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Playoff Days
Times Staff WriterWhen you think back over the NFL's just-over regular season, one thing to keep in mind, if you're a California sports fan, is that Cade McNown put the Rams in the playoffs. Though neither adored nor even appreciated by most Midwest sports fans or media,...Tags: Philadelphia Eagles, Reidel Anthony, Periodicals, New Orleans Saints, Religious Festivals
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Joe Montana Super, But Not No. 1
Latimes.com ColumnistThe San Francisco 49ers, one of the NFL's most successful teams for nearly 20 years, plugged another winning quarterback into the same old offensive system Sunday. He is Jeff Garcia, who was brought to San Francisco by new General Manager Bill Walsh, the...Tags: Sammy Baugh, Terrell Owens, San Francisco 49ers, Jimmy Johnson, Jake Plummer
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Chargers Charge Gaps All the Way to the Top
Latimes.com ColumnistThe San Diego football team has seized first place in the AFC West this year with carefully coached, uniquely aggressive defensive men who attack not the players in the offensive line but the gaps between those players. Up and down the line, as the...Tags: John Elway, Dick Butkus, Jon Kitna, Rich Gannon, San Francisco 49ers
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18 Excellent NFL Teams Fighting for First Place
Latimes.com ColumnistAmong the 18 or 20 NFL teams at or near the top of a 31-team league after the first half of the season, there is a balance of either mutual mediocrity or mutual excellence. If you agree with me, it's a balance of excellence. Pro football players all...Tags: Az-Zahir Hakim, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Washington Redskins
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Jaguars, Rams Incomplete Teams
Latimes.com ColumnistUntil this week, the Jacksonville Jaguars and St. Louis Rams both seemed to be hurtling toward the Super Bowl. It's clear now, though, that the Rams really need more defense and the Jaguars more offense. These are two promising teams, but neither is a...Tags: NFL Preseason, Career and Workplace, Jon Kitna, Jacksonville Jaguars, Jimmy Johnson
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The Rams are Different
Latimes.com ColumninstWhen their offensive team is on the field this year, the St. Louis Rams are making the kinds of plays that no other teams are even attempting. And that's one reason why they're winning most of the time. At a critical moment Sunday, for example, the...Tags: Joe Namath, Baltimore Colts, Rich Gannon, Jimmy Johnson, Tyrone Wheatley
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Colts, Rams Identical
Latimes.com ColumnistThere are three identical reasons for the 1999 achievements of the 11-2 Indianapolis Colts and the 11-2 St. Louis Rams: 3. Because both teams lost so often for so many years, accumulating barrels of draft choices, they've both had so many shots in so...Tags: John Elway, Sammy Baugh, Troy Aikman, Baltimore Colts, San Francisco 49ers
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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: Philadelphia Eagles, Az-Zahir Hakim, Cris Carter, Jacksonville Jaguars, Washington Redskins
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Referees Super
Latimes.com ColumnistThe point that NFL games have been efficiently officiated again this fall, as usual, is compelling. And I'd say that on the whole it's true. At the same time it is obvious that there have been too many penalty calls this season. Waves of falling flags...Tags: Philadelphia Eagles, Terrell Owens, Rich Gannon, Marvin Harrison, Tom Brady
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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: Vinny Testaverde, Tom Brady, Torry Holt, St. Louis Rams, Football
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A New Kind of Quarterback
Latimes.comThe Pittsburgh Steelers, suddenly the best football team in the land, can't have an undefeated season this year — they've already lost once — but they can have an undefeated quarterback. He is Ben Roethlisberger, a jumbo-sized Joe Montana-type...Tags: Philadelphia Eagles, Baseball, Baltimore Colts, Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James
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Big Ben a Big Timer
Latimes.comThe world is suddenly full of great quarterbacks — or, maybe, these folks are merely very good. Anyhow, they're all over the country. At least two of them are still in school, Aaron Rodgers of Cal and Matt Leinart of USC. And at least two other...Tags: Brandon Stokley, Ahman Green, Marcus Robinson, Baltimore Colts, Chris Brown
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