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How to Win
Latimes.com ColumnistThe only certain way to win NFL games in this century is to blend a talented passer with a talented running back and a strong defensive force. At San Francisco next Sunday in a Week 9 revival of an old rivalry, the Rams plan to hold first place in the NFC...Tags: National Football League, San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl, Jake Plummer, Dan Reeves
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Brady Bombs Broncos
Latimes.com ColumnistDenver Coach Mike Shanahan, carefully directing a third-string quarterback, Danny Kanell, guided the Broncos to the one-point lead they carried into the last half minute Monday night at Mile High Stadium. Then New England Coach Bill Belichick's first-...Tags: San Francisco 49ers, National Football League, University of Notre Dame, Super Bowl, Jake Plummer
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Newest 49er Weapon
Latimes.com ColumnistThe San Francisco 49ers' new leader, Tim Rattay, in his second NFL start, continued as a big-play quarterback Monday night with possibly the 49ers' longest-ever series of well-placed long and short passes except for some of John Brodie's long ago. To...Tags: Brandon Manumaleuna, San Francisco 49ers, National Football League, Jake Delhomme, John Brodie
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Dungy's Ordeal
Latimes.com ColumnistStrangely, as a first-year AFC coach, Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts is doing the same things that got him feared and then fired in an NFC town, Tampa. At both places, Dungy rose to notoriety as a leader who had one of the NFL's finest and most...Tags: National Football League, San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl, Dan Reeves, Sports
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Rams Do It Their Way
Latimes.com ColumnistNFL defenses have become so complex this season that you can't possibly outguess them. So the St. Louis Rams say. So, they don't even try. They don't even think about it. "Our quarterback never calls an audible," Mike Martz, the club's offensive...Tags: Jake Delhomme, National Football League, University of California, Los Angeles, Super Bowl, Carolina Panthers
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Chargers Own First Place
Latimes.com ColumnistWith quarterback Brian Griese seemingly in sharp comeback form, the Denver Broncos will face Super Bowl quarterback Tom Brady at New England Sunday in the AFC Game of the Week. But regardless of how well they play, the Broncos won't be able to dislodge...Tags: Prisons, National Football League, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Jerry Rice
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Manning Wears 'Em Out
Latimes.com ColumnistA good, sound, up-to-date NFL team is one that rotates two defensive lines, reasoning that it has a better chance to win with eight fresh pass rushers than four tiring All-Pros. Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning taught that lesson to the Tampa...Tags: National Football League, Television, Kordell Stewart, Super Bowl, Jake Plummer
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Pennington Arrives
Latimes.com ColumnistChad Pennington, the New York Jets' new leader, has spent the last three years making himself smoother, smarter, and faster. In consequence, Pennington is now one of the smoothest and smartest quarterbacks in the NFL, if never the fastest. He is also...Tags: National Football League, Super Bowl, Sports, Brett Favre, Chad Pennington
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Shell Shocked
Latimes.com ColumnistThe 7-0 Kansas City Chiefs went through the entire game at Oakland Monday night without taking any chances. And that's one good way for the better team to play it. By contrast, the underdog, 2-5 Raiders should have been looking for places to gamble, to...Tags: Jake Delhomme, San Francisco 49ers, National Football League, Super Bowl, Lovie Smith
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Brees-ing Along
Latimes.comThe San Diego Chargers (8-3), who will send Drew Brees forth to beat 7-4 Denver next Sunday in the NFL's Game of the Week, won a shootout at Kansas City last Sunday with Brees at quarterback — and that's more than Indianapolis could do last month...Tags: National Football League, Super Bowl, Sports, Brett Favre, New York Giants
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The One-Back Game
Latimes.comAs of the 2004 NFL season, fullbacks are passé. One-back football is here. And Clinton Portis will be the back on one of the NFL's new one-back teams, the Washington Redskins, in their attack on the New York Giants Sunday in Giants Stadium. Portis,...Tags: National Football League, Jake Delhomme, Super Bowl, Jake Plummer, Sports
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The Misunderstood Rams
Latimes.comThe St. Louis Rams had to rely on Tampa Bay fumbles to win a 28-21 decision Monday night from a 1-5 team they would have creamed if Ram Coach Mike Martz's play-calling matched his brilliance as the pass-play designer for the NFL's most exciting pass...Tags: National Football League, Sports, Chad Pennington, Michael Pittman, Marc Bulger
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