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Aldon Smith Granted Indefinite Leave To Go To Rehab [Updated]
As expected, 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been given an indefinite leave of absence—it is not a suspension, as some have reported—to enter a rehab facility for a substance-abuse problem in the wake of his DUI arrest from Friday morning. Smith's locker was "completely empty" not long after the N...
Play To The Whistle, Sheldon: Your Week 3 Late Games Roundup
Jets 27, Bills 20: The first battle of AFC East rookie QBs was must-see TV, in that it was extraordinarily ugly. New York was flagged for 20 penalties, breaking a team record for most penalties in a game. (The NFL record was 22; oh, so close!) The Jets took a 20-6 lead in the third quarter, and some...
Bill Leavy's Officiating Crew Blows Another Call
NFL referee Bill Leavy's season is off to a fantastic start....
Hey, Look, The Patriots' Rookie Receivers Actually Played Pretty Well
After poor performances from New England's rookie WRs Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins through two weeks, some reactionary writers did what they did best: They flipped the hell out....
Tom Brady Bitches At Himself: Your Week 3 Early Games Roundup
Patriots 23, Buccaneers 3: Without Danny Amendola or Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots managed to make their rookie receivers drop less. Kenbrell Thompkins had two touchdowns on three catches, and Aaron Dobson had seven catches for 52 yards. Brady threw a pick in the end zone in the third quarter, and th...
The Bengals Beat The Packers With This Late Fumble Return For A TD
Hoo boy. Ball tapping aside, Packers-Bengals was officially the craziest of the day's early games....
Chargers-Titans Game Ends With Ridiculous, Desperate, Failed Play
How many things go wrong in this last-ditch effort by the Chargers? We can't decide if Philip Rivers kicking the ball is pure genius or pure stupidity. Like many of Rivers's plays, it's probably somewhere in between....
Vontaze Burfict Draws A Penalty With A Ball Tap
Packers-Bengals has turned into a shootout complete with pushing, shoving, and a ball tap the officials never saw....
The Panthers' Defense Is Battering Eli Manning Around
Halfway through the third quarter, the Giants have generated 20 yards of offense. Part of that is thanks to the Panthers' front seven, which has harassed and pressured Manning....
