the
good, the bad and the very ugly as far as
NFL first-round quarterbacks both old
and new were concerned in Week One.

The good
Major kudos are in order for a pair of
2008 No. 1 picks Atlantas Matt Ryan
and Baltimores Joe Flacco who got
their pro careers off to surprisingly impressive starts in victories over the Lions
and Bengals, respectively. Ryan, in particular, looked like a seasoned veteran, completing his first pro pass for a 62-yard
touchdown to Michael Jenkins, which
couldnt have gotten the Falcons season
off to a better start after last years season-long nightmare courtesy of Michael
Vick and Bobby Petrino.

The bad
Maybe sad is a better word for the hard
times that took place off the field, beginning with former first-round QB Daunte
Culpeppers announcement the day the
08 season officially was launched that he
had decided to call it quits, his three Pro
Bowl berths as a member of the Vikings
overshadowed by his marked decline following a right knee injury in October
2005. More bad vibes made their presence felt before the first full slate of Sunday games when the 49ers revealed that
05 first-round QB Alex Smith had somehow suffered another injury to his throwing shoulder in a Friday practice, which
could land him on injured reserve and
probably signals the end of his turbulent
career in San Francisco.

The ugly
Finally, Titans QB Vince Young, the
teams first-round draft choice in 2006,
caused quite the scene in Tennessees
home opener against the Jaguars when
he decided to sulk off the field midway
through the fourth quarter following his
second interception, which triggered a
stadium full of boos. Youngs unbelievably
immature meltdown cast a pall over the
Titans victory that will be very hard to
forget moving forward.

Bayou bliss well-deserved

I found myself rooting very hard for the
Saints in Week One after they successfully dodged a bullet in the form of Hurricane Gustav and pulled off a rousing
24-20 victory over the division-rival Buccaneers before a full house. The prospect
of another devastating natural disaster
taking its toll on the Saints fan base
would have been extremely hard to stomach. The night before New Orleans victory, Hurricane Ike forced my daughter,
Corey, to evacuate her home in Key West,
which was directly in the eye of the storm
as this was being written.

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September 14, 2008

FANTASY FOOTBALL

No Brady doesnt mean no title

WEEK TWO
Matchups to
exploit or avoid

By Michael Blunda
Associate editor

Did you see the way the Eagles carved

up the Rams in Week One? This bodes
well for Giants QB Eli Manning and WR
Plaxico Burress, who have developed a
great rapport and head to St. Louis on
Sunday. Expect an aerial showcase from
the Big Blue duo.
Things get a lot easier for Packers RB

Ryan Grant in Week Two. After facing the

stout Vikings in the opener, Grant goes
against Detroit Sunday. All the Lions did
last week was allow 318 rushing yards to
the Falcons. Grant is a must start.
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You just spent the fifth overall pick in your

draft on Patriots QB Tom Brady. You sat
down to watch him Sunday, expecting him
to tear apart the lowly Chiefs. Except midway through the first quarter, it wasnt the
Chiefs getting torn apart it was Bradys left
knee.
With Tom Terrific reportedly suffering a
season-ending knee injury in Week One, it
appears that all of you who invested a firstround fantasy choice in Brady will be without your best player for the whole season.
Its a tough break, no doubt, but its one that
you can overcome. You just need to make
some savvy roster moves to fill your nowgaping hole at QB.
Obviously, if you have a decent backup,
youre not in terrible shape. If you were able
to snag a Philip Rivers or an Eli Manning
as your second signalcaller, you shouldnt go
into panic mode just yet. Quarterbacks of
that caliber should do enough to keep your
team competitive.
However, Im sure that everyone isnt that
well off. For those of you who waited longer
to draft a No. 2 guy and ended up with a Jeff
Garcia or Jason Campbell, you cant really afford to stand pat. I dont think that level of QB
will give you the weekly production you will
need to win, so its time to make some moves.
The first step Id take is to scour the waiver wire in hopes of finding sleeper QBs with
high ceilings. A good example would be
someone like the Falcons Matt Ryan, who
proved to be more than competent in his
first NFL game and only will improve as the

Patriots QB Tom Bradys knee injury is devastating to his fantasy owners, but it
doesnt mean they should give up on winning their league.

season progresses. Even a guy like the Niners J.T. OSullivan would be worth adding,
as he has potential to post big numbers in
Mike Martzs system.
After that, Id try hard to trade for an accomplished QB. This process isnt always
easy, but if you can find an owner with a QB
to spare, you might be able to make it
work. See what position they are thin at and
offer them one of your players from that

spot. Sure, it might not turn out to be a fair

trade for you, but at least acquiring someone like Brett Favre or Jon Kitna gives you
a proven guy you can rely upon.
Even if both of these methods fail, its not
time to pack it in. Theres so much time left
this season, every fantasy team is still alive.
Who knows? Maybe Matt Cassel will turn
into the next Brady. Wouldnt it be something if Cassel led you to a fantasy crown?

So much for RB Willie Parkers scoring

rookie Chris Johnson is the guy to own.

Johnson had 15 attempts for 93 yards and
also caught three passes for 34 yards and a
score. Sure, LenDale White had 15 carries as
well, but the lightning-fast Johnson looked to
be the most explosive player on Tennessees
offense and should only see his role expand.

THE BUZZ
RB Michael Turners debut with the Falcons couldnt have gone much better. The
Burner rushed for a franchise-record 220
yards on 22 carries and scored two TDs in a
victory over the Lions. Forget him being a
second or third fantasy back; he could be a
No. 1 if he keeps running this well. Backfield
mate Jerious Norwood even got in on the
act, rushing 14 times for 93 yards and a
score. It looks like hell get enough touches
to make a consistent impact, too.
Eagles QB Donovan McNabb proved to

be a fantasy stud even without injured starting WRs Kevin Curtis and Reggie Brown.
McNabb passed for a league-high 361 yards
Sunday in a blowout win over the Rams,
throwing three TD passes in the process.
And although three different receivers
Hank Baskett, DeSean Jackson and
Greg Lewis surpassed the 100-yard
mark, Jackson figures to have the most longterm value.

drought. After finding the endzone only twice

last season, the Steelers workhorse scored
three TDs in a romp over the Texans, rushing
for 138 yards on 25 attempts. Although
rookie Rashard Mendenhall got 10 carries
of his own, hes no threat to steal touches
from Parker right now.
The Browns and Bengals offenses expected to be potent, but both appeared to be
stuck in neutral in losses Sunday. Bengals
QB Carson Palmer threw for a paltry 99
yards, completing only one pass to WR
Chad Ocho Cinco. Meanwhile, Browns QB
Derek Anderson had a measly 114 passing
yards, with only 14 of them going to WR
Braylon Edwards. Although both offenses
should correct things soon, its disconcerting
to see them struggle this badly.
Fantasy owners had a close eye on the Titans backfield Sunday, and we now know that

The best rookie performer of all in Week

One turned out to be Bears RB Matt Fort,

who helped Chicago pull a big upset win over
the Colts. The Tulane product had 23 carries
for 123 yards and a TD, also leading the team
with three catches. Fort looks like the best
player on a mediocre Bears offense and
could be on his way to a huge season.
Two tight ends surprised with big fantasy
impacts Sunday: the Dolphins Anthony
Fasano and the Panthers Dante Rosario.
Fasano, who had eight grabs for 84 yards
and a score, has more staying power and is
definitely worth adding.

The Steelers absolutely stifled the Texans running game last week and are likely
to do the same to the Browns ground attack. In two games against Pittsburgh in
07, Browns RB Jamal Lewis had 27 carries for 70 yards. If you have other options, avoid playing Lewis.
Bengals RB Chris Perry struggled to
find running room against the Ravens,
and the Titans could give him similar
problems. They held formidable Jags RBs
Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew
to 31 rushing yards on 14 carries in Week
One. They should have little trouble slowing down Perry.

MARKET REPORT
Stock rising
Titans RB CHRIS JOHNSON
Already has eclipsed White as No. 1 RB
Eagles WR DeSEAN JACKSON
Rookie was McNabbs favorite target
Rams TE RANDY McMICHAEL
Bulger threw his way quite often
Falcons QB MATT RYAN
Was poised, effective in first start
Giants RB DERRICK WARD
Clearly the handcuff to Brandon Jacobs

Stock falling
Patriots WR RANDY MOSS
Loss of Brady could kill his value
Redskins QB JASON CAMPBELL
A long way away from grasping new O
Colts RB JOSEPH ADDAI
OL injuries have him stuck in the mud
Titans TE ALGE CRUMPLER
One catch Week One; Young (knee) out
Saints WR ROBERT MEACHEM
Lots of hype, but a healthy scratch

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FANTASY DOCTOR

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send your inquiries to Fantasydoctor@pfwmedia.com.

Michael Blunda

Dont let a bad Week One ruin your fantasy season

ere only through Week One its
no time to panic yet.
Too many fantasy owners are
quick to cut loose a proven guy after one
lousy game, grabbing the hot free agent
who had a huge first week. Heres my advice: Dont make that mistake.
I know the NFL season is short, especially the fantasy regular season, but anyone can have a bad game. Its human nature. Even LaDainian Tomlinson and
Peyton Manning have bad weeks every
now and then. We have to remember that
these guys are not perfect.
If you invested a high- or mid-round
draft pick in a player, you have to be a little patient with him. Theres a reason why
you took the guy that high, right? If you
expect big things from someone this season, one game shouldnt drastically
change your mindset.
And dont get suckered in by a gaudy
stat line by some player you barely know.
Every year, a few nobodies come through
with big Week One outings and become
all the rage in fantasy circles. Weve seen

it countless times in just the past few seasons. Guys like RB Quentin Griffin and
WR Frisman Jackson have put up huge
Week One numbers. Those performances
had fantasy owners running to their computers to scoop those guys off the waiver
wire. However, if youve never heard of
them, dont feel bad: Neither one did anything after his opening-week flourish.
Now, if you have a free roster spot and
want to add one of these Week One surprises, go ahead. I guess it couldnt hurt.
But dont think about dropping a potentially valuable player for one of them, because youll be kicking yourself down the
line. Just ask all those owners who wrote
off Brett Favre last season after a lackluster first game, or those who sold Drew
Brees for 50 cents on the dollar after his
slow start.
Of course, there are exceptions to this
rule. If one of your top players gets seriously injured and will miss a bunch of
time, then you shouldnt hesitate to cut
bait and let him go. Or if one of your
sleeper picks is inactive for the first cou-

ple of weeks despite being healthy, dont

feel bad about dumping him. Maybe this
isnt the year hes going to bust out.
Now, if you notice a trend of lackluster
play from someone over a number of
weeks, thats a different story. Its OK to get
rid of a guy who has underperformed for a
good chunk of the season. But more often
than not, the proven players are going to
outplay the relative unknowns over the
course of the season. If history has taught
me anything, its that the National Football
League is about survival of the fittest.
So, even in the leagues constant randomness, where anything can occur in a
given week, theres one thing you can
count on: The most talented players will
almost always be the most productive.
And if theyre not, well, did I mention
that the NFL is random?
Q: A guy in my league really wants Mar ques Colston to pair up with Drew Brees.
My receivers are Colston, Brandon Mar shall, Santonio Holmes, Nate Burleson,
Josh Morgan, Jerry Porter and Reggie

Brown. We have a flex spot where we can

start a QB, RB, WR or TE in a league
where all TDs are six points apiece.
Would you trade Kurt Warner and Col ston for Ben Roethlisberger and Roy
Williams? My other QB is Derek Ander son. Thanks for your insight.
Kyle, Milwaukee

A: Im not sure if you offered him this

trade, Kyle, or if he offered it to you, but
my answer is the same: Dont do it. If
youre going to give up a top-notch wide
receiver in Colston, youd better be getting equal value in return, and in this
case, youre simply not. Colston is a fair
amount better than Roy Williams, who is
overrated for fantasy purposes, and although Big Ben might be a solid quarterback, you already have two good ones in
Anderson and Warner. If this other guy
wants Colston badly enough, make him
give up a top-flight No. 1 wideout or QB
in return. Otherwise, stay put with the
team you have, which looks pretty good at
the positions in question.

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September 14, 2008

WEEK TWO

Early pointspreads as of Sunday, Sept. 7

WHOS HOT
PFW STAFF
SELECTIONS
BEST BETS
Green Bay -1 vs. DETROIT
New Orleans E vs. WASHINGTON
San Diego -312 vs. DENVER
N.Y. Giants vs. ST. LOUIS (4112) OVER
LAST WEEK: 4-0 / SEASON: 4-0

EARLY LAS VEGAS LINE

Hub
Arkush
Publisher/
editor

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Schleiden
Editorin-chief

Mike
Holbrook
Managing
editor

Dan
Arkush
Executive
editor

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Edholm
Senior
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Senior
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PFW
consensus

Home team in caps. Asterisk (*) denotes team will cover pointspread but lose game. Boldface selection indicates best bet. Some over/unders were not available at presstime.

CAROLINA -612 vs. Chicago (3612)

Carolina

Carolina

Carolina

Carolina

Chicago*

Chicago*

Carolina

Chicago*

Chicago*

Carolina

Tennessee -1 vs. CINCINNATI

Tennessee

Cincinnati

Tennessee

Cincinnati

Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee

Cincinnati

Tennessee

Green Bay -1 vs. DETROIT (45)

Green Bay

Green Bay

Detroit

Detroit

Green Bay

Green Bay

Green Bay

Green Bay

Green Bay

Green Bay

JACKSONVILLE -612 vs. Buffalo (3712)

Buffalo*

Buffalo*

Jacksonville

Buffalo*

Buffalo*

Buffalo*

Buffalo

Jacksonville

Buffalo*

Buffalo*

KANSAS CITY -212 vs. Oakland (3512)

Kansas City

Kansas City

Oakland

Kansas City

Oakland

Oakland

Oakland

Oakland

Kansas City

Oakland

Indianapolis -212 vs. MINNESOTA (43)

Minnesota

Indianapolis

Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota

Indianapolis

Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota

N.Y.Giants -712 vs.ST.LOUIS (4112)

N.Y. Giants

N.Y. Giants

N.Y. Giants

St. Louis*

N.Y. Giants

St. Louis*

N.Y. Giants

N.Y. Giants

St. Louis*

N.Y. Giants

WASHINGTON E vs. New Orleans (42)

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

New Orleans

SEATTLE -912 vs. San Francisco (40)

Seattle

San Francisco*

Seattle

San Francisco*

San Francisco*

San Francisco*

San Francisco*

Seattle

San Francisco*

San Francisco*

TAMPA BAY -912 vs. Atlanta (3812)

Atlanta*

Atlanta*

Atlanta*

Atlanta*

Atlanta*

Atlanta*

Atlanta*

Atlanta*

Atlanta

Atlanta*

ARIZONA -712 vs. Miami (41)

Miami*

Arizona

Miami*

Arizona

Arizona

Arizona

Miami*

Arizona

Miami*

Arizona

San Diego -312 vs. DENVER (4312)

San Diego

San Diego

San Diego

San Diego

San Diego

Denver*

San Diego

San Diego

San Diego

San Diego

HOUSTON -5 vs. Baltimore (3812)

Houston

Houston

Baltimore*

Houston

Houston

Houston

Houston

Houston

Houston

Houston

N.Y. JETS -212 vs. New England (3812)

New England

N.Y. Jets

N.Y. Jets

New England

N.Y. Jets

New England

N.Y. Jets

N.Y. Jets

N.Y. Jets

N.Y. Jets

Cleveland

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Pittsburgh

DALLAS -7 vs. Philadelphia (4712)

Philadelphia*

Dallas

Philadelphia*

Philadelphia*

Philadelphia*

Dallas

Dallas

Dallas

Dallas

Dallas

Last week vs. spread

6-8

8-6

13-1

11-3

6-8

8-6

11-3

10-4

10-4

11-3

Season to date vs. spread

6-8

8-6

13-1

11-3

6-8

8-6

11-3

10-4

10-4

11-3

Last week best bets

2-1

2-1

3-0

2-1

3-0

3-0

2-1

1-2

3-0

4-0

SUNDAY NIGHT
Pittsburgh -512 vs. CLEVELAND
MONDAY NIGHT

Season to date best bets

2-1

2-1

3-0

2-1

3-0

3-0

2-1

1-2

3-0

4-0

Last week straight-up

8-6

8-6

11-3

11-3

6-8

7-7

10-4

9-5

10-4

10-4

Season to date straight-up

8-6

8-6

11-3

11-3

6-8

7-7

10-4

9-5

10-4

10-4

The most talented team in

the league
the Chargers
is not going
to start the
season 0-2
for the second year in a
row. San
Diego wins by
more than a
touchdown.

Im banking
on Jacksonville to
prove its the
Super Bowl
contender I
believe it is by
crushing a
Bills team
that it dominated at
home last
season.

I think
Michael
Turner and
Jerious Norwood can run
against the
Bucs, and I
couldnt have
been more
impressed
with rookie
Matt Ryans
debut.

The Rams
were miserable at home
in 2007, and
they looked
overmatched
last week. The
Giants were
solid in Week
One and were
terrific on the
road last season.

Ill take the

Cowboys,
who are laying a TD at
home vs. an
opponent
taking a big
step up in
class. The Eagles are good,
but Dallas is
on another
level.

My best bet is
the Bills. The
Jaguars WR
and OL problems have
been ignored
by much of
the public,
and you can
always count
on Buffalos
special
teams.

The Lions had

trouble keeping up with
the Falcons,
and I see another lopsided loss in
their future.
Look for the
Packers to
rack up
plenty of
points.

Maybe Im
buying too
much into the
Falcons Week
One victory
over Detroit,
but this team
looks too
good to get
blown out by
an old, slow
Tampa Bay
squad.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Of your three best bets, whos your lock of
the week?

I don't know
exactly what
the Broncos
have at this
point, but I
know theres
no way the
Chargers are
starting 0-2.
L.T. goes off,
and the Broncos go down
in defeat.

WEEK TWO OPPONENTS VS. SPREAD

H home, A away, N neutral, followed by teams score; number in parentheses is number of points
by which that team was favored to win; E game was rated as even; W beat the pointspread; * team beat the pointspread in both regular-season meetings
that year; T neither beat the pointspread; P playoff game; OT overtime; ^ teams also played a playoff game in 06, with N.E. winning 37-16 as 912-point favorites.

MATCHUP
Chicago
at Carolina

2007
Did not play

2006
Did not play

MATCHUP
San Francisco
at Seattle

2007
A-0
H-24(-912)W*

H-3
A-23(-2)W

2006
A-24W*
H-14(-10)

H-20W
A-14(-3)

Tennessee
at Cincinnati

A-6(-1)
H-35W

Did not play

Atlanta
at Tampa Bay

A-3
H-37(-1212)W*

H-7
A-31(-3)W

A-17(-4)W*
H-6

H-14(-4)W
A-3

Green Bay
at Detroit

H-34(-312)W*
A-13

Miami
at Arizona

Did not play

Buffalo
at Jacksonville

A-14
H-36(-9)W

San Diego
at Denver

H-23(-9)W*
A-3

Oakland
at Kansas City

A-20W
H-17(-4)

Baltimore
at Houston

Did not play

Indianapolis
at Minnesota

Did not play

Did not play

New England
at N.Y. Jets^

H-20(-2012 )
A-10W

A-38(-6)W
H-14

H-14(-10)
A-17W

A-24(-6)W
H-17

N.Y. Giants
at St. Louis

Did not play

Did not play

Pittsburgh
at Cleveland

H-31(-10)
A-28W

A-34(-5)W
H-7

H-27(-7)W
A-7

A-24(-4)T
H-20

New Orleans
at Washington

Did not play

H-10(-10)
A-16W

Philadelphia
at Dallas

A-10W
H-6(-10)

H-17
A-38(-3)W

A-23W*
H-7(-612)

H-38(-1)W
A-24

A-37(-312)W
H-26

H-17(-512)W*
A-9

A-31W
H-24(-612)

H-27W
A-24(-3)
H-10(-212)
A-12W

H-9
A-20(-7)W

A-13W
H-17(-9)

Did not play

A-41(-1)W
H-3

H-48(-712)W*
A-20

A-35W
H-27(-3)

Did not play

10-YEAR SERIES RECORDS

Chicago at CAROLINA
2-1 (1-0) (1-0)
TENNESSEE at Cincinnati
9-3 (5-1) (4-1-1)
GREEN BAY at Detroit
15-5 (5-5) (3-7)
BUFFALO at Jacksonville
4-2 (2-1) (2-1)
Oakland at KANSAS CITY
13-7 (6-4) (3-6-1)
INDIANAPOLIS at Minnesota
2-0() ()
N.Y. Giants at St. Louis
3-3 (St. L 2-1) (NYG 2-1)
New Orleans at Washington 2-2 (N.O. 2-0) (N.O. 2-0)
San Francisco at SEATTLE
8-4 (4-2) (3-3)
Atlanta at TAMPA BAY
10-4 (5-2) (4-3)
Miami at Arizona
1-1 () ()
San Diego at DENVER
12-8 (7-3) (4-4-2)
BALTIMORE at Houston
2-0 (1-0) (1-0)
NEW ENGLAND at N.Y. Jets
13-8 (8-2) (9-1)
PITTSBURGH at Cleveland
16-3 (8-1) (5-1-3)
PHILADELPHIA at Dallas
13-7 (6-4) (7-3)
Series leader is listed in CAPS with its record to the
right. Series leaders record at this weeks game
site is listed in parentheses, followed by series
leaders record vs. pointspread at this weeks site.
This years games not included.

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Pro Football Weekly

21

HANDICAPPING
LAS VEGAS CALLING

Stephen Nover

Legendary gambler
Banker is still going strong
AS VEGAS Most are dead or have
flown the coop. Corporate Las Vegas
isnt a comfortable welcome mat for
Damon Runyonesque wise guys anymore
with names like Speedy Newman, Jerry
the Hat, Bobby the Midget, Dick the Pick,
Herbie Hoops and Bobby the Owl.
But Lem Banker remains. The 81-year-old
legendary Las Vegas professional gambler remains sharp, politically incorrect and going
strong in the computer age.
All my friends are either dead, in jail or in
Costa Rica, he said.
Banker has made a lot of friends since
moving to Las Vegas from New Jersey in the
late 1950s. Some of his closest pals were the
late heavyweight boxing champion Sonny
Liston, the late linesmaker/bookmaker Bob
Martin and former Stardust Hotel sportsbook director Lefty Rosenthal, who was
portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1995
movie Casino.
Las Vegas hotels didnt start putting
sportsbooks in until the 1970s. Before then
it was just a few stand-alone joints. Banker
was brought in to one such place, Santa Anita, to book bets. His experience consisted of
helping run a candy store in Union City, N.J.
Betting numbers, not chocolate, was the most
popular item at the store since it was a front
for a bookmaking operation.
In Las Vegas during the early 60s, Banker
said he was taking five-figure action from a
number of heavy players, including Frank
Sinatra and Dean Martin.
They were betting $10,000 a game and we
didnt have the bankroll, Banker said. We
were hedging the money. We had a short
bankroll. We had to lay off the money.
I realized then I was better off as a player than being a bookmaker.
Betting back then wasnt as easy as logging
into your account and typing in a wager. No
computers or 800-numbers. No walking
into a luxurious sportsbook with leather
chairs and individual TVs. This was Vegas
back in the Wild, Wild West days.
The stench of smoke, drink and body
odor at some of these independent gambling
parlors assaulted the nose. Women rarely
ventured in. At one such dive, the Del Mar,
a disgruntled bettor pulled out a pistol and
started shooting at the one main TV after suffering a bad beat.
Those places are all gone now, relics of a
bygone era when betting was the domain of
older men in a more laid-back time. Banker
remembers seeing cops in charge of the
gambling squad sneak in to make their football bets.
It was touch and go for Banker in those
days trying to make it as a professional
sports bettor. Things got real anxious when

his wife, Debbie, was giving birth to their

daughter.
I made two $300 bets, Banker recalled.
I won them both for $600. So I was able to
pay my hospital bill. I needed it to get them
out of the hospital.
Banker hasnt stopped wagering. He works
out every morning by swimming laps and
jabbing at his punching bag. He makes his
own betting numbers and power ratings.
Banker, though, isnt comfortable handicapping from a computer.
Id rather talk to a human being, he
said. Its like trying to learn a new language.
I had enough trouble learning English.
There isnt a bookie dead or alive
Banker says he hasnt beaten.
Bankers influence in Nevada still is felt. He
helped bring phone wagering to Las Vegas by
pointing out one important thing.
Too many gamblers were getting robbed
in the parking lot, he said.
His gambling axioms ring true today such
as never bet what you want to win, only bet
what you can afford to lose; they play The
Star-Spangled Banner every day; and the
only locks are the ones you put on bagels.
You have to respect the price just like the
law, Banker said. The biggest thing is money management and getting the right price.
Having inside information was critical
for those making their living betting before
ESPN and the Internet arrived. Banker used
to bribe airline attendants to bring him
out-of-town newspapers so he could be upto-date on teams and schools. Now everybody
knows whats going on.
If theres new information about an injury
or suspension, its only new for a short time.
Getting information isnt the problem anymore, processing and filtering it is. So is finding a good number.
I used to have runners in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago, Banker said.
Theyd all call with different lines. Today
everybody has the same numbers. Bookmakers arent bookmakers anymore. Theyre
shoemakers.
Bookmakers are so scared that when
they cross a one-way street, they look both
ways. Its not like the old days.
The line is tougher now than it ever has
been. Most of my plays are underdogs and going against public opinion. I get a lot of value betting on bad teams, ugly teams.
Just like a lot of guys do well with ugly girls
because the pretty ones are too expensive.
Writer, analyst and handicapper Stephen
Nover has been covering the Las Vegas sports
betting scene since 1984. He is the author of
three books, Las Vegas Sportsbeat, Sports
Gamingbeat and Winning Fantasy Football.

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GAME OF THE WEEK

DEFENSE
DLE 94 Warren / 99 Wright
NT 75 Wilfork / 90 Smith
DRE 93 Seymour / 97 Green
LOLB 50 Vrabel / 58 Woods
LILB 51 Mayo* / 59 Guyton*
RILB 54 Bruschi / 52 Alexander / 53 Izzo
ROLB 96 Thomas / 98 Crable*
LCB 22 Wheatley* / 21 ONeal / 29 Sanders
RCB 27 Hobbs / 24 Wilhite*
SS 37 Harrison / 31 Meriweather
FS
36 Sanders / 31 Meriweather
SPECIALISTS
P
6 Hanson
PK
3 Gostkowski
H
6 Hanson
PR 83 Welker / 19 Jones
KR 27 Hobbs / 18 Slater*
LS
66 Paxton
* Rookie

When the Jets

have the ball

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 4:15 p.m. ET

LOCATION Meadowlands TURF Artificial MEETING OF THE YEAR First

OVERVIEW
New season, same animosity between
these AFC East rivals. But the Patriots return to the site that started the Spygate
saga a season ago couldnt stray further
from the realities that confronted these
two clubs in 2007. Bolstered by the muscle of Kris Jenkins, Alan Faneca and
Damien Woody in the trenches, the sackhappy pursuit of Calvin Pace, and the
golden right arm of Brett Favre, the 1-0

Jets have their eyes fixated on the postseason after their 4-12 debacle in 07. Meanwhile, were about to see just how much
of the Patriots dominance since 2001 can
be traced to the steadying hand of Tom
Brady. With the reigning league MVP
one of the defining players of his generation done for the season (knee), the
Pats finally might be topped or could
rise to the occasion.

THE MATCHUPS
Advantage

HARRY SCULL JR.

QB

RB
WR
OL
DL
LB
DB
ST

Bill Belichicks defense must

step up with his QB sidelined.
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-0
0-1-0

NEW YORK JETS

TOM BERG

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE
WR 83 Welker / 15 Washington / 88 Aiken
OLT 72 Light / 65 Britt
OLG 70 Mankins / 71 Hochstein
C
67 Koppen / 63 Connolly
ORG 74 Yates / 64 LeVoir
ORT 77 Kaczur / 65 Britt
TE
84 Watson / 86 Thomas / 82 Spach
WR 81 Moss / 18 Slater* / 41 Ventrone
QB 16 Cassel / 5 OConnell*
RB 39 Maroney / 33 Faulk / 32 Jordan / 34 Morris / 44 Evans
WR 10 Gaffney / 19 Jones

WEEK TWO

PATRIOTS
AT
JETS

When the Patriots

have the ball
Matt Cassel is about as much of a
wild card as an NFL starting quarterback can be. He hasnt started a game
since earning All-America recognition as a prep standout in 1999, having spent his collegiate career at USC
backing up Heisman Trophy winners
Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart, and
his NFL career as Tom Bradys caddy.
This much we can be sure of: The offense will be simplified.
Coordinator Josh McDaniels wont
give Cassel the latitude to audible
much, and McDaniels will cut down on
the multitude of formations and presnap shifts. Cassel was an efficient 13of-18 passing for 152 yards with one TD
and no interceptions against a young
Chiefs defense last week, but those
numbers are an aberration. His tendency to lock onto his receivers and his
poor recognition skills have routinely
kept the offense grounded in his limited career opportunities. To aid him, the
Pats wont trot out as many three- and
four-WR sets as theyre accustomed to,
instead entrusting him to make only a
couple of reads per pass play.
The Jets offseason defensive additions
have them far more equipped to attack
the quarterback, and Eric Manginis
sure to unleash them against Cassel. The
Pats will counteract with numerous
max-protect schemes, especially if TE
Ben Watson (knee) is available.
The Pats deep RB stable will shoulder a large load, so look for draws and
bubble and middle screens to be frequently employed if the Jets bring the
house on the blitz.

September 14, 2008

Eric Mangini pulls the strings

for an upgraded Jets squad.

Coach

Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on artificial turf
Record on artificial turf vs. spread

1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

JETS DEPTH CHART

PATRIOTS SCHEDULE

JETS SCHEDULE

Pointspread Refers to New England

Pointspread Refers to New York

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 20
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 13
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

OPPONENT
SPREAD
Kansas City
(-16)
At New York Jets
Miami
BYE
At San Francisco
At San Diego
Denver
St. Louis
At Indianapolis
Buffalo
New York Jets
At Miami
Pittsburgh
At Seattle
At Oakland
Arizona
At Buffalo

SCORE
17-10

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 22
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 13
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

OPPONENT
SPREAD
At Miami
(-3)
New England
At San Diego
Arizona
BYE
Cincinnati
At Oakland
Kansas City
At Buffalo
St. Louis
At New England
At Tennessee
Denver
At San Francisco
Buffalo
At Seattle
Miami

Its likely to be another couple of

weeks before coordinator Brian Schottenheimer entrusts Brett Favre with the
entire playbook. Still, Favres savvy
has Gang Green believing it can pile up
yardage against a Patriots defense that
was less than inspiring against the
Chiefs downtrodden offense.
With slippery WRs Laveranues Coles
and Jerricho Cotchery operating
against a subpar secondary, the Jets
will aim to get the ball into their playmakers hands in space. New England typically avoids playing its corners
close to the line or in press coverage but
might elect to do so if Coles and Cotchery are producing underneath.
Regardless of the coverage, the Jets
wont be unleashing the downfield
passing attack too often; Favre will be
hard-pressed to have enough time to
do so. Even after bringing in OLG Alan
Faneca and ORT Damien Woody in the
offseason, the lines ability to protect its
quarterback remains a source of concern. The Jets allowed three sacks
and numerous pressures against the
Dolphins in Week One, and New Englands 3-4 personnel is far better.
Woody and OLT DBrickashaw Ferguson are particularly susceptible against
powerful DEs Ty Warren and Richard
Seymour, respectively, as well as OLBs
Mike Vrabel and Adalius Thomas.
RB Thomas Jones has the pop to
make things happen on the ground
against the Patriots questionable inside
linebackers, provided the interior Oline neutralizes Pro Bowl NT Vince
Wilfork.

SCORE
20-14

OFFENSE
WR 87 Coles / 16 B. Smith / 15 Wright
OLT 60 Ferguson / 78 Hunter
OLG 66 Faneca / 68 Montgomery
C
74 Mangold / 75 Turner
ORG 65 Moore / 75 Turner
ORT 67 Woody / 78 Hunter
TE
86 Baker / 88 Franks
WR 89 Cotchery / 83 Stuckey / 17 Clowney / 14 Henry
QB
4 Favre / 11 Clemens / 5 Ratliff
RB 20 Jones / 29 Washington
TE
81 Keller* / 88 Franks
DEFENSE
DLE 92 Ellis / 70 DeVito
NT 77 Jenkins / 91 Pouha
DRE 93 K. Coleman / 69 Mosley
LOLB 99 Thomas / 56 Gholston*
LILB 50 Barton / 96 Bowens
RILB 52 Harris / 53 Spencer / 54 Cummings*
ROLB 97 Pace / 94 Murrell
LCB 24 Revis / 31 Poteat / 30 D. Coleman
RCB 21 Miller / 34 Lowery* / 36 Barrett
SS 33 E. Smith / 27 Elam
FS
25 Rhodes / 27 Elam
SPECIALISTS
P
7 Graham
PK
1 Nugent
H
7 Graham
PR 29 Washington / 34 Lowery*
KR 29 Washington / 21 Miller
LS
85 Dearth
* Rookie

September 14, 2008

Pro Football Weekly

GAME PREVIEWS

WEEK TWO

BEARS
AT
PANTHERS

TITANS
AT
BENGALS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 1 p.m. ET

BEARS
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

23

PACKERS
AT
LIONS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 1 p.m. ET

PANTHERS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0

OVERVIEW Both teams will be looking to pick up where they left

off in Week One after pulling off major upsets. After looking terrible
in the preseason, the Bears stunned the high-and-mighty Colts on
the road in the Week One nightcap behind the impressive running
of rookie Matt Fort and an opportunistic defense reminiscent of
the one that spearheaded the teams Super Bowl run two seasons
ago. Carolina, meanwhile, looked like a bona fide contender on the
road in San Diego, coming back to shock the Chargers 26-24 on
Jake Delhommes 14-yard TD pass to TE Dante Rosario as time expired. The Panthers once again will be without WR Steve Smith,
who is serving a two-game suspension.
MATCHUP TO WATCH Fort, who rushed for 123 yards on 23 carries and also caught three passes for 18 yards, figures to be a challenge for a Carolina LB corps that did a decent job in Week One of
keeping defending NFL rushing champion LaDainian Tomlinson
from doing his usual damage.
BY THE NUMBERS In Lovie Smiths tenure as Bears head coach,
the Bears have a 13-6 record when a running back gains more than
100 rushing yards in a game. The Panthers have lost their last
four home openers and finished with a 2-6 record at home in 2007.

TITANS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on artificial turf
Record on artificial turf vs. spread

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 1 p.m. ET

BENGALS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

OVERVIEW The Titans physicality up front keyed a win vs. Jacksonville in Week One. Tennessee notched seven sacks and stuffed the
run. But QB Vince Young left late in the fourth quarter with an injured
left knee, and his availability for Week Two is unlikely. If he cant go,
the Titans will start Kerry Collins. No matter who their quarterback is,
the Titans will be facing an opponent thats smarting after a disappointing season opener. The Bengals allowed the Ravens to rack up
229 rushing yards and fell 17-10 at Baltimore. Cincinnatis offense
gained only 154 yards as QB Carson Palmer suffered through one of
the worst games of his career. The running game also sputtered, with
new starting RB Chris Perry gaining only 37 yards on 18 carries.
MATCHUP TO WATCH When the teams met last November, Bengals WRs Chad Ocho Cinco and T.J. Houshmandzadeh combined
for 19 catches for 169 yards and three TDs (all by Ocho Cinco). If
the Bengals are to bounce back, they will need big games from this
prolific tandem, which was held to four catches, 66 yards and no
scores last week. The Titans CB tandem of Cortland Finnegan and
Nick Harper is better than it showed in the last meeting, so this
could be an intriguing battle. Finnegan had two picks in the opener.
BY THE NUMBERS Palmer has thrown one or fewer TD passes in
10 of his last 15 starts dating back to last season.

PACKERS
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on artificial turf
Record on artificial turf vs. spread

LIONS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

OVERVIEW Coming off a short week after opening at home in a

Monday-night divisional clash with the Vikings, the Packers and new
starting QB Aaron Rodgers take on a Detroit team that proved to be
surprisingly easy pickings for the Falcons and rookie QB Matt Ryan
in Week One. After falling behind 21-0 in the first quarter in Atlanta,
the Lions never were able to establish the power running game they
are hoping to feature this season. Detroits defense must show major
improvement after getting gashed for 474 yards by the Falcons.
MATCHUP TO WATCH One week after allowing Falcons RB Michael
Turner to rumble for a single-game franchise-record 220 rushing
yards, the Lions run defense faces another huge challenge in trying
to stop Packers RB Ryan Grant, who picked up a combined 158 yards
in his two games against the Lions last season and scored a TD in
each game. Grant will be a force if he has the same kind of running
lanes that Turner had.
BY THE NUMBERS The Packers scored 27 or more points in five
road games last season, including a 37-point effort at Detroit in
Week 12. Green Bay won 6-of-8 games away from home in 07 but
lost two of its last three. In his two games against the Packers
last season, Lions QB Jon Kitna completed 41-of-88 passes (only
46.6 percent) for 470 yards, threw three interceptions and was
sacked four times.

BEARS DEPTH CHART

PANTHERS DEPTH CHART

TITANS DEPTH CHART

BENGALS DEPTH CHART

PACKERS DEPTH CHART

LIONS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE
WR 81 R. Davis / 23 Hester / 86 Booker
OLT 78 St. Clair / 74 C.Williams*
OLG 67 Beekman / 60 Metcalf / 72 Buenning
C
57 Kreutz / 67 Beekman
ORG 63 Garza / 72 Buenning
ORT 76 Tait / 69 Barton*
TE
88 Clark / 82 Olsen / 87 K. Davis*
WR 80 Lloyd / 16 Bradley / 85 Bennett*
QB 18 Orton / 8 Grossman / 12 Hanie*
RB 22 Fort*/ 29 Peterson / 25 Wolfe / 27 Jones
FB 37 McKie

OFFENSE
WR 87 Muhammad / 80 Jarrett
OLT 69 Gross / 76 Omiyale
OLG 70 Wharton / 73 Bridges
C
67 Kalil / 63 Hangartner
ORG 68 Vincent / 73 Bridges
ORT 79 Otah* / 76 Omiyale
TE
47 King / 88 Rosario / 82 Barnidge*
WR 18 Hackett / 10 Robinson/ 84 Jones
QB 17 Delhomme / 12 McCown / 3 Moore
RB 34 Williams / 28 Stewart*
FB 45 Hoover / 37 Goings

OFFENSE
WR 19 McCareins / 87 Hawkins* / 17 C. Davis
OLT 71 Roos / 70 Loper / 66 Otto
OLG 54 Amano / 64 Harris
C
68 Mawae / 64 Harris
ORG 73 Scott / 70 Loper
ORT 76 Stewart / 70 Loper
TE
83 Crumpler / 80 Scaife / 88 Stevens* / 84 Blakley
WR 12 Gage / 81 B.Jones / 11 P.Williams
QB
5 Collins / 10 Young
RB 25 White / 28 C.Johnson* / 42 Henry / 35 Ganther
FB 45 Hall

OFFENSE
WR 85 Ocho Cinco / 89 Simpson* / 16 Holt
OLT 76 L.Jones / 73 Collins*
OLG 77 Whitworth / 61 Davis
C
53 Ghiaciuc / 64 Cook
ORG 63 Williams / 75 Kooistra
ORT 79 Andrews / 73 Collins*
TE
82 Kelly / 81 Utecht / 86 Coats
WR 84 Houshmandzadeh / 89 Simpson*
QB
9 C. Palmer / 11 Fitzpatrick / 5 J. Palmer
RB 23 Perry / 33 Watson / 27 Dorsey
FB 86 Coats / 36 Mauia

OFFENSE
WR 85 Jennings / 82 Martin
OLT 76 Clifton / 73 Colledge
OLG 73 Colledge / 78 Barbre
C
63 Wells / 72 Spitz
ORG 72 Spitz / 71 Sitton*
ORT 65 Tauscher / 75 Moll / 68 Giacomini*
TE
86 D. Lee / 84 Humphrey / 88 Finley*
WR 80 Driver / 89 Jones / 87 Nelson*
QB 12 Rodgers / 10 Flynn* / 11 Brohm
RB 25 Grant / 32 Jackson / 28 Lumpkin*
FB 35 Hall / 30 Kuhn

OFFENSE
WR 11 R.Williams / 84 McDonald
OLT 76 Backus / 77 Cherilus*
OLG 64 Mulitalo
C
51 Raiola / 67 McCollum
ORG 66 Peterman / 63 Ramirez
ORT 72 Foster / 77 Cherilus* / 74 Cook
TE
89 Campbell / 86 Gaines / 82 FitzSimmons
WR 81 C.Johnson / 87 Furrey
QB
8 Kitna / 6 Orlovsky / 5 Stanton
RB 34 Kev. Smith* / 32 R.Johnson / 33 Thomas
FB 45 Felton*

DEFENSE
DLE 93 Ogunleye
DT 91 Harris / 71 Idonije / 94 Harrison*
NT 98 Dvoracek / 95 A.Adams / 75 Toeaina
DRE 96 A. Brown / 97 Anderson
WLB 55 Briggs / 52 J.Williams
MLB 54 Urlacher / 53 Roach
SLB 92 Hillenmeyer / 58 McClover
LCB 33 Tillman / 21 Graham
RCB 31 Vasher / 26 McBride
SS 44 Payne / 36 McGowan
FS
30 M. Brown / 38 D. Manning / 20 Steltz*

DEFENSE
DLE 96 Brayton / 95 Johnson
DLT 99 Kemoeatu / 91 Gibson
DRT 92 Lewis / 93 Walker
DRE 90 Peppers / 66 Taylor*
SLB 53 Diggs / 54 Johnson / 55 Curry
MLB 52 Beason / 59 Seward / 57 Connor*
WLB 58 Davis / 50 Anderson
LCB 20 Gamble / 31 Marshall
RCB 21 Lucas / 23 Wesley / 27 Wilson
SS 43 Harris / 26 Teal
FS
30 Godfrey* / 25 Salley

DEFENSE
DLE 90 Kearse / 78 Ford / 95 Hayes*
DLT 97 Brown / 91 J.Jones* / 96 Vickerson
DRT 92 Haynesworth / 96 Vickerson
DRE 93 Vanden Bosch / 98 Ball / 91 J.Jones*
SLB 53 Bulluck / 59 Keglar*
MLB 52 Fowler / 55 Tulloch / 56 Allred
WLB 50 Thornton / 51 Cordova / 59 Keglar*
LCB 20 Harper / 21 Hill / 29 Carr
RCB 31 Finnegan / 30 King
SS 24 Hope / 23 Nickey / 29 Carr
FS
33 Griffin / 22 Fuller

DEFENSE
DLE 91 Geathers / 68 Fanene
DLT 94 Peko / 95 Harris
DRT 97 Thornton / 90 Sims*
DRE 98 Odom / 92 Rucker
SLB 93 Jeanty / 56 Blackstock
MLB 57 Dh.Jones / 51 Mays
WLB 55 Rivers* / 59 B.Johnson
LCB 22 Joseph / 20 Da.Jones / 21 Castille*
RCB 29 Hall / 20 Da.Jones / 21 Castille*
SS 28 Jackson / 41 Ndukwe
FS
26 White / 34 Hebert

DEFENSE
DLE 74 Kampman / 96 Montgomery
DLT 79 Pickett / 90 Cole
DRT 97 Jolly / 77 Jenkins
DRE 77 Jenkins / 94 Gbaja-Biamila / 57 Hunter
SLB 51 Poppinga / 54 Chillar
MLB 56 Barnett / 55 Bishop
WLB 50 Hawk / 59 T.White
LCB 21 Woodson / 27 Blackmon / 22 P. Lee*
RCB 31 Harris / 38 Williams / 24 Bush
SS 20 Bigby / 37 Rouse
FS
36 Collins / 26 Peprah

DEFENSE
DLE 95 DeVries / 97 Alama-Francis
NT 91 Darby / 75 Cody / 98 Cohen*
UT 78 Redding / 79 Moore / 96 Fluellen*
DRE 99 White / 93 C. Smith / 92 Avril
SLB 59 Lewis / 54 Gardner
MLB 53 Lenon / 57 Dizon*
WLB 50 Sims / 55 Nece
LCB 25 Kelly / 23 Kei. Smith
RCB 21 Fisher / 30 Bodden / 38 Robinson
SS 26 D. Smith
FS
42 Alexander / 32 Pearson / 27 Bullocks

SPECIALISTS
P
4 Maynard
PK
9 Gould
H
4 Maynard
PR 23 Hester / 31 Vasher / 85 Bennett*
KR 23 Hester / 38 D. Manning / 81 R. Davis
LS
65 Mannelly / 82 Olsen / 88 Clark
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
7 Baker
PK
4 Kasay / 5 Lloyd
H
7 Baker
PR 84 Jones / 28 Stewart * / 10 Robinson
KR 84 Jones / 10 Robinson
LS
56 Kyle
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
15 Hentrich
PK
2 Bironas
H
15 Hentrich
PR 29 Carr / 17 Davis / 81 Jones
KR 29 Carr / 28 C.Johnson* / 87 Hawkins*
LS
58 Amato
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
19 Larson
PK 17 Graham
H
19 Larson
PR 83 Chatman / 84 Houshmandzadeh
KR 16 Holt / 27 Dorsey / 87 Caldwell*
LS
48 St. Louis
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
6 Frost
PK
2 Crosby
H
6 Frost / 10 Flynn* / 82 Martin
PR 27 Blackmon / 38 Williams / 87 Nelson*
KR 27 Blackmon / 87 Nelson* / 38 Williams
LS
61 Goode* / 75 Moll / 97 Jolly
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
2 Harris
PK
4 Hanson
H
2 Harris
PR 84 McDonald
KR 87 Furrey
LS
48 Muhlbach
* Rookie

BEARS SCHEDULE

PANTHERS SCHEDULE

TITANS SCHEDULE

BENGALS SCHEDULE

PACKERS SCHEDULE

LIONS SCHEDULE

Point spread refers to Chicago

Point spread refers to Carolina

Point spread refers to Tennessee

Point spread refers to Cincinnati

Point spread refers to Green Bay

Point spread refers to Detroit

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 11
Dec. 22
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 8
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 27
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 27
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 20
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 8
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 24
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 22
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 27
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Indianapolis (+10.5)
29-13
At Carolina
Tampa Bay
Philadelphia
At Detroit
At Atlanta
Minnesota
BYE
Detroit
Tennessee
At Green Bay
At St. Louis
At Minnesota
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Green Bay
At Houston

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At San Diego
(+9)
26-24
Chicago
At Minnesota
Atlanta
Kansas City
At Tampa Bay
New Orleans
Arizona
BYE
At Oakland
Detroit
At Atlanta
At Green Bay
Tampa Bay
Denver
At New York Giants
At New Orleans

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Jacksonville
(+3)
17-10
At Cincinnati
Houston
Minnesota
At Baltimore
BYE
At Kansas City
Indianapolis
Green Bay
At Chicago
At Jacksonville
New York Jets
At Detroit
Cleveland
At Houston
Pittsburgh
At Indianapolis

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Baltimore
(-2)
10-17
Tennessee
At New York Giants
Cleveland
At Dallas
At New York Jets
Pittsburgh
BYE
Jacksonville
At Houston
Philadelphia
At Pittsburgh
Baltimore
At Indianapolis
Washington
At Cleveland
Kansas City

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Minnesota
At Detroit
Dallas
At Tampa Bay
Atlanta
At Seattle
Indianapolis
BYE
At Tennessee
At Minnesota
Chicago
At New Orleans
Carolina
Houston
At Jacksonville
At Chicago
Detroit

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Atlanta
(-3)
21-34
Green Bay
At San Francisco
BYE
Chicago
At Minnesota
At Houston
Washington
At Chicago
Jacksonville
At Carolina
Tampa Bay
Tennessee
Minnesota
At Indianapolis
New Orleans
At Green Bay

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Pro Football Weekly

GAME PREVIEWS

WEEK TWO

BILLS
AT
JAGUARS

RAIDERS
AT
CHIEFS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 1 p.m. ET

BILLS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

September 14, 2008

COLTS
AT
VIKINGS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 Noon CT

JAGUARS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

RAIDERS
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 Noon CT

CHIEFS
0-1-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

OVERVIEW The Bills and Jaguars each entered 2008 looking like
postseason crashers, but only the Bills lived up to that billing in Week
One. While the Jags dropped a 17-10 slugfest to the Titans, Buffalo
dismantled the visiting Seahawks 34-10. Second-year QB Trent Edwards has taken to new offensive coordinator Turk Schonerts offense well, and the hard running of Marshawn Lynch will be tested by
a tough Jacksonville front seven. Jacksonville offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter wants to open up the playbook, but injuries in the WR
corps and along the line have him slightly handcuffed. Buffalo has revenge on its mind after getting clobbered 36-14 at Jacksonville in 07.

OVERVIEW One of footballs oldest rivalries is renewed as the

Raiders travel to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Chiefs. K.C.
comes off a tough 17-10 loss to the mighty Patriots, a game in
which each club lost its starting quarterback to injury. Chiefs signalcaller Brodie Croyle suffered an injury to his right (throwing)
shoulder and could be sidelined for a couple of weeks. Damon
Huard (8-of-12 passing for 118 yards, one TD, one interception last
week) would start if Croyle cant play. Oakland had a short week
after facing the Broncos on Monday night. The Chiefs and Raiders
split their two meetings in 2007.

MATCHUP TO WATCH Buffalo WR Lee Evans traditionally has gotten off to a slow start, but he sprinted out of the gate in Week One,
hauling in four catches for 102 yards. One of the fastest receivers in
the league, hell be tested by Jags CB Rashean Mathis. Mathis has
the speed to stay with Evans vertically but can be baited into making
costly mistakes. Mathis tendency to gamble could result in an interception if Edwards locks in on his No. 1 receiver, but it could just as
easily turn into six for Evans if Mathis bites on the head fake or the
stop-and-go.

MATCHUP TO WATCH The Chiefs Dwayne Bowe is one of the

leagues top young receivers, but hell have his hands full with
Raiders CB Nnamdi Asomugha, who has established himself as a
premier shutdown corner. He and Bowe should have plenty of battles in this one. Last year as a rookie, Bowe had seven catches for
147 yards in two contests against Oakland.

COLTS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on artificial turf
Record on artificial turf vs. spread

VIKINGS
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

OVERVIEW For the first time since 2004, the Colts bring an 0-1
mark into Week Two. After being pasted by the Bears, Indy wont
find it any easier against a strong Minnesota club. While good production out of QB Tarvaris Jackson will be gravy for the run-oriented Vikings, the Colts need Peyton Manning to rebound from a
rough Week One and especially need his makeshift O-line to
protect better. Two of the NFLs pre-eminent sack artists in Dwight
Freeney and Jared Allen spearhead defensive units predicated on
generating pressure with their front four Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier was schooled in Tony Dungys Tampa-2 D.
MATCHUP TO WATCH With all the adulation heaped upon Allen, it
can be easy to forget that Kevin Williams and Pat Williams constitute one of the leagues most formidable DT duos. With injuries
ravaging the Colts interior line, Indy trots out an OG-C trio with a
combined 14 NFL starts. If the Williams boys start dominating, RB
Joseph Addai will be asked to stay at home to aid in pass protection, thereby taking away Mannings favorite dump-off option.

BY THE NUMBERS The Bills scored two special-teams touchdowns

in Week One on a punt return and on a pass off a fake field goal.

BY THE NUMBERS The Chiefs have dominated the Raiders over

the past five seasons, beating them in nine of the past 10 meetings. Of those nine Kansas City wins, eight have been by seven
points or fewer. The Chiefs lead the all-time series between the
two teams, with a 51-43-2 record (including playoffs).

BILLS DEPTH CHART

JAGUARS DEPTH CHART

RAIDERS DEPTH CHART

CHIEFS DEPTH CHART

COLTS DEPTH CHART

VIKINGS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE
WR 83 Evans / 11 Parrish / 13 St.Johnson*
OLT 71 Peters / 77 Bell* / 70 Murphy
OLG 66 Dockery / 65 Whittle
C
67 Fowler / 75 Preston
ORG 60 Butler / 75 Preston
ORT 68 Walker / 73 Chambers
TE
84 Royal / 80 Schouman / 86 Fine*
WR 81 Hardy* / 82 Reed
QB
5 Edwards / 7 Losman / 10 Hamdan
RB 23 Lynch / 22 Jackson / 25 Omon*
FB 36 Barnes

OFFENSE
WR 18 M.Jones / 80 Porter / 86 Northcutt
OLT 69 Barnes / 72 Spencer
OLG 67 Manuwai / 77 Nwaneri
C
62 Norman / 77 Nwaneri / 63 Meester
ORG 74 M.Williams / 78 Reyes
ORT 79 Pashos / 72 Spencer
TE
89 Lewis / 83 Estandia / 85 Angulo
WR 11 R.Williams / 84 Williamson / 81 Walker
QB
9 Garrard / 17 Lemon
RB 28 Taylor / 32 Jones-Drew / 34 Washington*
FB 33 G.Jones / 24 Owens

OFFENSE
WR 17 Walker / 15 Higgins
OLT 77 Harris / 75 Henderson
OLG 76 Gallery / 79 McQuistan
C
64 Grove / 71 Wade / 51 Morris
ORG 66 Carlisle / 78 Wakefield
ORT 74 Green / 72 Wand
TE
80 Miller / 85 Madsen
WR 89 Curry / 19 Watkins / 87 Lelie
QB
2 Russell / 16 Walter / 8 Tuiasosopo
RB 25 Fargas / 20 McFadden* / 29 Bush
FB 36 Griffith / 44 Lawton

OFFENSE
WR 82 Bowe / 85 Franklin* / 17 Price
OLT 76 Albert* / 75 Taylor
OLG 54 Waters / 74 W. Smith / 60 De La Puente*
C
64 Niswanger / 74 W. Smith
ORG 73 Jones / 74 W. Smith / 60 De La Puente*
ORT 77 McIntosh / 67 Richardson*
TE
88 Gonzalez
WR 81 Darling / 80 Webb
QB 11 Huard / 4 Thigpen / 12 Croyle
RB 27 L.Johnson / 21 K. Smith / 25 Charles*
TE
87 Cottam* / 84 Foschi

OFFENSE
WR 87 Wayne / 11 Gonzalez / 85 Garcon*
OLT 67 Ugoh / 76 Federkeil
OLG 76 Federkeil / 53 Justice* / 78 Pollak*
C
61 Richard* / 53 Justice* / 63 Saturday
ORG 74 Ch.Johnson / 78 Pollak*
ORT 71 Diem / 72 Hilliard
TE
44 Clark / 47 Robinson
WR 88 Harrison / 83 Hall / 10 Roby
QB 18 Manning / 12 Sorgi
RB 29 Addai / 38 Rhodes / 32 Hart*
TE
84 Tamme* / 86 Santi*

OFFENSE
WR 87 Berrian / 89 Ferguson
OLT 79 Hicks / 72 M.Johnson / 74 McKinnie
OLG 76 Hutchinson
C
78 Birk / 65 Sullivan*
ORG 64 Herrera
ORT 62 Cook / 60 Radovich*
TE
81 Shiancoe / 40 Kleinsasser / 45 Mills
WR 18 Rice / 19 Wade / 84 Allison
QB
7 T.Jackson / 12 Frerotte / 4 Booty*
RB 28 Peterson / 29 Taylor / 43 Hicks
FB 44 Tapeh / 83 Dugan / 38 Tahi

DEFENSE
DLE 90 Kelsay / 92 Denney
DLT 99 Stroud / 97 McCargo
DRT 95 Williams / 91 Sp.Johnson
DRE 94 Schobel / 96 Bryan / 93 Ellis*
SLB 56 Ellison / 54 Costanzo
MLB 51 Posluszny / 52 DiGiorgio
WLB 59 Mitchell / 57 Corto
LCB 33 Greer / 28 McKelvin*
RCB 24 McGee / 26 Youboty / 27 Corner*
SS 20 Whitner / 43 Scott / 29 Wendling
FS
30 Simpson / 37 Wilson

DEFENSE
DLE 95 Spicer / 93 Groves*
DLT 92 Meier / 66 Landri
DRT 98 Henderson / 96 McDaniel / 73 Kennedy
DRE 97 Hayward / 91 Harvey*
SLB 52 Smith / 59 Iwuh
MLB 54 Peterson / 53 T.Williams
WLB 56 Durant / 51 Ingram
LCB 27 Mathis / 31 Starks / 36 Gardner*
RCB 21 Florence / 22 James / 38 Witherspoon*
SS 29 B.Williams / 43 Sensabaugh
FS
25 Nelson / 20 Prioleau

DEFENSE
DLE 98 Richardson / 58 Edwards
DLT 93 Kelly / 90 Sands
DRT 61 Warren / 90 Sands
DRE 56 Burgess / 91 Scott*
SLB 57 Brown / 54 Williams
MLB 52 Morrison
WLB 53 Howard / 55 Alston
LCB 21 Asomugha / 37 Johnson
RCB 23 Hall / 26 Routt
SS 28 Wilson / 33 Branch*
FS
24 Huff / 31 Eugene

DEFENSE
DLE 90 McBride / 70 Boone
DLT 93 Tyler / 95 R. Edwards
DRT 72 Dorsey* / 99 Jackson
DRE 91 Hali / 97 Johnston*
SLB 59 D. Edwards / 53 Williams / 52 Walden*
MLB 55 Thomas / 50 Harris
WLB 56 D.Johnson / 53 Williams / 52 Walden*
LCB 23 Surtain / 39 Carr*
RCB 24 Flowers* / 22 Patterson / 31 Leggett*
SS 49 Pollard / 38 Morgan*
FS
44 Page / 47 McGraw

DEFENSE
DLE 79 Brock / 91 Thomas / 94 Cu.Johnson*
DLT 96 Dawson / 68 Foster* / 95 Reid
DRT 99 E.Johnson / 90 Muir
DRE 93 Freeney / 98 Mathis / 92 Howard*
SLB 55 Session / 50 Wheeler*
MLB 58 Brackett / 52 Davis
WLB 54 Keiaho / 51 Senn*
LCB 26 Hayden / 31 Ratliff
RCB 28 Jackson / 23 Jennings / 20 Hughes
SS 21 Sanders / 43 Giordano
FS
41 Bethea / 33 Bullitt

DEFENSE
DLE 91 Edwards
NT 94 P.Williams / 90 Evans
UT 93 K.Williams / 97 Wyms / 98 Guion*
DRE 69 Allen / 73 Grigsby / 96 Robison
SLB 51 Leber / 58 Herron
MLB 56 E.J. Henderson / 54 Ciurciu
WLB 52 Greenway / 50 Er. Henderson
LCB 26 Winfield / 21 McCauley
RCB 23 Griffin / 41 Gordon / 22 Sapp
SS 42 Sharper / 39 Abdullah
FS
25 T.Johnson* / 37 Frampton

SPECIALISTS
P
8 Moorman
PK
9 Lindell
H
8 Moorman
PR 11 Parrish / 28 McKelvin*
KR 24 McGee / 28 McKelvin*
LS
72 Neill
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
3 Podlesh
PK 10 Scobee
H
3 Podlesh
PR 86 Northcutt
KR 32 Jones-Drew / 38 Witherspoon*
LS
88 Zelenka
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
9 Lechler
PK 11 Janikowski
H
9 Lechler
PR 15 Higgins
KR 15 Higgins / 37 Johnson
LS
59 Condo
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
2 Colquitt
PK
9 Novak
H
2 Colquitt
PR 30 Sams / 29 Savage* / 25 Charles*
KR 29 Savage* / 30 Sams / 25 Charles*
LS
51 Darche
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
17 Smith
PK
4 Vinatieri
H
17 Smith
PR 85 Garcon*
KR 10 Roby
LS
48 Snow
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
5 Kluwe
PK
8 Longwell
H
5 Kluwe / 12 Frerotte
PR 84 Allison
KR 43 M. Hicks / 84 Allison
LS
46 Loeffler
* Rookie

BILLS SCHEDULE

JAGUARS SCHEDULE

RAIDERS SCHEDULE

CHIEFS SCHEDULE

COLTS SCHEDULE

VIKINGS SCHEDULE

Point spread refers to Buffalo

Point spread refers to Jacksonville

Point spread refers to Oakland

Point spread refers to Kansas City

Point spread refers to Indianapolis

Point spread refers to Minnesota

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 17
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Dec. 1
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 18
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 8
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 4
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 27
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 18
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 8
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 6
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Seattle
(-1.5)
34-10
At Jacksonville
Oakland
At St. Louis
At Arizona
BYE
San Diego
At Miami
New York Jets
At New England
Cleveland
At Kansas City
San Francisco
Miami
At New York Jets
At Denver
New England

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Tennessee (-3)
10-17
Buffalo
At Indianapolis
Houston
Pittsburgh
At Denver
BYE
Cleveland
At Cincinnati
At Detroit
Tennessee
Minnesota
At Houston
At Chicago
Green Bay
Indianapolis
At Baltimore

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Denver
At Kansas City
At Buffalo
San Diego
BYE
At New Orleans
New York Jets
At Baltimore
Atlanta
Carolina
At Miami
At Denver
Kansas City
At San Diego
New England
Houston
At Tampa Bay

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At New England (+16)
10-17
Oakland
At Atlanta
Denver
At Carolina
BYE
Tennessee
At New York Jets
Tampa Bay
At San Diego
New Orleans
Buffalo
At Oakland
At Denver
San Diego
Miami
At Cincinnati

BY THE NUMBERS The Vikings have a 2-8 record in their last 10

games vs. the AFC, while the Colts are 8-2 in their last 10 against
NFC teams.

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Chicago
(-10.5)
13-29
At Minnesota
Jacksonville
BYE
At Houston
Baltimore
At Green Bay
At Tennessee
New England
At Pittsburgh
Houston
At San Diego
At Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
At Jacksonville
Tennessee

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Green Bay
Indianapolis
Carolina
At Tennessee
At New Orleans
Detroit
At Chicago
BYE
Houston
Green Bay
At Tampa Bay
At Jacksonville
Chicago
At Detroit
At Arizona
Atlanta
New York Giants

September 14, 2008

Pro Football Weekly

GAME PREVIEWS

WEEK TWO

GIANTS
AT
RAMS

SAINTS
AT
REDSKINS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 Noon CT

GIANTS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on artificial turf
Record on artificial turf vs. spread

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49ERS
AT
SEAHAWKS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 1 p.m. ET

RAMS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

OVERVIEW The Giants came off their win in Super Bowl XLII with a
solid victory in the NFLs kickoff game for the 2008 season. The
Rams, too, picked up where they left off in 07 losing big to the
Eagles in Philadelphia. The St. Louis natives might get restless if the
Rams come out slowly, even if it is against the defending world
champs. QB Marc Bulger struggled to get much going last week,
and it didnt help that OLT Orlando Pace missed the game and the
defense played miserably. Giants QB Eli Manning was mostly effective, and the D played great despite its losses to injury and retirement. The Giants were road warriors in 07, losing in Week One but
ripping off 11 straight away from home. The Rams were miserable in
St. Louis last season, losing 7-of-8 home games.

SAINTS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 1:05 p.m. PT

REDSKINS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

OVERVIEW The Redskins have extra time to review their openinggame loss to the Giants Jim Zorns first game as head coach
in which the offense struggled to find a tempo, establish a rhythm
or put together cohesive drives. Redskins QB Jason Campbell
looked to be out of sync with his receivers, and he never found
anything open downfield, which clogged things up front. The
Saints came out on top of a back-and-forth clash with the divisionrival Buccaneers. The passing game was a hit for the Saints, which
got 112 yards and a TD from Reggie Bush, six catches from TE Jeremy Shockey and long TD passes from Drew Brees to WRs Devery Henderson (84 yards) and David Patten (39).

49ERS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on artificial turf
Record on artificial turf vs. spread

SEAHAWKS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

OVERVIEW Second-half domination by the Cardinals and six

turnovers by the 49ers were the keys in San Franciscos 23-13 opening-week loss to Arizona at home. The Seahawks will be hungry for
some home cooking after a very ragged road performance in their
34-10 opening-week loss in Buffalo. Not only did the Seahawks have
all kinds of problems on offense, but the special-teams unit surrendered touchdowns on a 63-yard punt return and a fake field goal. An
already injury-plagued offense lost Maurice Morris, their No. 1 running back entering Week One, and Nate Burleson, their No. 1 receiver, to knee injuries (check status).
MATCHUP TO WATCH The 49ers offensive line, which allowed
four sacks in Week One, will have to do a much better job against
Seattle's pass rush than it did last season, when it gave up a combined nine sacks in a pair of convincing victories by the Seahawks.
Pay particular attention to the matchup between Seahawks DLE
Patrick Kerney, the NFCs leading sacker last season, and Niners
ORT Jonas Jennings.

MATCHUP TO WATCH The Rams allowed the Eagles to gain 522

yards last week, and the D-line was bad. DT Adam Carriker and DE
Chris Long, the teams top draft picks the past two years, did next
to nothing against Philly. The Giants O-line might be the strength
of their team, so look for them to impose their will against the
overmatched Rams.

MATCHUP TO WATCH Bush had one of his best all-around

games, totalling 163 yards on 23 touches. He had a 26-yard run
and a 42-yard catch both of which eclipsed his season highs
from 2007. The Redskins struggled to contain the Giants RB
combo of Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward, but the assignment
of shutting down Bush is far different. Most teams treat him as a
receiver, so it will be interesting to see how the Redskins cover him.

BY THE NUMBERS The Rams had almost twice as many penalty

yards (66) last week as they did rushing yards (36).

BY THE NUMBERS The Saints need to tighten up their run defense after allowing 146 yards to the Bucs on 20 carries.

BY THE NUMBERS The 49ers offense managed more than 17

points on the road last season only once and scored seven or
fewer points twice, including a 24-0 loss at Seattle in Week 10.

GIANTS DEPTH CHART

RAMS DEPTH CHART

SAINTS DEPTH CHART

REDSKINS DEPTH CHART

49ERS DEPTH CHART

SEAHAWKS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE
WR 17 Burress / 87 Hixon / 82 Manningham*
OLT 66 Diehl / 77 Boothe
OLG 69 Seubert / 65 Ruegamer
C
60 OHara / 65 Ruegamer
ORG 76 Snee / 77 Boothe
ORT 67 McKenzie / 61 Koets
TE
89 Boss / 88 Matthews / 84 D.Johnson
WR 81 Toomer / 12 Smith / 83 Moss
QB 10 E. Manning / 2 Wright / 8 Carr
RB 27 Jacobs / 34 Ward / 44 Bradshaw
FB 39 Hedgecock

OFFENSE
WR 81 Holt / 82 D. Hall / 17 Avery*
OLT 76 Pace / 73 Goldberg
OLG 63 Bell / 67 Schuening*
C
60 Leckey / 65 Romberg
ORG 68 Incognito / 79 Greco*
ORT 70 Barron / 79 Greco*
TE
84 McMichael / 87 Becht / 88 Klopfenstein
WR 83 Bennett / 89 Looker / 14 Burton*
QB 10 Bulger / 12 Green / 13 Berlin
RB 39 Jackson / 30 Pittman / 22 Minor
FB 23 Leonard / 36 Kreider

OFFENSE
WR 12 Colston / 16 Moore
OLT 70 Brown / 74 Bushrod
OLG 67 Nesbit / 77 Nicks*
C
76 Goodwin / 68 Lehr
ORG 73 Evans
ORT 78 Stinchcomb / 64 Strief
TE
88 Shockey / 83 Miller / 80 Campbell
WR 81 Patten / 19 Henderson / 17 Meachem
QB
9 Brees / 11 Brunell
RB 25 Bush / 26 McAllister / 27 Stecker
FB 44 Karney

OFFENSE
WR 89 Moss / 83 Thrash / 12 Kelly*
OLT 60 Samuels / 75 Rinehart*
OLG 66 Kendall / 76 Jansen
C
61 Rabach / 68 Geisinger
ORG 77 Thomas / 69 Fabini
ORT 74 Heyer / 76 Jansen
TE
47 Cooley / 86 Davis*
WR 82 Randle El / 11 Thomas*
QB 17 J. Campbell / 15 Collins / 5 Brennan*
RB 26 Portis / 46 Betts / 31 Cartwright
FB 45 Sellers

OFFENSE
WR 82 Johnson / 84 Morgan* / 89 J. Hill
OLT 74 Staley / 65 Sims
OLG 68 Snyder / 64 Baas
C
66 Heitmann / 59 Wallace*
ORG 69 Wragge / 62 Rachal*
ORT 75 J.Jennings / 65 Sims
TE
85 Davis / 46 Walker / 47 Bajema
WR 88 Bruce / 83 Battle
QB 14 OSullivan / 13 S. Hill / 11 A. Smith
RB 21 Gore / 29 Foster / 24 Robinson
FB 45 Keasey

OFFENSE
WR 81 Burleson / 82 Kent / 19 Payne
OLT 71 W.Jones / 77 Womack
OLG 68 Wahle / 77 Womack
C
65 Spencer / 69 Vallos
ORG 67 Sims / 66 Wrotto
ORT 75 Locklear / 74 Willis
TE
89 Carlson* / 85 Heller / 88 Putzier
WR 86 Taylor / 83 Branch / 84 Engram
QB
8 Hasselbeck / 15 S.Wallace / 5 Frye
RB 20 Morris / 22 J.Jones / 45 Duckett
FB 43 Weaver / 35 Schmitt*

DEFENSE
DLE 91 Tuck / 99 Wynn / 95 McDougle
NT 96 Cofield
DT 98 Robbins / 93 Alford
DRE 97 Kiwanuka / 71 Tollefson
SLB 55 Clark / 51 DeOssie
MLB 58 Pierce / 57 Blackburn / 54 Goff*
WLB 59 Wilkinson / 53 Kehl*
LCB 31 Ross / 35 Dockery / 30 Thomas*
RCB 23 Webster / 29 Madison / 25 McQuarters
SS 37 Butler / 26 Knight
FS
20 M.Johnson / 21 Phillips*

DEFENSE
DLE 91 Little / 94 Adeyanju
UT 97 Glover / 94 Adeyanju
NT 90 Carriker / 95 Ryan
DRE 72 Long* / 96 J. Hall / 92 Moore
SLB 53 Culberson / 52 Draft / 58 Vobora*
MLB 51 Witherspoon / 52 Draft / 55 Stills
WLB 50 Tinoisamoa / 57 Chamberlain*
LCB 26 Hill / 24 Bartell / 27 Manning
RCB 34 F. Brown / 34 Bartell / 20 Wade
SS 25 Chavous / 25 Johnson
FS
21 Atogwe / 42 Condren

DEFENSE
DLE 94 Grant
NT 71 Clancy / 66 B.Young
UT 98 Ellis* / 96 Lake
DRE 91 Smith / 93 McCray
SLB 55 Fujita / 54 Evans
MLB 51 Vilma / 53 Simoneau
WLB 58 Shanle / 53 Simoneau
LCB 34 McKenzie / 21 Craft / 42 David
RCB 20 Gay / 22 Porter* / 28 U.Young
SS 41 Harper / 39 Reis
FS
43 Kaesviharn / 29 Bullocks

DEFENSE
DLE 55 Taylor / 95 Wilson / 78 James
DLT 96 Griffin / 79 Alexander
DRT 64 Golston / 94 Montgomery
DRE 99 Carter / 92 Evans / 98 Jackson*
SLB 53 Washington / 51 Fincher
MLB 59 Fletcher / 54 Blades
WLB 52 McIntosh / 50 K. Campbell
LCB 24 Springs / 29 Torrence
RCB 22 Rogers / 27 Smoot / 20 Tryon*
SS 37 Doughty / 39 Fox / 41 Moore*
FS
30 Landry / 48 Horton*

DEFENSE
DLE 90 Sopoaga / 96 Balmer*
NT 92 Franklin / 93 Fields
DRE 94 J. Smith / 91 McDonald
OLB 99 Lawson / 95 Banta-Cain
ILB 53 Ulbrich / 51 Spikes
ILB 52 Willis / 55 Brooks
OLB 98 Haralson / 54 Green
LCB 22 Clements / 30 Strickland / 25 Brown
RCB 27 Harris / 36 Spencer / 23 Hudson
SS 32 M. Lewis / 28 K. Lewis
FS
26 Roman / 38 Goldson

DEFENSE
DLE 97 Kerney / 59 Atkins
DLT 92 Mebane / 94 Green / 79 Bryant*
DRT 99 Bernard / 93 Terrill
DRE 95 Jackson* / 55 Tapp / 52 Babin
OLB 56 Hill / 58 Lewis / 50 Laury
MLB 51 Tatupu / 58 Lewis / 59 Hawthorne*
OLB 98 Peterson / 58 Lewis
LCB 23 Trufant / 32 Hobbs
RCB 21 Jennings / 26 Wilson
SS 24 Grant / 27 Babineaux
FS
25 Russell / 39 C.J.Wallace

SPECIALISTS
P
18 Feagles
PK
5 Carney / 9 Tynes
H
18 Feagles
PR 25 McQuarters / 44 Bradshaw / 87 Hixon
KR 44 Bradshaw / 87 Hixon / 34 Ward
LS
51 DeOssie / 93 Alford
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
5 Jones
PK
2 J. Brown
H
5 Jones / 89 Looker
PR 82 D. Hall / 16 B.Williams / 15 Hagans
KR 82 D. Hall / 17 Avery*
LS
82 D. Hall / 17 Avery*
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
7 Weatherford
PK
1 Gramatica
H
7 Weatherford
PR 25 Bush / 16 Moore
KR 23 Thomas / 27 Stecker
LS
47 Houser
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
14 Brooks*
PK
6 Suisham
H
14 Brooks*
PR 82 Randle El / 83 Thrash / 89 Moss
KR 31 Cartwright / 83 Thrash / 46 Betts
LS
67 Albright
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
4 Lee
PK
6 Nedney
H
4 Lee / 83 Battle
PR 20 Rossum / 83 Battle / 22 Clements
KR 20 Rossum / 46 Walker / 24 Robinson
LS
86 B.Jennings / 47 Bajema
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
1 Plackemeier
PK 10 Mare / 7 Coutu*
H
1 Plackemeier / 8 Hasselbeck
PR 25 Wilson / 30 Forsett*
KR 25 Wilson / 30 Forsett*
LS
49 Robinson
* Rookie

GIANTS SCHEDULE

RAMS SCHEDULE

SAINTS SCHEDULE

REDSKINS SCHEDULE

49ERS SCHEDULE

SEAHAWKS SCHEDULE

Point spread refers to New York

Point spread refers to St. Louis

Point spread refers to New Orleans

Point spread refers to Washington

Point spread refers to San Francisco

Point spread refers to Seattle

DATE
Sept. 4
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 13
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 6
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 24
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 11
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 4
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 3
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 10
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 27
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Washington
(-5)
16-7
At St. Louis
Cincinnati
BYE
Seattle
At Cleveland
San Francisco
At Pittsburgh
Dallas
At Philadelphia
Baltimore
At Arizona
At Washington
Philadelphia
At Dallas
Carolina
At Minnesota

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Philadelphia (+8.5)
3-38
New York Giants
At Seattle
Buffalo
BYE
At Washington
Dallas
At New England
Arizona
At New York Jets
At San Francisco
Chicago
Miami
At Arizona
Seattle
San Francisco
At Atlanta

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Tampa Bay
(-3)
24-20
At Washington
At Denver
San Francisco
Minnesota
Oakland
At Carolina
San Diego
BYE
At Atlanta
At Kansas City
Green Bay
At Tampa Bay
Atlanta
At Chicago
At Detroit
Carolina

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At N.Y. Giants (+5)
7-16
New Orleans
Arizona
At Dallas
At Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
At Detroit
Pittsburgh
BYE
Dallas
At Seattle
New York Giants
At Baltimore
At Cincinnati
Philadelphia
At San Francisco

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Arizona
(+2.5)
13-23
At Seattle
Detroit
At New Orleans
New England
Philadelphia
At New York Giants
Seattle
BYE
At Arizona
St. Louis
At Dallas
At Buffalo
New York Jets
At Miami
At St. Louis
Washington

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Buffalo
(+1.5)
10-34
San Francisco
St. Louis
BYE
At New York Giants
Green Bay
At Tampa Bay
At San Francisco
Philadelphia
At Miami
Arizona
Washington
At Dallas
New England
At St. Louis
New York Jets
At Arizona

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Pro Football Weekly

GAME PREVIEWS
FALCONS
AT
BUCCANEERS
GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

WEEK TWO

DOLPHINS
AT
CARDINALS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 4:05 p.m. ET

FALCONS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

September 14, 2008

CHARGERS
AT
BRONCOS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 2:15 p.m. MT

BUCS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

OVERVIEW The Falcons are riding high after a surprising Week

One knockout of the Lions, but they should face a more difficult
test against the Bucs. Tampa Bays defense, which many expected
to be one of the leagues best units, struggled last week, allowing
438 yards to the Saints, and it will have to do a much better job
against Atlanta.
MATCHUP TO WATCH Bucs MLB Barrett Ruud flows to the ball
with good speed and control, but hell be challenged by the Falcons potent 1-2 punch in the running game. If he can chase down
Turner and Jerious Norwood before they break loose for long
gains, that will increase the pressure on Ryan to produce through
the air in his first regular-season road game. The two backs have
very different styles, which should make Ruuds task even tougher.
Turner, at 244 pounds, has the size and strength to overpower
Ruud, who weighs 241 pounds. Norwood is one of the NFLs fastest
players and will be tough for Ruud to bring down in the open field.
BY THE NUMBERS In two wins over the Falcons last season, the
Bucs outscored Atlanta 68-10. Tampa Bay has defeated Atlanta
in five of the last seven games between the teams, with the two
losses being three-point decisions in 2005.

DOLPHINS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 2:15 p.m. MT

CARDINALS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0

OVERVIEW The upstart Dolphins bring an 0-1 record into University of Phoenix Stadium after falling short in their upset bid against
the Jets in Week One. The Cardinals forced six turnovers and
pulled out a tough 23-13 victory over the 49ers. Although the
Cards boast a talent edge, the teams are philosophically similar.
Both are led by run-oriented head coaches and utilize hybrid 3-4
defenses. Additionally, each teams supposedly past-his-prime
quarterback Kurt Warner for the Cardinals and Chad Pennington for the Dolphins proved he still has the touch in efficient, if
not inspiring, Week One performances.
MATCHUP TO WATCH For Miami to escape the desert with a win,
undersized CBs Will Allen and Andr Goodman must play big
against Arizonas tall, physical WRs Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan
Boldin, one of the NFLs top WR duos. Fitzgeralds body control
and leaping ability help him box out and outleap smaller corners.
Boldin punishes corners with a bullish style. However, nobody will
outmuscle Allen, whos not intimidated by anyone on the gridiron.

CHARGERS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

BRONCOS
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

OVERVIEW Reeling from their last-second loss to the Panthers,

San Diego looks to get back on track against a team it has owned in
recent years. The Chargers have won their last four meetings
against the Broncos, outscoring them 147-53. Denver had serious
trouble slowing down the run on defense last season, allowing an
average 142.6 rushing yards per game. If those woes continue,
LaDainian Tomlinson could carry the Chargers to a lopsided victory.
MATCHUP TO WATCH Broncos WR Brandon Marshall vs. the
Chargers secondary. San Diego struggled to slow down the Panthers aerial attack last week, even with Carolinas best receiver,
Steve Smith, out serving a suspension. If those problems arent
corrected, Marshall could be in for a big debut as he returns from a
suspension. Denver had a hard time scoring points against San
Diego last season (three points in each game), but Marshall still
was able to put together two solid outings, with 13 catches for 147
yards. Broncos QB Jay Cutler (three interceptions, zero TDs vs.
San Diego in 07) will be looking to connect with Marshall early and
often.

BY THE NUMBERS The Cardinals have been favored by more than

six points five times the past 10 years. Theyve won 4-of-5 straightup but failed to cover in all five.

BY THE NUMBERS The Broncos have won eight straight home

openers. San Diego is 1-4 in Week Two the past five seasons.

FALCONS DEPTH CHART

BUCCANEERS DEPTH CHART

DOLPHINS DEPTH CHART

CARDINALS DEPTH CHART

CHARGERS DEPTH CHART

BRONCOS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE
WR 12 Jenkins / 19 Robinson
OLT 72 Baker* / 76 Ojinnaka
OLG 63 Blalock / 67 Wilkerson
C
62 McClure / 69 Stepanovich / 67 Wilkerson
ORG 73 Dahl / 77 Clabo
ORT 77 Clabo / 74 Weiner
TE
89 Hartsock / 88 Milner / 87 Peelle
WR 84 White / 83 Douglas* / 86 Finneran
QB
2 Ryan* / 8 Redman / 3 Shockley
RB 33 Turner / 32 Norwood / 44 Snelling
FB 34 Mughelli

OFFENSE
WR 84 Galloway / 85 Stovall / 10 D.Jackson*
OLT 70 Penn / 69 A. Davis
OLG 78 Sears
C
52 Faine / 79 Mahan
ORG 76 Zuttah* / 75 Joseph
ORT 65 Trueblood / 79 Lee
TE
81 Smith / 88 Gilmore / 83 Troupe
WR 89 Bryant / 19 Hilliard / 80 Clayton
QB
7 Garcia / 8 Griese / 12 McCown
RB 34 Graham / 28 Dunn / 29 Bennett
FB 35 Askew / 44 Storer

OFFENSE
WR 19 Ginn / 15 Bess* / 18 Wilford
OLT 77 Long* / 68 Ndukwe
OLG 65 Smiley / 61 Murphy*
C
64 Satele / 57 Alleman
ORG 66 D.Thomas* / 61 Murphy*
ORT 72 Carey / 75 Garner*
TE
81 Fasano / 88 Martin / 89 Ryan
WR 83 Camarillo / 82 Hagan / 17 London
QB 10 Pennington / 7 Henne* / 9 Beck
RB 34 Williams / 23 Brown / 38 Cobbs
FB 46 Grigsby

OFFENSE
WR 11 Fitzgerald / 85 Urban / 87 Morey
OLT 69 Gandy / 72 Keith*
OLG 74 Wells / 81 E. Brown
C
63 Sendlein / 70 Ross
ORG 76 Lutui / 61 E. Brown
ORT 75 L. Brown / 68 Vallejo
TE
82 Pope / 89 Patrick / 84 Tuman
WR 81 Boldin / 15 Breaston / 80 Doucet*
QB 13 Warner / 7 Leinart / 2 St. Pierre
RB 32 James / 34 Hightower* / 28 Arrington
FB 45 T. Smith / 46 Castille

OFFENSE
WR 89 Chambers / 84 Davis / 80 Floyd
OLT 73 McNeill / 70 Shelton
OLG 68 Dielman / 67 Forney
C
62 Newberry / 63 Mruczkowski / 61 Hardwick
ORG 79 Goff / 63 Mruczkowski
ORT 66 Clary / 70 Shelton / 75 Clark*
TE
85 Gates / 86 Manumaleuna / 88 Wilson
WR 83 Jackson / 11 Naanee / 81 Osgood
QB 17 Rivers / 7 Volek / 6 Whitehurst
RB 21 Tomlinson / 43 Sproles / 22 Hester*
FB 35 Tolbert* / 22 Hester*

OFFENSE
WR 15 Marshall / 13 Colbert
OLT 78 Clady* / 76 Polumbus*
OLG 50 Hamilton / 67 Lichtensteiger*
C
62 Wiegmann / 66 Nalen
ORG 73 Kuper / 67 Lichtensteiger*
ORT 74 Harris / 64 Pears
TE
89 Graham / 88 Scheffler / 81 N.Jackson
WR 19 Royal* / 82 D.Jackson / 14 Stokley
QB
6 Cutler / 11 Ramsey
RB 35 Young / 23 Hall / 28 Pittman
FB 48 Hillis* / 28 Pittman

DEFENSE
DLE 98 J.Anderson / 75 Fraser
NT 91 G.Jackson / 99 Jefferson
UT 95 Babineaux / 94 Moorehead
DRE 55 Abraham / 92 Davis
SLB 59 Boley / 54 Nicholas
MLB 50 Lofton* / 51 Gilbert
WLB 56 Brooking / 52 Wire
LCB 20 Grimes / 22 C.Jackson*
RCB 23 Houston / 30 Irons
SS 36 Milloy / 41 Harris
FS
26 Coleman / 28 DeCoud*

DEFENSE
DLE 93 Carter / 91 White
DLT 95 Hovan / 96 Peterson
DRT 71 Haye / 98 Sims
DRE 90 Adams / 97 Wilkerson
SLB 59 June / 58 Black
MLB 51 Ruud / 57 Hayward / 41 McCoy
WLB 55 Brooks / 54 Hayes*
LCB 31 Buchanon / 25 Talib*
RCB 20 Barber / 43 Mack*
SS 23 Phillips / 21 Piscitelli
FS
36 T.Jackson / 26 Allen

DEFENSE
DLE 70 Langford* / 94 Starks / 90 Wright
NT 95 Ferguson / 96 Soliai
DRE 91 Holliday / 97 Merling* / 71 Dotson*
OLB 55 Porter / 56 Anderson
LILB 52 Crowder / 53 Torbor
RILB 51 Ayodele / 53 Torbor
OLB 98 Roth / 74 Moses
LCB 25 W.Allen / 22 Lehan
RCB 21 Goodman / 33 Jones
SS 37 Bell / 24 Hill
FS
20 Crocker / 32 J.Allen

DEFENSE
DLE 94 A. Smith / 91 Iwebema*
NT 97 B. Robinson / 78 Branch / 98 Watson
DT 90 Dockett / 93 Campbell*
DRE 55 LaBoy / 92 Berry
SLB 56 Okeafor / 53 Haggans
MLB 54 Hayes / 52 Beisel
WLB 58 Dansby / 95 Highsmith*
LCB 26 Hood / 29 Rodgers-Cromartie*
RCB 25 Green / 20 R. Brown
SS 24 Wilson / 47 Francisco
FS
21 Rolle / 22 Ware

DEFENSE
DLE 99 Olshansky / 97 Bingham
NT 76 Williams / 97 Bingham / 91 McKinney
DRE 93 Castillo / 74 Cesaire
OLB 95 Phillips / 92 Harris
ILB 58 Smith / 53 Waters
ILB 57 Wilhelm / 51 Dobbins / 59 Siler
OLB 56 Merriman / 94 Tucker
LCB 23 Jammer / 24 Gordon
RCB 31 Cromartie / 20 Cason* / 29 Tribble*
SS 42 Hart / 28 Gregory
FS
32 Weddle / 27 Oliver

DEFENSE
DLE 60 Engelberger / 96 Crowder / 91 Ekuban
DLT 63 Robertson / 90 Peterson
DRT 79 Thomas / 95 Shaw
DRE 92 Dumervil / 94 Moss
SLB 97 B. Bailey / 52 Green
MLB 58 Webster / 53 Koutouvides
WLB 55 D.Williams / 51 Winborn
LCB 24 C. Bailey / 26 J.Williams*
RCB 32 Bly / 41 Paymah
SS 33 Manuel / 21 Abdullah
FS
20 McCree / 37 Lowry

SPECIALISTS
P
9 Koenen
PK
1 Elam
H
9 Koenen
PR 81 Jennings / 83 Douglas*
KR 32 Norwood / 81 Jennings
LS
46 Schneck
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
9 Bidwell
PK
3 Bryant
H
9 Bidwell
PR 10 D.Jackson*
KR 10 D.Jackson*
LS
48 Economos
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
2 Fields
PK
5 Carpenter*
H
2 Fields
PR 19 Ginn
KR 19 Ginn
LS
92 Denney
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
9 D.Johnson
PK
1 Rackers
H
9 D.Johnson / 87 Morey
PR 15 Breaston / 21 Rolle / 26 Hood
KR 15 Breaston / 28 Arrington / 87 Morey
LS
48 Hodel / 84Tuman
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
5 Scifres
PK 10 Kaeding
H
5 Scifres
PR 43 Sproles / 31 Cromartie / 84 Davis
KR 43 Sproles / 31 Cromartie / 84 Davis
LS
50 Binn
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
1 Kern*
PK
5 Prater
H
1 Kern*
PR 19 Royal* / 82 D.Jackson
KR 19 Royal* / 23 Hall
LS
83 Leach
* Rookie

FALCONS SCHEDULE

BUCCANEERS SCHEDULE

DOLPHINS SCHEDULE

CARDINALS SCHEDULE

CHARGERS SCHEDULE

BRONCOS SCHEDULE

Point spread refers to Atlanta

Point spread refers to Tampa Bay

Point spread refers to Miami

Point spread refers to Arizona

Point spread refers to San Diego

Point spread refers to Denver

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 8
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 10
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 27
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 22
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 4
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 8
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 20
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 6
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Detroit
(+3)
34-21
At Tampa Bay
Kansas City
At Carolina
At Green Bay
Chicago
BYE
At Philadelphia
At Oakland
New Orleans
Denver
Carolina
At San Diego
At New Orleans
Tampa Bay
At Minnesota
St. Louis

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At New Orleans (+3)
20-24
Atlanta
At Chicago
Green Bay
At Denver
Carolina
Seattle
At Dallas
At Kansas City
BYE
Minnesota
At Detroit
New Orleans
At Carolina
At Atlanta
San Diego
Oakland

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

New York Jets (+3)
14-20
At Arizona
At New England
BYE
San Diego
At Houston
Baltimore
Buffalo
At Denver
Seattle
Oakland
New England
At St. Louis
At Buffalo
San Francisco
At Kansas City
At New York Jets

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At San Francisco(-2.5)
23-13
Miami
At Washington
At New York Jets
Buffalo
Dallas
BYE
At Carolina
At St. Louis
San Francisco
At Seattle
New York Giants
At Philadelphia
St. Louis
Minnesota
At New England
Seattle

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Carolina
(-9)
24-26
At Denver
New York Jets
At Oakland
At Miami
New England
At Buffalo
At New Orleans
BYE
Kansas City
At Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Oakland
At Kansas City
At Tampa Bay
Denver

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Oakland
San Diego
New Orleans
At Kansas City
Tampa Bay
Jacksonville
At New England
BYE
Miami
At Cleveland
At Atlanta
Oakland
At New York Jets
Kansas City
At Carolina
Buffalo
At San Diego

September 14, 2008

Pro Football Weekly

GAME PREVIEWS

WEEK TWO

RAVENS
AT
TEXANS

STEELERS
AT
BROWNS

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 3:15 p.m. CT

RAVENS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

27

EAGLES
AT
COWBOYS

Sunday, Sept. 14. 2008 8:15 p.m. ET

TEXANS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

OVERVIEW The Texans season opened with a thud, as Pittsburgh

thoroughly dominated Houston in a 38-17 thrashing. Texans QB
Matt Schaub was sacked five times and threw two interceptions
and likely will face heavy pressure from an aggressive Ravens defense that rattled Bengals QB Carson Palmer en route to an upset
of Cincinnati. The Ravens offense figures to again be heavily dependent on the running game; RB Ray Rice and FB LeRon McClain
combined for 41 carries and 150 yards in Week One. Starting RB
Willis McGahee (knee) suited up but didnt play in the opener, and
his status for Week Two is up in the air. Ravens rookie QB Joe
Flacco is likely to get another start. He threw for only 129 yards in
his debut but did not turn the ball over.
MATCHUP TO WATCH One of the few bright spots in the Texans
loss at Pittsburgh was the play of DRE Mario Williams, who picked
up where he left off in 07, notching two sacks and forcing a fumble.
Ravens OLT Jared Gaither will have his hands full with Williams, so
expect Baltimore to give Gaither some help in pass protection.

STEELERS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on natural turf
Record on natural turf vs. spread

Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 7:30 p.m. CT

BROWNS
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0

EAGLES
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

GAME PROFILE
Season record
Season record vs. spread
Road/home record
Road/home record vs. spread
Record on artificial turf
Record on artificial turf vs. spread

COWBOYS
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0

OVERVIEW The Steelers overwhelmed the Texans in Week One

and have a chance to put the Browns two games back in the AFC
North race with a win at Cleveland. Pittsburgh has dominated this
series of late, winning nine straight dating back to 2003. The Steelers simply have been too strong for the Browns on both sides of
the ball, and they again might have an edge if the Week One results
for both clubs are any indication. In a humbling opening-week loss
to Dallas, the Browns couldnt muster much of a pass rush and
couldnt slow the Cowboys running game. On offense, the Browns
were out of rhythm, especially in the passing game.

OVERVIEW This game pits two of the more impressive teams in

the first week of the season. The Cowboys are the favorites in the
NFC to make the Super Bowl, but the Eagles showed in Week One
that they deserve major respect, too. These fierce rivals have
played some big games the past few seasons, with the Eagles winning three of the past four meetings. Eagles QB Donovan McNabb
and Cowboys QB Tony Romo could be MVP candidates, but dont
forget about amazing talents like Eagles RB Brian Westbrook and
Cowboys WR Terrell Owens. Dallas RB Marion Barber is questionable after suffering cartilage damage in his ribs.

MATCHUP TO WATCH Steelers ROLB James Harrison (three

sacks, forced fumble in Week One) and LOLB LaMarr Woodley
(sack, interception) vs. Browns OLT Joe Thomas and ORT Kevin
Shaffer. The Browns tackles need to keep Harrison and Woodley
from collapsing the pocket around QB Derek Anderson, who completed only 11-of-24 passes for 114 yards vs. Dallas.

MATCHUP TO WATCH McNabb faces a Cowboys D that pretty

much dismantled the Browns offense last week. The Browns
gained only 114 yards through the air on 25 pass plays as the Cowboys provided consistent pressure and solid coverage.

BY THE NUMBERS The Texans won Schaubs first two starts last
season but have only won two of his 10 starts since. The Ravens
longest pass in Week One went for 15 yards.

BY THE NUMBERS Steelers RB Willie Parker, who rushed for 138

yards and three TDs in Week One, has rushed for 613 yards and
three scores on 117 carries in five career starts vs. Cleveland.
The Steelers held Browns WR Braylon Edwards to 4-65-1 in 07.

BY THE NUMBERS With starting WRs Kevin Curtis and Reggie

Brown out injured last week, the WR trio of DeSean Jackson (6106), Greg Lewis (5-104) and Hank Baskett (2-102) helped the Eagles become the first NFL team to have three 100-yard receivers
since the Chiefs (Tony Gonzalez, Derrick Alexander, Sylvester Morris) did so in a 49-31 loss to the Raiders on Nov. 5, 2000.

RAVENS DEPTH CHART

TEXANS DEPTH CHART

STEELERS DEPTH CHART

BROWNS DEPTH CHART

EAGLES DEPTH CHART

COWBOYS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE
WR 89 Clayton / 87 D.Williams
OLT 71 Gaither / 78 Terry / 64 Cousins*
OLG 66 Grubbs / 65 Chester / 76 Hale*
C
60 Brown / 65 Chester
ORG 73 Yanda / 65 Chester
ORT 78 Terry / 79 Anderson / 74 Kracalik
TE
86 Heap / 83 Wilcox / 84 E.Jones
WR 85 Mason / 16 Figurs / 81 Ma. Smith*
QB
5 Flacco* / 2 Bouman / 10 T. Smith
RB 23 McGahee / 27 Rice* / 37 L. McClain
FB 37 McClain / 42 Neal

OFFENSE
WR 80 A.Johnson / 11 Davis
OLT 76 D. Brown* / 74 Salaam
OLG 69 Pitts / 64 Studdard
C
55 Myers / 63 White / 65 Brisiel
ORG 65 Brisiel / 63 White
ORT 73 Winston / 78 Butler / 75 Frye
TE
81 Daniels / 87 Bruener / 85 Dreessen
WR 83 Walter / 12 Jones / 89 Anderson
QB
8 Schaub / 18 Rosenfels
RB 30 Green / 20 Slaton* / 27 Taylor
FB 44 Leach / 27 Taylor

OFFENSE
SE 86 Ward / 85 Washington
OLT 77 M. Smith / 79 Essex / 66 Hills*
OLG 68 Kemoeatu / 72 Stapleton
C
62 Hartwig / 72 Stapleton
ORG 73 Simmons / 72 Stapleton
ORT 74 Colon / 78 Starks
TE
83 Miller / 89 Spaeth / 49 McHugh
FL
10 Holmes / 14 Sweed*/ 81 Baker
QB
7 Roethlisberger / 4 Leftwich / 2 Dixon*
RB 39 Parker / 34 Mendenhall* / 21 Moore / 33 Russell
FB 38 Davis

OFFENSE
WR 18 Stallworth / 16 Cribbs
OLT 73 Thomas / 77 Shaffer
OLG 65 Steinbach / 70 Hadnot / 61 Sowells
C
66 Fraley / 70 Hadnot
ORG 72 Tucker / 68 McKinney / 70 Hadnot
ORT 77 Shaffer / 61 Sowells
TE
80 Winslow / 82 Heiden
WR 17 Edwards / 89 Hubbard* / 12 Steptoe
QB
3 Anderson / 10 Quinn / 11 Dorsey
RB 31 Lewis / 29 Wright / 35 Harrison
FB 47 Vickers / 41 Ali

OFFENSE
WR 84 Baskett / 81 Avant / 80 Curtis
OLT 72 T.Thomas / 74 Justice
OLG 79 Herremans / 68 McGlynn*
C
67 J.Jackson / 59 N. Cole
ORG 73 Andrews / 62 Jean-Gilles
ORT 69 Runyan / 74 Justice
TE
82 L.J. Smith / 87 Celek / 89 Schobel
WR 10 D.Jackson* / 86 R. Brown / 83 G. Lewis
QB
5 McNabb / 4 Kolb / 14 Feeley
RB 36 Westbrook / 28 Buckhalter / 25 Booker
FB 29 Hunt

OFFENSE
WR 81 Owens / 17 Hurd / 19 Austin
OLT 76 Adams / 68 Free
OLG 71 Procter / 64 Holland / 63 Kosier
C
65 Gurode / 71 Procter
ORG 70 Davis / 67 Berger
ORT 75 Colombo / 77 McQuistan
TE
82 Witten / 89 Curtis / 80 Bennett*
WR 84 Crayton / 86 Stanback / 85 Jefferson
QB
9 Romo / 14 B.Johnson
RB 24 Barber / 28 F.Jones* / 29 Choice*
FB 34 Anderson

DEFENSE
DLE 90 Pryce / 91 Douglas
NT 97 Gregg / 94 Bannan / 96 Divens*
DRE 92 Ngata / 94 Bannan
LOLB 95 Johnson / 53 J. McClain*
LILB 52 Lewis / 56 Gooden* / 59 Greisen
RILB 57 Scott / 50 Barnes
ROLB 55 Suggs / 50 Barnes
LCB 21 McAlister / 41 Walker / 35 Ivy
RCB 22 Rolle / 31 Washington / 29 Martin
SS 26 Landry / 25 Zbikowski* / 43 Nakamura*
FS
20 Reed / 36 Leonhard

DEFENSE
DLE 98 Weaver / 94 Kalu / 96 Cochran
DLT 91 Okoye / 66 De. Robinson
DRT 99 T.Johnson / 92 Zgonina / 97 Okam
DRE 90 Williams / 93 Bulman
SLB 54 Diles / 51 Thompson
MLB 59 Ryans / 57 Bentley
WLB 56 Greenwood / 52 Adibi*
LCB 32 Bennett / 28 Molden*
RCB 35 Reeves / 38 Faggins
SS 24 C.C. Brown / 34 Barber*
FS
47 Demps / 25 Ferguson / 31 Harrison

DEFENSE
DLE 91 Aa. Smith / 90 Kirschke / 96 Roye
NT 98 Hampton / 76 Hoke
DRE 99 Keisel / 93 Eason
LOLB 56 Woodley / 53 Davis*
LILB 51 Farrior / 57 Fox
RILB 50 Foote / 94 Timmons
ROLB 92 Harrison / 54 Frazier / 95 Woods*
LCB 24 Taylor / 22 Gay / 37 Madison
RCB 26 Townsend / 20 McFadden
SS 43 Polamalu / 23 Carter
FS
25 Clark / 27 An. Smith

DEFENSE
DLE 99 C.Williams / 91 S. Smith / 93 Leonard
NT 92 Rogers / 91 S. Smith / 71 Rubin*
DRE 98 R. Smith / 91 S. Smith
LOLB 55 McGinest / 56 Peek
LILB 55 Davis / 94 L.Williams / 58 Bell*
RILB 52 Jackson / 53 Griffin
ROLB 95 Wimbley / 96 Hall*
LCB 24 Wright / 25 Cousin
RCB 22 McDonald / 23 Daniels / 30 Lawson*
SS 26 Jones / 27 Sorensen
FS
21 Pool / 20 Adams

DEFENSE
DLE 75 Parker / 91 Clemons / 78 Abiamiri
DLT 98 Patterson / 93 Laws
DRT 97 Bunkley / 68 Klecko
DRE 58 Cole / 90 Howard / 63 B. Smith*
SLB 57 Gocong / 50 Daniels
MLB 55 Bradley / 51 Mays*
WLB 96 Gaither / 56 Jordan
LCB 22 Samuel / 21 Hanson
RCB 24 S. Brown / 26 Sheppard
SS 27 Mikell / 37 Considine
FS
20 Dawkins / 30 Reed / 39 Demps*

DEFENSE
DLE 96 Spears / 97 Hatcher
NT 90 Ratliff / 66 T.Johnson
DRE 99 Canty / 72 Bowen
LOLB 98 Ellis / 93 Spencer
LILB 56 James / 54 Carpenter / 50 Rogers
RILB 55 Thomas / 57 Burnett
ROLB 94 Ware / 53 Walden*
LCB 41 Newman / 31 Jenkins* / 20 Ball
RCB 42 Henry / 21 A.Jones / 32 Scandrick*
SS 38 Williams / 27 Brown
FS
26 Hamlin / 25 Watkins

SPECIALISTS
P
4 Koch / 6 Hauschka*
PK
3 Stover / 6 Hauschka*
H
4 Koch / 6 Hauschka*
PR 16 Figurs / 36 Leonhard / 25 Zbikowski*
KR 16 Figurs / 36 Leonhard / 27 Rice*
LS
70 Katula
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
1 Turk
PK
3 K. Brown
H
1 Turk / 18 Rosenfels
PR 12 Jones / 89 Anderson / 20 Slaton*
KR 11 Davis / 20 Slaton*
LS
48 Pittman
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
17 Berger
PK
3 Reed
H
17 Berger
PR 21 Moore
KR 34 Mendenhall*
LS
60 Warren
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
15 Zastudil
PK
4 Dawson
H
15 Zastudil
PR 16 Cribbs / 12 Steptoe
KR 16 Cribbs / 12 Steptoe
LS
64 Pontbriand
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
6 Rocca
PK
2 Akers
H
6 Rocca / 4 Kolb / 14 Feeley
PR 10 D.Jackson* / 39 Demps* / 30 Reed
KR 39 Demps* / 25 Booker / 30 Reed
LS
46 Dorenbos
* Rookie

SPECIALISTS
P
1 McBriar
PK
6 Folk
H
14 B.Johnson / 1 McBriar
PR 21 A.Jones / 84 Crayton
KR 28 F.Jones* / 26 Scandrick / 19 Austin
LS
91 LaDouceur
* Rookie

RAVENS SCHEDULE

TEXANS SCHEDULE

STEELERS SCHEDULE

BROWNS SCHEDULE

EAGLES SCHEDULE

COWBOYS SCHEDULE

Point spread refers to Baltimore

Point spread refers to Houston

Point spread refers to Pittsburgh

Point spread refers to Cleveland

Point spread refers to Philadelphia

Point spread refers to Dallas

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 29
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 20
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Dec. 1
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 29
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 3
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 20
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 13
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 6
Nov. 17
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Dec. 7
Dec. 15
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 15
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 27
Dec. 7
Dec. 15
Dec. 21
Dec. 28

DATE
Sept. 7
Sept. 15
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
Nov. 23
Nov. 27
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 20
Dec. 28

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Cincinnati
(+2)
17-10
At Houston
Cleveland
At Pittsburgh
Tennessee
At Indianapolis
At Miami
Oakland
At Cleveland
BYE
At New York Giants
Philadelphia
At Cincinnati
Washington
Pittsburgh
At Dallas
Jacksonville

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Pittsburgh (+6.5)
17-38
Baltimore
At Tennessee
At Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Miami
Detroit
BYE
At Minnesota
Cincinnati
At Indianapolis
At Cleveland
Jacksonville
At Green Bay
Tennessee
At Oakland
Chicago

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Houston
(-6.5)
38-17
At Cleveland
At Philadelphia
Baltimore
At Jacksonville
BYE
At Cincinnati
New York Giants
At Washington
Indianapolis
San Diego
Cincinnati
At New England
Dallas
At Baltimore
At Tennessee
Cleveland

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

Dallas
(+6)
10-28
Pittsburgh
At Baltimore
At Cincinnati
BYE
New York Giants
At Washington
At Jacksonville
Baltimore
Denver
At Buffalo
Houston
Indianapolis
At Tennessee
At Philadelphia
Cincinnati
At Pittsburgh

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

St. Louis
(-8.5)
38-3
At Dallas
Pittsburgh
At Chicago
Washington
At San Francisco
BYE
Atlanta
At Seattle
New York Giants
At Cincinnati
At Baltimore
Arizona
At New York Giants
Cleveland
At Washington
Dallas

OPPONENT SPREAD SCORE

At Cleveland
(-6)
28-10
Philadelphia
At Green Bay
Washington
Cincinnati
At Arizona
At St. Louis
Tampa Bay
At New York Giants
BYE
At Washington
San Francisco
Seattle
At Pittsburgh
New York Giants
Baltimore
At Philadelphia

28

Pro Football Weekly

NFL STANDINGS
AFC

WEEK ONE
WEEK ONE RESULTS

EAST

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

New York Jets

New England
Buffalo
Miami

1
1
1
0

0
0
0
0

1.000
1.000
1.000
.000

20
17
34
14

14
10
10
20

1
0
0
0

NORTH

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cincinnati

1
1
0
0

0
0
1
1

0
0
0
0

1.000
1.000
.000
.000

17
38
10
10

10
17
28
17

1
0
0
0

SOUTH

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

Tennessee
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Houston

1
0
0
0

0
1
1
1

0
0
0
0

1.000
.000
.000
.000

17
13
10
17

10
29
17
38

1
0
0
0

WEST

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

Denver*
0 0 0
.000
Kansas City
0 1 0
.000
Oakland*
0 0 0
.000
San Diego
0 1 0
.000
* Monday-night game not included

0
10
0
24

0
17
0
26

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

CONF
1
1
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0

CONF
1
1
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0

September 14, 2008

New York Giants 16, Washington 7 (Thu.)

Atlanta 34, Detroit 21
Baltimore 17, Cincinnati 10
Buffalo 34, Seattle 10
New York Jets 20, Miami 14
New England 17, Kansas City 10
New Orleans 24, Tampa Bay 20
Philadelphia 38, St. Louis 3
Pittsburgh 38, Houston 17
Tennessee 17, Jacksonville 10
Dallas 28, Cleveland 10
Carolina 26, San Diego 24
Arizona 23, San Francisco 13
Chicago 29, Indianapolis 13
Minnesota at Green Bay (Mon.)
Denver at Oakland (Mon.)

NFC
EAST

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

New York Giants

Philadelphia
Dallas
Washington

1
1
1
0

0
0
0
0

1.000
1.000
1.000
.000

16
38
28
7

7
3
10
16

1
0
0
0

NORTH

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

Chicago
Detroit
Green Bay*
Minnesota*

1
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

1.000
.000
.000
.000

29
21
0
0

13
34
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
1
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

CONF
1
1
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0

CONF
0
0
0
0

0
1
0
0

0
0
0
0

WEEK TWO MATCHUPS

0
0
1
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

CONF
1
0
0
0

0
0
1
1

0
0
0
0

CONF
0
0
0
0

0
1
0
0

0
0
0
0

ALL TIMES EASTERN

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at Carolina, 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at Detroit, 1:00 p.m.
Indianapolis at Minnesota, 1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Washington, 1:00 p.m.
New York Giants at St. Louis, 1:00 p.m.
Oakland at Kansas City, 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee at Cincinnati, 1:00 p.m.
Miami at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Houston, 4:15 p.m.
New England at New York Jets, 4:15 p.m.
San Diego at Denver, 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. (Mon.)

SOUTH

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

New Orleans
Atlanta
Carolina
Tampa Bay

1
1
1
0

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0

1.000
1.000
1.000
.000

24
34
26
20

20
21
24
24

1
0
0
0

WEST

W L

PCT

PF

PA

DIVISION

Arizona
1 0 0 1.000
San Francisco
0 1 0
.000
Seattle
0 1 0
.000
St. Louis
0 1 0
.000
* Monday-night game not included

23
13
10
3

13
23
34
38

1
0
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
1
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

CONF
1
1
0
0

0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0

CONF
1
0
0
0

0
1
0
1

0
0
0
0

STAT OF THE WEEK

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

TOM BRADY

Michael Turner

Its hard to believe these numbers will hold up as Bradys totals for the 2008 season, assuming the reports that he suffered a season-ending knee injury are true. If they are, it will go
down as perhaps the greatest rise and fall for a quarterback,
statistically, in NFL history. Brady would go from the recordbreaking 50-TD campaign of 07, to zero TDs and just one
game played in 08. Bradys last play was a 28-yard completion to Randy Moss, which he fumbled away.
OPPONENT
CMP.
ATT.
YDS. TD
INT
Chiefs
7
11
76
0
0

Turner had about as good a Falcons debut as anyone could have expected. In fact,
he had a better rushing day than any other Falcons back ever. Turner rushed for 220
yards only 96 fewer than he had last season as LaDainian Tomlinsons backup
with the Chargers with two TDs, breaking the record set by Gerald Riggs, who set
the prior mark of 202 yards back in 1984. Riggs, now an analyst for local TV station
WXIA, waved a white flag from the press box once Turner broke his mark. For the Falcons, the timing couldnt have been better. In QB Matt Ryans first start and Mike
Smiths first game as a head coach, the monster performance helped set a new positive vibe for a franchise that broke records for bad fortune last season.

TEAM ON THE RISE

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

BUFFALO BILLS

James Harrison

In the span of a few hours, the Bills went from sleeper wildcard pick to a legitimate playoff favorite in the AFC East. Of
the three potential postseason teams in the East the Bills,
Jets and Patriots Buffalo was the most impressive in Week
One, dominating Seattle in an impressive 34-10 win with a
swarming defense, a young, emerging offense and arguably
the leagues best special-teams units. Head coach Dick Jauron is going to surprise some doubters and may have the
personnel to get Buffalo into the playoffs for the first time
since the 1999 season.

Harrison and fellow OLB LaMarr Woodley were the most destructive defensive pair
in the NFL in Week One, but Harrisons eight tackles, three sacks (for minus-20
yards) and a forced fumble slightly edged out Woodleys two tackles for losses, one
sack, an interception and a fumble recovery. Both players deserve credit, but Harrison gets the vote for preying on the weak and uninitiated. He beat Texans OLT
Duane Brown for two of his three sacks in Browns first NFL start. And it was that
pressure that helped make it a miserable day for QB Matt Schaub and the rest of the
Texans offense. One of Harrisons sacks jarred the ball out of Schaubs hands, and it
was recovered by who else? Woodley. A fine pair they make.

TEAM ON THE DECLINE

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Brian Moorman

Last year they were considered the greatest regular-season

team in league history. A few months and one nightmare of a
knee injury later, the Patriots look very average. They still
have head coach Bill Belichick, WR Randy Moss, solid running backs and defense, but without QB Tom Brady, this
team could be in for its worst finish since 2000, when it went
5-11. They lost the least replaceable player in the league. Its
a bleak sign when Chris Simms and Daunte Culpepper become your most intriguing options under center.

Quick: Who is leading the NFL passer rating? No, not Bills QB Trent Edwards, though
his 95.8 was strong. And its not Tony Romo, Ben Roethlisberger or Donovan McNabb. No, its Moorman, whose 19-yard TD pass to Ryan Denney off of a fake field
goal gave him the mathematically best rating of 158.3. But more than that, it helped
put away the Seahawks in a game, it turns out, they never really were in. Moorman is
the captain of the Bills terrific special teams, and though this was a team effort (Rian
Lindell had two field goals and a fumble recovery forced by Jon Corto, and Roscoe
Parrish returned a punt 62 yards for a TD), it was Moormans work which included
a 40.6-yard net on nine well-placed punts that earns him the individual merit.

RB Atlanta Falcons

LB Pittsburgh Steelers

P Buffalo Bills

September 14, 2008

Pro Football Weekly

29

AFC INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING
Player
Parker
Jones
Tomlinson
Johnson
L. McClain
Lynch
L. Johnson
Rice
J. Lewis
Morris
Maroney
Addai
Slaton
Clayton
White
C. Perry
Flacco
Jackson
Mendenhall
Charles
Green
Williams
Anderson
Brown
Taylor
Roethlisberger

Team
Pitt.
N.Y.J.
S.D.
Ten.
Balt.
Buff.
K.C.
Balt.
Clev.
N.E.
N.E.
Ind.
Hou.
Balt.
Ten.
Cin.
Balt.
Buff.
Pitt.
K.C.
Hou.
Mia.
Clev.
Mia.
Jax.
Pitt.

Att
25
22
21
15
19
18
22
22
13
10
10
12
13
1
15
18
4
10
10
5
5
10
4
6
9
2

Player
A. Johnson
Wayne
Fasano
Harrison
Moss
Scaife
M. Jones
Ward
Gonzalez
Royal
Welker
Bowe
Gonzalez
Winslow
Morris
Evans
Gates
D. Martin
Mason
Jones-Drew
Rhodes

Team No
Hou. 10
Ind.
10
Mia.
8
Ind.
8
N.E.
6
Ten.
6
Jax.
6
Pitt.
6
K.C.
6
Buff.
6
N.E.
6
K.C.
5
Ind.
5
Clev.
5
N.E.
5
Buff.
4
S.D.
4
Mia.
4
Balt.
4
Jax.
4
Ind.
4

Yds
138
101
97
93
86
76
74
64
62
53
51
44
43
42
40
37
37
31
28
28
28
24
24
23
18
17

Monday-night games not included.

Sks
3.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.5

1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0

PASSING
Avg
5.5
4.6
4.6
6.2
4.5
4.2
3.4
2.9
4.8
5.3
5.1
3.7
3.3
42.0
2.7
2.1
9.3
3.1
2.8
5.6
5.6
2.4
6.0
3.8
2.0
8.5

Lg TD
32
3
14
1
14
0
18
0
12
0
21
1
22
0
10
0
24
0
22
1
17
0
13
0
8
0
42
1
10
1
9
0
38
1
6
0
9
0
11
0
14
0
6
0
15
0
7
0
6
0
17
0

Avg
11.2
8.6
10.5
9.5
19.3
17.5
13.3
12.7
9.2
8.7
8.5
9.8
9.6
9.4
6.8
25.5
15.3
13.3
11.0
9.3
7.5

Lg TD
24
0
18
1
17
1
19
0
51
1
44
0
33
0
29
2
20
0
30
1
13
0
13
1
20
0
17
1
11
0
41
0
24
1
24
1
15
0
15
0
10
0

RECEIVING
Yds
112
86
84
76
116
105
80
76
55
52
51
49
48
47
34
102
61
53
44
37
30

WEEK ONE

Player
Roethlisberger
Favre
Rivers
Cassel
Edwards
Pennington
Manning
Schaub
Anderson
Croyle
Garrard
Flacco
Young
Palmer

Team
Pitt.
N.Y.J.
S.D.
N.E.
Buff.
Mia.
Ind.
Hou.
Clev.
K.C.
Jax.
Balt.
Ten.
Cin.

Williams
Mia.
Green
Hou.
Cotchery
N.Y.J.
Jackson
S.D.
Houshmandzadeh Cin.
Walter
Hou.
Reed
Buff.
Camarillo
Mia.
Tolbert
S.D.
Johnson
Ten.
Daniels
Hou.
Lewis
Jax.
Brown
Mia.
Miller
Pitt.
Clayton
Balt.
Rice
Balt.
Lynch
Buff.
ManumaleunaS.D.
Tomlinson
S.D.
G. Jones
Jax.
Parrish
Buff.
Slaton
Hou.
Jones
N.Y.J.

Att
14
22
27
18
30
43
49
33
24
19
35
29
22
25

4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

15
3
80
47
44
41
37
37
35
34
33
29
28
26
21
19
18
15
15
13
6
6
2

Comp
13
15
17
13
19
26
30
25
11
11
23
15
12
10

3.8
0.8
26.7
15.7
14.7
13.7
12.3
12.3
11.7
11.3
11.0
9.7
9.3
8.7
7.0
6.3
6.0
5.0
5.0
4.3
2.0
2.0
0.7

Comp
Pct
92.9
68.2
63.0
72.2
63.3
60.5
61.2
75.8
45.8
57.9
65.7
51.7
54.5
40.0

15
6
56
25
24
16
24
17
16
20
14
15
13
11
8
8
11
6
9
8
3
5
4

Yds
137
194
217
152
215
251
257
202
114
88
215
129
110
99

Clayton
Cotchery
Denney
Fasano
Flacco
Gates
Jackson
Johnson
G. Jones
Jones
Joseph
Kaeding
Lynch
D. Martin
Morris
Moss
Parrish
Royal
Schaub
Stuckey
Walter
Wayne
White
Winslow
Bironas
K. Brown
Gostkowski
Stover
Dawson
Graham
Novak
Scobee
Carpenter
Nugent

0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

SCORING
Player
Parker
Ward
Lindell
Reed
Vinatieri
Bowe
Chambers

TD
2
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0

SACKS
TD
Pct
14.3
9.1
11.1
5.6
3.3
4.7
2.0
3.0
4.2
0.0
2.9
0.0
4.5
0.0

Team TD XP/att FG/att 2XP Pts

Pitt.
3
0/0
0/0
0 18
Pitt.
2
0/0
0/0
0 12
Buff.
0
4/4
2/3
0 10
Pitt.
0
5/5
1/1
0
8
Ind.
0
1/1
2/2
0
7
K.C.
1
0/0
0/0
0
6
S.D.
1
0/0
0/0
0
6

Lg
29
56
44
51
41
24
20
24
18
20
33
15
27
24

Int
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
1

Int
Pct
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
0.0
6.1
0.0
0.0
5.7
0.0
9.1
4.0

Balt.
N.Y.J.
Buff.
Mia.
Balt.
S.D.
S.D.
Ten.
Jax.
N.Y.J.
Cin.
S.D.
Buff.
Mia.
N.E.
N.E.
Buff.
Buff.
Hou.
N.Y.J.
Hou.
Ind.
Ten.
Clev.
Ten.
Hou.
N.E.
Balt.
Clev.
Cin.
K.C.
Jax.
Mia.
N.Y.J.

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
3/3
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
1/1
1/1
1/1
1/1
2/2
2/2

Avg
Gain
9.79
8.82
8.04
8.44
7.17
5.84
5.24
6.12
4.75
4.63
6.14
4.45
5.00
3.96

0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
1/1
1/1
1/2
1/1
1/1
1/1
1/2
0/0
0/1

Rating
147.0
125.9
125.1
116.0
95.8
82.6
81.8
75.6
74.0
69.6
68.2
63.7
45.6
35.3

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
2
2

Player
J. Harrison
T. Brown
Haynesworth
Thomas
Vrabel
M. Williams
K. Williams

Tm
Pitt.
Ten.
Ten.
N.Y.J.
N.E.
Hou.
Buff.

Player
Finnegan
Sensabaugh
E. Wright
McAlister
Woodley

Team
Ten.
Jax.
Clev.
Balt.
Pitt.

RUSHING
Team Att
Atl.
22
Chi.
23
N.Y.G. 21
Ariz. 26
S.F.
14
Atl.
14
T.B.
10
Phil.
19
Car.
18
Wash. 23
Dall.
16
Dall.
9
T.B.
9
Car.
10
N.O.
10
N.O.
14
Det.
16
Sea.
13
Chi.
13
St.L. 14
N.Y.G. 9
Sea.
6
Dall.
5
Det.
3
Ariz.
8
S.F.
4

Player
Burress
Bush
Boldin
C. Johnson
Rosario
Randle El
D. Jackson
Witten
Crayton
Muhammad
Galloway
Shockey
Hilliard
G. Lewis
Owens
McMichael
Burleson
Hackett
L.J. Smith
Moss
Gore

Team No
N.Y.G. 10
N.O.
8
Ariz.
8
Det.
7
Car.
7
Wash. 7
Phil.
6
Dall.
6
Dall.
6
Car.
6
T.B.
6
N.O.
6
T.B.
6
Phil.
5
Dall.
5
St.L.
5
Sea.
5
Car.
5
Phil.
5
Wash. 5
S.F.
4

Yds
220
123
116
100
96
93
91
91
86
84
80
62
54
53
52
51
48
45
45
40
39
31
26
14
13
11

No
2
1
1
1
1

Yds
1
23
20
16
6

Lg
1
23
20
16
6

TD
0
0
0
0
0

Lg TD
66
2
50
1
24
0
10
0
41
1
17
1
46
0
18
1
11
0
23
0
23
2
22
1
14
0
15
0
18
0
26
0
10
1
24
0
12
0
9
0
10
0
17
0
15
0
12
0
5
1
4
0

Avg
13.3
14.0
10.3
15.3
13.7
10.4
17.7
16.0
13.7
9.3
9.3
9.0
7.5
20.8
17.4
15.4
12.0
9.6
7.8
7.4
13.8

Lg TD
30
0
42
1
18
0
38
0
24
1
26
0
47
0
22
0
25
0
15
0
13
0
26
0
11
1
52
0
35
1
31
0
20
1
37
0
10
1
12
1
22
0

Player
McNabb
Brees
Romo
Kitna
Warner
Orton
Delhomme
J. Campbell
OSullivan
Bulger
Garcia
Manning
Hasselbeck

Team
Phil.
N.O.
Dall.
Det.
Ariz.
Chi.
Car.
Wash.
S.F.
St.L.
T.B.
N.Y.G.
Sea.

Att
33
32
32
33
30
21
41
27
20
26
41
35
41
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

52
32
29
54
51
48
47
45
43
34
31
27
26
21
21
20
18
13
13
12
11
11
10
6
1

Comp
21
23
24
24
19
13
23
15
14
14
24
19
17
13.0
8.0
7.3
18.0
17.0
16.0
15.7
15.0
14.3
11.3
10.3
9.0
8.7
7.0
7.0
6.7
6.0
4.3
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.5
5.0
3.0
0.5

Comp
Pct
63.6
71.9
75.0
72.7
63.3
61.9
56.1
55.6
70.0
53.8
58.5
54.3
41.5
20
12
11
40
37
31
21
31
26
24
21
18
16
13
12
13
9
6
7
6
6
6
5
3
1

Yds
361
343
320
262
197
150
247
133
195
158
221
216
190

Carlson
Kev. Smith
McDonald
Breaston
V. Davis
Bry. Johnson
R. Williams
Avant
A. Bryant
Jackson
Fitzgerald
Graham
Colston
Barber
Hightower
Askew
Forte
D. Hall
Keasey
Toomer
Gaines
P. Thomas
R. Davis
Norwood
Westbrook

Sea.
Det.
Det.
Ariz.
S.F.
S.F.
Det.
Phil.
T.B.
St.L.
Ariz.
T.B.
N.O.
Dall.
Ariz.
T.B.
Chi.
St.L.
S.F.
N.Y.G.
Det.
N.O.
Chi.
Atl.
Phil.

0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

Player
Kasay
Barber
Turner
Westbrook
Rackers
Carney

Team TD XP/att FG/att 2XP Pts

Car.
0
2/2
4/4
0 14
Dall.
2
0/0
0/0
0 12
Atl.
2
0/0
0/0
0 12
Phil.
2
0/0
0/0
0 12
Ariz.
0
2/2
3/4
0 11
N.Y.G. 0
1/1
3/3
0 10

SCORING

TD
3
3
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1

J. Johnson
Langford
Mathis
Mitchell
Olshansky
Pace
Porter
Roth

Balt.
Mia.
Ind.
Buff.
S.D.
N.Y.J.
Mia.
Mia.

1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0

Schobel
Team
A. Thomas
Vanden Bosch
Woodley

Buff.
Jax.
N.E.
Ten.
Pitt.

1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0

Hobbs
McGee
Polamalu
Harvey
Revis

N.E.
Buff.
Pitt.
Jax.
N.Y.J.

1
1
1
1
1

3
0
0
0
0

3
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

PUNTING
Player
Koch
Berger
Moorman
Scifres
Colquitt
Graham
Turk
Hanson
Larson
Zastudil
Podlesh
Hentrich
Fields

Team
Balt.
Pitt.
Buff.
S.D.
K.C.
N.Y.J.
Hou.
N.E.
Cin.
Clev.
Jax.
Ten.
Mia.

No
5
3
9
5
6
6
4
4
7
5
6
7
7

Yds
241
129
419
238
259
272
173
202
316
203
222
300
278

Gross
Avg
48.2
43.0
46.6
47.6
43.2
45.3
43.3
50.5
45.1
40.6
37.0
42.9
39.7

Lg
57
45
59
63
55
56
56
70
56
55
50
56
54

TB
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
1
2
0

Ins
20
1
0
3
2
3
0
1
1
2
1
4
0
1

Blk
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player
Witherspoon
Hobbs
Sproles
Holt
Sams
Savage
Mendenhall
Steptoe
Roby
Davis
Carr
Moore

Team No
Jax.
3
N.E.
2
S.D.
2
Cin.
4
K.C.
2
K.C.
2
Pitt.
2
Clev.
3
Ind.
5
Hou.
6
Ten.
2
Pitt.
2

Yds
124
70
61
118
50
48
46
61
101
112
33
33

Avg
41.3
35.0
30.5
29.5
25.0
24.0
23.0
20.3
20.2
18.7
16.5
16.5

Ret
Yds
11
5
54
16
2
38
-3
7
56
8
15
45
64

Net
Avg
46.0
41.3
40.6
40.4
39.5
39.0
39.0
38.8
37.1
35.0
31.2
30.7
30.6

Avg
22.5
20.0
14.0
12.8
11.5
7.5
4.3
2.8
2.5
1.0

Lg TD
29 0
63 1
35 0
20 0
14 0
8 0
9 0
11 0
5 0
2 0

Ret
4
2
4
3
2
4
1
1
4
2
2
2
5

PUNT RETURNS
Lg TD
51
0
51
0
41
0
44
0
31
0
24
0
27
0
23
0
25
0
28
0
21
0
21
0

WEEK ONE

Player
Witherspoon
Parrish
Figurs
L. Washington
Steptoe
Carr
Ginn
Chatman
Jones
ONeal

Team No FC
Jax.
2
1
Buff.
6
0
Balt.
4
1
N.Y.J. 5
1
Clev.
2
0
Ten.
2
2
Mia.
3
0
Cin.
4
0
Hou.
2
0
N.E.
2
1

Yds
45
120
56
64
23
15
13
11
5
2

Monday-night games not included.

SACKS

PASSING
Avg
10.0
5.3
5.5
3.8
6.9
6.6
9.1
4.8
4.8
3.7
5.0
6.9
6.0
5.3
5.2
3.6
3.0
3.5
3.5
2.9
4.3
5.2
5.2
4.7
1.6
2.8

RECEIVING
Yds
133
112
82
107
96
73
106
96
82
56
56
54
45
104
87
77
60
48
39
37
55

Balt.
K.C.
Buff.
N.Y.J.
Ind.
Ten.
N.E.
K.C.

INTERCEPTIONS

NFC INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Player
Turner
Forte
Jacobs
James
Gore
Norwood
Graham
Westbrook
D. Williams
Portis
Barber
F. Jones
Dunn
Stewart
P. Thomas
Bush
Kev. Smith
J. Jones
Jones
Jackson
Ward
Morris
Choice
R. Johnson
Hightower
Foster

Bannan
Boone
Denney
Ellis
Freeney
Griffin
Hobbs
D. Johnson

TD
Pct
9.1
9.4
3.1
6.1
3.3
0.0
2.4
3.7
0.0
0.0
2.4
0.0
2.4

Elam
Gould
Akers
M. Bryant
Nedney
Baskett
Briggs
Buchanon
Burleson
Bush
Fitzgerald
FitzSimmons
Forte
Gamble
Gore
Gramatica
Henderson
Hightower
Hilliard
Hunt
Jenkins
F. Jones
Manning
McKie
Moss
Norwood
Owens
Patten
Rosario
Kev. Smith
L.J. Smith
R. Williams
Folk
Mare
J. Brown
Hanson

Lg
90
84
35
38
40
29
37
26
37
31
26
30
22

Int
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1

Int
Pct
0.0
3.1
3.1
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
0.0
2.4
2.9
2.4

Atl.
Chi.
Phil.
T.B.
S.F.
Phil.
Chi.
T.B.
Sea.
N.O.
Ariz.
Det.
Chi.
Car.
S.F.
N.O.
N.O.
Ariz.
T.B.
Phil.
Atl.
Dall.
N.Y.G.
Chi.
Wash.
Atl.
Dall.
N.O.
Car.
Det.
Phil.
Det.
Dall.
Sea.
St.L.
Det.

0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0

4/4
3/3
5/5
2/2
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
3/3
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
4/4
1/1
0/0
3/3

Avg
Gain
10.94
10.72
10.00
7.94
6.57
7.14
6.02
4.93
9.75
6.08
5.39
6.17
4.63
2/2
2/2
1/1
2/2
2/2
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
1/1
0/0

Rating
131.0
124.9
103.6
103.3
93.3
83.4
82.1
81.3
80.2
72.3
71.3
61.1
53.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

10
9
8
8
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
4
4
3
3

Player
Abraham
Haralson
LaBoy
Berry
Bradley

Tm Sks
Atl.
3.0
S.F. 2.5
Ariz. 2.0
Ariz. 1.0
Phil. 1.0

Player
Milloy
Wilson

Team
Atl.
Ariz.

No
1
1

Player
A. Johnson
Baker
Rocca
Bidwell
N. Harris
Jones
Koenen
Feagles
Weatherford
Brooks
Maynard
Plackemeier

Team
Ariz.
Car.
Phil.
T.B.
Det.
St.L.
Atl.
N.Y.G.
N.O.
Wash.
Chi.
Sea.

No
4
3
4
8
6
10
3
4
7
7
5
11

A. Brown
Diggs
Grant
Harrison
Hayes
Kerney

Chi.
Car.
N.O.
Chi.
Ariz.
Sea.

1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0

McCray
Mikell
Tuck
Ware
White
White

N.O.
Phil.
N.Y.G.
Dall.
Det.
T.B.

1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0

Wilson
Carter
Landry
J. Smith

Wash.
Wash.
Wash.
S.F.

1
1
1

26
2
0

1.0
.5
.5
.5

INTERCEPTIONS
Yds
38
28

Lg
38
28

TD
0
0

Buchanon
Fujita
Smoot

T.B.
N.O.
Wash.

26
2
0

1
0
0

PUNTING
Yds
180
144
166
353
255
485
115
145
310
265
178
450

Lg
59
49
48
61
52
57
51
47
61
53
55
56

Gross
Avg
45.0
48.0
41.5
44.1
42.5
48.5
38.3
36.3
44.3
37.9
35.6
40.9

TB
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

Ins
20
2
2
3
4
2
3
0
3
0
2
3
2

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player
Norwood
Cartwright
Rossum
D. Jackson
Wilson
Thomas
Stewart
Hester
D. Hall
P. Thomas
Furrey
Breaston

Team No
Atl.
2
Wash. 5
S.F.
2
T.B.
3
Sea.
4
Det.
4
Car.
4
Chi.
3
St.L.
5
N.O.
4
Det.
2
Ariz.
3

Yds
65
145
58
84
106
93
84
55
90
67
30
39

Avg
32.5
29.0
29.0
28.0
26.5
23.3
21.0
18.3
18.0
16.8
15.0
13.0

Blk
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Ret
Yds
0
12
-2
10
15
97
0
-2
40
21
8
120

Net
Avg
45.0
44.0
42.0
40.4
40.0
38.8
38.3
36.8
35.7
34.9
34.0
30.0

Yds Avg
54 18.0
97 12.1
16 8.0
18 6.0
29 5.8
8 4.0
15 3.0

Lg TD
21 0
60 0
10 0
14 0
14 0
8 0
10 0

Ret
0
1
1
2
5
9
0
1
6
4
1
6

PUNT RETURNS
Lg TD
34
0
50
0
44
0
33
0
39
0
27
0
27
0
28
0
22
0
22
0
16
0
19
0

Player
Burleson
D. Jackson
Jones
McQuarters
D. Jackson
P. Jones
Jennings

Team No FC
Sea.
3
3
Phil.
8
0
Car.
2
1
N.Y.G. 3
3
T.B.
5
0
Dall.
2
0
Atl.
5
1

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Pro Football Weekly

NFL TEAM STATISTICS

September 14, 2008

WEEK ONE

Monday-night games not included.

AFC
OAK

KC

0-0-0 0-1-0
0
14
0
5
0
9
0
0
0
284
0 284.0
0
102
0 102.0
0
182
0 182.0
0
27
0
3.8
0
31
0
19
0 61.3
0
4
0
24
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
6
0 43.2
0
1
0 39.5
0
0
0
1
0
7.0
0
0
0
4
0 24.5
0
0
0
2
0
15
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
16
0
8
0 50.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
00:00 30:11
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0/0
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
0
10
OAK

IND

MIN

0-1-0 0-0-0
23
0
5
0
15
0
3
0
293
0
293.0
0
53
0
53.0
0
240
0
240.0
0
15
0
3.5
0
49
0
30
0
61.2
0
2
0
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
49.0
0
0
0
36.5
0
0
0
1
0
8.0
0
0
0
5
0
20.2
0
0
0
6
0
40
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
11
0
5
0
45.5
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
28:16 00:00
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
2/2
0/0
13
0

KC

IND

MIN

0
17
0
18
0
8
0
9
0
1
0
338
0 338.0
0
126
0 126.0
0
212
0 212.0
0
28
0
4.5
0
29
0
20
0 69.0
0
2
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0 50.5
0
2
0 38.8
0
0
0
2
0
1.0
0
3
0 23.3
0
3
0
30
0
13
0
7
0 53.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0/0
2/2
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1

29
17
9
7
1
319
319.0
183
183.0
136
136.0
39
4.7
21
13
61.9
2
14
0
0
0
5
35.6
0
34.0
0
1
25.0
5
18.0
7
60
16
10
62.5
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
3/3
0/0
2/2

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0

NYG

STL

1-0-0 0-1-0
21
8
10
1
10
6
1
1
354
166
354.0 166.0
154
36
154.0 36.0
200
130
200.0 130.0
32
15
4.8
2.4
35
26
19
14
54.3 53.8
2
4
16
28
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
10
36.3 48.5
0
0
36.8 38.8
0
0
4
1
5.3
-2.0
0
0
2
5
9.5 18.0
0
0
7
9
70
66
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
14
11
7
0
50.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
35:43 24:50
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
3/3
1/1
16
3
NYG

CHI CAR
1-0-0
17
9
7
1
319
319.0
183
183.0
136
136.0
39
4.7
21
13
61.9
2
14
0
0
0
5
35.6
0
34.0
0
1
25.0
0
5
18.0
0
7
60
1
0
1
1
16
10
62.5
0
0
0
31:44
3
2
0
1
3/3
0/0
2/2
29

1-0-0
20
7
12
1
388
388.0
142
142.0
246
246.0
29
4.9
41
23
56.1
1
1
0
0
0
3
48.0
0
44.0
0
3
5.3
0
5
19.8
0
6
29
2
1
1
1
15
5
33.3
2
1
50.0
32:02
2
0
1
1
2/2
0/0
4/4
26

STL

CHI CAR

7
38
11
28
3
8
5
17
3
3
209
522
209.0 522.0
84
108
84.0 108.0
125
414
125.0 414.0
24
32
3.5
3.4
27
39
15
26
55.6 66.7
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
4
37.9 41.5
0
0
34.9 42.0
0
0
1
9
-2.0 10.8
5
1
29.0 15.0
7
4
35
41
13
14
3
8
23.1
57.1
2
0
1
0
50.0
0
1
5
0
2
1
3
0
0
1/1
5/5
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1

13
24
23
17
5
6
15
10
3
1
293
316
293.0 316.0
53
105
53.0 105.0
240
211
240.0 211.0
15
27
3.5
3.9
49
27
30
17
61.2 63.0
2
1
17
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
49.0
47.6
0
1
36.5 40.4
0
0
1
1
8.0 12.0
5
2
20.2 30.5
6
2
40
12
11
12
5
4
45.5 33.3
2
1
0
1
0 100.0
1
3
0
0
1
3
0
0
1/1
3/3
0/0
0/0
2/2
1/1

TEN

NFC
CIN

1-0-0 0-1-0
14
8
7
1
6
5
1
2
309
154
309.0 154.0
137
65
137.0 65.0
172
89
172.0 89.0
32
23
4.3
2.8
24
25
14
10
58.3 40.0
1
2
3
10
2
1
23
16
0
0
7
7
42.9 45.1
2
0
30.7
37.1
0
0
2
4
7.5
2.8
0
0
2
4
16.5 29.5
0
0
5
5
36
40
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
13
13
3
2
23.1
15.4
1
2
0
0
0
0
28:40 23:45
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
2/2
1/1
0/0
0/0
1/1
1/1
17
10
TEN

CIN

10
17
13
21
1
12
11
8
1
1
189
358
189.0 358.0
33
229
33.0 229.0
156
129
156.0 129.0
17
46
1.9
5.0
35
29
23
15
65.7
51.7
7
0
59
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
6
5
37.0 48.2
1
0
31.2 46.0
0
0
2
4
22.5 14.0
4
2
34.5 12.5
6
9
50
64
14
17
5
9
35.7 52.9
1
1
1
0
100.0
0
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
1/1
2/2
0/0
0/0
1/2
1/2

DET

BUF

JAX

NO WAS

0-0-0 0-1-0
0
21
0
4
0
14
0
3
0
308
0 308.0
0
62
0 62.0
0
246
0 246.0
0
21
0
3.0
0
33
0
24
0 72.7
0
3
0
16
0
1
0
38
0
0
0
6
0 42.5
0
0
0 40.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0 20.5
0
0
0
5
0
30
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
2
0 22.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
00:00 30:53
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
0/0
3/3
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
21

GB

1-0-0
13
3
9
1
338
338.0
106
106.0
232
232.0
29
3.7
31
20
64.5
1
2
0
0
0
9
46.6
0
40.6
0
6
20.0
1
1
27.0
0
1
14
0
0
2
1
16
4
25.0
1
1
100.0
31:19
4
1
2
1
4/4
0/0
2/3
34

0-1-0
13
1
11
1
189
189.0
33
33.0
156
156.0
17
1.9
35
23
65.7
7
59
2
1
0
6
37.0
1
31.2
0
2
22.5
0
4
34.5
0
6
50
1
1
1
0
14
5
35.7
1
1
100.0
31:20
1
0
1
0
1/1
0/0
1/2
10

1-0-0 0-1-0
16
11
5
3
11
5
0
3
438
209
438.0 209.0
101
84
101.0 84.0
337
125
337.0 125.0
27
24
3.7
3.5
32
27
23
15
71.9 55.6
1
1
6
8
1
0
26
0
1
0
7
7
44.3
37.9
1
0
35.7 34.9
0
0
2
1
5.0
-2.0
0
0
5
5
13.4 29.0
0
0
7
7
51
35
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
13
13
5
3
38.5
23.1
0
2
0
1
0 50.0
31:32 24:17
3
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
3/3
1/1
0/0
0/0
1/1
0/0
24
7

BUF

JAX

NO WAS

10
17
16
14
4
7
11
6
1
1
252
309
252.0 309.0
85
137
85.0 137.0
167
172
167.0 172.0
21
32
4.0
4.3
41
24
17
14
41.5
58.3
5
1
23
3
1
2
0
23
0
0
11
7
40.9
42.9
0
2
30.0
30.7
0
0
4
2
13.5
7.5
4
2
26.5
16.5
5
5
30
36
16
13
3
3
18.8
23.1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
1/1
2/2
0/0
0/0
1/1
1/1

20
16
18
21
4
10
14
10
0
1
352
354
352.0 354.0
146
154
146.0 154.0
206 200
206.0 200.0
20
32
7.3
4.8
41
35
24
19
58.5 54.3
2
2
15
16
1
1
2
0
0
0
8
4
44.1 36.3
1
0
40.4 36.8
0
0
6
4
6.7
5.3
4
2
21.0
9.5
7
7
66
70
12
14
2
7
16.7 50.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
2/2
1/1
0/0
0/0
2/2
3/3

GB

DET

0
34
0
23
0
17
0
5
0
1
0
474
0 474.0
0
318
0 318.0
0
156
0 156.0
0
42
0
7.6
0
13
0
9
0 69.2
0
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0 38.3
0
0
0 38.3
0
0
0
5
0
3.0
0
3
0 25.0
0
7
0
68
0
9
0
3
0 33.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
1
0
0
0/0
4/4
0/0
0/0
0/0
2/2

OFFENSE
GAMES (W-L-T)
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
TOTAL YARDS GAINED
Average Per Game
RUSHING (NET)
Average Per Game
PASSING (NET)
Average Per Game
RUSHES
Average Yards
PASSES ATTEMPTED
Completed
Percent Completed
Sacked
Yards Lost
Had Intercepted
Yards Opp. Ret.
Opp. TDs On Int.
PUNTS
Gross Average
Touchbacks
Net Average
Blocked
PUNT RETURNS
Average Return
Return For TD
KICKOFF RETURNS
Average Return
Returns For TD
PENALTIES
Yards
FUMBLES
Fumbles Lost
Opponent Fumbles
Opponent Fumbles Rec.
3RD-DOWN ATTEMPTS
Conv. to 1st Down
3rd Down Efficiency
4TH-DOWN ATTEMPTS
Conv. to 1st Down
4th-Down Efficiency
Time of Possession
TOUCHDOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Returns
1-PT. PAT/ATTEMPTS
2-PT. PAT/ATTEMPTS
FG/FGA
Total Points
DEFENSE
OPP. POINTS
OPP. 1ST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
OPP. YDS. GAINED
Avg. Per Game
RUSHING (NET)
Avg. Per Game
PASSING (NET)
Avg. Per Game
OPP. RUSHES
Avg. Yards
OPP. PASSES
Completed
Pct. Comp.
Sacked
Yards Lost
Intercepted By
Yards Ret.
Ret. for TD
OPP. PUNTS
Gross Avg.
Touchbacks
Net Avg.
Blocked
OPP. PUNT RET.
Avg. Ret.
OPP. KICKOFF RET.
Avg. Ret.
OPP. PENALTIES
Yards
OPP. 3RD-DOWN ATT.
Conv. To 1st Down
3rd Down Efficiency
OPP. 4TH-DOWN ATT.
Conv. To 1st Down
4th-Down Efficiency
OPP. TOUCHDOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Returns
1-PT. PAT/ATTEMPTS
2-PT. PAT/ATTEMPTS
OPP. FG/FGA

SEA

MIA

AZ

SD DEN

0-1-0 0-1-0
13
16
3
4
9
11
1
1
291 252
291.0 252.0
108
85
108.0 85.0
183
167
183.0 167.0
20
21
5.4
4.0
20
41
14
17
70.0 41.5
4
5
12
23
1
1
28
0
0
0
2
11
43.5 40.9
0
0
35.0 30.0
0
0
0
4
0 13.5
0
0
4
4
16.0 26.5
0
0
3
5
20
30
5
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
8
16
3
3
37.5 18.8
0
1
0
0
0
0
22:55 28:41
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1/1
1/1
0/0 0/0
2/2
1/1
13
10

SF

0-1-0
18
2
15
1
277
277.0
49
49.0
228
228.0
17
2.9
43
26
60.5
4
23
1
0
0
7
39.7
0
30.6
0
4
9.5
0
4
17.3
0
4
59
3
0
3
1
13
3
23.1
2
1
50.0
28:59
2
0
2
0
2/2
0/0
0/0
14

1-0-0
18
7
10
1
285
285.0
109
109.0
176
176.0
39
2.8
30
19
63.3
3
21
0
0
0
4
45.0
0
45.0
0
1
17.0
0
3
13.0
0
4
40
0
0
5
4
16
5
31.3
3
2
66.7
37:05
2
1
1
0
2/2
0/0
3/4
23

0-1-0 0-0-0
17
0
6
0
10
0
1
0
316
0
316.0
0
105
0
105.0
0
211
0
211.0
0
27
0
3.9
0
27
0
17
0
63.0
0
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
47.6
0
1
0
40.4
0
0
0
1
0
12.0
0
0
0
2
0
30.5
0
0
0
2
0
12
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
12
0
4
0
33.3
0
1
0
1
0
100.0
0
27:58 00:00
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3/3 0/0
0/0 0/0
1/1 0/0
24
0

MIA

AZ

SD DEN

SF

SEA

23
34
18
13
7
3
10
9
1
1
285 338
285.0 338.0
109 106
109.0 106.0
176 232
176.0 232.0
39
29
2.8
3.7
30
31
19
20
63.3 64.5
3
1
21
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
9
45.0 46.6
0
0
45.0 40.6
0
0
1
6
17.0 20.0
3
1
13.0 27.0
4
1
40
14
16
16
5
4
31.3 25.0
3
1
2
1
66.7 100.0
2
4
1
1
1
2
0
1
2/2 4/4
0/0 0/0
3/4 2/3

20
13
15
13
6
3
7
9
2
1
293 291
293.0 291.0
112 108
112.0 108.0
181 183
181.0 183.0
31
20
3.6
5.4
22
20
15
14
68.2 70.0
3
4
13
12
0
1
0
28
0
0
6
2
45.3 43.5
0
0
39.0 35.0
0
0
5
0
12.8
0
1
4
10.0 16.0
7
3
40
20
13
8
5
3
38.5 37.5
1
0
1
0
100.0
0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
2/2
1/1
0/1 0/0
0/1 2/2

26
20
7
12
1
388
388.0
142
142.0
246
246.0
29
4.9
41
23
56.1
1
1
0
0
0
3
48.0
0
44.0
0
3
5.3
5
19.8
6
29
15
5
33.3
2
1
50.0
2
0
1
1
2/2
0/0
4/4

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0

BAL HOU

ATL

TB

NE

NYJ

PIT

CLE

PHI

0-1-0
20
5
13
2
234
234.0
75
75.0
159
159.0
20
3.8
33
25
75.8
5
43
2
6
0
4
43.3
1
39.0
0
2
2.5
0
6
18.7
0
5
43
1
1
3
1
10
3
30.0
1
0
0
28:29
2
1
1
0
2/2
0/0
1/1
17

1-0-0
23
17
5
1
474
474.0
318
318.0
156
156.0
42
7.6
13
9
69.2
1
5
0
0
0
3
38.3
0
38.3
0
5
3.0
0
3
25.0
0
7
68
0
0
1
0
9
3
33.3
0
0
0
29:07
4
3
1
0
4/4
0/0
2/2
34

0-1-0
18
4
14
0
352
352.0
146
146.0
206
206.0
20
7.3
41
24
58.5
2
15
1
2
0
8
44.1
1
40.4
0
6
6.7
0
4
21.0
0
7
66
0
0
1
0
12
2
16.7
1
0
0
28:28
2
0
1
1
2/2
0/0
2/2
20

1-0-0
18
8
9
1
338
338.0
126
126.0
212
212.0
28
4.5
29
20
69.0
2
16
0
0
0
4
50.5
2
38.8
0
2
1.0
0
3
23.3
0
3
30
3
2
1
0
13
7
53.8
0
0
0
29:49
2
1
1
0
2/2
0/0
1/1
17

1-0-0
15
6
7
2
293
293.0
112
112.0
181
181.0
31
3.6
22
15
68.2
3
13
0
0
0
6
45.3
0
39.0
0
5
12.8
0
1
10.0
0
7
40
3
1
3
0
13
5
38.5
1
1
100.0
31:01
3
1
2
0
2/2
0/1
0/1
20

1-0-0
21
10
9
2
305
305.0
183
183.0
122
122.0
39
4.7
18
13
72.2
2
15
0
0
0
3
43.0
0
41.3
0
1
-3.0
0
4
19.8
0
4
41
3
1
1
1
10
6
60.0
0
0
0
31:31
5
3
2
0
5/5
0/0
1/1
38

0-1-0
11
2
7
2
205
205.0
91
91.0
114
114.0
18
5.1
24
11
45.8
1
0
0
0
0
5
40.6
1
35.0
0
2
11.5
0
5
18.0
0
9
55
2
0
1
0
9
3
33.3
0
0
0
22:31
1
0
1
0
1/1
0/0
1/1
10

1-0-0
28
8
17
3
522
522.0
108
108.0
414
414.0
32
3.4
39
26
66.7
0
0
0
0
0
4
41.5
0
42.0
0
9
10.8
0
1
15.0
0
4
41
1
0
1
0
14
8
57.1
0
0
0
35:10
5
2
3
0
5/5
0/0
1/1
38

BAL HOU

ATL

TB

NE

NYJ

PIT

CLE

PHI

10
14
14
18
5
2
9
15
0
1
284 277
284.0 277.0
102
49
102.0 49.0
182 228
182.0 228.0
27
17
3.8
2.9
31
43
19
26
61.3 60.5
4
4
24
23
1
1
3
0
0
0
6
7
43.2 39.7
1
0
39.5 30.6
0
0
1
4
7.0
9.5
4
4
24.5 17.3
2
4
15
59
16
13
8
3
50.0 23.1
1
2
0
1
0 50.0
1
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
1/1 2/2
0/0 0/0
1/1 0/0

17
20
5
13
2
234
234.0
75
75.0
159
159.0
20
3.8
33
25
75.8
5
43
2
6
0
4
43.3
1
39.0
0
2
2.5
6
18.7
5
43
10
3
30.0
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
2/2
0/0
1/1

28
30
11
16
3
487
487.0
167
167.0
320
320.0
31
5.4
32
24
75.0
0
0
1
20
0
2
48.5
0
37.0
0
2
4.0
2
19.5
11
82
11
8
72.7
1
1
100.0
4
3
1
0
4/4
0/0
0/0

1-0-0
21
12
8
1
358
358.0
229
229.0
129
129.0
46
5.0
29
15
51.7
0
0
0
0
0
5
48.2
0
46.0
0
4
14.0
0
2
12.5
0
9
64
2
2
1
1
17
9
52.9
1
0
0
36:15
2
2
0
0
2/2
0/0
1/2
17

10
8
1
5
2
154
154.0
65
65.0
89
89.0
23
2.8
25
10
40.0
2
10
1
16
0
7
45.1
0
37.1
0
4
2.8
4
29.5
5
40
13
2
15.4
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1/1
0/0
1/1

38
21
10
9
2
305
305.0
183
183.0
122
122.0
39
4.7
18
13
72.2
2
15
0
0
0
3
43.0
0
41.3
0
1
-3.0
4
19.8
4
41
10
6
60.0
0
0
0
5
3
2
0
5/5
0/0
1/1

21
24
21
16
4
5
14
11
3
0
308 438
308.0 438.0
62
101
62.0 101.0
246 337
246.0 337.0
21
27
3.0
3.7
33
32
24
23
72.7 71.9
3
1
16
6
1
1
38
26
0
1
6
7
42.5 44.3
0
1
40.0 35.7
0
0
0
2
0
5.0
6
5
20.5 13.4
5
7
30
51
9
13
2
5
22.2 38.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
0
2
3
0
0
3/3 3/3
0/0 0/0
0/0
1/1

DAL
NFL
AVG
1-0-0
30
15.2
11
5.2
16
8.8
3
1.3
487
273.1
487.0
312.1
167
102.2
167.0
116.8
320
170.9
320.0
195.3
31
23.8
5.4
4.3
32
26.6
24
16.3
75.0
61.3
0
2.0
0
12.4
1
0.5
20
5.1
0
0.0
2
4.8
48.5
43.3
0
0.3
37.0
37.2
0
0.0
2
2.4
4.0
9.2
0
0.0
2
3.2
19.5
20.7
0
0.0
11
4.9
82
38.3
1
1.2
0
0.5
2
1.2
0
0.5
11
11.2
8
4.1
72.7
36.7
1
0.8
1
0.3
100.0
41.7
37:29 30:00
4
1.9
3
0.8
1
1.0
0
0.2
4/4 1.9/1.9
0/0 0.0/0.0
0/0 1.1/1.3
28
17.0

DAL
NFL
AVG
3
10
17.0
8
11
15.2
1
2
5.2
6
7
8.8
1
2
1.3
166 205
273.1
166.0 205.0
312.1
36
91
102.2
36.0 91.0
116.8
130
114
170.9
130.0 114.0
195.3
15
18
23.8
2.4
5.1
4.3
26
24
26.6
14
11
16.3
53.8 45.8
61.3
4
1
2.0
28
0
12.4
0
0
0.5
0
0
5.1
0
0
0.0
10
5
4.8
48.5 40.6
43.3
0
1
0.3
38.8 35.0
37.2
0
0
0.0
1
2
2.4
-2.0 11.5
9.2
5
5
3.2
18.0 18.0
20.7
9
9
4.9
66
55
38.3
11
9
11.2
0
3
4.1
0 33.3
36.7
0
0
0.8
0
0
0.3
0
0
41.7
0
1
1.9
0
0
0.8
0
1
1.0
0
0
0.2
0/0
1/1 1.9/1.9
0/0 0/0 0.0/0.0
1/1
1/1 1.1/1.3

September 14, 2008

Pro Football Weekly

NFL TEAM RANKINGS

31

WEEK ONE

Monday-night games not included.

AFC

NFC

BAL

BUF

CIN

CLE

DEN

HOU

IND

JAX

KC

MIA

NE

NYJ

OAK

PIT

SD

TEN

OFFENSE

AZ

ATL

CAR

CHI

DAL

DET

GB

MIN

NO

NYG

PHI

SF

SEA

STL

TB

WAS

6
2
6
24
23
1t
1t
5t
17
6
10t
5
26
5
1
14t
1t
22t

9t
15
18
7
7
1t
6
22t
9
20
1t
3
5
8
6
3t
1t
21

28
23
25
28
28
24
16
27t
28
27
10t
21
3
10
16
22t
1t
1t

25
19
5
27
21
1t
10t
25t
18
14t
10t
9
17t
22
21t
22t
1t
1t

23
22
16
19
25
27
25
9t
22
19
10t
22
16
15
11t
14t
1t
1t

16t
25
20
6
20
1t
9
3t
20
9
10t
12
12
2
19
20t
1t
1t

26
28
28
20t
26
26
27t
22t
27
13
1t
2
1
26
25
22t
1t
22t

20
17
15
14
17
23
23
20t
19
7t
10t
14
8
16
10
22t
1t
1t

21
26
24
8
18
16
18
11t
21
21t
7t
11
20
23
27
19
1t
24t

9t
10
11
9
10
1t
14
11t
7
5
10t
23
9
1
14
14t
1t
1t

16t
11
19
15
8
1t
24
19
13
10t
1t
7
27
9
11t
12t
1t
24t

15
3t
9t
26
12
1t
21
5t
14
3
10t
28
14
17
5
1t
1t
1t

12
16
14
10
6
1t
7t
15t
6
14t
1t
8
2
7
7
8t
1t
1t

13
9
12
17
9
28
10t
20t
11
21t
10t
13
21
18
26
14t
1t
1t

Total Yards/Game
Rushing Yards/Game
Avg. Gain/Rush
Passing Yards/Game
Avg. Gain/Pass Play
Pct. Had Intercepted
Pct. QB Sacks Allowed
First Downs/Game
Avg. Gain/Off. Play
3rd Down Efficiency
4th Down Efficiency
Punt Return Avg.
Kickoff Return Avg.
Gross Punting Avg.
Net Punting Avg.
Points/Game
Extra Point Pct.
Field Goal Pct.

19
12
26
16
16
1t
20
11t
24
18
6
4
25
11
2
10
1t
20

3
1
1
20t
1
1t
15
3t
1
14t
10t
20
7
24
15
3t
1t
1t

5
8
7
4t
14
1t
4
9t
10
14t
7t
16
13
6
3
7
1t
1t

11
3t
9t
22
13
1t
19
15t
15
2
10t
1
17t
28
24
5
1t
1t

2
5
4
3
4
21t
1t
1
2
1
1t
19
15
3t
17
6
1t
24t

14
24
23
4t
11
20
17
5t
12
24
10t
24t
11
19
9
11
1t
24t

4
18
17
2
3
21t
5
17t
4
10t
10t
18
24
12
20
8t
1t
1t

7
6
8
12
15
19
13
5t
16
7t
10t
17
28
27
18
18
1t
1t

1
13t
22
1
2
1t
1t
2
3
4
10t
10
23
20
4
1t
1t
1t

18
13t
3
13
5
25
27t
22t
5
12
10t
24t
22
14
21t
20t
1t
1t

22
20
13
18
27
17t
22
17t
25
25
10t
6
6
21
28
22t
1t
1t

27
27
27
23
24
1t
26
27t
26
28
10t
26t
17t
3t
13
28
28
1t

8
7
2
11
19
17t
12
11t
8
26
10t
15
10
13
8
12t
1t
1t

24
21
21
25
22
1t
7t
25t
23
21t
7t
26t
4
25
23
27
1t
24t

BAL

BUF

CIN

CLE

DEN

HOU

IND

JAX

KC

MIA

NE

NYJ

OAK

PIT

SD

TEN

DEFENSE

AZ

ATL

CAR

CHI

DAL

DET

GB

MIN

NO

NYG

PHI

SF

SEA

STL

TB

WAS

1
6
4
1
1
5
13
1t
1
2
1t
8
26
19
13
3t
10t

7
9
16
11
2
11t
7
11t
4
4
1t
23
23
8
1
3t
10t

23
27
23
5
6
14t
26t
21t
12
23
1t
24
3
24
28
12t
6t

27
24
25
26
25
7t
26t
28
27
28
24t
10
14
25t
12
23
1t

14
25t
19t
3
17
14t
8
21t
15
26
1t
1
15
12
24
27t
10t

18
25t
19t
7
16
14t
10
13t
14
27
1t
28
10t
1
5
24
10t

16
20
17
12
20
1
18t
8t
18
6t
1t
16
8
11
3
12t
10t

19t
19
18
20
19
14t
15
15t
22
24
1t
6
20
28
15
12t
10t

12t
18
10
14
21
14t
5
10
16
18t
24t
22
2
20
17t
16t
1t

9
12
14
15
12
6
6
8t
10
21t
1t
15
21
13
19
3t
10t

8
3
5
21
11
13
11
15t
8
6t
20t
18
9
6
2
10
1t

6
7
13
10
4
2
4
19t
7
10
1t
7
13
14
17t
12t
10t

24
21
22
24t
15
14t
25
19t
19
12t
20t
13
16
23
26
22
10t

3
1
1
8t
3
3
1t
5t
2
16
24t
27
28
3
4
3t
6t

Opp. Yards/Game
Opp. Rush Yds./Game
Avg. Gain/Rush
Opp. Pass Yds./Game
Avg. Gain/Pass Play
Pct. Intercepted By
QB Sack Pct.
Opp. 1st Downs/Game
Avg. Gain/Def. Play
3rd Down Efficiency
4th Down Efficiency
Opp. Punt Return Avg.
Opp. Kickoff Ret. Avg.
Opp. Gross Punt Avg.
Opp. Net Punt Avg.
Opp. Points/Game
Opp. Field Goal Pct.

11
15t
26
16
24
4
1t
5t
24
17
1t
4t
7
15
7t
8t
10t

15
5
6
24t
18
9
12
21t
17
5
1t
4t
18
10
20
18
1t

17
13
15
19
23
14t
21t
13t
23
12t
24t
21
27
22
22
20t
10t

12t
4
9
23
9
14t
20
25t
9
20
1t
17
17
27
10
8t
10t

4
10
24
2
8
14t
18t
3t
11
12t
1t
20
10t
7
7t
3t
10t

26
28
28
8t
28
14t
14
25t
28
12t
1t
9
22
5
14
25t
10t

21
22
27
18
10
11t
17
15t
21
3
1t
14
19
16
21
16t
10t

5
8
8
4
7
14t
21t
3t
6
6t
20t
2t
25
4
6
2
1t

2
2
2
6
5
14t
3
1t
3
1
1t
2t
10t
25t
16
1
10t

10
17
3
13
13
14t
9
15t
5
11
23
25
4
18
27
19
9

19t
14
11
22
22
14t
23
5t
20
9
24t
26
24
21
23
25t
8

28
15t
7
28
27
14t
26t
27
26
25
1t
19
6
9
25
27t
10t

25
11
12
27
26
7t
24
11t
25
18t
1t
11
5
17
9
20t
10t

22
23
21
17
14
10
16
21t
13
21t
1t
12
1
2
11
11
10t

BAL

BUF

CIN

CLE

DEN

HOU

IND

JAX

KC

MIA

NE

NYJ

OAK

PIT

SD

TEN

MISCELLANEOUS

AZ

ATL

CAR

CHI

DAL

DET

GB

MIN

NO

NYG

PHI

SF

SEA

STL

TB

WAS

9t
10t
24
5
26
3

2
2t
10
9
14
11

18t
10t
5
24
3
26

25
4t
3
6
18
28

26
26t
15
11
16
20

24
20t
6t
27t
10
22

18t
20t
16
3
2
10

18t
4t
11t
10
12
14

17
10t
21
17
6
17

9t
20t
17t
19
17
15

12
10t
8
12
23
12

3
2t
14
18
13
9

15
10t
9
8
4
23

9t
4t
13
26
27
19

Point Differential
Turnover Edge
Penalty Yards Edge
Punt Ret. Differential
KO Return Differential
Time of Possession

7
1
22t
1t
20t
2

6
4t
28
13
7
16

14
10t
20
21
25
6

5
4t
22t
1t
19
7

4
20t
26
23
11
1

23
20t
1
16
22
13

13
10t
11t
15
24
8

8
20t
27
7
28
4

1
10t
4
4
20t
5

22
28
6t
27t
8t
27

27
26t
19
20
15
18

28
10t
25
25
8t
24

16
10t
17t
14
5
21

21
4t
2
22
1
25

DEF RUSH
PLAYS AVG

PASS
AVG

TURNOVERS
GAME
Fum Int Tot
Ariz.
Buff.
Pitt.
Atl.
Chi.
Clev.
K.C.
Ten.
Wash.
Balt.
Car.
Cin.
Den.
G.B.
Mia.
Minn.
N.O.
N.Y.J.
Oak.
Phil.
S.D.
St.L.
T.B.
Dall.
Det.
Ind.
Jax.
N.E.
N.Y.G.
Hou.
Sea.
S.F.

0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
4

0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
2
1
1

0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
3
2
5

TAKEAWAYS

SEASON
Fum Int Tot
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
4

0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
2
1
1

0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
3
2
5

GAME
Fum Int Tot
4
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0

1
1
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0

5
2
3
1
1
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0

SEASON
Fum Int Tot
4
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0

1
1
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0

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2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0

TEAM EFFICIENCY
DIF
OFFENSE
+5
+2
+2
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
+0
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-1
-1
-1
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Atl.
Dall.
Phil.
N.O.
S.F.
S.D.
N.E.
T.B.
Buff.
Car.
Ten.
Det.
N.Y.J.
Pitt.
Chi.
N.Y.G.
Balt.
Clev.
K.C.
Ind.
Mia.
Hou.
Wash.
Ariz.
Sea.
St.L.
Jax.
Cin.
Den
G.B.
Min
Oak.

OFF RUSH
PLAYS AVG
56
63
71
60
44
55
59
63
61
71
57
57
56
59
62
69
75
43
62
66
64
58
52
72
67
45
59
50

7.57
5.39
3.38
3.74
5.40
3.89
4.50
7.30
3.66
4.90
4.28
2.95
3.61
4.69
4.69
4.81
4.98
5.06
3.78
3.53
2.88
3.75
3.50
2.79
4.05
2.40
1.94
2.83

PASS
AVG
11.14
10.00
10.62
10.21
7.63
7.54
6.84
4.79
7.25
5.86
6.88
6.83
7.24
6.10
5.91
5.41
4.45
4.56
5.20
4.71
4.85
4.18
4.46
5.33
3.63
4.33
3.71
3.30

OFF
AVG
8.46
7.73
7.35
7.30
6.61
5.75
5.73
5.59
5.54
5.46
5.42
5.40
5.23
5.17
5.15
5.13
4.77
4.77
4.58
4.44
4.33
4.03
4.02
3.96
3.76
3.69
3.20
3.08

DEFENSE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Balt.
Ten.
Phil.
Buff.
S.F.
N.Y.G.
Pitt.
N.Y.J.
Chi.
N.E.
Dall.
Cin.
Wash.
Ind.
Hou.
Mia.
Atl.
Jax.
S.D.
Sea.
N.O.
K.C.
Car.
Ariz.
T.B.
St.L.
Clev.
Det.
Den
G.B.
Min
Oak.

INSIDE THE RED ZONE

50
59
45
67
72
52
58
64
66
62
43
75
69
62
59
56
57
57
71
61
63
59
55
44
60
71
63
56

2.83
1.94
2.40
4.05
2.79
3.50
3.75
2.88
3.53
3.78
5.06
4.98
4.81
4.69
4.69
3.61
2.95
4.28
4.90
3.66
7.30
4.50
3.89
5.40
3.74
3.38
5.39
7.57

3.30
3.71
4.33
3.63
5.33
4.46
4.18
4.85
4.71
5.20
4.56
4.45
5.41
5.91
6.10
7.24
6.83
6.88
5.86
7.25
4.79
6.84
7.54
7.63
10.21
10.62
10.00
11.14

DEF
AVG
3.08
3.20
3.69
3.76
3.96
4.02
4.03
4.33
4.44
4.58
4.77
4.77
5.13
5.15
5.17
5.23
5.40
5.42
5.46
5.54
5.59
5.73
5.75
6.61
7.30
7.35
7.73
8.46

OFFENSE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Ten.
Pitt.
Det.
N.O.
Wash.
Hou.
N.E.
Phil.
N.Y.J.
Dall.
Clev.
Buff.
Chi.
S.D.
Atl.
K.C.
Mia.
Ind.
T.B.
N.Y.G.
Ariz.
Car.
Jax.
S.F.
Balt.
Sea.
St.L.
Cin.
Den.
G.B.
Min.
Oak.

OFF TOT
POSS TD
2
5
2
1
1
3
3
6
3
5
2
2
2
2
4
2
4
3
3
3
7
4
4
1
2
1
0
1

2
5
2
1
1
2
2
4
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0

TOT SCOR
FG
%
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.833
.667
.600
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.750
.500
.500
1.000
1.000
1.000
.714
.750
.500
1.000
.500
.000
.000
.000

TD
%
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.667
.667
.667
.667
.600
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.333
.333
.333
.286
.250
.250
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000

DEFENSE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Balt.
Buff.
Phil.
Cin.
Ariz.
Ten.
S.D.
S.F.
Wash.
N.O.
Chi.
N.E.
N.Y.J.
Det.
Dall.
Sea.
Ind.
Car.
Clev.
Mia.
St.L.
K.C.
Pitt.
Jax.
Atl.
N.Y.G.
Hou.
T.B.
Den.
G.B.
Min.
Oak.

OFF TOT
POSS TD
1
1
0
2
1
4
4
7
3
3
3
2
4
4
2
2
2
2
5
3
6
3
3
2
2
1
5
1

0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
4
2
2
2
2
1
5
1

TOT SCOR
FG
%
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0

.000
.000
.000
.500
1.000
.500
.750
.714
1.000
1.000
1.000
.500
.500
.750
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.600
.667
.833
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

TD
%
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.250
.250
.286
.333
.333
.333
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.600
.667
.667
.667
.667
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

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NFL ROSTERS
ARIZONA CARDINALS
No.
28
52
92
81
78
15
61
75
20
93
46
58
90
80
11
47
69
25
53
54
95
34
48
26
91
32
9
72
55
7
76
87
56
89
82
1
97
29
21
70
63
94
45
2
84
85
68
22
13
98
74
24

Name
Arrington, J.J.
Beisel, Monty
Berry, Bertrand
Boldin, Anquan
Branch, Alan
Breaston, Steve
Brown, Elton
Brown, Levi
Brown, Ralph
Campbell, Calais
Castille, Tim
Dansby, Karlos
Dockett, Darnell
Doucet, Early
Fitzgerald, Larry
Francisco, Aaron
Gandy, Mike
Green, Eric
Haggans, Clark
Hayes, Gerald
Highsmith, Ali
Hightower, Tim
Hodel, Nathan
Hood, Roderick
Iwebema, Kenny
James, Edgerrin
Johnson, Dirk
Keith, Brandon
LaBoy, Travis
Leinart, Matt
Lutui, Deuce
Morey, Sean
Okeafor, Chike
Patrick, Ben
Pope, Leonard
Rackers, Neil
Robinson, Bryan
Rodgers-Cromartie, Dominique
Rolle, Antrel
Ross, Pat
Sendlein, Lyle
Smith, Antonio
Smith, Terrelle
St. Pierre, Brian
Tuman, Jerame
Urban, Jerheme
Vallejo, Elliot
Ware, Matt
Warner, Kurt
Watson, Gabe
Wells, Reggie
Wilson, Adrian

ATLANTA FALCONS
Pos.
RB
LB
LB
WR
DT
WR-RS
OG-OT
OT
CB
DE
FB
LB
DE-DT
WR
WR
S
OT
CB
LB
LB
LB
RB
LS
CB
DE
RB
P
OT
DE-LB
QB
OG
WR
LB
TE
TE
PK
DL
CB
S
C
C
DE
FB
QB
TE
WR
OT
S
QB
DT
OG
SS

Ht.
5-9
6-3
6-3
6-1
6-5
6-0
6-5
6-5
5-10
6-8
5-11
6-4
6-4
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-4
5-11
6-4
6-1
6-1
6-0
6-2
5-11
6-4
6-0
6-0
6-5
6-3
6-5
6-4
5-11
6-5
6-3
6-8
6-1
6-4
6-2
6-0
6-3
6-4
6-4
6-0
6-3
6-4
6-3
6-7
6-2
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-3

Wt.
212
244
260
217
332
189
332
322
185
282
242
250
285
211
220
207
316
196
243
249
223
224
238
198
274
219
210
343
250
232
332
193
247
260
258
202
304
182
208
300
300
285
250
230
253
207
312
215
218
332
308
230

Exp.
4
8
11
6
2
2
4
2
9
R
2
5
5
R
5
4
8
4
9
6
R
R
7
6
R
10
6
R
5
3
3
7
10
2
3
9
12
R
4
1
2
5
9
6
10
5
1
5
11
3
6
8

College
California
Kansas State
Notre Dame
Florida State
Michigan
Michigan
Virginia
Penn State
Nebraska
Miami (Fla.)
Alabama
Auburn
Florida State
LSU
Pittsburgh
Brigham Young
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
Colorado State
Pittsburgh
LSU
Richmond
Illinois
Auburn
Iowa
Miami (Fla.)
Northern Colorado
Northern Iowa
Hawaii
USC
USC
Brown
Purdue
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Fresno State
Tennessee State
Miami (Fla.)
Boston College
Texas
Oklahoma State
Arizona State
Boston College
Michigan
Trinity (Tex.)
Cal-Davis
UCLA
Northern Iowa
Michigan
Clarion (Pa.)
North Carolina State

Pos.
FB
OL
DE
OG
OT
CB
LB
LB
DE
LB
OL
QB
DE
LB
WR
TE
C
CB
QB
WR
RB
WR
DT
WR
DE
PK
QB
RB
DT
CB
CB
LB
P
OL
DE-LS
RB
WR-PR
OT
LB
OG
WR
TE
DE
TE
S
S
DT
OT
S
S
OG-C
DT
S
CB

Ht.
6-2
6-5
6-4
6-7
6-7
5-9
6-0
6-1
6-7
6-2
6-6
6-4
6-4
6-0
5-10
6-3
6-3
5-11
6-4
6-5
6-1
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-2
5-9
5-10
6-1
6-0
6-5
6-3
5-11
5-9
6-4
6-1
6-5
5-10
6-4
6-4
6-2
6-1
6-1
6-6
6-8
6-1
5-10
6-4
6-1
6-0
5-11

Wt.
240
307
240
315
315
175
208
235
264
229
330
231
261
229
197
247
310
180
220
220
215
207
286
202
261
233
212
215
307
198
184
253
172
264
253
227
171
340
238
326
210
255
243
223
219
202
310
366
222
208
297
306
212
189

Exp.
7
R
2
3
4
R
1
2
7
3
6
2
R
3
5
R
7
5
2
R
2
2
5
R
6
9
5
2
3
6
R
6
8
6
2
R
4
5
2
4
7
7
8
2
6
3
8
7
2
3
10
3
3
3

College
Hampton
Northwestern State (La.)
Arizona
Virginia
Stanford
Akron
Sacred Heart (Conn.)
Lafayette
Brigham Young
Saginaw Valley State
Texas
Stanford
Virginia Tech
Oregon State
Wisconsin
Kansas
Maryland
Tennessee
Indiana
Indiana
Coe College
Mississippi State
Auburn
Kentucky
Nebraska
Washington State
Tulane
California
North Carolina State
Northwestern State (La.)
Troy
South Florida
Pittsburg State (Kan.)
Maryland
Rutgers
Northwest Missouri State
Miami (Fla.)
Arkansas
Penn State
Illinois
LSU
LSU
TCU
Boise State
Penn State
South Carolina
Georgia
California
Wyoming
Ohio State
Missouri State
LSU
Arkansas
Ohio State

BUFFALO BILLS
No.
36
77
96
60
73
27
57
54
92
52
66
5
93
56
83
86
67
33
10
81
22
17
91
13
90
9
7
23
97
24
28
59
8
70
72
25
11
71
51
75
82
84
94
80
43
30
99
68
29
20
65
95
37
26

Name
Barnes, Darian
Bell, Demetrius
Bryan, Copeland
Butler, Brad
Chambers, Kirk
Corner, Reggie
Corto, Jon
Costanzo, Blake
Denney, Ryan
DiGiorgio, John
Dockery, Derrick
Edwards, Trent
Ellis, Chris
Ellison, Keith
Evans, Lee
Fine, Derek
Fowler, Melvin
Greer, Jabari
Hamdan, Gibran
Hardy, James
Jackson, Fred
Jenkins, Justin
Johnson, Spencer
Johnson, Steve
Kelsay, Chris
Lindell, Rian
Losman, J.P.
Lynch, Marshawn
McCargo, John
McGee, Terrence
McKelvin, Leodis
Mitchell, Kawika
Moorman, Brian
Murphy, Matt
Neill, Ryan
Omon, Xavier
Parrish, Roscoe
Peters, Jason
Posluszny, Paul
Preston, Duke
Reed, Josh
Royal, Robert
Schobel, Aaron
Schouman, Derek
Scott, Bryan
Simpson, Ko
Stroud, Marcus
Walker, Langston
Wendling, John
Whitner, Donte
Whittle, Jason
Williams, Kyle
Wilson, George
Youboty, Ashton

No.
55
98
95
72
71
63
59
56
77
26
73
92
28
83
1
86
79
24
75
29
51
20
41
89
23
30
22
91
99
12
81
9
50
62
36
88
94
34
54
32
76
87
8
19
2
46
3
44
69
33
74
84
67
52

Name
Abraham, John
Anderson, Jamaal
Babineaux, Jonathan
Baker, Sam
Biermann, Kroy
Blalock, Justin
Boley, Michael
Brooking, Keith
Clabo, Tyson
Coleman, Erik
Dahl, Harvey
Davis, Chauncey
DeCoud, Thomas
Douglas, Harry
Elam, Jason
Finneran, Brian
Foster, Renardo (PUP)
Foxworth, Dominique
Fraser, Simon
Fudge, Jamaal
Gilbert, Tony
Grimes, Brent
Harris, Antoine
Hartsock, Ben
Houston, Chris
Irons, David
Jackson, Chevis
Jackson, Grady
Jefferson, Jason
Jenkins, Michael
Jennings, Adam
Koenen, Michael
Lofton, Curtis
McClure, Todd
Milloy, Lawyer
Milner, Martrez
Moorehead, Kindal
Mughelli, Ovie
Nicholas, Stephen
Norwood, Jerious
Ojinnaka, Quinn
Peelle, Justin
Redman, Chris
Robinson, Laurent
Ryan, Matt
Schneck, Mike
Shockley, D.J.
Snelling, Jason
Stepanovich, Alex
Turner, Michael
Weiner, Todd
White, Roddy
Wilkerson, Ben
Wire, Coy

BALTIMORE RAVENS
Pos.
DE
DE
DT
OT
DE
OG
LB
LB
OG-OT
S
OL
DE
S
WR
PK
WR
OT
CB
DE
S
LB
CB
CB-S
TE
CB
CB
CB
DT
DT
WR
WR
P
LB
C
S
TE
DT
FB
LB
RB
OG-OT
TE
QB
WR
QB
LS
QB
RB
C
RB
OT
WR
C
LB

Ht.
6-4
6-6
6-2
6-5
6-3
6-4
6-3
6-2
6-6
5-11
6-5
6-2
6-0
5-11
5-11
6-5
6-7
5-11
6-6
5-9
6-0
5-10
5-10
6-4
5-11
5-11
5-11
6-2
6-1
6-4
5-9
5-11
6-0
6-1
6-0
6-4
6-2
6-1
6-3
5-11
6-5
6-4
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-4
5-10
6-4
6-0
6-4
6-0

Wt.
266
282
284
312
241
333
223
241
332
206
308
274
197
171
195
206
340
180
274
194
248
185
197
264
175
197
185
345
295
215
176
199
248
301
216
259
299
245
232
202
305
250
221
194
220
234
222
229
296
244
300
208
310
228

Exp.
9
2
4
R
R
2
4
11
3
5
3
4
R
R
16
9
2
4
4
3
5
1
2
5
2
2
R
12
4
5
3
4
R
10
13
2
6
6
2
3
3
7
5
2
R
10
2
2
5
5
11
4
2
7

College
South Carolina
Arkansas
Iowa
USC
Montana
Texas
Southern Mississippi
Georgia Tech
Wake Forest
Washington State
Nevada
Florida State
California
Louisville
Hawaii
Villanova
Louisville
Maryland
Ohio State
Clemson
Georgia
Shippensburg (Pa.)
Louisville
Ohio State
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Knoxville
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Fresno State
Western Washington
Oklahoma
LSU
Washington
Georgia
Alabama
Wake Forest
South Florida
Mississippi State
Syracuse
Oregon
Louisville
Illinois State
Boston College
Wisconsin
Georgia
Virginia
Ohio State
Northern Illinois
Kansas State
Alabama-Birmingham
LSU
Stanford

Pos.
LB
P
TE
LB
OG
DE
OG-OT
LB
LB
SLB
QB
WLB
CB
DT
S
RB
OT
WR
C-OG
S
FB
WR
DE
LB
WR
C
PK
DT
TE
LS-LB
DT
PK
CB
CB
QB
QB
WR
OT
OT
DE
WR-RS
TE
S
LB
WR
RB
DE
S
OG
DT
CB
OG-OT
RB
S

Ht.
6-2
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-4
6-6
6-4
6-2
6-1
6-0
6-2
6-4
6-1
6-3
5-11
6-0
6-4
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-0
6-4
6-2
6-2
5-9
6-2
5-10
6-5
6-3
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-0
5-11
6-4
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-6
6-7
5-9
6-4
6-1
6-3
5-9
5-10
6-2
6-1
6-5
6-3
6-1
6-4
5-9
6-1

Wt.
235
205
247
237
308
280
326
231
240
240
215
240
200
285
205
225
305
208
301
205
245
219
275
232
185
295
210
345
260
242
301
231
205
189
215
202
215
310
330
283
179
250
216
250
185
235
250
187
325
294
210
312
217
195

Exp.
3
8
R
2
R
6
6
R
8
4
10
9
5
3
R
8
6
5
4
4
9
2
2
5
5
2
18
7
3
14
8
2
8
3
7
2
13
4
R
7
2
2
3
4
8
R
R
2
8
9
7
5
3
2

College
Virginia Tech
Iowa
Louisville
Miami (Fla.)
Bentley (Mass.)
Colorado
Southern Mississippi
Penn State
Morris Brown (Ga.)
Georgia
Louisiana-Layafette
Ohio State
Ohio State
Rutgers
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Utah
Colorado
Texas A&M
Louisiana-Monroe
Western Carolina
USC
Georgia
Purdue
Tennessee
USC
Georgia
Utah
Virginia Tech
Arizona State
Miami (Fla.)
Minnesota
Mississippi
Fresno State
Sam Houston State
Oregon State
Michigan State
Tennessee Tech
Pittsburgh
North Carolina
Miami (Ohio)
Oregon
Ohio State
UNLV
Utah
Oregon
North Carolina
Coastal Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
South Carolina
Memphis
Baylor

CAROLINA PANTHERS
No.
50
7
82
52
65
96
73
57
55
58
17
53
20
91
30
37
69
18
63
43
45
80
95
54
84
67
4
99
47
56
92
5
21
31
12
3
87
76
79
90
10
88
25
59
89
28
66
26
68
93
23
70
34
27

Name
Anderson, James
Baker, Jason
Barnidge, Gary
Beason, Jon
Bernadeau, Mackenzy
Brayton, Tyler
Bridges, Jeremy
Connor, Dan
Curry, Dont
Davis, Thomas
Delhomme, Jake
Diggs, Nail
Gamble, Chris
Gibson, Gary
Godfrey, Charles
Goings, Nick
Gross, Jordan
Hackett, D.J.
Hangartner, Geoff
Harris, Chris
Hoover, Brad
Jarrett, Dwayne
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Landon
Jones, Mark
Kalil, Ryan
Kasay, John
Kemoeatu, Maake
King, Jeff
Kyle, Jason
Lewis, Damione
Lloyd, Rhys
Lucas, Ken
Marshall, Richard
McCown, Josh
Moore, Matt
Muhammad, Muhsin
Omiyale, Frank
Otah, Jeff
Peppers, Julius
Robinson, Ryne
Rosario, Dante
Salley, Nate
Seward, Adam
Smith, Steve (susp.)
Stewart, Jonathan
Taylor, Hilee
Teal, Quinton
Vincent, Keydrick
Walker, Darwin
Wesley, Dante
Wharton, Travelle
Williams, DeAngelo
Wilson, C.J.

No.
79
51
94
50
60
2
65
89
64
96
91
16
5
71
56
97
59
66
76
6
86
35
95
70
4
74
26
36
52
29
85
21
53
37
23
43
42
92
24
90
20
27
22
57
81
10
3
55
78
41
31
83
87
73
25

Name
Pos.
Anderson, Willie
OT
Ayanbadejo, Brendon
LB
Bannan, Justin
DL
Barnes, Antwan
LB
Brown, Jason
OG-C
Bouman, Todd
QB
Chester, Chris
C
Clayton, Mark
WR
Cousins, Oniel
OT
Divens, Lamar
DT
Douglas, Marques
DE
Figurs, Yamon
WR-RS
Flacco, Joe
QB
Gaither, Jared
OT
Gooden, Tavares
LB
Gregg, Kelly
NT
Greisen, Nick
LB
Grubbs, Ben
OG
Hale, David
OG-OT
Hauschka, Steven
PK
Heap, Todd
TE
Ivy, Corey
CB
Johnson, Jarret
LB
Katula, Matt
LS
Koch, Sam
P
Kracalik, Mike
OT
Landry, Dawan
S
Leonhard, Jim
S
Lewis, Ray
LB
Martin, Derrick (susp.)
CB
Mason, Derrick
WR
McAlister, Chris
CB
McClain, Jameel
LB
McClain, LeRon
FB
McGahee, Willis
RB
Nakamura, Haruki
S
Neal, Lorenzo
FB
Ngata, Haloti
DL
Oglesby, Evan
CB
Pryce, Trevor
DL
Reed, Ed
S
Rice, Ray
RB
Rolle, Samari
CB
Scott, Bart
LB
Smith, Marcus
WR
Smith, Troy
QB
Stover, Matt
PK
Suggs, Terrell
LB
Terry, Adam
OT
Walker, Frank
CB
Washington, Fabian (susp.)CB
Wilcox, Daniel
TE
Williams, Demetrius
WR
Yanda, Marshal
OG-OT
Zbikowski, Tom
S

Ht.
6-5
6-1
6-3
6-1
6-3
6-2
6-3
5-10
6-4
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-6
6-9
6-1
6-0
6-1
6-3
6-6
6-2
6-5
5-9
6-3
6-6
6-1
6-8
6-0
5-8
6-1
5-10
5-10
6-1
6-1
6-0
6-0
5-10
5-11
6-4
5-10
6-5
5-11
5-8
6-0
6-2
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-3
6-8
5-11
5-11
6-1
6-2
6-3
5-11

Wt.
340
228
310
245
320
226
305
190
310
333
292
180
235
330
235
315
250
315
315
185
252
190
265
272
220
340
220
186
250
202
192
210
250
260
232
205
255
345
188
290
200
205
175
240
215
215
180
260
330
196
180
250
197
310
215

Exp.
13
6
7
2
4
10
3
4
R
R
8
2
R
2
R
9
7
2
R
R
8
8
6
4
3
1
3
4
13
3
12
10
R
2
6
R
16
3
3
12
7
R
11
7
R
2
19
6
4
6
4
6
3
2
R

College
Auburn
UCLA
Colorado
Florida International
North Carolina
St. Cloud State (Minn.)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
UTEP
Tennessee State
Howard
Kansas State
Delaware
Maryland
Miami (Fla.)
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Auburn
Weber State
North Carolina State
Arizona State
Oklahoma
Alabama
Wisconsin
Nebraska
San Diego State
Georgia Tech
Wisconsin
Miami (Fla.)
Wyoming
Michigan State
Arizona
Syracuse
Alabama
Miami (Fla.)
Cincinnati
Fresno State
Oregon
North Alabama
Clemson
Miami (Fla.)
Rutgers
Florida State
Southern Illinois
New Mexico
Ohio State
Louisiana Tech
Arizona State
Syracuse
Tuskegee
Nebraska
Appalachian State
Oregon
Iowa
Notre Dame

Ht.
6-0
6-4
6-4
6-2
6-0
6-0
6-2
6-1
6-3
5-10
6-4
6-3
6-7
5-9
6-3
6-2
6-2
6-0
6-0
6-1
6-2
6-3
6-3
5-11
6-4
6-6
6-0
6-2
6-0
6-5
5-11
6-1
5-9
6-1
5-11
5-11
6-4
6-4
6-5
6-4
6-0
5-10
6-1
6-5
6-1
6-6
6-1
6-2
6-4
5-10
6-6
6-0
5-7

Wt.
307
255
305
310
203
205
198
240
260
207
320
249
262
187
303
216
310
185
193
217
225
295
310
190
238
297
228
292
194
265
200
188
185
226
207
245
310
260
255
214
212
212
234
315
210
312
198
308
258
187
312
237
186

Exp.
6
3
R
2
R
10
4
6
7
9
4
10
R
4
3
R
8
4
2
6
R
5
R
3
6
5
5
11
6
11
3
12
2
5
4
7
7
8
2
4
2
7
2
9
R
10
6
1
9
5
R
3
2

College
Penn State
Alabama
Ohio State
Boston College
Vanderbilt
Louisiana-Monroe
Oklahoma
Arizona
Florida
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Wake Forest
Michigan State
San Jose State
Oklahoma
Tulane
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Penn State
New Hampshire
Florida
Colorado State
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Miami (Fla.)
Vanderbilt
Manitoba (Canada)
Virginia Tech
Washington
Illinois
Duke
Abilene Christian
Ball State
Mississippi
Miami (Fla.)
Maine
Temple
Mississippi
Indiana
Miami (Fla.)
Purdue
Louisiana-Monroe
Georgia Southern
Northwestern
Virginia
LSU
Brigham Young
Louisiana-Lafayette
Oregon
New Mexico
Texas
Vanderbilt
Arizona State
Northern Illinois

CHICAGO BEARS
No.
95
97
69
67
85
86
16
55
96
30
72
88
87
81
98
22
63
9
21
8
12
91
94
23
92
71
27
57
80
65
38
4
26
58
36
37
60
93
82
18
44
29
53
78
27
76
33
75
54
31
74
52
25

Name
Adams, Anthony
Anderson, Mark
Barton, Kirk
Beekman, Josh
Bennett, Earl
Booker, Marty
Bradley, Mark
Briggs, Lance
Brown, Alex
Brown, Mike
Buenning, Dan
Clark, Desmond
Davis, Kellen
Davis, Rashied
Dvoracek, Dusty
Fort, Matt
Garza, Roberto
Gould, Robbie
Graham, Corey
Grossman, Rex
Hanie, Caleb
Harris, Tommie
Harrison, Marcus
Hester, Devin
Hillenmeyer, Hunter
Idonije, Israel
Jones, Kevin
Kreutz, Olin
Lloyd, Brandon
Mannelly, Patrick
Manning, Danieal
Maynard, Brad
McBride, Trumaine
McClover, Darrell
McGowan, Brandon
McKie, Jason
Metcalf, Terrence
Ogunleye, Adewale
Olsen, Greg
Orton, Kyle
Payne, Kevin
Peterson, Adrian
Roach, Nick
St. Clair, John
Steltz, Craig
Tait, John
Tillman, Charles
Toeaina, Matt
Urlacher, Brian
Vasher, Nathan
Williams, Chris
Williams, Jamar
Wolfe, Garrett

Pos.
DT
DE
OT
OG-C
WR
WR
WR
LB
DE
S
OG
TE
TE
WR
NT
RB
OG-C
PK
CB
QB
QB
DT
DT
WR-RS
LB
DL
RB
C
WR
LS
S
P
CB
LB
S
FB
OG
DE
TE
QB
S
RB
LB
OT
S
OT
CB
DT
LB
CB
OT
LB
RB

September 14, 2008

Pro Football Weekly

33

NFL ROSTERS
CINCINNATI BENGALS
No.
79
56
87
21
83
86
73
64
61
27
68
11
91
53
17
29
95
34
15
16
84
28
93
59
20
57
44
76
22
82
75
19
47
36
51
41
85
98
9
5
94
23
55
92
48
99
89
90
97
81
33
26
77
63

Name
Andrews, Stacy
Blackstock, Darryl
Caldwell, Andre
Castille, Simeon
Chatman, Antonio
Coats, Daniel
Collins, Anthony
Cook, Kyle
Davis, Frank
Dorsey, DeDe
Fanene, Jonathan
Fitzpatrick, Ryan
Geathers, Robert
Ghiaciuc, Eric
Graham, Shayne
Hall, Leon
Harris, Orien
Hebert, Kyries
Henry, Chris (susp.)
Holt, Glenn
Houshmandzadeh, T.J.
Jackson, Dexter
Jeanty, Rashad
Johnson, Brandon
Jones, David
Jones, Dhani
Jones, Herana-Daze
Jones, Levi
Joseph, Johnathan
Kelly, Reggie
Kooistra, Scott
Larson, Kyle
Lynch, Corey
Mauia, Reagan
Mays, Corey
Ndukwe, Chinedum
Ocho Cinco, Chad
Odom, Antwan
Palmer, Carson
Palmer, Jordan
Peko, Domata
Perry, Chris
Rivers, Keith
Rucker, Frostee
St. Louis, Brad
Shirley, Jason
Simpson, Jerome
Sims, Pat
Thornton, John
Utecht, Ben
Watson, Kenny
White, Marvin
Whitworth, Andrew
Williams, Bobbie

CLEVELAND BROWNS
Pos.
OT
LB
WR
CB
WR
FB-TE
OT
C
OG
RB
DE
QB
DE
C
PK
CB
DT
S
WR
WR
WR
S
LB
LB
CB
LB
S
OT
CB
TE
OT-OG
P
S
FB
LB
S
WR
DE
QB
QB
DT
RB
LB
DE
LS-TE
DT
WR
DT
DT
TE
RB
S
OG-OT
OG

Ht.
6-7
6-3
6-0
6-0
5-8
6-3
6-5
6-3
6-3
5-11
6-4
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-0
5-11
6-3
6-3
6-4
6-1
6-1
6-0
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-1
5-11
6-5
5-11
6-4
6-6
6-1
6-0
6-0
6-1
6-2
6-1
6-5
6-5
6-5
6-3
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-5
6-2
6-2
6-3
6-6
6-0
6-1
6-7
6-4

Wt.
342
255
204
195
185
264
317
306
325
196
295
225
272
303
205
199
300
220
200
193
199
210
245
245
196
240
205
307
193
256
335
204
206
260
245
220
192
260
230
232
325
224
241
280
243
338
195
320
297
250
220
199
330
345

Exp.
5
4
R
R
6
2
R
1
3
3
4
4
5
4
8
2
1
1
4
3
8
10
3
3
2
9
3
7
3
10
6
5
R
2
3
2
8
5
6
1
3
5
R
3
9
R
R
R
10
5
7
2
3
9

College
Mississippi
Virginia
Florida
Alabama
Cincinnati
Brigham Young
Kansas
Michigan State
South Florida
Lindenwood (Mo.)
Utah
Harvard
Georgia
Central Michigan
Virginia Tech
Michigan
Miami (Fla.)
Louisiana-Lafayette
West Virginia
Kentucky
Oregon State
Florida State
Central Florida
Louisville
Wingate (N.C.)
Michigan
Indiana
Arizona State
South Carolina
Mississippi State
North Carolina State
Nebraska
Appalachian State
Hawaii
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Oregon State
Alabama
USC
UTEP
Michigan State
Michigan
USC
USC
SW Missouri State
Fresno State
Coastal Carolina
Auburn
West Virginia
Minnesota
Penn State
TCU
LSU
Arkansas

Name
Pos.
Abdullah, Hamza
S
Bailey, Boss
LB
Bailey, Champ
CB
Bly, Dr
CB
Clady, Ryan
OT
Clemons, Nic
DT
Colbert, Keary
WR
Crowder, Tim
DE
Cutler, Jay
QB
Dumervil, Elvis
DE
Ekuban, Ebenezer
DE
Engelberger, John
DE
Gandy, Dylan
OG
Graham, Daniel
TE
Green, Louis
LB
Hall, Andre
RB
Hamilton, Ben
C-OG
Harris, Ryan
OT
Hillis, Peyton
FB
Jackson, Darrell
WR
Jackson, Nate
TE
Kern, Brett
P
Koutouvides, Niko
LB
Kuper, Chris
OG-OT
Larsen, Spencer
FB
Leach, Mike
TE-LS
Lichtensteiger, Kory
C
Lowry, Calvin
S
Manuel, Marquand
S
Marshall, Brandon (susp.) WR
McCree, Marlon
S
Moss, Jarvis
DE
Nalen, Tom
C
Paymah, Karl
CB
Pears, Erik
OT
Peterson, Kenny
DT
Pittman, Michael
RB
Polumbus, Tyler
OT
Powell, Carlton (PUP)
DT
Prater, Matt
PK
Ramsey, Patrick
QB
Robertson, Dewayne
DT
Royal, Eddie
WR
Scheffler, Tony
TE
Shaw, Josh
DT
Stokley, Brandon
WR
Thomas, Marcus
DT
Torain, Ryan
RB
Webster, Nate
LB
Wiegmann, Casey
C
Williams, D.J.
LB
Williams, Jack
CB
Winborn, Jamie
LB
Woodyard, Wesley
LB
Young, Selvin
RB

Ht.
6-2
6-3
6-0
5-10
6-6
6-6
6-1
6-4
6-3
5-11
6-4
6-4
6-3
6-3
6-3
5-10
6-4
6-5
6-1
5-11
6-3
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-2
6-2
6-3
5-11
6-0
6-4
5-11
6-6
6-3
6-0
6-8
6-3
6-0
6-8
6-3
5-10
6-3
6-1
5-10
6-5
6-2
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-2
6-1
5-9
5-11
6-1
5-11

Wt.
216
232
192
188
325
300
205
275
233
260
275
260
290
257
237
212
290
300
250
210
235
205
238
302
240
240
295
200
213
230
204
265
286
195
305
300
225
310
300
188
225
308
182
250
290
192
305
225
232
285
240
185
230
230
215

Exp.
4
6
10
10
R
2
5
2
3
3
10
9
4
7
5
2
8
2
R
9
6
R
5
3
R
9
R
3
7
3
8
2
15
4
3
6
11
R
R
2
7
6
R
3
5
10
2
R
9
13
5
R
8
R
2

College
Washington State
Georgia
Georgia
North Carolina
Boise State
Georgia
USC
Texas
Vanderbilt
Louisville
North Carolina
Virginia Tech
Texas Tech
Colorado
Alcorn State
South Florida
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Arkansas
Florida
Menlo (Calif.)
Toledo
Purdue
North Dakota
Arizona
William & Mary
Bowling Green
Penn State
Florida
Central Florida
Kentucky
Florida
Boston College
Washington State
Colorado State
Ohio State
Fresno State
Colorado
Virginia Tech
Central Florida
Tulane
Kentucky
Virginia Tech
Western Michigan
Michigan State
Southwestern Louisiana
Florida
Arizona State
Miami (Fla.)
Iowa
Miami (Fla.)
Kent State
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Texas

DENVER BRONCOS
No.
21
97
24
32
78
93
85
96
6
92
91
60
77
89
52
23
50
74
22
82
81
1
53
73
46
83
67
37
33
15
20
94
66
41
64
90
28
76
75
5
11
63
19
88
95
14
79
42
58
62
55
26
51
59
35

No.
20
41
3
58
25
16
23
54
4
87
11
17
66
53
70
96
35
82
52
26
84
30
93
31
22
55
68
64
21
10
92
71
86
83
77
98
91
27
61
18
65
12
73
72
47
99
94
95
80
24
29
79
15

Name
Adams, Mike
Ali, Charles
Anderson, Derek
Bell, Beau
Cousin, Terry
Cribbs, Joshua
Daniels, Travis
Davis, Andra
Dawson, Phil
Dinkins, Darnell
Dorsey, Ken
Edwards, Braylon
Fraley, Hank
Griffin, Kris
Hadnot, Rex
Hall, Alex
Harrison, Jerome
Heiden, Steve
Jackson, DQwell
Jones, Sean
Jurevicius, Joe (PUP)
Lawson, Gerard
Leonard, Louis
Lewis, Jamal
McDonald, Brandon
McGinest, Willie
McKinney, Seth
Orr, Shantee
Pontbriand, Ryan
Pool, Brodney
Quinn, Brady
Rogers, Shaun
Rubin, Ahtyba
Rucker, Martin
Sanders, Steve
Shaffer, Kevin
Smith, Robaire
Smith, Shaun
Sorensen, Nick
Sowells, Isaac
Stallworth, Dont
Steinbach, Eric
Steptoe, Syndric
Thomas, Joe
Tucker, Ryan
Vickers, Lawrence
Williams, Corey
Williams, Leon
Wimbley, Kamerion
Winslow, Kellen
Wright, Eric
Wright, Jason
Young, Scott
Zastudil, Dave

DALLAS COWBOYS
Pos.
S
FB
QB
LB
CB
WR
CB
LB
PK
TE
QB
WR
C
LB
OL
LB
RB
TE
LB
S
WR
DB
DL
RB
CB
LB
OG-C
LB
LS
S
QB
NT
NT
TE
WR
OT
DE
DL
S
OG
WR
OG
WR
OT
OT-OG
FB
DL
LB
LB
TE
CB
RB
OL
P

Ht.
5-11
6-2
6-6
6-1
5-9
6-1
6-1
6-1
5-11
6-4
6-4
6-3
6-2
6-3
6-2
6-5
5-9
6-5
6-0
6-1
6-5
5-10
6-4
5-11
5-10
6-5
6-3
6-1
6-2
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-2
6-4
6-3
6-5
6-4
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-0
6-6
5-9
6-6
6-6
6-0
6-4
6-2
6-3
6-4
5-10
5-10
6-4
6-3

Wt.
195
255
230
250
185
215
195
250
200
260
215
215
310
245
320
250
205
270
240
220
232
195
330
245
185
270
310
246
255
205
235
350
330
260
201
315
320
325
210
320
200
295
200
305
315
250
320
250
255
250
190
215
312
227

Exp.
5
2
4
R
12
4
4
7
10
7
6
4
9
4
5
R
3
10
3
5
11
R
2
9
2
15
7
5
6
4
2
8
R
R
1
7
9
5
8
3
7
6
1
2
12
3
5
3
3
5
2
4
4
7

College
Delaware
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Oregon State
UNLV
South Carolina
Kent State
LSU
Florida
Texas
Pittsburgh
Miami (Fla.)
Michigan
Robert Morris
Indiana (Pa.)
Houston
St. Augustines (N.C.)
Washington State
South Dakota State
Maryland
Georgia
Penn State
Oregon State
Fresno State
Tennessee
Memphis
USC
Texas A&M
Michigan
Rice
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Texas
Iowa State
Missouri
Bowling Green
Tulsa
Michigan State
South Carolina
Virginia Tech
Indiana
Tennessee
Iowa
Arizona
Wisconsin
TCU
Colorado
Arkansas State
Miami (Fla.)
Florida State
Miami (Fla.)
UNLV
Northwestern
Brigham Young
Ohio

Pos.
DE
S
DE
OT
CB
S
TE
OT
DT
DT
OT
DT
DE
LB
FB
CB
TE
DT
OT
WR
TE
LB
PK
P
WR
RB
CB
QB
LB
LB
C
WR
DT
LS
OG
LB
QB
TE
S
OG
C
OG
DT
CB
LB
DE
S
CB
RB
QB
RB
DE
WR

Ht.
6-5
6-0
6-3
6-5
6-1
6-0
6-5
6-7
6-4
6-3
6-5
6-0
6-4
6-0
6-0
5-10
6-4
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-4
6-1
6-0
6-2
6-5
5-10
5-11
6-2
6-2
6-0
6-4
5-10
6-1
6-4
6-3
6-3
6-5
6-3
5-10
6-4
6-1
6-3
6-4
5-10
6-0
6-2
5-10
5-11
6-1
6-3
6-2
6-2
6-3

Wt.
280
204
252
305
193
212
265
319
310
274
330
297
275
229
246
189
258
296
338
195
277
228
190
218
235
225
193
220
235
230
300
183
305
265
345
224
230
255
200
323
295
335
295
186
225
250
201
191
217
230
215
273
220

Exp.
2
2
R
8
6
3
10
R
4
R
8
8
10
R
R
7
6
R
6
6
5
5
17
8
2
8
11
12
7
5
15
6
4
5
10
7
4
6
4
4
8
2
6
2
3
6
8
5
R
2
R
6
5

College
Hawaii
Boise State
Purdue
Michigan
Duquesne
Nebraska
Texas A&M
Boston College
USC
Ohio
Bethune-Cookman
South Carolina State
Iowa
Colorado
Furman
Central Florida
Carroll College
Florida State
Georgia
Northern Iowa
Central Florida
Purdue
Washington State
California
Georgia Tech
Auburn
USC
Central Washington
Richmond
Wisconsin
Toledo
Arizona State
South Carolina
Texas A&M
Arizona
UCLA
Connecticut
Notre Dame
Grambling
LSU
Nebraska
Texas Tech
Texas
Alabama
Florida State
North Carolina State
Akron
McNeese State
Central Florida
Michigan State
UTEP
Louisville
Texas

DETROIT LIONS
No.
97
42
92
76
28
27
89
77
75
98
74
91
95
57
45
21
82
96
72
87
86
54
4
2
81
32
25
8
53
59
67
84
79
48
64
55
6
83
24
66
51
63
78
38
50
93
26
23
34
5
33
99
11

Name
Alama-Francis, Ikaika
Alexander, Gerald
Avril, Cliff
Backus, Jeff
Bodden, Leigh
Bullocks, Daniel
Campbell, Dan
Cherilus, Gosder
Cody, Shaun
Cohen, Landon
Cook, Damion
Darby, Chuck
DeVries, Jared
Dizon, Jordon
Felton, Jerome
Fisher, Travis
FitzSimmons, Casey
Fluellen, Andre
Foster, George
Furrey, Mike
Gaines, Michael
Gardner, Gilbert
Hanson, Jason
Harris, Nick
Johnson, Calvin
Johnson, Rudi
Kelly, Brian
Kitna, Jon
Lenon, Paris
Lewis, Alex
McCollum, Andy
McDonald, Shaun
Moore, Langston
Muhlbach, Don
Mulitalo, Edwin
Nece, Ryan
Orlovsky, Dan
Owens, John
Pearson, Kalvin
Peterman, Stephen
Raiola, Dominic
Ramirez, Manny
Redding, Cory
Robinson, Ramzee
Sims, Ernie
Smith, Corey
Smith, Dwight
Smith, Keith
Smith, Kevin
Stanton, Drew
Thomas, Marcus
White, Dewayne
Williams, Roy

No.
76
34
19
20
24
80
67
72
27
57
99
54
23
75
84
89
29
70
98
6
68
65
26
97
42
64
17
56
85
31
14
66
21
28
63
91
1
77
41
81
71
90
50
9
32
96
93
86
55
94
25
38
82

Name
Adams, Flozell
Anderson, Deon
Austin, Miles
Ball, Alan
Barber, Marion
Bennett, Martellus
Berger, Joe
Bowen, Stephen
Brown, Courtney
Burnett, Kevin
Canty, Chris
Carpenter, Bobby
Choice, Tashard
Colombo, Marc
Crayton, Patrick
Curtis, Tony
Davis, Keith
Davis, Leonard
Ellis, Greg
Folk, Nick
Free, Doug
Gurode, Andre
Hamlin, Ken
Hatcher, Jason
Henry, Anthony
Holland, Montrae
Hurd, Sam
James, Bradie
Jefferson, Mike
Jenkins, Mike
Johnson, Brad
Johnson, Tank
Jones, Adam
Jones, Felix
Kosier, Kyle
Ladouceur, L.P.
McBriar, Mat
McQuistan, Pat
Newman, Terence
Owens, Terrell
Procter, Cory
Ratliff, Jay
Rogers, Justin
Romo, Tony
Scandrick, Orlando
Spears, Marcus
Spencer, Anthony
Stanback, Isaiah
Thomas, Zach
Ware, DeMarcus
Watkins, Pat
Williams, Roy
Witten, Jason

Pos.
OT
FB
WR
CB
RB
TE
OG
DE
S
LB
DE
LB
RB
OT
WR
TE
S
OG
LB
PK
OT
C
S
DE
CB
OG
WR
LB
WR
CB
QB
NT
CB
RB
OG
LS
P
OT
CB
WR
OG-C
NT-DE
LB
QB
CB
DE
LB
WR
LB
LB
S
S
TE

Ht.
6-7
5-10
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-6
6-5
6-5
6-1
6-3
6-7
6-2
5-11
6-8
6-0
6-5
5-11
6-6
6-6
6-1
6-6
6-4
6-2
6-6
6-1
6-2
6-2
6-2
6-1
5-11
6-5
6-3
5-10
6-0
6-5
6-4
6-1
6-6
5-11
6-3
6-4
6-4
6-4
6-2
5-10
6-4
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-4
6-5
6-0
6-5

Wt.
340
241
216
176
221
252
304
303
203
227
299
248
215
315
205
265
207
354
265
222
306
316
206
298
205
322
196
239
206
197
235
300
185
207
294
251
224
311
181
218
297
298
250
224
192
305
257
208
228
252
208
225
266

Exp.
11
2
3
2
4
R
4
3
2
4
4
3
R
7
5
3
6
8
11
2
2
7
6
3
8
6
3
6
R
R
17
5
3
R
7
4
5
3
6
13
4
4
2
6
R
4
2
2
13
4
3
7
6

College
Michigan State
Connecticut
Monmouth
Illinois
Minnesota
Texas A&M
Michigan Tech
Hofstra
Cal Poly
Tennessee
Virginia
Ohio State
Georgia Tech
Boston College
NW Oklahoma State
Portland State
Sam Houston
Texas
North Carolina
Arizona
Northern Illinois
Colorado
Arkansas
Grambling State
South Florida
Florida State
Northern Illinois
LSU
Montana State
South Florida
Florida State
Washington
West Virginia
Arkansas
Arizona State
California
Hawaii
Weber State
Kansas State
Tennessee-Chattanooga
Montana
Auburn
SMU
Eastern Illinois
Boise State
LSU
Purdue
Washington
Texas Tech
Troy State
Florida State
Oklahoma
Tennessee

Pos.
OG
LB
S
LB
CB
QB
CB-S
LB
OT
DT
OG-OT
S
PK
WR
TE
QB
P
DE
OT
LS
RB
FB
DT
CB
LB
TE
DE
RB
DE
WR
DT
WR
DE
FB
TE
CB
RB
WR
OG-OT
DE
WR
S
DT
LB
QB
S
OG
OG-C
OT
DE
C
LB
CB
CB

Ht.
6-4
6-2
5-11
6-2
6-0
6-3
6-0
6-3
6-5
6-1
6-4
5-11
6-1
6-0
6-5
6-2
6-2
6-4
6-7
6-1
6-1
6-0
6-4
6-1
6-1
6-2
6-4
5-10
6-2
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-4
6-0
6-4
6-0
5-11
6-4
6-5
6-5
6-3
5-11
6-2
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-3
6-3
6-3
6-4
6-2
6-0
5-11
6-1

Wt.
305
236
213
238
206
223
200
243
320
330
308
207
207
194
247
222
210
249
311
261
226
243
320
190
248
255
271
220
305
198
320
218
265
259
248
194
228
220
306
273
217
203
330
247
220
223
317
302
316
270
303
238
191
202

Exp.
2
6
3
2
3
R
3
5
9
4
3
4
2
10
R
R
5
9
R
1
2
2
2
11
3
3
3
2
5
3
3
2
7
3
6
R
R
3
3
4
R
3
8
4
4
2
R
3
9
R
5
6
2
11

College
Missouri Southern State
Oregon State
Central Florida
California
Boston College
Louisville
Utah State
UCLA
Tennessee
Iowa
Boise State
Bethune-Cookman
Colorado
Alcorn State
Texas
LSU
Northern Iowa
San Diego State
Louisville
Arkansas
Notre Dame
Boise State
Tennessee
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Ohio State
Central Michigan
Appalachian State
Nebraska
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Texas A&M
San Jose State
Iowa
Shippensburg (Pa.)
Mississippi State
Auburn
Georgia
Saginaw Valley State
Nevada
Texas A&M
Kansas State
Alabama
Ohio State
Brigham Young
California
Virginia Tech
Central Florida
Louisville
Wisconsin
Wake Forest
Tennessee
Howard
Louisiana Tech
Michigan

GREEN BAY PACKERS

No.
78
56
20
55
27
11
24
54
76
90
73
36
2
80
88
10
6
94
68
61
25
35
91
31
50
84
57
32
77
85
97
89
74
30
86
22
28
82
75
96
87
26
79
51
12
37
71
72
65
99
63
59
38
21

Name
Barbre, Allen
Barnett, Nick
Bigby, Atari
Bishop, Desmond
Blackmon, Will
Brohm, Brian
Bush, Jarrett
Chillar, Brandon
Clifton, Chad
Cole, Colin
Colledge, Daryn
Collins, Nick
Crosby, Mason
Driver, Donald
Finley, Jermichael
Flynn, Matt
Frost, Derrick
Gbaja-Biamila, Kabeer
Giacomini, Breno
Goode, Brett
Grant, Ryan
Hall, Korey
Harrell, Justin (PUP)
Harris, Al
Hawk, A.J.
Humphrey, Tory
Hunter, Jason
Jackson, Brandon
Jenkins, Cullen
Jennings, Greg
Jolly, Johnny
Jones, James
Kampman, Aaron
Kuhn, John
Lee, Donald
Lee, Pat
Lumpkin, Kregg
Martin, Ruvell
Moll, Tony
Montgomery, Michael
Nelson, Jordy
Peprah, Charlie
Pickett, Ryan
Poppinga, Brady
Rodgers, Aaron
Rouse, Aaron
Sitton, Josh
Spitz, Jason
Tauscher, Mark
Thompson, Jeremy
Wells, Scott
White, Tracy
Williams, Tramon
Woodson, Charles

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Pro Football Weekly

September 14, 2008

NFL ROSTERS
HOUSTON TEXANS
No.
52
89
34
32
57
65
24
76
3
87
93
78
96
81
11
47
54
85
38
28
30
56
31
80
99
12
94
44
95
28
55
97
91
48
69
35
66
23
18
59
74
8
20
64
27
51
1
83
98
63
90
26
73
92

Name
Adibi, Xavier
Anderson, David
Barber, Dominique
Bennett, Fred
Bentley, Kevin
Brisiel, Mike
Brown, C.C.
Brown, Duane
Brown, Kris
Bruener, Mark
Bulman, Tim
Butler, Rashad
Cochran, Earl
Daniels, Owen
Davis, Andr
Demps, Will
Diles, Zac
Dreessen, Joel
Faggins, Demarcus
Ferguson, Nick
Green, Ahman
Greenwood, Morlon
Harrison, Brandon
Johnson, Andre
Johnson, Travis
Jones, Jacoby
Kalu, N.D.
Leach, Vonta
McClover, Stanley
Molden, Antwaun
Myers, Chris
Okam, Frank
Okoye, Amobi
Pittman, Bryan
Pitts, Chester
Reeves, Jacques
Robinson, DelJuan
Robinson, Dunta (PUP)
Rosenfels, Sage
Ryans, DeMeco
Salaam, Ephraim
Schaub, Matt
Slaton, Steve
Studdard, Kasey
Taylor, Chris
Thompson, Chaun
Turk, Matt
Walter, Kevin
Weaver, Anthony
White, Chris
Williams, Mario
Wilson, Eugene
Winston, Eric
Zgonina, Jeff

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
Pos.
LB
WR
S
CB
LB
OG
S
OT
PK
TE
DT
OT
DE
TE
WR
S
LB
TE
CB
S
RB
LB
S
WR
DT
WR
DE
FB
DE
CB
C
DT
DT
LS
OG
CB
DT
CB
QB
LB
OT
QB
RB
OG
RB
LB
P
WR
DE
C
DE
CB
OT
DT

Ht.
6-2
5-10
6-0
6-0
6-0
6-5
6-1
6-4
5-11
6-4
6-4
6-4
6-5
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-0
6-4
5-10
5-10
6-0
6-1
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-2
6-3
6-0
6-2
6-1
6-4
6-5
6-2
6-3
6-4
5-11
6-3
5-10
6-4
6-1
6-7
6-5
5-9
6-2
5-11
6-2
6-5
6-3
6-3
6-2
6-7
5-10
6-7
6-2

Wt.
224
194
218
197
238
300
208
318
206
260
292
293
284
247
195
208
240
260
178
201
218
253
215
223
303
207
257
253
263
197
293
342
302
265
310
192
296
174
225
250
302
234
201
303
220
255
242
214
280
285
291
195
310
290

Exp.
R
3
R
2
7
2
4
R
10
14
4
3
4
3
7
7
2
3
7
9
11
8
2
6
4
2
12
5
3
R
4
R
2
6
7
5
1
4
8
3
11
5
R
2
2
6
13
6
7
4
3
6
3
16

College
Virginia Tech
Colorado State
Minnesota
South Carolina
Northwestern
Colorado State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Washington
Boston College
Miami (Fla.)
Alabama State
Wisconsin
Virginia Tech
San Diego State
Kansas State
Colorado State
Kansas State
Georgia Tech
Nebraska
Syracuse
Stanford
Miami (Fla.)
Florida State
Lane (Tenn.)
Rice
East Carolina
Auburn
Eastern Kentucky
Miami (Fla.)
Texas
Louisville
Washington
San Diego State
Purdue
Mississippi State
South Carolina
Iowa State
Alabama
San Diego State
Virginia
West Virginia
Texas
Indiana
West Texas A&M
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Eastern Michigan
Notre Dame
Southern Mississippi
North Carolina State
Illinois
Miami (Fla.)
Purdue

Pos.
OT
RB
DL
WR
CB
RB
P
TE
FB
QB
LS
WR
OG
DT
LB
DT
CB
TE
WR
TE
DE
LB
QB
DT
LB
RB
DE
OG
CB
DE
S
OT
S
C
PK
S
CB
S
WR
OT
WR
RS
RB-RS
RB
C
CB
OT
QB
LB
DT
LB
OG
WR
LB

Ht.
6-5
6-2
6-3
6-2
6-0
5-11
6-3
6-7
6-0
6-2
6-0
6-1
6-2
6-1
6-2
6-3
5-9
6-3
6-0
6-5
6-3
6-3
6-3
6-0
6-3
6-1
6-4
6-4
5-11
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-0
6-5
5-11
6-0
5-10
6-1
6-1
6-6
5-11
5-10
5-8
5-11
6-4
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-1
6-2
6-2
6-3
6-2
6-1

Wt.
316
238
305
221
207
199
210
269
252
206
242
213
308
297
224
315
187
266
209
251
275
253
218
304
242
230
269
296
188
278
208
328
203
301
191
225
190
224
197
319
196
185
182
219
296
195
295
225
237
306
237
320
211
232

Exp.
R
1
8
2
R
R
4
R
R
3
9
5
R
R
13
8
R
2
R
12
3
7
12
2
4
6
R
5
R
2
7
9
R
3
3
3
3
3
2
R
R
5
R
2
6
11
2
2
4
2
R
9
3
5

College
Virginia
Houston
Mount San Antonio J.C.
LSU
Grand Valley State
Texas
Tennessee
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Alabama
McGill (Quebec)
Washington State
California
LSU
UCLA
Texas A&M
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Missouri
California
Penn State
Northwestern
Washington
Auburn
Texas
Penn State
Gardner-Webb
Kansas
Valdosta State (Ga.)
Tennessee
Kansas State
Kansas State
North Carolina State
LSU
Maryland
UCLA
Tuskegee
Purdue
Charleston Southern
Clemson
Utah State
McNeese State
Oklahoma State
Louisville
Memphis
Southern Mississippi
TCU
Coastal Carolina
North Carolina State
North Carolina State
Middle Tennessee State
North Texas
San Diego State
Nebraska

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

No.
76
26
70
82
39
25
2
87
42
12
51
81
60
72
59
95
24
84
85
88
91
50
11
99
56
27
97
73
31
90
47
77
38
64
9
44
22
49
17
67
14
30
29
21
74
23
75
4
55
93
52
54
80
53

Name
Albert, Branden
Battle, Jackie
Boone, Alfonso
Bowe, Dwayne
Carr, Brandon
Charles, Jamaal
Colquitt, Dustin
Cottam, Brad
Cox, Mike
Croyle, Brodie
Darche, Jean-Philippe
Darling, Devard
De La Puente, Brian
Dorsey, Glenn
Edwards, Donnie
Edwards, Ron
Flowers, Brandon
Foschi, John Paul
Franklin, Will
Gonzalez, Tony
Hali, Tamba
Harris, Napoleon
Huard, Damon
Jackson, T.J.
Johnson, Derrick
Johnson, Larry
Johnston, Brian
Jones, Adrian
Leggett, Maurice
McBride, Turk
McGraw, Jon
McIntosh, Damion
Morgan, DaJuan
Niswanger, Rudy
Novak, Nick
Page, Jarrad
Patterson, Dimitri
Pollard, Bernard
Price, Maurice
Richardson, Barry
Robinson, Kevin (PUP)
Sams, B.J.
Savage, Dantrell
Smith, Kolby
Smith, Wade
Surtain, Patrick
Taylor, Herb
Thigpen, Tyler
Thomas, Pat
Tyler, Tank
Walden, Erik
Waters, Brian
Webb, Jeff
Williams, Demorrio

No.
29
41
58
79
33
44
52
96
71
76
68
93
85
43
11
56
83
88
32
26
72
92
20
28
23
74
94
99
53
54
65
18
98
90
78
31
95
38
61
47
10
21
86
63
49
55
17
48
12
84
91
67
4
87
50

Name
Addai, Joseph
Bethea, Antoine
Brackett, Gary
Brock, Raheem
Bullitt, Melvin
Clark, Dallas
Davis, Buster
Dawson, Keyunta
Diem, Ryan
Federkeil, Dan
Foster, Eric
Freeney, Dwight
Garcon, Pierre
Giordano, Matt
Gonzalez, Anthony
Hagler, Tyjuan (PUP)
Hall, Roy
Harrison, Marvin
Hart, Mike
Hayden, Kelvin
Hilliard, Corey
Howard, Marcus
Hughes, Dante
Jackson, Marlin
Jennings, Tim
Johnson, Charlie
Johnson, Curtis
Johnson, Ed
Justice, Steve
Keiaho, Freddy
Lilja, Ryan (PUP)
Manning, Peyton
Mathis, Robert
Muir, Daniel
Pollak, Mike
Ratliff, Keiwan
Reid, Darrell
Rhodes, Dominic
Richard, Jamey
Robinson, Gijon
Roby, Courtney
Sanders, Bob
Santi, Tom
Saturday, Jeff
Senn, Jordan
Session, Clint
Smith, Hunter
Snow, Justin
Sorgi, Jim
Tamme, Jacob
Thomas, Josh
Ugoh, Tony
Vinatieri, Adam
Wayne, Reggie
Wheeler, Philip

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
Pos.
RB
S
LB
DL
S
TE
LB
DE
OT
OT
DT
DE
WR
S
WR
LB
WR
WR
RB
CB
OT
DE
CB
CB
CB
OT-OG
DE
DT
C-OG
OLB
OG
QB
DE
DT
OG
CB
DT
RB
OG
TE
WR
S
TE
C
LB
LB
P
TE
QB
TE
DE
OT
PK
WR
LB

Ht.
5-11
5-11
5-11
6-4
6-1
6-3
5-9
6-3
6-6
6-6
6-2
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-0
5-9
6-0
6-6
6-0
5-10
6-0
5-8
6-4
6-3
6-2
6-3
5-11
6-2
6-5
6-2
6-2
6-3
5-11
6-2
5-9
6-5
6-1
6-1
5-8
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-5
6-3
6-5
6-5
6-0
6-0
6-2

Wt.
214
203
235
274
201
252
239
254
320
290
265
268
210
200
193
236
240
185
206
195
305
237
190
196
185
305
237
296
293
226
290
230
245
312
301
188
288
203
295
255
189
206
250
295
224
235
209
240
196
236
271
301
202
198
240

Exp.
3
3
6
7
2
6
1
2
8
3
R
7
R
4
2
3
2
13
R
4
2
R
2
4
3
3
R
2
R
3
5
11
6
2
R
5
4
8
R
1
4
5
R
10
R
2
10
9
5
R
5
2
13
8
R

College
LSU
Howard
Rutgers
Temple
Texas A&M
Iowa
Florida State
Texas Tech
Northern Illinois
Calgary (Canada)
Rutgers
Syracuse
Mount Union (Ohio)
California
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Syracuse
Michigan
Illinois
Oklahoma State
Georgia
California
Michigan
Georgia
Oklahoma State
Clark Atlanta
Penn State
Wake Forest
San Diego State
Kansas State
Tennessee
Alabama A&M
Kent State
Arizona State
Florida
Minnesota
Midwestern State
Buffalo
Missouri Western
Indiana
Iowa
Virginia
North Carolina
Portland State
Pittsburgh
Notre Dame
Baylor
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Syracuse
Arkansas
South Dakota State
Miami (Fla.)
Georgia Tech

Pos.
C
S
CB
LB
LB
QB
S
WR
RB
WR
OT
PK
RB
S
LB
S
LS
DE
TE
NT
P
OT
WR
CB
FB
WR
QB
S
DE
CB
DE
CB
WR
OT
TE
DE
LB
OG
OG-C
RB
QB
LB
LB
TE
C
OG
NT
DE
OG
LB
WR
RB
DE

Ht.
6-4
6-1
5-10
6-4
6-2
6-2
6-0
5-10
6-0
6-1
6-5
6-2
5-8
5-11
6-2
6-1
6-5
6-4
6-4
6-3
6-5
6-7
5-11
5-10
5-11
6-2
6-3
5-11
6-5
5-10
6-6
6-0
6-4
6-7
6-4
6-4
6-5
6-4
6-4
5-11
6-3
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-3
6-3
6-4
6-3
6-4
6-2
6-4
5-10
6-5

Wt.
310
200
196
245
250
216
200
190
232
190
350
216
210
200
250
210
255
295
255
312
236
320
178
185
249
215
228
205
288
183
287
200
210
315
265
290
260
314
325
225
225
250
272
265
300
311
355
305
305
250
225
225
310

Exp.
2
3
8
5
7
2
5
R
4
3
5
R
3
6
4
3
4
R
3
12
2
R
2
7
4
3
R
8
11
5
R
6
1
R
8
R
2
R
2
R
9
10
4
5
2
5
2
5
R
5
5
8
2

College
Akron
Tennessee
Syracuse
Mississippi
Purdue
Brigham Young
Eastern Kentucky
Hawaii
Auburn
Stanford
Miami (Fla.)
Montana
North Texas
Marshall
Florida
Fresno State
Brigham Young
Arizona
Notre Dame
Georgia
Michigan State
Arkansas
Ohio State
South Carolina
Illinois State
Arizona State
Michigan
Michigan State
North Carolina
Rutgers
Hampton
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Michigan
Tennessee
Clemson
Georgia
Utah State
Northwestern
Toledo
Marshall
Colorado State
Iowa
Boston College
Hawaii
Alabama
Utah
Maryland
Connecticut
Auburn
Virginia Tech
Texas
Texas

MIAMI DOLPHINS
No.
57
32
25
56
51
9
37
15
23
83
72
1
38
20
52
29
92
71
81
95
2
75
19
21
46
82
7
24
91
33
70
22
17
77
88
97
74
61
68
31
10
55
98
89
64
65
96
94
66
53
18
34
90

Name
Alleman, Andy
Allen, Jason
Allen, Will
Anderson, Charlie
Ayodele, Akin
Beck, John
Bell, Yeremiah
Bess, Davone
Brown, Ronnie
Camarillo, Greg
Carey, Vernon
Carpenter, Dan
Cobbs, Patrick
Crocker, Chris
Crowder, Channing
Culver, Tyrone
Denney, John
Dotson, Lionel
Fasano, Anthony
Ferguson, Jason
Fields, Brandon
Garner, Nate
Ginn Jr., Ted
Goodman, Andr
Grigsby, Boomer
Hagan, Derek
Henne, Chad
Hill, Renaldo
Holliday, Vonnie
Jones, Nathan
Langford, Kendall
Lehan, Michael
London, Brandon
Long, Jake
Martin, David
Merling, Phillip
Moses, Quentin
Murphy, Shawn
Ndukwe, Ikechuku
Parmele, Jalen
Pennington, Chad
Porter, Joey
Roth, Matt
Ryan, Sean
Satele, Samson
Smiley, Justin
Soliai, Paul
Starks, Randy
Thomas, Donald
Torbor, Reggie
Wilford, Ernest
Williams, Ricky
Wright, Rodrique

No.
85
69
56
83
21
36
9
93
91
97
98
51
59
22
33
18
32
73
66
17
89
67
27
96
63
92
25
62
86
77
24
79
54
3
80
20
78
10
43
52
72
95
31
28
81
34
29
74
11
53
84
38
88

Name
Angulo, Richard
Barnes, Khalif
Durant, Justin
Estandia, Greg
Florence, Drayton
Gardner, Isaiah
Garrard, David
Groves, Quentin
Harvey, Derrick
Hayward, Reggie
Henderson, John
Ingram, Clint
Iwuh, Brian
James, William
Jones, Greg
Jones, Matt
Jones-Drew, Maurice
Kennedy, Jimmy
Landri, Derek
Lemon, Cleo
Lewis, Marcedes
Manuwai, Vince
Mathis, Rashean
McDaniel, Tony
Meester, Brad
Meier, Rob
Nelson, Reggie
Norman, Dennis
Northcutt, Dennis
Nwaneri, Uche
Owens, Montell
Pashos, Tony
Peterson, Mike
Podlesh, Adam
Porter, Jerry
Prioleau, Pierson
Reyes, Tutan
Scobee, Josh
Sensabaugh, Gerald
Smith, Daryl
Spencer, Charles
Spicer, Paul
Starks, Scott
Taylor, Fred
Walker, Mike
Washington, Chauncey
Williams, Brian
Williams, Maurice
Williams, Reggie
Williams, Thomas
Williamson, Troy
Witherspoon, Brian
Zelenka, Joe

Pos.
TE
OT
LB
TE
CB
CB
QB
DE
DE
DE
DT
LB
LB
CB
FB
WR
RB-KR
DT
DT
QB
TE
OG
CB
DT
C
DT
S
OG-C
WR-PR
OG
FB
OT
LB
P
WR
S
OL
PK
S
LB
OT
DE
CB
RB
WR
RB
S
OG
WR
LB
WR
CB
TE-LS

Ht.
6-8
6-5
6-1
6-8
6-0
5-11
6-1
6-3
6-5
6-5
6-7
6-2
6-0
6-0
6-1
6-6
5-7
6-4
6-2
6-2
6-6
6-2
6-1
6-7
6-3
6-5
5-11
6-5
5-11
6-3
5-10
6-6
6-1
5-11
6-2
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-2
6-4
6-4
5-9
6-1
6-2
5-11
5-11
6-5
6-4
6-1
6-1
5-10
6-3

Wt.
266
325
232
265
195
197
245
259
271
275
335
238
235
200
254
218
208
320
282
215
275
329
190
310
295
308
202
322
172
330
225
325
238
198
220
188
310
192
204
245
337
295
176
228
208
224
202
302
212
225
203
175
256

Exp.
5
4
2
2
6
R
7
R
R
8
7
3
3
8
5
4
3
5
2
5
3
6
6
3
9
9
2
8
9
2
3
6
10
2
9
10
9
5
4
5
3
9
4
11
2
R
7
8
5
R
4
R
10

College
Western New Mexico
Washington
Hampton
UNLV
Tuskegee
Maryland
East Carolina
Auburn
Florida
Iowa State
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Colorado
Western Illinois
Florida State
Arkansas
UCLA
Penn State
Notre Dame
Arkansas State
UCLA
Hawaii
Bethune-Cookman
Tennessee
Northern Iowa
Washington State
Florida
Princeton
Arizona
Purdue
Maine
Illinois
Florida
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Mississippi
Louisiana Tech
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Saginaw Valley State
Wisconsin
Florida
Central Florida
USC
North Carolina State
Michigan
Washington
USC
South Carolina
Stillman (Ala.)
Wake Forest

Pos.
S
DE
WR
WR
C
QB
LB
OT
FB-TE
DE
DT
WR
S
QB
CB
LB
CB
DE
DT
LB
LB
OG
LB
OG-OT
RB
OG
QB
OT
S
TE
P
LB
LS
PK
CB
OT
TE
RB
OL
WR
DE
CB
S
TE
C
FB
FB
RB
WR
DT
S
DT
CB
DT

Ht.
6-0
6-6
6-0
6-1
6-4
6-3
6-0
6-6
6-4
6-5
6-4
6-1
5-11
6-3
5-11
6-2
6-0
6-3
6-4
6-1
6-3
6-2
6-1
6-4
5-11
6-5
6-2
6-6
6-0
6-3
6-4
6-3
6-5
6-0
6-1
6-8
6-1
6-1
6-5
6-4
6-3
5-9
6-2
6-4
6-4
6-0
6-1
5-11
5-10
6-5
6-1
6-3
5-9
6-3

Wt.
204
270
198
185
309
213
235
328
258
268
305
219
205
233
180
242
203
260
303
245
244
315
239
335
205
313
232
321
207
272
215
244
241
200
203
335
235
217
305
202
267
190
210
250
301
254
243
213
186
311
203
317
180
290

Exp.
R
5
2
5
11
R
6
3
5
3
3
8
2
15
3
3
3
2
R
6
R
5
1
7
5
8
3
4
R
10
4
7
5
12
2
7
3
2
R
2
2
5
12
6
R
3
5
7
6
6
5
12
10
8

College
Washington State
Idaho State
East Carolina
Fresno State
Harvard
USC
Boston College
New Mexico
Maryland
Purdue
Texas State-San Marcos
Texas A&M
Washington State
Tulsa
Kansas
Iowa
Texas
Kentucky
Florida State
Maryland
Maryland
Tennessee
Michigan State
Memphis
North Carolina A&T
Michigan
Alabama State
Mississippi
Arkansas State
North Dakota
UCLA
Kansas State
Texas
California
Fresno State
Miami (Fla.)
Tulsa
Oklahoma
USC
South Carolina
Texas
Northern Iowa
William & Mary
Morgan State
Notre Dame
Brigham Young
Minnesota
Toledo
Arizona
Oklahoma State
Maryland
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Mississippi State

MINNESOTA VIKINGS
No.
39
69
84
87
78
4
54
62
83
91
90
89
37
12
41
52
23
73
98
56
50
64
58
79
43
76
7
72
25
40
5
51
46
8
21
74
45
28
60
18
96
22
42
81
65
38
44
29
19
93
20
94
26
97

Name
Abdullah, Husain
Allen, Jared
Allison, Aundrae
Berrian, Bernard
Birk, Matt
Booty, John David
Ciurciu, Vinny
Cook, Ryan
Dugan, Jeff
Edwards, Ray
Evans, Fred
Ferguson, Robert
Frampton, Eric
Frerotte, Gus
Gordon, Charles
Greenway, Chad
Griffin, Cedric
Grigsby, Otis
Guion, Letroy
Henderson, E.J.
Henderson, Erin
Herrera, Anthony
Herron, David
Hicks, Artis
Hicks, Maurice
Hutchinson, Steve
Jackson, Tarvaris
Johnson, Marcus
Johnson, Tyrell
Kleinsasser, Jim
Kluwe, Chris
Leber, Ben
Loeffler, Cullen
Longwell, Ryan
McCauley, Marcus
McKinnie, Bryant (susp.)
Mills, Garrett
Peterson, Adrian
Radovich, Drew
Rice, Sidney
Robison, Brian
Sapp, Benny
Sharper, Darren
Shiancoe, Visanthe
Sullivan, John
Tahi, Naufahu
Tapeh, Thomas
Taylor, Chester
Wade, Bobby
Williams, Kevin
Williams, Madieu
Williams, Pat
Winfield, Antoine
Wyms, Ellis

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Pro Football Weekly

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NFL ROSTERS
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
No.
88
52
12
65
54
16
63
98
44
33
10
3
97
48
6
37
27
71
53
19
32
77
67
64
72
70
39
51
31
34
81
61
5
21
66
36
29
93
18
90
82
96
86
41
50
94
15
84
83
22
75
24
58
99
74

Name
Aiken, Sam
Alexander, Eric
Brady, Tom
Britt, Wesley
Bruschi, Tedy
Cassel, Matt
Connolly, Dan
Crable, Shawn
Evans, Heath
Faulk, Kevin
Gaffney, Jabar
Gostkowski, Stephen
Green, Jarvis
Guyton, Gary
Hanson, Chris
Harrison, Rodney
Hobbs, Ellis
Hochstein, Russ
Izzo, Larry
Jones, C.J.
Jordan, LaMont
Kaczur, Nick
Koppen, Dan
LeVoir, Mark
Light, Matt
Mankins, Logan
Maroney, Laurence
Mayo, Jerod
Meriweather, Brandon
Morris, Sammy
Moss, Randy
Neal, Stephen (PUP)
OConnell, Kevin
ONeal, Deltha
Paxton, Lonie
Sanders, James
Sanders, Lewis
Seymour, Richard
Slater, Matthew
Smith, Le Kevin
Spach, Stephen
Thomas, Adalius
Thomas, David
Ventrone, Ray
Vrabel, Mike
Warren, Ty
Washington, Kelley
Watson, Benjamin
Welker, Wes
Wheatley, Terrence
Wilfork, Vince
Wilhite, Jonathan
Woods, Pierre
Wright, Mike
Yates, Billy

Pos.
WR
LB
QB
OT
LB
QB
OL
LB
FB
RB
WR
PK
DE
LB
P
S
CB
OG-C
LB
WR
RB
OL
C
OT
OT
OG
RB
LB
DB
RB
WR
OG
QB
CB
LS
S
CB
DE
WR-RS
DL
TE
LB
TE
S-WR
LB
DE
WR
TE
WR
CB
NT
CB
LB
DL
OG

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

Ht.
6-2
6-2
6-4
6-8
6-1
6-4
6-4
6-5
6-0
5-8
6-1
6-1
6-3
6-3
6-2
6-1
5-9
6-4
5-10
5-11
5-10
6-4
6-2
6-7
6-4
6-4
5-11
6-1
5-11
6-0
6-4
6-4
6-5
5-11
6-2
5-10
6-1
6-6
6-0
6-3
6-4
6-2
6-3
5-10
6-4
6-5
6-3
6-3
5-9
5-9
6-2
5-11
6-5
6-4
6-2

Wt.
215
240
225
320
247
230
313
243
250
202
200
210
285
242
202
220
195
305
228
195
230
315
296
306
305
310
220
242
200
220
210
305
225
194
260
210
210
310
198
308
250
270
248
200
261
300
215
255
185
183
325
185
250
295
305

Exp.
6
4
9
3
13
4
3
R
8
10
7
3
7
R
10
15
4
8
13
2
8
4
6
2
8
4
3
R
2
9
11
7
R
9
9
4
9
8
R
3
3
9
3
3
12
6
6
5
5
R
5
R
3
4
5

College
North Carolina
LSU
Michigan
Alabama
Arizona
USC
Southeast Missouri State
Michigan
Auburn
LSU
Florida
Memphis
LSU
Georgia Tech
Marshall
Western Illinois
Iowa State
Nebraska
Rice
Iowa
Maryland
Toledo
Boston College
Notre Dame
Purdue
Fresno State
Minnesota
Tennessee
Miami (Fla.)
Texas Tech
Marshall
Cal State-Bakersfield
San Diego State
California
Sacramento State
Fresno State
Maryland
Georgia
UCLA
Nebraska
Fresno State
Southern Mississippi
Texas
Villanova
Ohio State
Texas A&M
Tennessee
Georgia
Texas Tech
Colorado
Miami (Fla.)
Auburn
Michigan
Cincinnati
Texas A&M

No.
9
70
11
29
25
74
80
71
12
18
21
42
98
73
54
55
20
31
76
1
94
41
19
47
43
44
96
68
26
93
34
17
83
50
16
67
77
81
22
39
58
88
53
91
27
78
64
99
23
51
7
66
28

Name
Brees, Drew
Brown, Jammal
Brunell, Mark
Bullocks, Josh
Bush, Reggie
Bushrod, Jermon
Campbell, Mark
Clancy, Kendrick
Colston, Marques
Copper, Terrance
Craft, Jason
David, Jason
Ellis, Sedrick
Evans, Jahri
Evans, Troy
Fujita, Scott
Gay, Randall
Glenn, Aaron
Goodwin, Jonathan
Gramatica, Martin
Grant, Charles
Harper, Roman
Henderson, Devery
Houser, Kevin
Kaesviharn, Kevin
Karney, Mike
Lake, Antwan
Lehr, Matt
McAllister, Deuce
McCray, Bobby
McKenzie, Mike
Meachem, Robert
Miller, Billy
Mitchell, Marvin
Moore, Lance
Nesbit, Jamar
Nicks, Carl
Patten, David
Porter, Tracy
Reis, Chris
Shanle, Scott
Shockey, Jeremy
Simoneau, Mark
Smith, Will
Stecker, Aaron
Stinchcomb, Jon
Strief, Zach
Thomas, Hollis
Thomas, Pierre
Vilma, Jonathan
Weatherford, Steve
Young, Brian
Young, Usama

NEW YORK GIANTS

Pos.
QB
OT
QB
S
RB
OT
TE
DT
WR
WR
CB
CB
DT
OG
LB
LB
CB
CB
C-OG
PK
DE
S
WR
LS
S
FB
DT
C-OG
RB
DE
CB
WR
TE
LB
WR
OG
OG-OT
WR
CB
S
LB
TE
LB
DE
RB
OT
OT
DT
RB
LB
P
DT
CB

Ht.
6-0
6-6
6-1
6-1
6-0
6-5
6-6
6-1
6-4
6-0
5-10
5-8
6-1
6-4
6-3
6-5
5-11
5-9
6-3
5-8
6-3
6-1
5-11
6-2
6-1
5-11
6-4
6-2
6-1
6-6
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-3
5-9
6-4
6-5
5-10
5-11
6-1
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-3
5-10
6-5
6-7
6-0
5-11
6-1
6-3
6-2
6-0

Wt.
209
313
217
207
203
315
260
305
225
207
187
180
307
318
238
250
190
183
318
170
285
200
200
252
200
255
308
290
232
260
194
210
252
249
190
328
343
190
186
215
245
251
245
282
213
315
320
335
215
230
215
298
200

Exp.
8
4
16
4
3
2
10
9
3
5
10
5
R
3
7
7
5
15
7
9
7
3
5
9
8
5
6
8
8
5
10
2
9
2
3
10
R
12
R
2
6
7
9
5
9
6
3
13
2
5
3
9
2

College
Purdue
Oklahoma
Washington
Nebraska
USC
Towson
Michigan
Mississippi
Hofstra
East Carolina
Colorado State
Washington State
USC
Bloomsburg (Pa.)
Cincinnati
California
LSU
Texas A&M
Michigan
Kansas State
Georgia
Alabama
LSU
Ohio State
Augustana (S.D.)
Arizona State
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Mississippi
Florida
Memphis
Tennessee
USC
Tennessee
Toledo
South Carolina
Nebraska
Western Carolina
Indiana
Georgia Tech
Nebraska
Miami (Fla.)
Kansas State
Ohio State
Western Illinois
Georgia
Northwestern
Northern Illinois
Illinois
Miami (Fla.)
Illinois
UTEP
Kent State

No.
93
57
77
89
44
17
37
5
8
55
96
51
66
35
22
18
54
39
87
27
84
20
53
97
26
61
29
10
82
88
95
67
25
83
60
21
58
98
31
65
69
12
76
24
71
81
91
9
85
34
28
23
59
99

Name
Alford, Jay
Blackburn, Chase
Boothe, Kevin
Boss, Kevin
Bradshaw, Ahmad
Burress, Plaxico
Butler, James
Carney, John
Carr, David
Clark, Danny
Cofield, Barry
DeOssie, Zak
Diehl, David
Dockery, Kevin
Droughns, Reuben
Feagles, Jeff
Goff, Jonathan
Hedgecock, Madison
Hixon, Domenik
Jacobs, Brandon
Johnson, Darcy
Johnson, Michael
Kehl, Bryan
Kiwanuka, Mathias
Knight, Sammy
Koets, Adam
Madison, Sam
Manning, Eli
Manningham, Mario
Matthews, Michael
McDougle, Jerome
McKenzie, Kareem
McQuarters, R.W.
Moss, Sinorice
OHara, Shaun
Phillips, Kenny
Pierce, Antonio
Robbins, Fred
Ross, Aaron
Ruegamer, Grey
Seubert, Rich
Smith, Steve
Snee, Chris
Thomas, Terrell
Tollefson, Dave
Toomer, Amani
Tuck, Justin
Tynes, Lawrence
Tyree, David (PUP)
Ward, Derrick
Ware, Danny
Webster, Corey
Wilkinson, Gerris
Wynn, Renaldo

Pos.
DT
LB
OG
TE
RB
WR
S
PK
QB
LB
DT
LB
OT
CB
RB
P
LB
FB
WR-KR
RB
TE
S
LB
DE
S
OT
CB
QB
WR
TE
DE
OT
CB
WR
C
S
LB
DT
CB
OG-C
OG
WR
OG
CB
DE
WR
DE
PK
WR
RB
RB
CB
LB
DE

Ht.
6-3
6-3
6-5
6-6
5-9
6-5
6-3
5-11
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-4
6-5
5-8
5-11
6-1
6-2
6-3
6-2
6-4
6-5
6-2
6-2
6-5
6-1
6-5
5-11
6-4
5-11
6-4
6-2
6-6
5-10
5-8
6-3
6-2
6-1
6-4
6-0
6-4
6-3
5-11
6-3
6-0
6-4
6-3
6-5
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-3

Wt.
304
247
315
253
198
232
215
185
216
245
306
249
319
188
220
215
245
266
182
264
267
207
237
265
215
300
180
225
183
270
264
327
194
185
303
206
238
317
197
299
310
195
317
199
255
203
274
202
206
228
234
202
231
296

Exp.
2
4
3
2
2
9
4
20
7
9
3
2
6
3
9
21
R
4
3
4
2
2
R
3
12
2
12
5
R
2
6
8
11
3
9
R
8
9
2
10
8
2
5
R
2
13
4
5
6
5
2
4
3
12

College
Penn State
Akron
Cornell
Western Oregon
Marshall
Michigan State
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Fresno State
Illinois
Northwestern
Brown
Illinois
Mississippi State
Oregon
Miami (Fla.)
Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Akron
Southern Illinois
Central Florida
Arizona
Brigham Young
Boston College
USC
Oregon State
Louisville
Mississippi
Michigan
Georgia Tech
Miami (Fla.)
Penn State
Oklahoma State
Miami (Fla.)
Rutgers
Miami (Fla.)
Arizona
Wake Forest
Texas
Arizona State
Western Illinois
USC
Boston College
USC
NW Missouri State
Michigan
Notre Dame
Troy
Syracuse
Ottawa (Kan.)
Georgia
LSU
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame

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NFL ROSTERS
NEW YORK JETS
No.
9
86
36
50
96
98
31
22
11
17
30
93
87
89
54
85
70
27
92
66
4
60
88
56
7
52
14
78
77
20
81
34
74
21
68
65
69
94
1
97
91
5
24
25
49
16
33
53
83
99
75
29
67
15

Name
Ainge, Erik
Baker, Chris
Barrett, David
Barton, Eric
Bowens, David
Brown, Kareem
Carroll, Ahmad
Chatman, Jesse (susp.)
Clemens, Kellen
Clowney, David
Coleman, Drew
Coleman, Kenyon
Coles, Laveranues
Cotchery, Jerricho
Cummings, Kenwin
Dearth, James
DeVito, Mike
Elam, Abram
Ellis, Shaun
Faneca, Alan
Favre, Brett
Ferguson, DBrickashaw
Franks, Bubba
Gholston, Vernon
Graham, Ben
Harris, David
Henry, Marcus
Hunter, Wayne
Jenkins, Kris
Jones, Thomas
Keller, Dustin
Lowery, Dwight
Mangold, Nick
Miller, Justin
Montgomery, Will
Moore, Brandon
Mosley, C.J.
Murrell, Marques
Nugent, Mike
Pace, Calvin
Pouha, Sione
Ratliff, Brett
Revis, Darrelle
Rhodes, Kerry
Richardson, Tony
Smith, Brad
Smith, Eric
Spencer, Cody
Stuckey, Chansi
Thomas, Bryan
Turner, Robert
Washington, Leon
Woody, Damien
Wright, Wallace

OAKLAND RAIDERS
Pos.
QB
TE
CB
LB
LB
DL
CB
RB
QB
WR
CB
DE
WR
WR
LB
TE-LS
DE
S
DE
OG
QB
OT
TE
LB
P
LB
WR
OT
NT
RB
TE
CB
C
CB-KR
OL
OG
DT
LB
PK
OLB
NT
QB
CB-PR
S
FB
WR
S
LB
WR
LB
OL
RB-RS
OT
WR

Ht.
6-5
6-3
5-10
6-2
6-3
6-4
5-10
5-8
6-2
6-0
5-9
6-5
5-11
6-0
6-2
6-4
6-3
6-0
6-5
6-5
6-2
6-6
6-6
6-3
6-5
6-2
6-4
6-5
6-4
5-10
6-2
5-11
6-4
5-10
6-3
6-3
6-2
6-2
5-9
6-4
6-3
6-4
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-2
6-1
6-2
6-0
6-4
6-4
5-8
6-3
6-1

Wt.
221
258
195
245
265
295
190
225
223
188
175
295
193
207
258
270
298
207
285
307
222
312
265
264
235
243
207
303
349
215
248
201
300
196
312
295
305
246
188
270
325
235
204
210
238
210
209
245
185
266
308
202
335
200

Exp.
R
7
9
10
10
2
4
5
3
1
3
7
9
5
R
8
2
3
9
11
18
3
9
R
4
2
R
5
8
9
R
R
3
4
3
6
4
2
4
6
4
1
2
4
14
3
3
4
2
6
1
3
10
3

College
Tennessee
Michigan State
Arkansas
Maryland
Western Illinois
Miami (Fla.)
Arkansas
Eastern Washington
Oregon
Virginia Tech
TCU
UCLA
Florida State
North Carolina State
Wingate (N.C.)
Tarleton State (Tex.)
Maine
Kent State
Tennessee
LSU
Southern Mississippi
Virginia
Miami (Fla.)
Ohio State
Deakin (Australia)
Michigan
Kansas
Hawaii
Maryland
Virginia
Purdue
San Jose State
Ohio State
Clemson
Virginia Tech
Illinois
Missouri
Appalachian State
Ohio State
Wake Forest
Utah
Utah
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Auburn
Missouri
Michigan State
North Texas
Clemson
Alabama-Birmingham
New Mexico
Florida State
Boston College
North Carolina

Ht.
6-3
6-4
5-9
5-11
6-3
6-3
5-10
6-3
6-3
6-4
6-2
6-1
6-3
6-5
5-10
6-1
6-0
6-4
6-6
6-2
5-11
6-5
6-3
6-3
6-5
5-9
6-0
6-5
5-10
6-5
5-11
5-10
5-10
5-11
6-5
6-4
5-11
6-3
6-5
5-11
6-5
6-7
6-3
6-8
6-4
6-2
6-1
5-10
6-0
6-3
6-1
6-2
6-2

Wt.
206
228
195
205
315
252
225
206
305
324
243
239
235
255
190
325
242
312
305
305
189
285
344
298
250
180
190
265
224
256
209
209
207
225
241
330
215
315
298
192
321
270
285
337
212
191
234
190
205
252
185
265
230

Exp.
1
13
9
7
3
R
2
R
6
4
12
7
5
4
2
8
5
7
R
8
3
7
4
12
6
3
4
3
R
4
5
5
6
7
5
13
2
7
10
3
9
2
2
5
R
6
2
11
11
4
4
2
R

College
Florida
Colorado
Minnesota
LSU
Hofstra
UCLA
Illinois
Oregon
Clemson
Northwestern
Virginia
Michigan
Georgia Tech
Cincinnati
Louisville
Texas
Kent State
Kansas
Texas
Brigham Young
Ohio State
Brigham Young
Utah
UCLA
Marshall
Alabama
Florida State
Penn State
Illinois
Virginia
Tulane
North Carolina
USC
North Carolina
Miami (Ohio)
Florida State
Minnesota
Auburn
Northern Colorado
Syracuse
Arizona State
Minnesota
Rutgers
Florida
Texas
Louisiana-Lafayette
Florida State
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Tiffin (Ohio)
Michigan
Oklahoma State

PITTSBURGH STEELERS
No.
81
17
23
25
74
53
38
2
93
79
51
50
57
54
22
98
92
62
66
76
10
99
68
90
4
37
20
49
34
83
21
39
43
3
7
96
33
73
91
27
77
89
72
78
14
24
94
26
86
60
85
56
95

Name
Baker, Dallas
Berger, Mitch
Carter, Tyrone
Clark, Ryan
Colon, Willie
Davis, Bruce
Davis, Carey
Dixon, Dennis
Eason, Nick
Essex, Trai
Farrior, James
Foote, Larry
Fox, Keyaron
Frazier, Andre
Gay, William
Hampton, Casey
Harrison, James
Hartwig, Justin
Hills, Tony
Hoke, Chris
Holmes, Santonio
Keisel, Brett
Kemoeatu, Chris
Kirschke, Travis
Leftwich, Byron
Madison, Anthony
McFadden, Bryant
McHugh, Sean
Mendenhall, Rashard
Miller, Heath
Moore, Mewelde
Parker, Willie
Polamalu, Troy
Reed, Jeff
Roethlisberger, Ben
Roye, Orpheus
Russell, Gary
Simmons, Kendall
Smith, Aaron
Smith, Anthony
Smith, Marvel
Spaeth, Matt
Stapleton, Darnell
Starks, Max
Sweed, Limas
Taylor, Ike
Timmons, Lawrence
Townsend, Deshea
Ward, Hines
Warren, Greg
Washington, Nate
Woodley, LaMarr
Woods, Donovan

Pos.
WR
P
S
S
OT
LB
FB
QB
DE
OT
LB
LB
LB
LB
CB
NT
LB
C
OT
NT
WR
DE
OG
DE
QB
CB
CB
TE
RB
TE
RB
RB
S
PK
QB
DE
RB
OG
DE
S
OT
TE
OG
OT
WR
CB
LB
CB
WR
LS
WR
LB
LB

No.
55
21
27
33
57
56
29
66
59
89
58
50
31
25
76
74
36
64
23
77
75
15
53
24
11
37
93
44
9
87
85
20
79
80
51
52
98
26
2
90
81
91
86
8
71
87
84
16
72
61
19
54
28

Name
Alston, Jon
Asomugha, Nnamdi
Baker, Rashad
Branch, Tyvon
Brown, Ricky
Burgess, Derrick
Bush, Michael
Carlisle, Cooper
Condo, Jon
Curry, Ronald
Edwards, Kalimba
Ekejiuba, Isaiah
Eugene, Hiram
Fargas, Justin
Gallery, Robert
Green, Cornell
Griffith, Justin
Grove, Jake
Hall, DeAngelo
Harris, Kwame
Henderson, Mario
Higgins, Johnnie Lee
Howard, Thomas
Huff, Michael
Janikowski, Sebastian
Johnson, Chris
Kelly, Tommy
Lawton, Luke
Lechler, Shane
Lelie, Ashley
Madsen, John
McFadden, Darren
McQuistan, Paul
Miller, Zach
Morris, Chris
Morrison, Kirk
Richardson, Jay
Routt, Stanford
Russell, JaMarcus
Sands, Terdell
Schilens, Chaz
Scott, Trevor
Stewart, Tony
Tuiasosopo, Marques
Wade, John
Wakefield, Fred
Walker, Javon
Walter, Andrew
Wand, Seth
Warren, Gerard
Watkins, Todd
Williams, Sam
Wilson, Gibril

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Pos.
Ht.
LB
6-0
CB
6-2
DB
5-10
CB
6-0
LB
6-2
DE
6-2
RB
6-1
OG
6-5
LS
6-3
WR
6-2
DE
6-6
LB
6-4
FS
6-2
RB
6-1
OG-OT
6-7
OT
6-6
FB
6-0
C
6-4
CB
5-10
OT
6-7
OT
6-7
WR
5-11
LB
6-3
SS
6-1
PK
6-2
CB
6-1
DE-DT
6-6
FB
6-0
P
6-2
WR
6-3
TE
6-5
RB
6-2
OG
6-6
TE
6-5
C
6-4
LB
6-2
DE
6-6
CB
6-1
QB
6-6
DT
6-7
WR
6-4
DE
6-5
TE
6-5
QB
6-1
C
6-5
TE-OL-DL 6-7
WR
6-3
QB
6-6
OT
6-7
DT
6-4
WR
6-2
LB
6-5
S
6-0

Wt.
225
210
200
205
235
260
245
295
250
210
265
240
200
220
325
315
230
300
200
325
300
185
240
205
250
200
300
240
225
195
240
210
315
255
305
240
280
195
260
335
225
255
260
220
300
295
215
230
330
330
190
260
210

Exp.
3
6
5
R
3
8
1
9
2
7
7
4
3
6
5
9
6
5
5
6
2
2
3
3
9
5
5
3
9
7
3
R
3
2
3
4
2
4
2
8
R
R
8
8
11
8
7
4
6
8
1
6
5

College
Stanford
California
Tennessee
Connecticut
Boston College
Mississippi
Louisville
Florida
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Louisiana Tech
USC
Iowa
Central Florida
Mississippi State
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Stanford
Florida State
UTEP
UTEP
Texas
Florida State
Louisville
Mississippi State
McNeese State
Texas A&M
Hawaii
Utah
Arkansas
Weber State
Arizona State
Michigan State
San Diego State
Ohio State
Houston
LSU
Tennessee-Chattanooga
San Diego State
Buffalo
Penn State
Washington
Marshall
Illinois
Florida State
Arizona State
Northwest Missouri State
Florida
Brigham Young
Fresno State
Tennessee

Pos.
DE
S
WR
OT
CB
TE
OG
WR
QB
CB
PK
QB
WR
DT-DE
LB
S
S
LB
LB
DT
OT
OT
QB
WR-RS
DE
CB
WR
OG
RB
S
P
TE
FB
C
RB
DE
DE
WR
CB
LS
TE
RB
DE
OT
RB
C
DT
OG
LB
LB
LB
CB
LB

Wt.
280
210
184
315
209
280
295
196
215
195
212
204
202
308
230
208
205
244
236
290
318
314
208
187
280
185
190
318
235
202
222
262
255
302
229
263
263
194
193
245
255
203
270
325
207
298
316
310
250
240
238
195
240

Exp.
3
4
R
4
4
9
5
8
1
9
6
8
R
2
R
11
2
2
10
13
6
R
15
9
9
3
10
4
5
6
5
3
9
5
2
11
R
8
6
7
7
8
4
12
2
5
2
R
10
6
R
2
7

College
Indiana
Stanford
Houston
Florida State
Howard
West Virginia
Miami (Ohio)
UCLA
Miami (Fla.)
Grambling
Nebraska
West Virginia
Kentucky
Nebraska
Tulsa
Vanderbilt
Troy
Mississippi State
Stanford
San Diego State
Wyoming
Toledo
Indiana
Texas A&M
Michigan
Clemson
North Carolina State
Nebraska
Oregon State
Florida
LSU
Colorado
New Hampshire
Kansas State
Rutgers
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
UCLA
Marshall
Georgia
Florida State
Florida State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Miami (Fla.)
Michigan State
Oregon State
West Virginia
Hawaii
Idaho
Tennessee
Georgia

ST. LOUIS RAMS

No.
94
21
17
70
24
87
63
83
13
34
3
10
14
90
57
25
42
53
52
97
73
79
12
82
96
26
81
68
39
35
5
88
36
60
23
91
72
89
27
45
84
22
92
76
30
65
95
67
55
50
58
20
51

Name
Adeyanju, Victor
Atogwe, Oshiomogho
Avery, Donnie
Barron, Alex
Bartell, Ron
Becht, Anthony
Bell, Jacob
Bennett, Drew
Berlin, Brock
Brown, Fakhir
Brown, Josh
Bulger, Marc
Burton, Keenan
Carriker, Adam
Chamberlain, Chris
Chavous, Corey
Condren, Brannon
Culberson, Quinton
Draft, Chris
Glover, LaRoi
Goldberg, Adam
Greco, John
Green, Trent
Hall, Dante
Hall, James
Hill, Tye
Holt, Torry
Incognito, Richie
Jackson, Steven
Johnson, Todd
Jones, Donnie
Klopfenstein, Joe
Kreider, Dan
Leckey, Nick
Leonard, Brian
Little, Leonard
Long, Chris
Looker, Dane
Manning Jr., Ricky
Massey, Chris
McMichael, Randy
Minor, Travis
Moore, Eric
Pace, Orlando
Pittman, Antonio
Romberg, Brett
Ryan, Clifton
Schuening, Roy
Stills, Gary
Tinoisamoa, Pisa
Vobora, David
Wade, Jonathan
Witherspoon, Will

No.
78
2
73
81
84
25
55
86
24
28
97
87
91
59
58
37
80
50
20
39
46
14
96
57
21
79
90
29
10
67
62
56
74
68
4
93
83
51
68
5
27
75
98
30
6
69
22
89
26
63
82
72
36

Name
Abiamiri, Victor
Akers, David
Andrews, Shawn
Avant, Jason
Baskett, Hank
Booker, Lorenzo
Bradley, Stewart
Brown, Reggie
Brown, Sheldon
Buckhalter, Correll
Bunkley, Brodrick
Celek, Brent
Clemons, Chris
Cole, Nick
Cole, Trent
Considine, Sean
Curtis, Kevin
Daniels, Tank
Dawkins, Brian
Demps, Quintin
Dorenbos, Jon
Feeley, A.J.
Gaither, Omar
Gocong, Chris
Hanson, Joselio
Herremans, Todd
Howard, Darren
Hunt, Tony
Jackson, DeSean
Jackson, Jamaal
Jean-Gilles, Max
Jordan, Akeem
Justice, Winston
Klecko, Dan
Kolb, Kevin
Laws, Trevor
Lewis, Greg
Mays, Joe
McGlynn, Mike
McNabb, Donovan
Mikell, Quintin
Parker, Juqua
Patterson, Mike
Reed, J.R.
Rocca, Sav
Runyan, Jon
Samuel, Asante
Schobel, Matt
Sheppard, Lito
Smith, Bryan
Smith, L.J.
Thomas, Tra
Westbrook, Brian

Pos.
DE
PK
OG
WR
WR
RB
LB
WR
CB
RB
DT
TE
DE
OL
DE
S
WR
LB
FS
FS
LS
QB
LB
LB-DE
CB
OG-OT
DE
FB
WR-RS
C-OG
OG
LB
OT
DT
QB
DT
WR
LB
OG
QB
S
DE
DT
S
P
OT
CB
TE
CB
DE
TE
OT
RB

Ht.
6-4
5-10
6-4
6-0
6-4
5-10
6-4
6-1
5-10
6-0
6-2
6-4
6-2
6-0
6-3
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-0
5-11
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-2
5-9
6-6
6-3
6-1
5-10
6-4
6-3
6-1
6-6
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-4
6-2
5-10
6-2
6-0
5-11
6-5
6-7
5-10
6-5
5-10
6-2
6-3
6-7
5-10

Wt.
267
200
335
212
220
191
255
197
200
217
306
255
240
350
270
212
186
248
210
206
250
220
245
263
185
321
260
227
175
330
358
230
320
275
218
304
180
246
311
240
206
250
292
202
265
330
185
247
194
245
258
335
203

Exp.
2
10
5
3
3
2
2
4
7
8
3
2
5
3
4
4
6
3
13
R
6
8
3
3
4
4
9
2
R
5
3
2
3
6
2
R
6
R
R
10
6
8
4
5
2
13
6
7
7
R
6
11
7

College
Notre Dame
Louisville
Arkansas
Michigan
New Mexico
Florida State
Nebraska
Georgia
South Carolina
Nebraska
Florida State
Cincinnati
Georgia
New Mexico State
Cincinnati
Iowa
Utah State
Harding (Ark.)
Clemson
UTEP
UTEP
Oregon
Tennessee
Cal Poly
Texas Tech
Saginaw Valley State
Kansas State
Penn State
California
Delaware State
Georgia
James Madison
USC
Temple
Houston
Notre Dame
Illinois
North Dakota State
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Boise State
Oklahoma State
USC
South Florida
Australia
Michigan
Central Florida
TCU
Florida
McNeese State
Rutgers
Florida State
Villanova

Pos.
DL
LS
CB
DE
DE
WR
OT
OT
LB
CB
WR
OG
LB
WR
OG
TE
OG
CB
S
C
LB
S
RB
WR
CB
PK
TE
DT
OT
LB
OG-C
WR
C
CB
DE
WR
LB
QB
P
OT
LB
LB
RB-RS
FB
RB
CB
LB
QB
LB
S
QB
LB
NT
TE

Ht.
6-3
6-3
6-0
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-5
6-6
6-1
6-2
6-1
6-4
6-1
6-5
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-1
5-11
6-4
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-5
6-0
6-0
6-2
6-2
6-7
6-4
6-5
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-6
6-5
6-3
6-5
6-2
6-6
6-2
6-2
5-6
5-9
5-10
5-9
6-3
6-2
6-3
5-11
6-4
6-4
6-3
6-2

Wt.
303
223
190
290
295
210
315
306
235
203
207
310
246
225
302
260
311
197
185
295
245
205
230
241
204
187
288
324
336
272
318
226
315
208
309
220
262
228
236
345
239
240
181
243
221
190
258
214
238
200
227
245
348
251

Exp.
4
15
R
4
6
8
R
2
6
3
2
6
3
3
8
6
11
3
3
5
4
6
R
4
7
5
8
3
3
4
4
2
11
2
5
6
5
5
6
10
2
12
4
R
8
R
2
9
2
2
3
6
11
5

College
Nebraska
California
Arizona
Northwestern
Southern Connecticut St.
Wisconsin
Texas A&M
Kansas State
Maine
Florida State
LSU
Indiana
Iowa State
Wyoming
Hawaii
Kent State
Iowa
Jackson State
Syracuse
Purdue
Southern Utah State
Central Florida C.C.
LSU
Northern Colorado
Texas
Iowa
Arizona
Michigan State
Auburn
Maryland
Bowling Green
Boise State
California
Georgia
Oregon
San Diego State
Purdue
North Carolina State
Western Illinois
Eastern Michigan
Florida
Arizona State
Kansas State
Coastal Carolina
TCU
Boston College
Wake Forest
Fresno State
Clemson
Utah
Clemson
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Pittsburgh

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

Ht.
6-4
5-11
5-11
6-7
6-1
6-5
6-4
6-5
6-1
5-11
6-0
6-3
6-0
6-6
6-1
6-1
6-1
6-1
5-11
6-2
6-7
6-4
6-3
5-8
6-2
5-10
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-1
6-3
6-5
5-11
6-3
6-1
6-3
6-3
6-0
5-9
6-0
6-3
5-10
6-4
6-7
5-11
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-2
6-1
6-1
5-10
6-1

No.
97
50
20
93
74
89
75
66
54
31
84
68
51
80
67
85
79
24
28
61
92
42
22
83
23
10
86
91
73
56
63
11
62
27
99
81
95
17
5
70
59
58
43
35
21
29
94
7
53
32
6
57
76
88

Name
Bingham, Ryon
Binn, David
Cason, Antoine
Castillo, Luis
Cesaire, Jacques
Chambers, Chris
Clark, Corey
Clary, Jeromey
Cooper, Stephen (susp.)
Cromartie, Antonio
Davis, Buster
Dielman, Kris
Dobbins, Tim
Floyd, Malcom
Forney, Kynan
Gates, Antonio
Goff, Mike
Gordon, Cletis
Gregory, Steve
Hardwick, Nick
Harris, Marques
Hart, Clinton
Hester, Jacob
Jackson, Vincent
Jammer, Quentin
Kaeding, Nate
Manumaleuna, Brandon
McKinney, Brandon
McNeill, Marcus
Merriman, Shawne
Mruczkowski, Scott
Naanee, Legedu
Newberry, Jeremy
Oliver, Paul
Olshansky, Igor
Osgood, Kassim
Phillips, Shaun
Rivers, Philip
Scifres, Mike
Shelton, L.J.
Siler, Brandon
Smith, Derek
Sproles, Darren
Tolbert, Mike
Tomlinson, LaDainian
Tribble, DeJuan
Tucker, Jyles
Volek, Billy
Waters, Anthony
Weddle, Eric
Whitehurst, Charlie
Wilhelm, Matt
Williams, Jamal
Wilson, Kris

September 14, 2008

Pro Football Weekly

37

NFL ROSTERS
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
No.
64
47
96
95
83
55
25
88
22
85
93
29
92
38
21
54
98
27
66
89
13
23
86
75
82
45
99
4
28
32
91
84
6
14
62
24
26
20
65
11
94
31
68
90
36
51
74
30
53
46
59
52
69

Name
Baas, David
Bajema, Billy
Balmer, Kentwan
Banta-Cain, Tully
Battle, Arnaz
Brooks, Ahmad
Brown, Tarell
Bruce, Isaac
Clements, Nate
Davis, Vernon
Fields, Ronald
Foster, DeShaun
Franklin, Aubrayo
Goldson, Dashon
Gore, Frank
Green, Roderick
Haralson, Parys
Harris, Walt
Heitmann, Eric
Hill, Jason
Hill, Shaun
Hudson, Marcus
Jennings, Brian
Jennings, Jonas
Johnson, Bryant
Keasey, Zak
Lawson, Manny
Lee, Andy
Lewis, Keith
Lewis, Michael
McDonald, Ray
Morgan, Josh
Nedney, Joe
OSullivan, J.T.
Rachal, Chilo
Robinson, Michael
Roman, Mark
Rossum, Allen
Sims, Barry
Smith, Alex
Smith, Justin
Smith, Reggie
Snyder, Adam
Sopoaga, Isaac
Spencer, Shawntae
Spikes, Takeo
Staley, Joe
Strickland, Donald
Ulbrich, Jeff
Walker, Delanie
Wallace, Cody
Willis, Patrick
Wragge, Tony

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Pos.
OG
TE
DE
LB
WR
LB
CB
WR
CB
TE
DT
RB
DT
S
RB
LB
LB
CB
C
WR
QB
CB
TE-LS
OT
WR
FB
LB
P
S
S
DE
WR
PK
QB
OG
RB
S
CB-RS
OT
QB
DE
CB
OT-OG
DE
CB
LB
OT
CB
LB
TE
C
LB
OG

Ht.
6-4
6-4
6-5
6-2
6-1
6-3
5-10
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-0
6-1
6-2
5-9
6-2
6-0
5-11
6-3
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-5
6-3
6-3
6-0
6-5
6-0
6-0
6-1
6-3
6-0
6-5
6-2
6-4
6-1
5-11
5-8
6-5
6-4
6-4
6-1
6-6
6-2
6-1
6-2
6-5
5-10
6-0
6-0
6-4
6-1
6-4

Wt.
330
256
315
265
208
259
193
188
205
250
315
222
317
200
217
255
255
196
312
202
220
200
242
328
211
235
240
178
220
222
290
219
234
227
315
223
205
178
300
217
285
200
325
330
190
242
315
185
240
242
300
240
310

Exp.
4
4
R
6
6
3
2
15
8
3
4
7
6
2
4
5
3
13
7
2
7
3
9
8
6
2
3
5
5
7
2
R
13
6
R
3
9
11
10
4
8
R
4
5
5
11
2
6
9
3
R
2
4

College
Michigan
Oklahoma State
North Carolina
California
Notre Dame
Virginia
Texas
Memphis
Ohio State
Maryland
Mississippi State
UCLA
Tennessee
Washington
Miami (Fla.)
Central Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi State
Stanford
Washington State
Maryland
North Carolina State
Arizona State
Georgia
Penn State
Princeton
North Carolina State
Pittsburgh
Oregon
Colorado
Florida
Virginia Tech
San Jose State
UC Davis
USC
Penn State
LSU
Notre Dame
Utah
Utah
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oregon
Hawaii
Pittsburgh
Auburn
Central Michigan
Colorado
Hawaii
Central Missouri
Texas A&M
Mississippi
New Mexico State

Pos.
LB
OG-C
LS-LB
DE
PK
TE
DT
LB
CB
QB
TE
WR
CB
DE
LB
S
WR
RB
S
FB
CB
C
WR
DE
DT
RB
P
CB
S
RB
WR
DL
DE
LB
CB
OT
C
WR
S
OT
OT
TE
OG
LB
TE
OT
LB
LB
DE
DT
RB
WR
QB

Ht.
6-1
6-3
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-4
6-3
6-3
5-10
6-5
6-2
5-10
5-10
6-4
6-3
6-1
6-4
5-9
6-0
5-11
5-10
6-3
5-11
6-3
6-6
5-11
6-3
5-11
6-0
5-11
6-1
6-5
6-4
6-2
5-10
6-6
6-4
6-2
6-3
6-5
6-7
6-3
6-5
6-2
6-3
6-7
6-2
5-11
6-4
6-5
6-1
6-1
6-5

Wt.
238
310
245
277
205
261
294
235
180
245
262
181
188
256
250
190
212
214
202
242
182
302
190
272
320
230
213
185
208
200
212
275
265
240
185
320
289
215
210
308
315
249
295
242
255
318
225
235
278
305
235
205
233

Exp.
1
5
6
4
4
5
4
9
4
14
8
2
3
2
5
4
6
1
2
3
8
2
R
R
7
2
15
4
7
R
4
R
10
R
4
4
15
8
6
1
4
4
5
6
R
4
7
3
8
3
3
2
3

College
Baylor
Southeast Missouri State
Montana State
UCLA
Georgia Southern
Missouri
Memphis
Syracuse
Boise State
Penn State
North Carolina
Florida State
Samford
Central Arkansas
Duke
Virginia Tech
Missouri
Utah
Texas
Texas
Fort Valley State (Ga.)
North Carolina State
California
Winston-Salem State
Tennessee
Arizona
Notre Dame
Florida
Florida State
East Carolina
Oklahoma
Eastern Michigan
Florida
Purdue
Wake Forest
Texas Tech
LSU
Northern Illinois
Ohio State
Purdue
Eastern Washington
Texas
Idaho
South Dakota
California
Mississippi State
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Nebraska
Michigan State
USC
Fresno State
Texas

TENNESSEE TITANS
No.
56
54
58
98
2
84
97
53
29
5
83
17
31
78
52
22
12
35
33
45
20
64
87
95
92
42
15
21
24
29
81
91
90
59
30
70
68
19
23
66
71
80
73
57
88
76
50
55
93
96
25
11
10

Name
Allred, Colin
Amano, Eugene
Amato, Ken
Ball, Dave
Bironas, Rob
Blakley, Dwayne
Brown, Tony
Bulluck, Keith
Carr, Chris
Collins, Kerry
Crumpler, Alge
Davis, Chris
Finnegan, Cortland
Ford, Jacob
Fowler, Ryan
Fuller, Vincent
Gage, Justin
Ganther, Quinton
Griffin, Michael
Hall, Ahmard
Harper, Nick
Harris, Leroy
Hawkins, Lavelle
Hayes, William
Haynesworth, Albert
Henry, Chris
Hentrich, Craig
Hill, Reynaldo
Hope, Chris
Johnson, Chris
Jones, Brandon
Jones, Jason
Kearse, Jevon
Keglar, Stanford
King, Eric
Loper, Daniel
Mawae, Kevin
McCareins, Justin
Nickey, Donnie
Otto, Michael
Roos, Michael
Scaife, Bo
Scott, Jake
Stamer, Josh
Stevens, Craig
Stewart, David
Thornton, David
Tulloch, Stephen
Vanden Bosch, Kyle
Vickerson, Kevin
White, LenDale
Williams, Paul
Young, Vince

No.
91
52
27
99
83
79
81
89
7
45
84
30
5
24
94
8
59
85
56
32
95
21
22
71
82
97
50
58
75
10
92
20
19
98
1
88
49
25
35
67
65
55
51
86
93
23
69
68
39
15
43
74
26
77
66

Name
Atkins, Baraka
Babin, Jason
Babineaux, Jordan (susp.)
Bernard, Rocky (susp.)
Branch, Deion
Bryant, Red
Burleson, Nate
Carlson, John
Coutu, Brandon
Duckett, T.J.
Engram, Bobby
Forsett, Justin
Frye, Charlie
Grant, Deon
Green, Howard
Hasselbeck, Matt
Hawthorne, David
Heller, Will
Hill, Leroy
Hobbs, Kevin
Jackson, Lawrence
Jennings, Kelly
Jones, Julius
Jones, Walter
Kent, Jordan
Kerney, Patrick
Laury, Lance
Lewis, D.D.
Locklear, Sean
Mare, Olindo
Mebane, Brandon
Morris, Maurice
Payne, Logan
Peterson, Julian
Plackemeier, Ryan
Putzier, Jeb
Robinson, Jeff
Russell, Brian
Schmitt, Owen
Sims, Rob
Spencer, Chris
Tapp, Darryl
Tatupu, Lofa
Taylor, Courtney
Terrill, Craig
Trufant, Marcus
Vallos, Steve
Wahle, Mike
Wallace, C.J.
Wallace, Seneca
Weaver, Leonard
Willis, Ray
Wilson, Josh
Womack, Floyd
Wrotto, Mansfield

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Pos.
DE
DE
S-CB
DT
WR
DT
WR
TE
PK
RB
WR
RB
QB
S
DT
QB
LB
TE
OLB
CB
DE
CB
RB
OT
WR
DE
OLB
LB
OT
PK
DT
RB
WR
OLB
P
TE
LS
S
FB
OG
C
DE
MLB
WR
DT
CB
C-OG
OG
S
QB
FB
OT
CB
OT
OG

Ht.
6-4
6-3
6-0
6-3
5-9
6-4
6-0
6-5
5-11
6-0
5-10
5-8
6-4
6-2
6-2
6-4
6-0
6-6
6-1
6-0
6-4
5-11
5-10
6-5
6-4
6-5
6-2
6-1
6-4
5-11
6-1
5-11
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-4
6-4
6-2
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-1
6-2
5-11
6-3
6-6
6-0
5-11
6-0
6-6
5-9
6-4
6-3

Wt.
268
267
206
308
192
318
198
251
188
254
192
194
217
215
320
225
240
270
238
188
271
180
208
325
219
272
237
241
308
190
314
216
205
240
247
251
250
210
247
312
312
270
242
205
295
197
312
304
218
205
242
315
192
328
320

Exp.
2
5
5
7
7
R
6
R
R
7
13
R
4
9
4
10
R
6
4
2
R
3
5
12
2
10
3
7
5
13
2
7
2
9
3
7
15
7
R
3
4
3
4
2
5
6
2
11
2
6
4
4
2
8
2

Exp.

College
Miami (Fla.)
Western Michigan
Southern Arkansas
Texas A&M
Louisville
Texas A&M
Nevada
Notre Dame
Georgia
Michigan State
Penn State
California
Akron
Tennessee
LSU
Boston College
TCU
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Auburn
USC
Miami (Fla.)
Notre Dame
Florida State
Oregon
Virginia
South Carolina
Texas
North Carolina State
Syracuse
California
Oregon
Minnesota
Michigan State
Wake Forest
Boise State
Idaho
San Diego State
West Virginia
Ohio State
Mississippi
Virginia Tech
USC
Auburn
Purdue
Washington State
Wake Forest
Navy
Washington
Iowa State
Carson-Newman
Florida State
Maryland
Mississippi State
Georgia Tech

WASHINGTON REDSKINS
No. Name

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

67
79
46
54
5
14
17
50
99
31
15
47
86
37
92
69
51
59
68
64
96
32
74
48
98
78
76
12
66
30
52
94
41
89
26
61
82
75
22
60
45
27
24
6
55
11
77
83
29
20
53
95
87

LS
DT-OL
RB
LB
QB
P
QB
LB
DE
RB
QB
TE
TE
S
DL
OL
LB
LB
OL
DT
DT
S
OT
S
DE
DE
OT-OG
WR
OG
S
LB
DT
S
WR
RB
C
WR
OL
CB
OT
FB
CB
CB
PK
DE
WR
OG
WR
CB
CB
LB
DE
TE

6-5
6-1
5-11
5-10
6-3
6-2
6-5
6-2
6-4
5-8
6-4
6-3
6-4
6-1
6-4
6-7
6-1
5-10
6-2
6-4
6-3
6-3
6-6
6-1
6-4
6-4
6-6
6-4
6-5
6-2
6-2
6-6
5-11
5-10
5-11
6-4
5-10
6-5
5-11
6-5
6-3
5-11
6-0
6-0
6-5
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-0
5-9
6-3
6-4
6-4

257
300
225
250
201
204
233
232
252
218
225
249
247
209
275
309
238
245
315
320
311
222
325
216
259
266
297
219
292
213
232
315
213
200
223
296
190
311
199
317
245
190
204
197
244
218
317
204
179
190
248
246
253

Albright, Ethan
Alexander, Lorenzo
Betts, Ladell
Blades, H.B.
Brennan, Colt
Brooks, Durant
Campbell, Jason
Campbell, Khary
Carter, Andre
Cartwright, Rock
Collins, Todd
Cooley, Chris
Davis, Fred
Doughty, Reed
Evans, Demetric
Fabini, Jason
Fincher, Alfred
Fletcher, London
Geisinger, Justin
Golston, Kedric
Griffin, Cornelius
Hamilton, Justin
Heyer, Stephon
Horton, Chris
Jackson, Rob
James, Erasmus
Jansen, Jon
Kelly, Malcolm
Kendall, Pete
Landry, LaRon
McIntosh, Rocky
Montgomery, Anthony
Moore, Kareem
Moss, Santana
Portis, Clinton
Rabach, Casey
Randle El, Antwaan
Rinehart, Chad
Rogers, Carlos
Samuels, Chris
Sellers, Mike
Smoot, Fred
Springs, Shawn
Suisham, Shaun
Taylor, Jason
Thomas, Devin
Thomas, Randy
Thrash, James
Torrence, Leigh
Tryon, Justin
Washington, Marcus
Wilson, Chris
Yoder, Todd

14
2
7
2
R
R
4
7
8
7
14
5
R
3
7
11
3
11
3
3
9
1
2
R
R
4
10
R
13
2
3
3
R
8
7
7
7
R
4
9
9
8
12
4
12
R
10
12
3
R
9
2
9

College
North Carolina
California
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Hawaii
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Bowling Green
California
Kansas State
Michigan
Utah State
USC
Northern Colorado
Georgia
Cincinnati
Connecticut
John Carroll
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Alabama
Virginia Tech
Maryland
UCLA
Kansas State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oklahoma
Boston College
LSU
Miami (Fla.)
Minnesota
Nicholls State
Miami (Fla.)
Miami (Fla.)
Wisconsin
Indiana
Northern Iowa
Auburn
Alabama
Walla Walla C.C.
Mississippi State
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Akron
Michigan State
Mississippi State
Missouri Southern
Stanford
Arizona State
Auburn
Northwood (Mich.)
Vanderbilt

No.
90
26
35
20
29
9
58
55
89
3
31
93
80
69
28
48
52
84
7
88
34
8
71
54
57
19
95
10
36
11
75
59
77
43
79
12
50
70
96
23
21
51
78
98
81
86
44
85
25
83
65
91
97
24
76

Name
Adams, Gaines
Allen, Will
Askew, B.J.
Barber, Ronde
Bennett, Michael
Bidwell, Josh
Black, Quincy
Brooks, Derrick
Bryant, Antonio
Bryant, Matt
Buchanon, Phillip
Carter, Kevin
Clayton, Michael
Davis, Anthony
Dunn, Warrick
Economos, Andrew
Faine, Jeff
Galloway, Joey
Garcia, Jeff
Gilmore, John
Graham, Earnest
Griese, Brian
Haye, Jovan
Hayes, Geno
Hayward, Adam
Hilliard, Ike
Hovan, Chris
Jackson, Dexter
Jackson, Tanard
Johnson, Josh
Joseph, Davin
June, Cato
Lee, James
Mack, Elbert
Mahan, Sean
McCown, Luke
McCoy, Matt
Penn, Donald
Peterson, Greg
Phillips, Jermaine
Piscitelli, Sabby
Ruud, Barrett
Sears, Arron
Sims, Ryan
Smith, Alex
Stevens, Jerramy (susp.)
Storer, Byron
Stovall, Maurice
Talib, Aqib
Troupe, Ben
Trueblood, Jeremy
White, Greg
Wilkerson, Jimmy
Williams, Carnell (PUP)
Zuttah, Jeremy

Pos.
DE
S
FB
CB
RB
P
LB
LB
WR
PK
CB
DE
WR
OT
RB
LS
C
WR
QB
TE
RB
QB
DT
LB
LB
WR
DT
WR
S
QB
OG
LB
OG
CB
OG-C
QB
LB
OT
DE
S
S
LB
OG
DT
TE
TE
FB
WR
CB
TE
OT
DE
DE
RB
OL

Ht.
6-5
6-1
6-3
5-10
5-9
6-3
6-2
6-0
6-1
5-9
5-11
6-6
6-4
6-4
5-9
6-1
6-3
5-11
6-1
6-5
5-9
6-3
6-2
6-1
6-0
5-11
6-2
5-9
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-0
6-4
5-10
6-3
6-3
6-0
6-5
6-5
6-2
6-3
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-4
6-7
6-1
6-5
6-1
6-4
6-8
6-3
6-2
5-11
6-4

Wt.
260
200
233
184
207
220
227
235
205
200
186
305
215
322
180
250
291
197
205
257
225
214
285
226
235
210
296
182
200
201
313
227
305
168
301
212
235
305
286
220
225
241
319
315
258
260
219
220
206
260
320
268
290
217
303

Exp.
2
5
6
12
8
9
2
14
6
7
7
13
5
5
12
3
6
14
10
7
5
11
4
R
2
12
9
R
2
R
3
6
R
R
6
5
4
3
2
7
2
4
2
7
4
7
2
3
R
5
3
2
6
4
R

College
Clemson
Ohio State
Michigan
Virginia
Wisconsin
Oregon
New Mexico
Florida State
Pittsburgh
Baylor
Miami (Fla.)
Florida
LSU
Virginia Tech
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Ohio State
San Jose State
Penn State
Florida
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Florida State
Portland State
Florida
Boston College
Appalachian State
Syracuse
San Diego
Oklahoma
Michigan
South Carolina State
Troy
Notre Dame
Louisiana Tech
San Diego State
Utah State
North Carolina Central
Georgia
Oregon State
Nebraska
Tennessee
North Carolina
Stanford
Washington
California
Notre Dame
Kansas
Florida
Boston College
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Auburn
Rutgers

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September 14, 2008

NFL DRAFT 2009

COLLEGE NOTES

DRAFT AUDIBLES

NFL prospects test mettle in L.A.

(Texas DE Brian) Orakpo does not

have a feel for the game, and hes only
255 pounds. He is an exceptional athlete
and he comes off the ball with explosion,
but he plays with no technique. He did not
do much against Florida Atlantic. At this
point, he looks like more of a developmental prospect than a player.

By Nolan Nawrocki
Senior editor

(Alabama junior DT Terrence) Cody

looked like a man among boys against

Clemson. They could not block him. Hes
a beast.
(Texas A&M FB) Jorvorskie Lane re-

ported to camp at 297 pounds. He got

down to 290, but hes already had a concussion and stinger trying to play fullback, and hes too tentative hitting it up in
there. Hes not a worker. He cant push
himself away from the table. Hes a frustrated tailback who cant play fullback. He
brings nothing to the pro game.
(Baylor OT Jason Smith) is a lot like

Duane Brown. Hes got everything you

want physically. He is smart and tough.
He just plays in an offense where he is
asked to vertical-set, and its difficult to
see it transferring to the pros.
(Clemson) S Michael Hamlin is
smart, works hard and has the intangibles you want. He just cant run. Hes not
much of an athlete. Hes a mid-tier
prospect at best.
SPORTPICS

College footballs most highly anticipated matchup nearly lost a little luster when
a very sluggish-looking, Chris Wells-less
Ohio State team looked past Ohio and was
trailing 14-12 heading into the fourth quarter, unable to establish the running game for
three quarters before grinding out a 26-14
come-from-behind victory spurred by a
defense that created five turnovers.
The return of Wells (big toe) will be a major factor for the Buckeyes when they travel to the West Coast to play a well-rested
USC squad coming off a bye week. Had
Wells been eligible to declare for the draft
as a sophomore, he could have been the first
back drafted, combining a rare blend of size,
strength, run instincts, power and speed. He
has shown he can be effective even when defenses crowd the box with eight or nine defenders as Michigan and many others tried
to do a year ago to no avail.
In the Buckeyes favor, Wells claimed to
be only 70 percent healthy a year ago when
he was slowed by an ankle injury but still
continued to roll over opposing defenses. He
is tough, competitive and has proven he can
play through pain. The workhorse will be
challenged by two of the nations top LB
prospects USC MLB Rey Maualuga and
SLB Brian Cushing both of whom possess first-round talent and will be heavily responsible for stopping him, along with a talented Trojans front four.
In addition to Wells, the offensive threat
who could make a critical difference in the
game is true freshman QB Terrelle Pryor,
who saw less time a week ago than he had
in the opener with the Buckeyes trailing and
less able to afford freshman mistakes.
Pryor is a side-armed slinger in the mold
of Vince Young who is capable of hurting defenses with his legs more than his arm. A
Trojans defense loaded with future firstrounders should be able to track him down
and contain him, but his presence could
open up the passing game for OSU.
Overall, team speed weighs in favor of the
Trojans, and Buckeyes head coach Jim
Tressell will have to slow the game down
with a controlled ground game and hope the
best player on the field Ohio State senior MLB James Laurinaitis can continue elevating the play of his defense. The superinstinctive Laurinaitis, who always seems
to be in the right place at the right time, will
be challenged by a Trojans backfield that is
five-deep. The Buckeyes can be expected to
use heavy cover-2 zone coverage to prevent
USC junior QB Mark Sanchez from whipping the ball around, as he did in the opener, and creating big plays.
The game will feature two of the nations

The Buckeyes hope RB Chris Wells toe holds up against the Trojans loaded D.

top defensive backs in Ohio State senior CB

Malcolm Jenkins and USC junior S Taylor
Mays two big, rangy playmakers with early first-round potential.
Other notes:
The Buckeyes will need more from their
offensive line against USC, with OLT Alex
Boone having done little to improve. He has
terrific size and looks the part, but his play
has been too inconsistent. He bends at the
waist, struggles to handle speed and is late
to react and recover when he gets beat.
Clemson senior S Michael Hamlin
notched three picks against The Citadel but
failed to return any for TDs. For the second
consecutive week, Missouri junior LB Sean
Weatherspoon recorded a pick he had two
vs. Illinois and returned it for a TD, charging 65 yards for a score against Southeast
Missouri State. California junior CB
SydQuan Thompson picked off two passes
against Washington State, giving him three
for the year, which ties him with Hamlin and
Weatherspoon for the nations lead.
Clemson junior RB C.J. Spiller has been
electric in the first two weeks, showing he
can score any time he touches the ball out
of the backfield or as a kick returner. However, he is undisciplined, does not have great
vision and tends to freelance too much.

Northwestern has quietly graduated

some solid defensive tackles to the NFL,
with the Chargers Luis Castillo recently inking a big extension and Barry Cofield earning a starting job immediately with the Giants. NU senior DT John Gill served a onegame suspension in the opener for a violation of team policies, but he notched a sack
in his return against Duke. He has legitimate
pro potential and could warrant looks as an
end in a 3-4 front a la Castillo.
Suspensions have been too common for
young Big Ten pass rushers this season, as
Penn State junior DE Maurice Evans was
suspended, along with three others, one of
whom was released from his scholarship, for
a marijuana-related arrest. Also, Indiana
junior DE Greg Middleton, who paced the
nation in sacks as a sophomore with 1612,
missed the opener against Western Kentucky after being suspended along with three
non-starting teammates.
Alabama junior OT Andre Smith
sprained the medial collateral ligament in
his right knee in the third quarter of the
opener against Clemson and did not play
against Tulane, snapping a streak of 27 consecutive starts. He has had difficulty sliding
and moving laterally.

THE WAY WE HEAR IT

The way we hear it, last years top-10
DE prospects Chris Long and Vernon
Gholston both struggled mightily in
the preseason, with neither creating pressure, getting off blocks or making any
type of noticeable impact. Both finished
without a sack and recorded few tackles.
Both did little in Week One, too. The criticism and second-guessing is sure to
snowball into the season, as they grow
acclimated to NFL practices and they regularly have to match up with blockers
who represent the best of what they saw
in college.
The learning curve for an NFL defensive
lineman ranks next to quarterback as positions most difficult to master. Even
more challenging for Gholston, having
lined up as an open-side end in college,
will be adjusting to the role of a 3-4 rush
linebacker a simple projection that
many decision makers believed was too
risky for a top-10 pick. Before any alarms
are sounded, however, consider the development curve of Texans top overall
pick Mario Williams, who was widely
blasted in the media in a difficult first season before emerging as one of the NFLs
top defensive ends in Year Two.
Shawne Merriman played in a 30
front at Maryland and didnt start until
Week Seven as a rookie in San Diego. The
Texans tried to keep the game simple for
Williams as a rookie by lining him up exclusively on the left side. To reap the most
value out of Gholston, the Jets would be
wise to keep the game as simple as possible and turn him loose to rush the passer.

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Pro Football Weekly

39

AUDIBLES

NFList

The following quotes are from NFL scouts, coaches and front-office personnel, speaking
on the condition of anonymity.

McNabb, Walker facing

make-or-break seasons
By Mike Wilkening

The game of football starts and stops with personnel. Then you have to have the right
coaches in the right positions the right system with the right players. Thats what puts
Bill Belichick and (Colts president) Bill Polian so far out in front of the rest. Until you do
that, youre always going to be hovering in the middle of the pack to the low end.

Why did the Panthers suspend Steve

Smith? If I were them, I would pull the suspension or at least cut it back to one game.
It hurts the team not having him out there.
If you want to hurt him, go to his pocketbook. Dock his pay. Dont hurt the teams
chances to win.
What is the difference between Marv
Levy and Andy Reid? (Reid) is a Hall of
Fame coach. He put that organization on
the map. People forget how low the organization was before he got there.
The biggest problem in San Francisco that
I see is they have not had a horse to ride.
Alex Smith has not shown enough resiliency. Its a tough decision, because in a
more stable environment, he could turn out
to be a good player, but right now, if I had to
make a decision on next year, I move on.
Too many players make teams because of
where they were drafted. We have guys
that, had they not been drafted, theres no
way on the green earth anyone could have
told me they belonged making the roster.
No one would have fought for (one player)
if he had been a free agent instead of a
third-round pick. Everyone makes mistakes. There are no virgins in this business.
It takes a lot of confidence to field the best
53 regardless of where they came from.
Thats what makes (Bill) Parcells so good
(as an evaluator) and Sean Payton
learned well from him. They hit on a lot of
late picks and move on when they miss
early.
A lot of GMs they become GMs and it is
assumed they can evaluate, but the title
does not always equate to the ability. Take
(former Cowboys personnel director) Gil
Brandt, for example. His strength was

gathering information. He left evaluating to

the evaluators and was phenomenal gathering information.
(Patriots LB) Jerod Mayo is going to be
an impact player as a rookie. I didnt see
him at Tennessee, but after seeing him in
the preseason, I see why he was drafted
when he was. Hes a terrific technician.
(Texans rookie OLT) Duane Brown has
not knocked anyone down in the preseason. He has terrific feet and moves very
well, but hes a marginal run blocker who
does not sustain.

1. Donovan McNabb / Eagles Its fitting that a player on a team that has a makeor-break look to it would lead this list.
McNabb, who turns 32 in November, still
must be considered one of the NFCs top
passers when healthy. But a history of injuries he has not played a full season since
2003, a statistic one NFC scout readily
reeled off and the Eagles decision to draft
QB Kevin Kolb in the second round of the 07
draft have some wondering if McNabb is entering the end of the line in Philadelphia.

2. Javon Walker / Raiders The recipient of a six-year, $55 million contract in the
offseason, Walker is under pressure to perform after an injury-plagued 07 season in
Denver. Before he wore out his welcome with
the Broncos, a knee injury and a contract
dispute had hastened his departure from
Green Bay. Exceptional seasons in 2004
(with the Packers) and 06 (with the Broncos) are proof of his considerable talent, but
he enters this season with something to
prove. Said one panelist: Hes got to show
something, or the opportunities he keeps
getting are going to start disappearing.

SPORTPICS

PHOTOS BY HARRY SCULL, JR.

Senior editor

For the uninitiated, the NFList is our

weekly poll of NFL insiders (primarily
coaches, executives and scouts). We ask a
topical question about a hot topic or pressing leaguewide issue, and our panel of insiders gives their take. Respondents participate
on condition of anonymity.
For our first NFList of the season, we
asked our panel the following question:
Which players are facing make-or-break
seasons in 2008?Heres whom they came
up with:

With the Eagles built to make a Super

Bowl run this season, they need oft-injured QB Donovan McNabb to prove he
can stay healthy and re-establish himself
as one of the leagues best quarterbacks.
amount of change dating back to his college
days, and it would be nice to see him string a
couple of full seasons together in the same
system. How he plays this season might go a
long way in determining whether he gets
that chance. (Campbell) has to perform well
this year, one scout said. If he doesnt, its a
different staff; maybe they decide hes not
the guy to lead them.

6. S Roy Williams / Cowboys His future in Dallas is a hot-button topic because

of his struggles in coverage and the Cowboys many other options in the secondary,

3. Brodie Croyle / Chiefs Croyle is caI liked the Falcons trade for (Broncos CB)
Domonique Foxworth. I dont know why
more teams dont trade their late-round
picks. Teams hold draft picks like they are
gold, but if you give me the choice between
a fairly established veteran or a (lateround) pick a conditional pick at that
Ill take the veteran every time. All you have
to do is research how many sixth- and seventh-rounders actually make the 53. The
Tom Bradys are few and far between.
(Former Bears DE) Dan Bazuin had no
explosion or natural strength. He just ran
upfield into blockers, and everything
stopped. We put him on our draft board initially to appease some of our scouts, but by
the time the draft came around, he got
pulled off. If you are looking at effort and
production, I can see why he might have
appealed (to some), but he was a marginal
athlete with zero upside. He was not going
to get any better. Its not a surprise that he
has not been claimed on anyones practice
squad. Give (GM) Jerry (Angelo) some
credit it happens too much with him
but it takes some balls to cut your secondand third-round picks from a year ago.

7. RB Deuce McAllister / Saints At 29,

pable of taking the job and running with it; he

has flashed some impressive ability in the
past, and the Chiefs will go with him this season. But with a young, talented core being
assembled around him, the feeling is that
Croyle will have to improve his play significantly to be a long-term solution in K.C.

and after suffering two serious knee injuries

in the past three years, what McAllister has
left to give to the New Orleans offense remains to be seen.

4. QB Tarvaris Jackson / Vikings Mobile and strong-armed, Jackson could develop into an ideal passer for Minnesotas
run-heavy attack, especially if he makes
strides in the poise and accuracy departments. But the Vikings patience with him
could be put to the test this season. With a
defensive line laden with Pro Bowlers and a
young star (Adrian Peterson) in the offensive
backfield, the Vikings could make a run in the
NFC but only if Jackson steps up. If he
doesnt, he could be in a fight for his job in
2009.

5. QB Jason Campbell / Redskins Its

only natural his name would come up in this
discussion, considering Redskins head
coach Jim Zorns offensive expertise and
owner Daniel Snyders occasional lack of patience. Campbell has endured an incredible

8. WRs Chad Ocho Cinco and T.J.

Houshmandzadeh / Bengals This may
be the last fling for one of the leagues best
WR tandems if Houshmandzadeh departs in
free agency and/or Ocho Cinco is dealt after
the season. Either scenario becomes more
likely if the Bengals stumble again this year.

9. QB Jake Delhomme / Panthers Another example of a capable quarterback trying to stay healthy.

10. OT Marvel Smith / Steelers Entering the final season of his contract, and with
a history of back troubles, Smith faces an
important season. At his best, hes a strong,
reliable left tackle whos a key cog for a physical offense.
Others mentioned Browns QB Derek Anderson, Buccaneers WR Michael Clayton,
Saints DE Charles Grant, Titans QB Vince
Young.

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