'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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Tim Tebow was "excited" about coming to the New York Jets. So much so, he used the word 44 times in his introductory news conference in March 2012.
Since 1936, the NFL has picked the best of college football to join the pro league. From the very first pick _ Jay Berwanger, who also was the first bust, never playing a down in the NFL _ to last year's No. 1, Andrew Luck, the draft has always offered plenty of intrigue for teams and fans.
Mike Shanahan saw it coming. The Washington Redskins were looking for a quarterback and got to see a few of them, such as Brandon Weeden and Nick Foles, firsthand at the Senior Bowl.
The veteran quarterback tutoring the rookie is so common an NFL arrangement because it makes so much sense: An apprentice learning from someone who has done it before.
Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden returned from practice to find a green XXXL Baylor University golf shirt hanging in his locker.
Five questions as the Redskins visit the Browns on Sunday.
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Monday that he cannot comment on the possibility that his starting cornerbacks, Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner, face a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
They didn't look like themselves at all. Not with the turnovers, penalties and blown chances.
Working overtime.
Tony Romo persevered through a career-high seven sacks, even avoiding costly mistakes that have dogged his career as he ran from constant pressure.
Good as Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have been, look beyond the first-year quarterbacks making a strong first impression and check out the other NFL rookies delivering dynamic performances.
There seems to be something about those plain orange helmets that fires up Joe Flacco, Ray Rice and the Ravens.
The final pass of the game sailed out of the end zone, saving the regular refs from the same type of call that brought the replacements to the height of unpopularity just three days earlier.
No one is complaining that the refs cost the Cleveland Browns the game. That mere fact is a major victory for the NFL and the seven-man crew led by referee Gene Steratore, who brought official harmony back to the nation's most popular league.
No one is complaining that the refs cost the Cleveland Browns the game. That mere fact is a major victory for the NFL and the seven-man crew led by referee Gene Steratore, who brought official harmony back to the nation's most popular league.
"It's unfortunate, very unfortunate," Weeden said of the changes. "When you don't win games, it's not on Pat, it's not on Mr. Heckert, it's all on us and we all feel a sense of responsibility."
"It's unfortunate, very unfortunate," Weeden said of the changes. "When you don't win games, it's not onPat, it's not on Mr. Heckert, it's all on us and we all feel a sense of responsibility."
