when does the real season start for nfl
NFL preseason


west coast tend to start at 7:00 p.m. PT/10:00 p.m. ET). When applicable, the NFL's blackout restrictions apply, although stations are allowed to play the game on a tape delay if the game does not sell out (unlike the regular season policy, when rights revert to NFL Films). However, the blackout restrictions have never been applied since 2015 as a result of a passed vote during the league's owners' meeting in March in which the league, as an experiment because no regular season games in the 2014
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Perfect season


1948 title games. Overall, the Browns won all four AAFC championship games and were accepted into the NFL when the two leagues merged after the 1949 season. Neither the NFL nor the Pro Football Hall of Fame recognizes the Bulldogs’ perfect season; the Hall of Fame recognizes the Browns’ perfect season but the NFL does not. Since the NFL expanded to a fourteen-game regular season in 1961, eleven teams have had regular seasons with one loss and no ties (or better) while failing to achieve a perfect season
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Canadian Football League in the United States


inroads. Eleven neutral-site CFL games (including exhibition games) have been held in the United States. In earlier decades when the CFL season started much later than it does today (i.e. around the same time as that of the National Football League), NFL teams were occasionally invited northward for exhibition interleague play. The CFL has also attempted to find a television audience in the United States, with one notable venture coinciding with the NFL players' strike in 1982, and more recently on ESPN. While the CFL's
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Anthony Dilweg


the Duke single season record for passing yards with 3,824 in the 1988 season. Dilweg was selected in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft with the 74th overall pick by the Green Bay Packers. Dilweg is one of only 17 players to be selected in the NFL draft out of Duke. Dilweg's best NFL season was 1990 when he played 9 games with the Packers and threw for 1,267 yards and 8 touchdowns. Today Dilweg is the Chairman of the Dilweg Companies, a real estate development company, and a sideline reporter
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2017 NFL season


allow networks to cut to commercial during instant replay reviews, which it had not been allowed to do before. Commissioner Roger Goodell stated that the changes are being made in an attempt to consolidate downtime between the actual game play so that there are fewer and less noticeable interruptions; he does not expect the changes to have an appreciable impact on the real-time length of a game, which currently clocks in at slightly over three hours. The NFL has also, as a trial, lifted its ban on the broadcast of commercials
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Madden Football 64


Bowl is referred to as the "Madden Bowl", and the Super Bowl as the "EAS Championship". However, the game does have a license with the NFL Player's Association, so real player names are present in the game. The game failed to get an NFL license as its competitor for the Nintendo 64 that year, Acclaim Entertainment's NFL Quarterback Club 98 had acquired all the licensing rights and Electronic Arts was not able to obtain the NFL license to use the real team names in time for its release
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List of Cleveland Browns seasons


The Cleveland Browns were a charter member club of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) when the league was founded in 1946. From 1946 to 1949, the Browns won each of the league’s four championships. The National Football League (NFL) does not recognize the Browns’ AAFC championships, the Pro Football Hall of Fame "does" recognize the team’s championships, which is reflected in this list. When the AAFC folded in 1949, the Browns were absorbed into the NFL in . The Browns went on
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2000 NFL season


The 2000 NFL season was the 81st regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXV when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New York Giants 34–7 at the Raymond James Stadium. Week 1 of the season reverted to Labor Day weekend in 2000. It would be the last NFL season to date to start on Labor Day weekend. It would also be the last time until 2015 that CBS televised the late afternoon games in Week 1. This was because both Week 1 of the NFL season and CBS’
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2011 NFL season


$15.2 billion, also gave them rights to expanded highlights, international and digital rights, the Pro Bowl beginning with the 2015 installment, and possibly a Wildcard playoff game. Also, the league announced a nine-year extension with CBS, Fox and NBC on their current contracts starting with the 2014 season. The 2011 NFL season version of "musical chairs" brought some changes. At CBS, Dick Enberg officially retired (he now does San Diego Padres games for Fox Sports San Diego and its predecessor, 4SD),
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Stephen Davis (American football)


8,052) and rushing TDs (65) amongst all Auburn alumni in NFL history. Davis was drafted in the fourth round (103rd overall) in the 1996 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. Davis was primarily used as a fullback, and was part of the Redskins' backfield with Terry Allen. He spent three seasons as a backup and fullback before getting the starting nod at the start of the 1999 NFL season. This was Davis' breakout season, when he posted career highs, and ended up representing the NFC in
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1947 NFL season


The 1947 NFL season was the 28th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season by one game from eleven games per team to twelve, a number that remained constant for fourteen seasons, through 1960. The season ended when the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL Championship Game on December 28. Starting in 1947, the NFL teams played a 12-game schedule rather than 11 games. The twelfth game proved to be crucial for the Steelers, Eagles, Cardinals and Bears. In the Eastern
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History of the National Football League championship


.)" In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by year of first appearance. Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL–NFL Super Bowl championships before the 1970 AFL–NFL merger. Does not include AFL titles won from 1960–1965 or AAFC titles won from 1946–1949. Does not include folded NFL teams with zero "Appearances/Top 2 Finishes." In the "Seasons" column, bold
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1997 NFL season


The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee. The newly renamed Tennessee Oilers played their home games during this season at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee while construction of a new stadium in Nashville started. Houston would rejoin the NFL with the expansion Texans in 2002. This was the last season to date that TNT broadcast NFL games, as well as the last for NBC until 2006. When the TV contracts were renewed
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Billy Howton


the years, there has been speculation that his NFL Players Association ties were the real reason behind the trade. Howton was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1974. Howton played only one season in Cleveland, leading the team in receptions with 39, and experiencing what would be the only winning campaign of his NFL career. At the start of the 1960 season, he notified the Browns his intentions to retire. The expansion Dallas Cowboys convinced him to play in his home state and traded a draft choice to
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Jason Peters


as the starting left tackle in the Pro Bowl and was a Second-team All-Pro although his 2008 season was subpar and some thought the Pro Bowl selection was dubious. In 2006, he allowed only two sacks and allowed six sacks in 2007. In 2008 Peters allowed 11½ sacks—tied for worst in the NFL among starting left tackles. Officially the NFL does not recognize "Sacks Allowed", as the statistic is subjective and potentially misleading. Peters had been unhappy with his contract and had not been attending the
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Madden NFL 09


the 32 NFL teams for the 2008 season. A roster update on August 12, 2008 placed Favre on the New York Jets roster as their starting quarterback. Like all other games of EA Sports' 09 season, the "All Play" version of "Madden" seen on the Wii features a different photograph of Favre with different graphics and artwork than the other versions of the game. The Anniversary Collector's Edition does not feature a cover athlete - it has a larger version of the Roman numeral XX logo shown in the
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Casey Bramlet


Falcons. He started all 35 games in his final three seasons at Wyoming, and also scored 14 career rushing touchdowns. Bramlet was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round (218th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft, and started the 2004 season third on the depth chart, but ended the season second (to Jon Kitna) when Carson Palmer got injured. On February 14, 2005, the Bengals allocated Bramlet to the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe. Bramlet started all ten games of Hamburg's inaugural season
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NFL on CBS


Nonetheless, none of the ex-players and coaches in a lead position on other networks at the time of Romo's hiring (Troy Aikman, Cris Collinsworth, and Jon Gruden) started their broadcasting career in the lead position. Simms jokingly asked Romo "How does that seat feel?" during Week 1 of "The NFL Today". Once the 2017 NFL season got underway, Romo received critical praise for his work as a recent ex-player, most notably for his ability to predict offensive plays and read defensive
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Lenny Moore


to the claim that he was one of the toughest players in the NFL. He also won Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1964. Moore scored a touchdown in an NFL-record 18 consecutive appearances starting in 1963 and continuing through the entire 1964 season, ending in 1965. This record stood for 40 years until being equaled by LaDainian Tomlinson in 2005. Because his streak was interrupted by a five-game absence due to injury in 1963, he does not hold the NFL's official record for "consecutive" games
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One-game playoff


effect and feel of a one-game playoff. Typically, such games will be scheduled for prime time under the NFL's flexible scheduling policy (provided their result does not carry potential playoff implications for other teams; the NFL's current scheduling rules dictate that Week 17 games with mutual playoff implications always start at the same time). For example, the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys entered the final week of the 2011 NFL season tied at 8-7 for first place in the NFC East. The teams, scheduled
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Madden NFL Mobile


different styles for kickoffs, kick returns, punt, punt returns (left, right, middle, duplicates, onside kicks, etc.) The game is connectable with Facebook to allow for more social features, though players can also create unlinked accounts. Beginning with Madden Overdrive, there is no longer a real Season mode. No season mode component was included when Madden Overdrive launched in August 2018, but Season Battle was rolled out shortly after launch. In Season Battle, players earn rewards for wins against every NFL team.
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Mike Patterson (American football)


NFL Draft out of the University of Southern California. He started the 2005 season as second string, but started his first ever NFL game on September 25, 2005 when starter Darwin Walker was injured. When Walker returned to the lineup four games later, Patterson went back to second string. On December 11, 2005, Patterson was moved permanently to the starting left defensive tackle position and remains there. In 2005, Patterson was regarded as one of the best rookie defensive linemen in the NFL. He recorded the most tackles (
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Super Bowl VII


previous two teams to do so, the 1934 and 1942 Chicago Bears, both lost the NFL Championship game. The Cleveland Browns also completed a perfect season in 1948, including a league championship, while part of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), but this feat is only recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame (the NFL does not officially recognize any AAFC records). Following the death of Vince Lombardi 17 days prior to the start of the 1970 season, Washington finished 6-8 under interim coach
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Sam Mills


jersey number 51 was retired by the Panthers at the start of the 2005 NFL season, making it the first number the franchise retired. Mills was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009, with his son Sam Mills III accepting the award on his father's behalf. Sam Mills III currently holds the position of Quality Control – Defense coach for the Carolina Panthers. The speech inspired Nike, when awarded the contract for NFL jerseys starting in the 2012 NFL season, to feature "Keep Pounding" sewn on the
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1948 Cleveland Browns season


into the NFL starting in 1950. In winning all of their regular season games and the AAFC championship, the Browns recorded the first perfect season in professional football since the advent of NFL championships in 1933. The feat has been duplicated only once since, by the Miami Dolphins in 1972. When the AAFC faltered and dissolved after the 1949 season and the NFL absorbed the Browns, their new league did not recognize AAFC statistics, including the perfect season. The Pro Football Hall of Fame, however, recognizes it as a perfect
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NFL GameDay


NFL GameDay is an American television program that features highlights of the National Football League games for the day. It airs on the NFL Network, having debuted on September 10, 2006. The program starts at either 11:30 p.m. Eastern time or the moment that "NBC Sunday Night Football" concludes, whichever is later. When NBC does not carry a game, it begins at 8 p.m. ET, or after "NFL RedZone" goes off the air, which happened twice in 2006, on October 22 and December 24, and
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Jake Grove


-lost record, then won the job the following year, the 7th starting center in Raider history, starting all 16 games, when Treu became his replacement for a 2-14 team. But in the 2007 NFL season, Jeremy Newberry became the starting center, as Grove started only two games for the 4-12 team. He got his job back in the 2008 NFL season, starting in 12 games, though the team's fortune stayed poor with a 5-11 record. His Oakland tenure was hampered by
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1948 Cleveland Browns season


the league alongside Albert. Browns games were televised for the first time in 1948. The season is recognized as perfect by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, although the National Football League (NFL), which absorbed the Browns when the AAFC dissolved in 1949, does not recognize it. Ohio senator Sherrod Brown wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in 2008 asking the league to officially recognize AAFC team statistics, including the perfect season. The 2007 New England Patriots were vying to complete a 19–0 season at the time and
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2004 Pittsburgh Steelers season


, the team's top pick in that year's draft. Originally intended to sit behind veteran Tommy Maddox the entire season, plans abruptly changed when Maddox was hurt in the team's Week 2 loss to Baltimore. Surrounded by talent, "Big Ben" went an NFL-record 13–0 as a rookie starting quarterback, shattering the old NFL record (and coincidentally, also the team record) of 6–0 to start an NFL career set by Mike Kruczek filling in for an injured Terry Bradshaw in 1976. The Steelers hosted the
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MSG Plus


; SportsNet New York became the Mets new cable home when it launched in April 2006, at the start of that year's regular season. As a result of losing the Yankees, Nets and Mets over the span of three years, FSN New York and MSG went from being the sole rightsholders to seven of the New York area's major sports franchises (excluding the New York Jets and New York Giants, as the NFL does not sell game broadcasts on an individual team basis or to regional cable outlets) to carrying games
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List of San Francisco 49ers starting quarterbacks


These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the 49ers. The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right in parentheses. "In the NFL era (since 1950 season)" These quarterbacks have the most starts for the 49ers in regular season games in the NFL era (since 1950 season). "In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
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1956 NFL season


The 1956 NFL season was the 37th regular season of the National Football League. With previous television partner DuMont Television Network ending operations prior to the 1956 season, CBS began carrying regular season games across its network nationwide. The season ended when the New York Giants crushed the Chicago Bears in the NFL Championship Game, The Lions and the Cardinals had both finished 1955 poorly, 3–9 and 4–7–1, but both got off to fast starts in 1956. Both ended up finishing second in the Conference races. The Chicago Cardinals got off to
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Primary NFL television stations


A primary, flagship or home television station refers to the local affiliates that carry a majority of the regular season telecasts for a said National Football League (NFL) team. This list only concentrates on television coverage since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. This list however, does not include "official station" partnerships, where a station that only carries off-network pre-season games also carries team programming throughout the season such as coach's shows, player shows or interview segments during station sportscasts. It also does
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List of black NFL quarterbacks


starting black quarterbacks, the most in NFL history. In 1982, a players' strike cut the NFL season short to nine games. When a second strike occurred in 1987, the NFL–not wanting to lose games–hired replacement players. That year, black quarterbacks in the league tripled in number. On September 20, 1987, Doug Williams became the first black quarterback to start a game for the Washington Redskins, the team that had been segregated for so long by its former owner, George Preston Marshall. Before
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Rodney Peete


Peete did not achieve stardom in his professional career in the NFL, but played well enough to sustain his place in the league for 16 seasons, primarily as a backup. Selected by the Detroit Lions as the 141st pick in the 6th round of the 1989 NFL Draft, Peete was scheduled to start the season opener but sprained his knee in an exhibition game against the Los Angeles Rams, missing the first few games of the season. He would have been the first rookie quarterback to start for the Lions since 1968, when
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Scot Brantley


Steve Woodard and Mark McLeod. The stations are owned/operated by Florida Sports Talk and carry NBC Sports Radio. In May 2018 it was revealed that Scot was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He was featured on an episode of Real Sports on HBO titled "Unsettled" concerning disabled NFL players unable to receive payments from the NFL concussion settlement. Brantley's nephew, John Brantley, IV, was the Florida Gators' starting quarterback for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. His brother, John Brantley, III, was the Gators
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John Moffitt (American football)


real quickness", raising questions about his longevity as an American football guard or center. Moffitt was drafted number 75 overall by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2011 NFL Draft. Moffitt started nine games in the 2011 season before being injured in the week-13 game against the Baltimore Ravens. His career took a further downside when hit with a four-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs Moffitt was traded to the Cleveland Browns on August 19, 2013. On August 20, 2013, the trade was rescinded, reportedly due to
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Providence Steamrollers (National Football League)


start thinking about playing in the NFL. Providence joined the NFL in time for the 1925 season. By that time only three players from the 1924 team were still in the line-up when the team's first practice of 1925 was held on September 17. In fact, only about a dozen of them wore Steam Roller colors for the team's debut in the NFL. The Steam Roller had played mediocre football in their first two NFL seasons, but posted a strong 8–5–1 record in 1927 with Jim Conzelman as the team
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1933 NFL season


league teams, left the league. The season ended when the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Due to the success of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, the league stopped using the exact rules of college football and started to develop its own revisions: "P = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against"br "Note: The NFL did not officially count tie games in the standings
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List of National Football League head coaches by playoff record


NFL champion. Coach Ralph Jones led the Bears to a 9-0 victory over Coach Potsy Clark. The game is recorded as a regular season game for the teams' statistics. Three seasons later Coach Clark would lead his team to their first title, when they were the Detroit Lions. Because it proved so popular, the 1932 NFL "Playoff Game", as it is unofficially called, started a new era for the National Football League. Beginning in the 1933 NFL season, the league was divided into divisions,
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History of Dempo S.C.


League and finished top of Group B but finished fourth in the Final Round. Then during the 1999-2000 season the club got relegated after finishing in last place. In 2001 Dempo won promotion back into the NFL. In 2004 Dempo won the Federation Cup and the National Football League for the first time. They then won the NFL again during the 2006-07 season which turned out to be the last season of the NFL before the I-League started. Dempo made Indian Football history when they were one of the
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Christian Ponder


. Somewhere down the road I'm going to push to take that over and we'll see." Ponder announced at his introduction press conference that he intended to wear jersey number 7 in the NFL. Following a disastrous start to the season for the Vikings under McNabb, Ponder made his NFL debut against the Chicago Bears in the fourth quarter on October 16, 2011. In a game where the Vikings were blown out 39-10, Ponder completed 9 of 17 passes for 99 yards in his first real action. It
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The Real Housewives of New York City (season 8)


The Real Housewives of New York City", Cindy Barshop as a real housewife saying, "when she has a party, it's to the top. And she does a performance, and that's naturally what she does." The season begins with Bethenny Frankel enjoying her home as she juggles her business, dating and her ongoing divorce. Carole Radziwill and her boyfriend Adam continue to pursue their relationship, and Ramona Singer navigates her single life while exploring the dating scene in Wigan. Sonja Morgan begins to feel the empty
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Detroit Lions


times for the NFL championship (Detroit won three of the matchups); they have met much less frequently during the regular season since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger due to the Browns' move to the AFC. The Lions' flagship radio station is WJR 760 AM. Dan Miller does play-by-play and Lomas Brown does color commentary. The team moved to WJR for the 2016 NFL season, ending a 20-year relationship with CBS Radio-owned WXYT-FM. The decision to part with WXYT was reportedly instigated
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Hell's Kitchen: The Game


, Ramsay will become infuriated and close the restaurant. Despite Ramsay's choice of words in real life in-game he does not swear, but still, in-fact, abuses the player for failing a task. Ludia first started development on October 25, 2007, when Granada America, allowed the 'Hell's Kitchen' property to Ludia. The game was estimated to coincide with the fourth season of the TV show, Hell's Kitchen in 2008. When promoting the game, Tony Key, the vice president of
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Tony Romo


Collinsworth, and Jon Gruden) started their broadcasting career in the lead position. Simms jokingly asked Romo "How does that seat feel?" during Week 1 of "The NFL Today". Once the 2017 NFL season got underway, Romo received critical praise for his work as a recent ex-player, most notably for his ability to predict offensive plays and read defensive formations from the booth, and "adding an enthusiasm that had been lacking with Simms". Romo and Nantz received further acclaim for their broadcasting of the
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Mike Cofer (linebacker)


tight end. Cofer was drafted in the 3rd round (67th overall) by the Detroit Lions in the 1983 NFL draft. He played 10 seasons in the NFL, all with the Lions, starting in 104 games. He registered 511 tackles and 63 sacks during his career. Cofer played in all 16 games during his rookie season, earning 4.5 sacks. During his second season, he moved into the starting lineup, picking up 7 sacks. Initially a defensive end, he switched to linebacker in 1985 when the Lions'
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List of NFL franchise post-season droughts


championship. Listed according to seasons waited. Current NFL cities/regions only.brbr Listed according to seasons waited. Updated through the 2018 season. br**Does not include the three seasons (1996–1998) during which the franchise suspended operations. Counted from the first Super Bowl season, 1966, to present. "Updated through the 2018 season."brbr In these instances, the matchup ensured that one team would win the first NFL or AFL playoff championship in its history. br br This is a sortable table of all 32 current NFL teams.
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Scott Campbell (American football)


Robert Scott Campbell (born April 15, 1962 in Hershey, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football player who played quarterback for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons. He appeared in 45 games in the NFL, starting 13. He played collegiately at Purdue University. He backed up Mark Herrmann for one season, then started over Jim Everett for the next three years. He is currently a real estate broker and owner of Brownstone Realty in Hershey, Pa. His father, Ken Campbell is an AFL veteran;
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Point After


and Adam Schefter provided analysis. "Point After" has been on NFL Network from its beginning during the 2003 season. The original version was basically an automated program that aired on Sunday nights. A voice-over announcer briefly described the games of that NFL Sunday, then the comments of the players and coaches in that game aired. When NFLN revamped for 2006, mainly to mark the start of live regular-season play-by-play, this program became "NFL Scoreboard" and "Point After" became a
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Cole Bergquist


during his tenure in the NFL. Bergquist played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 2009 - 2012. The Roughriders played in the Grey Cup in the 2009 and 2010 losing both times to the Montreal Alouettes. After a disappointing season in 2011 the Roughriders coaching staff was released. The incoming coaching staff released Bergquist during the off-season before the start of the 2012 season. Cole Bergquist's rapid success in the real estate industry can be gauged by his off-the-chart numbers. In his first four years, he personally
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Kevin Shaffer


244th overall) in the 2002 NFL Draft. In his rookie season he played in six regular season games plus two post season games. He made his NFL debut at the Green Bay Packers on September 8. In the 2003 season he played in all 16 games and made his first NFL start at the New York Giants on November 9. In his third season for the Falcons, Shaffer started in 15 games and was a member of the offensive line that ranked first in the NFL with 2,672 rushing yards. Just as he
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NFL GameDay (video game series)


options & features like season-ending injuries, a full-fledged draft, more statistics, and the ability to create players. It features all 30 NFL teams (1,500 NFLPA players) and modeled stadiums, including real NFL uniforms with real logos and numbers. Motion capture was again used, with Tim Brown being the motion capture actor. In order to avoid a common complaint against competitor "Madden NFL" - that the A.I. can consistently be beaten with a specific play - the developers hired a full-time game tester
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History of the Detroit Lions


in the 2003 NFL Draft, the Lions selected local favorite Charles Rogers. The team finished 2003 with a 5–11 record. Rogers got off to a hot start, but was injured in the middle of the season, and because of this, the Lions drafted wide receiver Roy Williams seventh overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. The Lions went the entire 2001, 2002, and 2003 seasons without a road victory. This streak, encompassing of a then NFL record 24 games, came to an end on September 12, 2004 when
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Jon Giesler


a first-team offensive tackle on the 1978 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Giesler was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round as the 24th overall pick in the 1979 NFL Draft. As a rookie during the 1979 NFL season, Giesler did not start any games for the Dolphins, played on special teams and was also a backup to veteran linemen Bob Kuechenberg and Mike Current. When Current retired after the 1978 season, Giesler became a starter for the Dolphins at the left tackle position during the 1980 NFL
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List of Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks


the previous year set an NFL record. Even with this turnaround, the Colts lost in the playoffs. The following years would be marked by a near constant pattern. The Colts and Manning successes in the regular season were matched only by their failures in the post season. Manning was named to the Pro Bowl in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004, as well as winning the NFL MVP award in both 2003 and 2004. In 2004 Manning set a then NFL record when he threw 49 touchdowns in a single
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1950 Cleveland Browns season


end a competition for talent that raised player salaries and ate into owners' profits at a time when attendance in many large markets was declining, the NFL and AAFC agreed to a peace deal at the end of the 1949 season. Under the deal, four of the AAFC's seven teams were to go out of business, while three of them – the Browns, Baltimore Colts and San Francisco 49ers – would play in the NFL starting in 1950. Cleveland had been the AAFC's most successful team, but some NFL owners
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WSVN


, the station, via NBC, which held the league's broadcast rights, became the station of record for the new team. This alliance continued until the end of the 1988 season, when most games moved over to WTVJ (today, most games are aired by WFOR). The station now airs at least two Dolphins games a season via the NFL on Fox, usually when the team plays host to an NFC team at Hard Rock Stadium, however, starting in 2014, with the institution of the NFL's new
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Walt Coleman


) and five years in the Southwest Conference (Division I-A). He was never promoted to referee during his college officiating career since he could not justify heading a crew with his five years experience in each conference. Coleman served as a line judge for the first six seasons before being promoted to referee at the start of the 1995 NFL season when Dale Hamer was forced to sit out that season after undergoing open-heart surgery. Mike Carey had been promoted to referee when the NFL added another crew for the 1995
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Scott Davis (defensive lineman)


. Davis also regularly travels to Arizona and many other states for Real Estate Development and Leisure. Davis was the 25th overall selection in the 1988 NFL Draft. Davis played with the Raiders through 1991 and was a starter 3 of the 4 years. Davis retired after the 91 season. Davis returned to the team in 1994 under a new 4-year contract. In his first season back Davis appeared in 15 games while starting one and sustained a career ending injury in the final game of the 1994 season. Davis' most successful season
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History of the Washington Redskins


season since 1998. A bittersweet moment during the season occurred on December 29, 2002, when Darrell Green concluded his 20th and final season as the Redskins defeated the Cowboys 20–14 at FedExField. During his twenty seasons, he set a NFL record for consecutive seasons with at least one interception (19) and a Redskins team record for regular season games played (295) and started (258). Hoping for a turnaround from the year before, the Redskins started the 2003 season on September 4, 2003, when they hosted
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Chukky Okobi


and started on an offensive line that featured 5 future NFL player, including New England Patriots All-Pro Tackle, Matt Light. He started at right guard in the Hula Bowl All-Star game in Maui following the 2000 season. He was selected with the 15th pick of the fifth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He has played in many games since then, usually platooning the center position with Jeff Hartings, and replacing Hartings when he is injured or otherwise unable to play. During the 2006 season, Hartings suffered
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Steve DeBerg


halftime. Earlier in the season, DeBerg started in place of Dan Marino in the Thanksgiving game where Leon Lett's blunder resulted in a Dolphins win. He retired after the 1993 season. DeBerg returned to the NFL in at age 44, rejoining head coach Dan Reeves as a backup with the Atlanta Falcons. On October 25, with Chris Chandler unable to play, Deberg became the oldest quarterback to start an NFL game when he led the Falcons against the New York Jets. In a 28–3 loss, he threw nine of
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Mike Moroski


enshrined into the Cal Aggie Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985. Moroski played in every game of each of the 1983 and 1984 seasons as well as 15 in 1986. He threw for over 1,200 yards in 1984. In his final season, when he played for the 49ers, Moroski threw Jerry Rice one of his NFL record 197 touchdown receptions. Moroski was a coach as his alma mater, UC Davis, starting in 1988, not long after the completion of his NFL career. He started as the junior varsity coach and
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Jerome Bettis


he was rested for the regular-season finale and finished 26 yards short of the team's single-season record. Bettis does hold the Steelers' franchise record for rushing yards in a single-season when including postseason play. Bettis was a second-team All-Pro choice in 1997 and set a then NFL record with two overtime touchdowns in the same season. Bettis was leading the league with 1,072 rushing yards in 2001 when he suffered a serious hip and groin injury that sidelined him for the remainder of the regular
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Pete Pierson


games (at least part of this time was on the Bucs' practice squad). Pierson spent the 1995 season as a backup right tackle (12 games, four starts), but moved mainly to the left side when the Bucs hired Tony Dungy in 1996. Stuck behind one of the NFL's upper echelon left tackles, Paul Gruber, Pierson played in 57 games with two starts from 1996 to 1999. When Gruber suffered a broken left leg in the season finale of the 1999 season, Pierson started the Bucs'
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Maurice Douglass


. In the second game of the 1996 NFL season, he made a fourth-and-one goalline stop against the Cowboys. Later that season, he scored his only career touchdown when he intercepted a Scott Mitchell pass and returned it 32 yards against the Detroit Lions on October 27. Late in the season he was affected by a hamstring injury. Douglass re-signed for the 1997 New York Giants season. Douglass was in competition with Sam Garnes and Rodney Young for the starting strong safety position for the 1997 NFL season
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Oakland Raiders


most areas of the Oakland Coliseum. Just prior to the start of the 2006 NFL season, the Raiders revealed that they had sold 37,000 season tickets, up from 29,000 the previous year. Despite the team's 2–14 record, they sold out six of their eight home games in 2006. The Raiders and Al Davis have been involved in several lawsuits throughout their history, including ones against the NFL. When the NFL declined to approve the Raiders' move from Oakland to Los Angeles in 1980, the team joined the Los Angeles
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Admiralty FC


the 2012 S.League. Former Geylang United player Masnashzreen Masturi, the younger brother of Home United's Masrezwan Masturi, also plays for Admiralty FC as a striker. On 30 June 2012, Admiralty FC were crowned champions of the NFL Division 2 2012 season when they beat Jollilads Arsenal FC by a 5–1 scoreline. The victory was also the 12th consecutive win for the Wolves, preserving an unbeaten run for the club since the start of the 2012 NFL Division 2 season. Admiralty made history by becoming the first NFL club to qualify for
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The NFL Today


noticeable lisp and drawl). This was parodied in a satirical article in "The Onion" with the headline, "CBS Producers Ask Shannon Sharpe To Use At Least 3 Real Words Per Sentence." The outdoor set was abandoned for the 2005 season, with "The NFL Today" broadcasting from Studio 43 for the entire season. The following season (2006), "The NFL Today" began broadcasting in high definition; the program introduced a new HD-ready set at Studio 43 with the conversion. On February
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Massillon Tigers


and Frank Nied were also associated with Maginnis during his ownership of the team in 1919, and had many problems with him during that season. Maginnis' representative was not admitted to the meeting, however the Massillon Tigers were counted as present at the charter meeting of the NFL. Hay, who'd tried to get a real Massillon team restarted, considered himself as their spokesman. Once the meeting started, he stood up and announced that Massillon was withdrawing from professional football for the season of 1920. And to resure that Maginnis
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Stephen Gostkowski


also scored two field goals during the game, was defended by Patriots coach Bill Belichick and teammates Julian Edelman, Logan Ryan, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola, and Malcolm Butler. It was also his first miss in 56 attempts since the NFL moved the spot for extra points from the 2-yard line back to the 15-yard line. Since "The NFL Record & Fact Book" does not count statistics from playoff games when calculating regular-season streaks, Gostkowski ended the regular season with his extra point streak active at
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NFL RedZone


night, and any stand-alone Saturday night games, nor for NFL International Series games which are scheduled in an early Sunday morning timeslot. It also does not cover Thanksgiving games or postseason games. During the offseason breaks before the 2016, 2017, and 2018 NFL season, NFL Network re-ran the previous season's "RedZone" presentations. During seventeen selected Sunday afternoons in the spring and early summer, all seventeen weeks of the regular season as seen on "RedZone" were re-aired. They were edited
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NFL Network


games and the ArenaBowl. The NFL stated that unlike when the NFL last showed interest in arena football, there would be no attempts to buy into the league. Broadcasters for the games included Kurt Warner, Tom Waddle, Paul Burmeister, Fran Charles, Charles Davis and Ari Wolfe. Starting with the 2010 season, the network obtained the broadcast rights to the Arena Football League. Each Friday, the NFL Network aired a "Game of the Week" from the AFL through the league's playoffs and culminating with the ArenaBowl.
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Mike Vanderjagt


. However, he also had considerably fewer field goal chances that season (25), as the Colts offense scored 61 touchdowns (nearly four per game), with Peyton Manning throwing a then NFL record 49 TD passes. Vanderjagt's streak of 42 consecutive successful field goal attempts, the second longest in NFL history (the league does not include postseason or Pro Bowl games when compiling streaks), ended on September 9, 2004 when he missed a 48-yard attempt against the New England Patriots. The game was 2004's Monday
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Gordon Bell (American football)


. Despite his accomplishments, Bell played in the shadow of Big Ten Conference rival, Archie Griffin, who won back-to-back Heisman Trophies. In some respects, Bell exceeded even Griffin's accomplishments, as Bell won the 1975 Big Ten rushing championship. Bell played three years of professional football, but never made it into the starting lineup for an NFL team. In three NFL seasons, he had 1,444 all-purpose yards. His best NFL season was 1976, when he had 784 all-purpose yards.
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List of black NFL quarterbacks


quarterback to start a season-opening game, being named the starter for the Buffalo Bills. Like his predecessors, Harris sometimes had to be accompanied by bodyguards during games and in his hotel room to protect him from credible death threats. This is a list of black quarterbacks who managed to start every regular season game in any NFL season. In 1974, James Harris became the first black quarterback to start and win an NFL playoff game. Midway through the 1976 season, Harris was benched by his team's owner, Carroll
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Lennie Friedman


by the Denver Broncos in the second round (61st overall) in the 1999 NFL Draft. He saw no action in his rookie season as he tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during pre-season. He was allocated to NFL Europe where he played for the Barcelona Dragons. He returned to training camp and during the season played in all 16 games including eight starts. He made his first NFL start at the Cincinnati Bengals on October 22. During the 2001 season Friedman played in 15 games and made 14 starts at the
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1983 NFL season


The 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins 38–9 at Tampa Stadium in Florida. Starting in 1978, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of the divisions, and two wild-card teams in each conference. The two wild cards would meet for the right to face whichever of the three division winners had the best overall record. The tiebreaker rules were based on head-to-
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Canceled NFL games


stadium would be suitable for play when the regular season started. The Eagles would move into Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, and the Phillies would move into its own separate ballpark, Citizens Bank Park, in 2004. In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the NFL postponed its Week 2 games of the 2001 season, originally scheduled for September 16 and 17, until the end of the regular season. All playoff games following the 2001 regular season, including Super Bowl XXXVI and the 2002 Pro Bowl, were similarly rescheduled
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List of Monday Night Football results (1970–89)


. This was Don Meredith's first season back in the booth, after three seasons at NBC. He would remain through the 1984 season. The October 10 game was Joe Namath's last NFL start and last NFL game. Non-Monday games covered by ABC Monday Night Football team The September 4 game, the 1978 MNF season opener, was when Howard Cosell and the announcing crew was given a plate of nachos and Cosell began using the term 'nacho' for the duration of the game; this moment is notable for
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Greg Skrepenak


midway through the 1994 NFL season when he replaced Bruce Wilkerson. He started the final 10 games of 1994 and the first 14 games of the 1995 NFL season before being benched toward the end of the season in favor of Robert Jenkins. Skrepenak was deactivated from the roster for the final two games of the season right before his contract expired. Officially, the deactivation was due to a combination of a rib injury and the flu, but some say it may have also been partially due to vocal play selection criticism. However,
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Luke McCown


offense. He still holds several NCAA Division I FBS records: "Source": McCown was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He went on to start in four games for Cleveland in his rookie season. After the season, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the weekend of the 2005 NFL Draft. During week 13 of the 2007 NFL season, McCown produced his finest performance as an NFL quarterback, throwing for 313 yards and 2 touchdowns during an emergency start for
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Chris Hinton


starting 12. He wore #71 in his first season with the Falcons but was able to switch to #75 in 1991, which he wore for the first seven years of his NFL career. In 1991, he played all 16 regular-season games at right tackle and was named to the Pro Bowl. He returned as the starting right tackle the following season and started another entire season. To begin the 1993 NFL season, the Falcons named Hinton their starting right guard. He started all 16 regular season games and
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List of all-time NFL win–loss records


The following is a list of win–loss records for each of the 32 active National Football League (NFL) teams. The following is a listing of all 32 current National Football League (NFL) teams ranked by their regular season win–loss record percentage, accurate as of the end of the 2018 NFL regular season. For teams that previously played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), their AAFC win-loss records are not included as the NFL does not officially count AAFC statistics despite the 1950
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Tecmo Bowl


on defense, a player selects a play based on the anticipation of the offense's choice; if chosen correctly, it results in a collapse of the offensive line and well-covered receivers, therefore setting up either a potential sack or an interception. Although featuring the names and statistics of real NFL players from the 1988 NFL season, the gameplay limits how closely the video game players mimicks real life players. Unlike the NFL, the arcade version only allows ten players for each team on the field at a time while the
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Steve McKinney


that allowed 22 sacks, second-lowest total in the NFL. In 1999, he started 14 games at left guard and missed the first snap of his career when he was inactive at Philadelphia. He was inactive for two more games after an emergency appendectomy. In the 2000 and 2001 McKinney started a total of 30 games for the Colts. He then left the Colts as a free agent during the 2002 NFL Season. He was the first unrestricted free agent to be signed by the Houston Texans. He started all 16
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List of Miami Dolphins starting quarterbacks


's 17 games, contributions from his 1972 season and further performances in his career have listed him as one of the top backup quarterbacks in NFL history. In 1973 Griese started 13 regular-season games, and led the Dolphins to their third consecutive Super Bowl appearance, the first in NFL history and second consecutive Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl VIII, the second in NFL history. Over the next seven years Griese started 74 regular-season and three playoff games. He sustained a multitude of injuries and shared the starting role
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Madden NFL 97


cap when customizing team rosters. It also featured the new Baltimore Ravens, the expansion franchise that absorbed the roster of the Cleveland Browns for the 1996 season. The game also adds a team of real free agents (as opposed to the blank slate used in "Madden 96") which can be traded and added to other teams' rosters (led by recently semi-retired quarterback Randall Cunningham), and could be played by using a cheat code. "Madden NFL 97" was the number one selling game on the
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Merv Krakau


Week and Sports Illustrated's national Lineman of the Week for his outstanding play. For the season, he was named first team All-Big Eight and third team All-American. Krakau is the first defensive player from Iowa State to be named All-American. Krakau played six seasons in the NFL, from 1973 to 1978. His best season in Buffalo was 1976, when he started all 14 games at middle linebacker, led the team in tackles with 132, and was second in the NFL in fumble recoveries,
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Cam Newton


rated as the 40th best player in the NFL by his peers on the NFL Top 100 player list. His rookie season was when he started the Carolina Panther tradition "Sunday Giveaway", where the Panthers offensive players typically give away the football that they just scored a touchdown with to kids in the stands. The Panthers finished the season at 7–9. Though this season could be seen by some as a "Sophomore Slump," he did improve in many statistical categories, improved on his efficiency, and cut back on his
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1989 Dallas Cowboys season


UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman with the first pick in the NFL Draft. Curiously, they also drafted quarterback Steve Walsh later in the NFL’s supplemental draft (in doing so, they gave up a number one pick in the 1990 draft). Walsh had played quarterback for Jimmy Johnson at the University of Miami and led the ‘Canes to a 23–1 record as a starter and one national title. Walsh and Aikman battled for the starting quarterback job in the pre-season, with Aikman winning the nod when the regular season began
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Michael McCrary


season (16) and in a career (30), records he still holds. When being scouted by NFL scouts they found his vertical leap was measured at 36 inches; and at 250 pounds, he came in at 4.59 seconds in the 40-yard sprint. McCrary was drafted in the seventh round by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1993 NFL Draft. He spent four seasons as a defensive end as well as playing on special teams before leaving the team to head to Baltimore following the 1996 season. McCrary played the starting role
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1970 Cleveland Browns season


merger had hit a stalemate when none of the NFL teams initially wanted to jump to what many of the old-line NFL people felt was an inferior league overall. Concerning just the Browns themselves, there was the situation involving Blanton Collier. Although no one except maybe the man himself knew it at the start of the season, this was going to be the last year for the venerable head coach. Plagued by hearing problems, the 64-year-old coach announced his retirement before the end of the 1970 season, which the
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Lane Kiffin


vehemently opposed the selection of LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell in the 2007 NFL Draft, who would eventually be regarded as one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history. Russell held out until September 12, and did not make his first start until December 2, long after the season was effectively over. Kiffin recorded his first regular season win as an NFL head coach on September 23, 2007; the Raiders defeated the Cleveland Browns by a score of 26–24 when defensive lineman Tommy Kelly blocked a late Cleveland field goal. At his
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2013 Pittsburgh Steelers season


tried to rally as Suisham nailed a 28-yard field goal. The Steelers' comeback attempt was ruined again as Roethlisberger was sacked and fumbled the ball with less than a minute left in the game, sealing the victory for the Vikes. With this loss, the Steelers are off to their worst start since the AFL–NFL merger. They had last started 0–4 in 1968, when they started 0–6. This is also the first time since 2006 in which the team would fall to 4 games below .500 when they started that season
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2001 NFL season


games that eventually made up Week 17 marked the latest regular season games to be played during what is traditionally defined as the "NFL season" (under the current format, the regular season cannot end later than January 3 in any given year). Another scheduling change took place in October, when the Dallas Cowboys at Oakland Raiders game was moved from October 21 to 7 to accommodate a possible Oakland Athletics home playoff game on the October 21 (the start of Major League Baseball’s postseason was also delayed by the 9/11
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Jarvis Williams (defensive back)


in ; together they were the Dolphins' starting safeties for five seasons. In his first five NFL seasons with the Dolphins, Williams recorded fourteen interceptions, including one he returned forty-two yards for a touchdown in . He played his final NFL season for the New York Giants in . During the season, he recorded sixty tackles and two interceptions in thirteen games. During his seven-season NFL career, Williams played in 104 regular season games and started in ninety-five of them; he recorded 575 tackles and sixteen
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1961 NFL season


of teams (and eliminated the bye week of 1960). The season ended when the Green Bay Packers shut out the New York Giants 37–0 in the 1961 NFL Championship Game. The new Minnesota Vikings won their first game when they upset the Chicago Bears team, 37–13, on September 17, 1961. Mike Mercer made the Vikings' first points on a 12-yard field goal, and Fran Tarkenton guided the team to five touchdowns. The Vikings finished at 3–11 after that good start. With 14 teams in two conferences, each
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Scott Green (American football official)


. Green did not realize that New York's Rich Seubert had lined up legally in a receiver's spot and failed to award a penalty when he was interfered with following an attempted field goal, instead penalizing him. It was later announced that officiating mechanics surrounding field-goal attempts and last plays of games would be changed. He became a referee on a part-time basis during the 2004 NFL season when referee Johnny Grier was injured. Green became a full-time referee at the start of the 2005 NFL season after
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