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Green Bay Road Favorites at Atlanta

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 6, 2011

Atlanta is struggling to find the form that made the Falcons No 1 seed in the NFC last year. Can they shock Green Bay in the Georgia Dome? Frank Doyle reports. The last time Green Bay visited Atlanta, Aaron Rodgers destroyed the Falcons. Destroyed them. Everybody knew that Rodgers was good, but 10-6 Green Bay...

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NFL Power Rankings: Packers on Top, Niners Rise, Steelers Fall

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2011

The Packers remain the team to beat while the Eagles and Steelers fall. Frank Doyle ranks ’em after Week 4. 1 (-). Green Bay Packers. (4-0, 3-1-0 ATS.) Streets ahead of every other team in football. Aaron Rodgers waited a long time for his moment, but it’s been worth waiting for. 2 (-). New Orleans...

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Painter Takes Over as Colts visit Bucs

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 3, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup, where the Bucs have a big number to cover against what’s left of the Colts. The Colts showed some signs of life last Sunday night against the Steelers, although the Steelers are showing more and more signs of rust right now. After being humiliated by Houston...

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NFL Week 4: New England Patriots at Oakland Raiders

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 29, 2011

Frank Doyle wonders if New England can bounce back from its first loss to Buffalo in eight years when the Patriots visit the dangerous Raiders on Sunday! New England’s blushes over the Patriots’ loss at Buffalo have been spared by happenings in another sport. The Red Sox’s spectacular calamity has awakened all manner of old...

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NFL Week 4 Preview: New York Jets at Baltimore Ravens

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 28, 2011

The Jets never do well against Baltimore, but the loss against the Raiders means they have to perform on Sunday night. Frank Doyle previews the action. The Ravens are the last team the Jets want to play right now. The Ravens are the Jets’ bogey team – the Jets have only beaten Baltimore once, and...

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Saints, Bills Rise, Birds, Bears Fall – NFL Power Rankings After Week 3

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 27, 2011

Frank Doyle ranks ‘em after Week 3 – the Saints, Lions and Bills are on the rise, while two birds and the Bears slide down the scale. 1 (-). Green Bay Packers. (3-0, 2-1-0 ATS.) Unquestionably the best team in football. Aaron Rodgers is playing at the height of his powers. He has a quarterback...

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Romo Returns as Washington Redskins visit Dallas Cowboys

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 26, 2011

Frank Doyle previews tonight’s Monday Night Football game as Washington visits Dallas! It took all week for an NFL betting line to appear for this game as the world waited on news of Tony Romo. The news has finally arrived – Dallas will be a three point home favorite with Romo under center when Washington...

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NFL Week 3 Preview: Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 22, 2011

Houston is flying high, but the Texans will face a big test as road underdogs at New Orleans. Frank Doyle takes a look. We’ve all been waiting for Houston to deliver. The team always manages to be less than the sum of its parts, but they’ve been building carefully, patiently for years. Now, with Indy...

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NFL Week 3 – Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears Preview

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 21, 2011

Frank Doyle looks ahead to the 183rd playing of the NFL’s oldest rivalry, Green Bay v Chicago. Green Bay at Chicago is always a big deal. No way it can’t be with that weight of history. But as well as the weight of history, Sunday’s game at Soldier Field has the extra edge of both...

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Saints Rise, Ravens Fall: NFL Power Rankings After Week 2

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 20, 2011

Another weekend of shocks and surprises in the NFL, none bigger than the Ravens falling to Tennessee. Frank Doyle ranks ’em after Week 2. 1 (-). Green Bay Packers. (2-0, 1-1-0 ATS.) They’re entitled to stay number one until someone beats them. Big game on Sunday at Soldier Field though, and safety Nick Collins is...

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St Louis Rams at New York Giants Preview

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 19, 2011

It’s only Week 2, but the pressure is already on for the Giants and the Rams as they get ready for tonight’s game. Frank Doyle takes a look. Both the Rams and Giants had bad losses last week. Not alone did they lose, but they got banged up as well. The losses a team can...

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NFL Preview: Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 15, 2011

Can Chicago build on its win over Atlanta or will New Orleans bounce back after the Saints’ opening day loss at Green Bay? Frank Doyle previews the action! The NFL odds see Chicago as a seven point underdog at New Orleans on Sunday afternoon. For a team coming off a serious smackdown of Atlanta, the...

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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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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 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: 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...