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Jonathan Dwyer arrested on domestic violence charges

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jonathan Dwyer has been deactivated from all team activities following his arrest Wednesday on allegations of aggravated assault.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The arrests stem from two incidents involving a 27-year-old female and an 18-month-old child at Dwyer's home in southeast Phoenix at July 21 at 8 a.m. and July 22 at 4 p.m., according to the Phoenix Police Department. Dwyer, 25, was booked into Maricopa County Jail on Wednesday on one count of aggravated assault causing a fracture, one count of aggravated assault involving a minor, two counts of criminal damage, one count of preventing the use of a phone in an emergency, and assault.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dwyer, 25, was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on one count of aggravate assault causing a fracture, one count aggravated assault involving a minor, two counts of criminal damage, one count of preventing the use of a phone in an emergency, and assault.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was immediately deactivated by the NFL team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We became aware of these allegations this afternoon when notified by the Phoenix police and are cooperating fully,” the Cardinals said in a statement release on their verified twitter account. “Given the serious nature of the allegations we have taken the immediate step to deactivate Jonathan from all team activities. We will continue to closely monitor this as it develops and evaluate additional information as it become available.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two altercations allegedly took place on July 21 and July 22 and Dwyer is facing a total of five charges: one count of aggravated assault causing a fracture, one count of aggravated assault involving a minor, two counts of criminal damage and one count of preventing someone from calling 911.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Police actually responded to Dwyer's home after the July 21 incident because Dwyer's neighbors had reported a disturbance. Dwyers wife answer the door that night and conviced police that she had gotten into a verbal dispute with Dwyer and that there was no need for authorities to intervene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cardinals reacted quickly to the arrest. The team announced that Dwyer has been deactivated for this week's game against the 49ers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We became aware of these allegations this afternoon when notified by Phoenix police and are cooperating fully," the team said in a statement. "Given the serious nature of the allegations we have taken the immediate step to deactivate Jonathan from all team activities. We will continue to closely monitor this as it develops and evaluate additional information as it becomes available."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cardinals running back has carried the ball 16 times for 51 yards and a touchdown through the first two weeks of the season.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dwyer's arrest comes on the same day that the Panthers placed defensive end Greg Hardy on the Exempt/Commissioner's Permission list. Hardy, who's awaiting a jury trial on domestic violence charges, won't be able to participate in any team activities until his legal issues are resolved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dwyer’s arrests comes at a time when domestic violence cases have shaken the NFL, eroding fans and corporate trust and some believe threatened the job of commissioner Roger Goodell.</span><br />
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Jonathan Dwyer arrested on domestic violence charges

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Florida State Star Jameis Winston Suspended for Obscene Outburst

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"As the university's most visible ambassadors, student-athletes at Florida State are expected to uphold at all times high standards of integrity and behavior that reflect well upon themselves, their families, coaches, teammates, the Department of Athletics and Florida State University," interim president Garnett Stokes and athletics director Stan Wilcox said in a statement. "Student-athletes are expected to act in a way that reflects dignity and respect for others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"As a result of his comments yesterday, which were offensive and vulgar, Jameis Winston will undergo internal discipline and will be withheld from competition for the first half of the Clemson game."</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjGu6rhRsXu2rYpVXbqXu2OZdtDJfwryX4o0RJn1IkGzTvzVZTavLsmcXawpKKQbxntbSwoMKsXEXZsHpyNBxj_WA-P2OHwRkeeFboVx8i37wAihKwxZ73cCSPQb_DCAdXJkJO3_LASI/s1600/Jameis+Winston+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjGu6rhRsXu2rYpVXbqXu2OZdtDJfwryX4o0RJn1IkGzTvzVZTavLsmcXawpKKQbxntbSwoMKsXEXZsHpyNBxj_WA-P2OHwRkeeFboVx8i37wAihKwxZ73cCSPQb_DCAdXJkJO3_LASI/s1600/Jameis+Winston+1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Florida State said Wednesday that quarterback Jameis Winston, last season’s Heisman Trophy winner, would be suspended for the first half of the top-ranked Seminoles’ home game Saturday against No. 22 Clemson after he shouted an obscene statement in the student union Tuesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“As a result of his comments yesterday, which were offensive and vulgar, Jameis Winston will undergo internal discipline and will be withheld from competition for the first half of the Clemson game,” Florida State’s interim president, Garnett S. Stokes, and Athletic Director Stan Wilcox said in a joint statement. The university declined to comment further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At a news conference Wednesday, just after the suspension was issued, Winston said he wanted to apologize “to the university, to my coaches and to my teammates” and called his behavior “selfish.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I did something,” he said, “so I’ve got to accept my consequences.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He added, “We’re going to think about moving forward and winning the game.”</span></div>
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2 things we learned in the Eagles' 30-27 victory

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Foles led the Eagles on a game-winning drive, as Cody Parkey kicked a 36-yard field goal as time expired to give Philadelphia a 30-27 victory against the Indianapolis Colts Monday night.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The win moves the Eagles to 2-0, while the Colts fall to 0-2. Here's what we learned Monday night:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Andrew Luck is human. Not only did he finally lose two games in a row, but Luck's own costly interception set up the Eagles' game-tying drive late in the fourth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He certainly wasn't at his best Monday night (he was 20-of-34 for 172 yards, though he did have three touchdowns), but Luck did put the Colts in a position to win when Indianapolis went up 27-20. Then, as Indianapolis was driving to go up by two scores and put the game away, Luck was intercepted and the Eagles took it to a tired Colts defense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) The Eagles aren't so good at first halves. For the second week in a row, Philadelphia had plenty of offensive trouble scoring in the first half. The Eagles got deep into the Colts' territory plenty of times, but they came up with only six points for a 17-6 halftime deficit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But who cares about the first half when you can play so well in the second? Once again, the Eagles looked like a completely different team in the second half, tying the game at 20 with 2:44 left in the third quarter with a great run by Darren Sproles.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eagles speed up in second half, fly past Colts</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sproles enabled the Eagles to rally from a 14-point deficit midway through the third quarter for a 30-27 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday when Cody Parkey hit a 36-yard field goal as time expired.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But really, the Eagles wouldn't have had a chance if not for Sproles. Twice, he took short passes and turned them into long gains – the first going for 57 yards late in the first quarter, the second for 51 yards in the fourth quarter that set up the game-tying touchdown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He also had a 19-yard touchdown run when he seemingly disappeared into a batch of Colts defenders only to keep his balance and score.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The only thing that was going through my head was stay up and score," Sproles said with a laugh.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sproles helped ensure the game-winning field goal when he took another screen pass from Nick Foles for 17 yards, getting down to the Colts' 19. The Eagles are 2-0 while the Colts fell to 0-2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In all, Sproles had 152 yards receiving and 26 yards rushing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"He's really giving us a spark," fellow running back LeSean McCoy said. "Without Sproles, we would be in some trouble. We really would."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Eagles weren't, mainly because of a defense that stiffened in the second half after the Colts ran for 101 yards in the first half. The Eagles also forced two turnovers that enabled them to come back. The first was when Fletcher Cox stripped running back Trent Richardson and DeMeco Ryans recovered at Indianapolis' 26.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second came with 5:08 left in the fourth quarter, when Malcolm Jenkins intercepted Andrew Luck on a 3rd-and-9 pass from the Eagles' 22. The Colts seemed to be on the verge of putting the game away, leading by 27-20 and in range for at least a field goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When you talk about team defense, sometimes we give up plays," Jenkins said. "But this is a good offense that we played, so to come up with that [interception] at that point in time in the game was huge for us. Obviously, it sparked us."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He enabled the Eagles to overcome a first half in which they nearly self-destructed with dropped passes, missed throws by Foles, and a porous defense that allowed the Colts to control the ball and the clock by running the ball at will.</span></div>

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Gail Kim Divas With The Best Boob Jobs

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a real wonder why Gail Kim was never given a stronger push in WWE, especially considering some of her performers for TNA. In many ways quite alike Lita in athleticism, charisma and the uniqueness of her look, Gail seemed like she was going to be a huge deal when she debuted in the summer of 2003 and won the Women’s Title on her first night, similar to how Paige debuted earlier this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately for Gail, a few botches in key matches and a seeming- bizarre- reluctance on WWE’s part to push an Asian ethnicity Diva meant she never took off on the big stage, not during her first run or her second, in WWE. Gail did everything right to be a successful WWE diva, including one of the best augmentations in WWE history, finding a perfect size for her slim frame, big enough to be ‘noticeable’ to the cavemen in Gorilla but not enough to disfigure her frame. She’s the second on the list whom had many people fooled until Maria Kanellis outed her for good in 2010. In spite of this, for whatever reason, it was never meant to be for Gail.</span></div>

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10 Signs CM Punk Was Obviously Unhappy With WWE

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the biggest wrestling news stories of this year has been the sudden, unceremonious departure of CM Punk from World Wrestling Entertainment. On the night after the Royal Rumble, with about an hour before Raw went live, Punk allegedly told WWE Chairman Vince McMahon that he was going home, and proceeded to do just that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally, this wasn’t seen as a permanent thing. Despite the fact that Punk’s contract was up in July and he planned to leave the company, people close to the situation felt cooler heads would prevail. In a conference call in February, McMahon described Punk’s departure as “a sabbatical.” Stone Cold Steve Austin, a friend of Punk’s with a high-profile WWE walkout under his own belt, guaranteed that the Straight Edge Superstar would be back at WrestleMania; of course, that never came to pass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the months have elapsed (and the contract in question has expired), it’s become clear that CM Punk is done with WWE. We’re told never to say never in professional wrestling, but bad blood on both sides – exacerbated by a recently-filed lawsuit in which Punk is seeking merchandising royalties – makes a reconciliation seem unlikely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, maybe none of this should have come as a surprise. It had become clear that Punk was unhappy in WWE, and it was only a matter of time before he left. Let’s look at 10 signs that the “Voice of the Voiceless” was on his way out of the company.</span></div>

10 Signs CM Punk Was Obviously Unhappy With WWE

One of the biggest wrestling news stories of this year has been the sudden, unceremonious departure of CM Punk from World Wrestling Ent...

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was the fourth quarter, a full stadium was basking in the sun and Giants quarterback Eli Manning, well protected by his linemen for a change, coolly lofted a tight spiral toward his favorite receiver, Victor Cruz. It was third down and all the Giants needed was a little inspiration, and 6 yards, to keep a good groove going.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the normally sure-handed Cruz, the wide receiver the home fans fete by cooing his name — Crruuuzz — dropped the ball. The stands went silent and an unease enveloped the building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within a minute, the Arizona Cardinals returned a Giants punt for a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, the Giants fumbled, which led to another Cardinals score. One possession later, with the game in its closing minutes, a promising, potentially game-tying drive by the Giants crashed to a halt near the Cardinals’ goal line with another fumble, this one unforced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A game the Giants seemed to have in hand Sunday became a 25-14 defeat at MetLife Stadium, keeping the Giants winless through two games. For the second consecutive week, Coach Tom Coughlin stood next to his team’s locker room and uttered a scary word: “Nightmare.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/sports/football/giants-offense-makes-strides-but-late-miscues-erase-those-efforts.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/sports/football/giants-offense-makes-strides-but-late-miscues-erase-those-efforts.html</a></span></div>

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The San Diego Chargers used an old, familiar combo — Philip Rivers to Antonio Gates — to upset the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gates had three touchdown catches, including a spectacular, one-handed grab, and the Chargers controlled the tempo to keep Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch off the field to beat the Seahawks 30-21 victory Sunday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The 34-year-old Gates scored on catches of 8, 8 and 21 yards.</b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 21-yarder was epic, as the star tight end split two defenders and extended for Rivers' pass, reaching out with his left hand to gather it in. Flat on his back in the end zone, he held up the ball to show the referee he'd made the catch that gave San Diego a 27-14 lead late in the third quarter.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The three touchdown receptions tied Gates' career high. Rivers was 28 of 37 for 284 yards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle was efficient when it had the ball, but it just didn't have it enough as the Chargers dominated time of possession on a steamy afternoon at Qualcomm Stadium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BOX SCORE: Chargers 30, Seahawks 21</b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Diego (1-1) had blown an 11-point, fourth-quarter lead and lost its opener Monday night at Arizona. Seattle (1-1) had nine days to prepare after an impressive 20-point opening victory against Green Bay.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After Gates' third scoring catch, Wilson moved the Seahawks 70 yards, capping the drive with a 14-yard touchdown throw to Marshawn Lynch to pull to 27-21.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle turned the ball over on downs on its 10 in the closing minutes and San Diego's Nick Novak kicked his third field goal, from 28 yards, with 16 seconds left.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Diego used long drives all day to control play and wear out Seattle's vaunted defense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Percy Harvin gave the Chargers a big gift when he fumbled the kickoff at the 28 after Novak's 43-yard field goal gave the Chargers a 13-7 lead with 4:40 to go before halftime.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After consecutive 10-yard penalties gave the Chargers a first-and-goal from the 23, Rivers completed a 15-yard screen pass to Eddie Royal before evading pressure and hitting Gates for their second scoring hookup of the quarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilson wasted no time in leading the Seahawks 61 yards in five plays, hitting Robert Turbin on a 3-yard TD pass to pull to 20-14. Turbin also had a 32-yard catch and a 10-yard run on the drive.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Diego running back Ryan Mathews was carted off the field with an apparent right knee injury early in the fourth quarter.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rivers hit Gates on an 8-yard TD pass early in the second quarter.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dwight Freeney sacked Wilson to force the Seahawks to punt on their first drive. Novak kicked a 50-yard field goal for San Diego.</span></div>

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Packers rally from 18-point deficit

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More like a career-high 209 yards receiving for Green Bay's top receiver, including one long touchdown catch in crunch time.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aaron Rodgers threw for three scores, including an 80-yard strike to Nelson in the third quarter, and the Packers roared back from an 18-point deficit to win their home opener 31-24 on Sunday over the New York Jets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good morning Green Bay Packers fans! Who is ready for some football today? I am excited to watch the home opener and beat those New York Jets!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On to the mailbag question of the week, “Who wins out Sunday, the Jets front seven or the Packers offensive line?” 30 (83%) of you voted for the Packers offensive line, one that hopefully will feature Bryan Bulaga on Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other 17% (6 votes) voted in favor of a stout Jets front seven led by Muhammad Wilkerson and Defensive Rookie of the Year Sheldon Richardson.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I honestly did not vote myself. I want the Packers offensive line to win out, and I trust most of them, but that is a tough front to face. Crossing my fingers for our boys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, the Packers got the defensive break they desperately needed when Tramon Williams stepped in front of tight end Zach Sudfeld for an interception at the Packers 3.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You never want to come out that flat, you never expect to come out that flat, but we did and we found a way to get through it," Williams said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rodgers followed with a 10-play, 97-yard drive in 1:44 that ended with a 6-yard score to Cobb to get the Packers within five at the half.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until then, it was second-year quarterback Smith who was having success. He connected with Decker for a 29-yard touchdown on a pretty tough pass over cornerback Shields for an early 14-0 lead. That score was set up by a 37-yard run by Kerley on a read-option pitch from Smith.</span></div>

Packers rally from 18-point deficit

More like a career-high 209 yards receiving for Green Bay's top receiver, including one long touchdown catch in crunch time. Aaron ...

Why Robert Griffin III injury might help the Redskins' playoff hopes

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-EX8IYD6MUFqp1gZ4xTWAEIce-4MjHqOczDBeTEGruOXzrsYZgTQ9JL-eKFVeNDszgZZClUdHn2GkmyExKC_9LH-flhfV5foZ8mpZ_mY9lrrqiDYIkpQQKiCIOyAsLtAU7_DWGJ5VXA/s1600/rg3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-EX8IYD6MUFqp1gZ4xTWAEIce-4MjHqOczDBeTEGruOXzrsYZgTQ9JL-eKFVeNDszgZZClUdHn2GkmyExKC_9LH-flhfV5foZ8mpZ_mY9lrrqiDYIkpQQKiCIOyAsLtAU7_DWGJ5VXA/s1600/rg3.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III entered the 2014 season in search of redemption. That may have to be put on hold temporarily after RG3 suffered a hip contusion in Week 2 of the preseason against the Cleveland Browns..The ankle injury to Robert Griffin III is catastrophic news for the Washington Redskins, a franchise that mortgaged its 2013 and 2014 drafts to get a franchise quarterback that could lead the team back to glory. It’s disastrous for fans, who invested so much hope in RG3 and were paid off with a spectacular seven-game winning streak in 2012, before watching Griffin suffer a devastating injury in the playoffs. And it’s worst of all for Griffin, a 24-year-old quarterback who had a limitless future but has now suffered his second major injury in the past 20 months and looks more and more likely to become the ultimate case of NFL “what if?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s what makes the following statement all the more incongruous: Provided DeSean Jackson’s injury doesn’t cause the wideout to miss too much time, the Washington Redskins are better positioned to make the 2014 playoffs on Sunday afternoon than they were on Sunday morning. That’s because Kirk Cousins gives the Redskins a better chance to win than the man he was backing up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was always going to take time for RG3 to learn the new offense and for Jay Gruden to adapt to having a five-tool threat under center. The offense that worked wonders with Andy Dalton in Cincinnati would have to be changed to factor in RG3’s speed and freelancing abilities. There were going to be growing pains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So while an injury will hinder RG3’s progress down the line, in the short term, the presence of Cousins under center makes the Redskins a contender in an NFC East that will be wide open if Philadelphia doesn’t run away with the division.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Granted, a 41-10 win over the Jaguars is hardly cause for a parade. Despite a lackluster Week 1 performance, Washington was favored by six points over the Jags. Robert Griffin III would have won this game too, inconsistency or not. But Cousins ran the offense with cool efficiency. He knew where the open receivers were. He got rid of the ball when he needed to (other than a late sack in the first half that pushed the team out of field goal range). He had a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating for his first eight throws and didn’t throw an incompletion until his 13th attempt. The offense had confidence it hadn’t showed since Week 17 in 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no quarterback controversy in Washington, despite the city’s love of such battles. Kirk Cousins is the backup who happens to be starting. He’s also the QB best fit to take the 2014 Washington Redskins to an unexpected berth in the playoffs.</span></div>

Why Robert Griffin III injury might help the Redskins' playoff hopes

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III entered the 2014 season in search of redemption. That may have to be put on hold tempora...

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