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Michael Vick's Return to Atlanta – Eagles at Falcons NFL Preview

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 14, 2011

The Georgia Dome will be rocking when Michael Vick leads the Eagles into Atlanta. Frank Doyle previews the action. Michael Vick’s return to Atlanta was always going to be heated. There’s no way it could not be. It’s hard to imagine anyone in Atlanta being neutral on the subject of Michael Vick. When Vick was...

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NFL Power Rankings: Pack, Pats Best of the Bunch After Week 1

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 13, 2011

Frank Doyle’s first Power Rankings of the 2011 NFL season sees the Pack and the Pats as the two best teams in the NFL. 1. Green Bay Packers. (1-0, 1-0-0 ATS.) What Super Bowl hangover? The Packers are the best team in the League. 2. New England Patriots. (1-0, 1-0-0 ATS.) 517 yards passing for...

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NFL: Monday Night Football Preview

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Monday Night Football is back with its annual double-header for Week 1. Al Dannity breaks down the Patriots trip to Miami and the Raiders efforts to plunder victory from Denver. Patriots have too many weapons New England head to Miami as -7.0 favorites for the first Monday night game of the season and there’s little...

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NFL: Ravens Look to Make a Statement Against Steelers

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Joe Flacco and the Ravens have a point to prove. They know that if they can’t control the AFC North, they can’t dominate the NFL. On Sunday they get the chance to stake a claim as the best in their division. The Steelers are coming to Baltimore and Al Dannity has his breakdown ready. Roethlisberger...

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Showtime Showdown Between Romo, Cowboys, and Sanchez, Jets!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 9, 2011

Frank Doyle is intrigued by a showdown of the Showtime quarterbacks, Tony Romo and Mark Sanchez, when Dallas visits the New York Jets on Sunday night! Quarterback has always been the glamour position. Very few homecoming queens date the right guard on the high school football team. It’ll be intense in the Meadowlands when the...

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NFL Kickoff Game Preview: New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 8, 2011

It’s back at last – Frank Doyle previews the first game of the new NFL season, New Orleans at Green Bay! The NFL likes to start its season with a bang and it’s serving up what’s bound to be a treat tonight. World Champion Green Bay opens its title defense against the team that won...

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NFL: Long Range Super Bowl XLVI Preview

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The road to Indianapolis will be long but it’s never too early to make predictions about who is going to make it to the biggest game of all. Al Dannity gazes into his crystal ball to predict who will lift the Lombardi trophy. The Dream Team can dominate the NFC The pressure on the Philadelphia...

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NFL Preview: Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 6, 2011

Frank Doyle thinks Birds can beat Bears when Atlanta visits Soldier Field on Sunday. Chicago is one of four home underdogs in the NFL on opening weekend – St Louis, Washington and Miami are the other three. It’s not very exalted company for a team that was 11-5 last year, won its division and got...

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NFL Preview: Philadelphia Eagles

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Dream Team assembled by Andy Reid and co. this off-season has placed plenty of pressure on the Eagles to deliver. Al Dannity looks at the team everyone is watching. The players How long have you got? The new arrivals in Philadelphia for 2011 include Jason Babin, Cullen Jenkins, Vince Young, Steve Smith, Ronnie Brown,...

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NFL Preview: Dallas Cowboys

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

America’s team made some renovations this past off-season and Al Dannity says it should lead to mixed results. Dallas should look better this year but the Cowboys may not see a significant improvement in the win column. The players The Cowboys cut loose Marion Barber and Roy Williams, decisions that make sense for a team...

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NFL Preview: New York Giants

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Giants enter 2011 with little expectation but no shortage of talent. Al Dannity says it could prove an interesting year for Big Blue. The players Defense was the big winner from the Giants’ draft with two big early picks and a steal in the later rounds. Prince Amukamara has the talent to compete as...

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NFL Preview: Washington Redskins 2011

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 1, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at Washington’s prospects for the coming NFL season and finds head coach Mike Shanahan a man under pressure. In the eighteen years since Joe Gibbs retired from his first stint as head coach of the Washington Redskins, Washington has recorded five winning seasons. Two of those were under Gibbs’ second coming, and...

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NFL Preview: New York Jets 2011

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 25, 2011

Frank Doyle previews a now-or-never year for the New York Jets. It’s hard to think of a starting quarterback in the NFL whose intangibles outweigh his core capacities as much as the New York Jets’ Mark Sanchez. On stats alone, Sanchez is poor. A 54.8% pass completion rate is going to cost you your job...

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NFL Preview: Miami Dolphins 2011

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 25, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at the year ahead for Miami – is another flop in store for the fish? Pop quiz: what have these fifteen guys got in common? Damon Huard, Jay Fiedler, Ray Lucas, Brian Griese, AJ Feeley, Sage Rosenfels, Gus Frerotte, Joey Harrington, Daunte Culpepper, Cleo Lemon, Trent Green, John Beck, Chad Pennington, Tyler...

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NFL Preview: New England Patriots

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 24, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at the New England Patriots – will the smooth-running offense get derailed by a suspect defense? New England’s 28-21 loss to the Jets in last year’s playoffs was over-shadowed only by 8-8 Seattle’s win over New Orleans in terms of shock value. New England dominated the league with a 14-2 record, Tom...

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NFL Preview: Buffalo Bills

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 24, 2011

Frank Doyle looks ahead to what the coming season has in store for Buffalo. Heartache seems high on the menu. Buffalo went 4-12 last season. If the Bills can find four wins again this year, they’ll be doing well. The NFL Betting, as ever, tells no lies. Buffalo is a huge +3300 longshot to win...

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NFL Preview: Minnesota Vikings

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 19, 2011

Frank Doyle doesn’t see an easy road ahead for the Minnesota Vikings now that You Know Who has finally hung up his helmet. Love him or hate him, Brett Favre brought the Minnesota Vikings as close as they’re likely to get to that elusive first Super Bowl title two years ago. Even now, Vikings fans...

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NFL Preview: Green Bay Packers

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 18, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at the Green Bay Packers, and wonders if the Super Bowl Champions can repeat this year. One of the biggest challenges in NFL betting is handicapping the Champion. Once a team has won the Super Bowl it looks invincible, and that aura of invincibility is resting easy on the Packers’ shoulders right...

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NFL Preview: Detroit Lions

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 16, 2011

Frank Doyle wonders if the Lions’ time has arrived at last. Detroit has played football in the National Football League since 1930. In those eighty-one years, who’s their winningest coach? Wayne Fontes. 67-71-0, from 1988-1996. There are many ways to measure the misery that Lions fans have had to endure over the years but there’s...

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NFL Preview: Chicago Bears

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 15, 2011

The spotlight remains firmly on Jay Cutler and his knee as the Bears get ready to defend their NFC North title. Frank Doyle assesses their chances. Maurice Jones-Drew’s tweet might follow Jay Cutler all his career. Fair or not, Jones-Drew zeroed in on the DNA of a football player, the very thing that defines him....