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NFL Playoff Thoughts and Scenarios

A couple of interesting historical sidelights to the NFL playoffs this weekend.  While watching the Cardinals-Saints game today, a graphic was flashed on the screen comparing the number of Superbowl appearances for the Cards and Saints combined: 1 (Arizona lost the Superbowl last year).  The comparison was with the combined number of Superbowl appearances between [...]

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Marquis Cooper Career Stats–NFL Players Still Missing

  On March 1, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard reported that a 21-foot fishing boat was missing in the Gulf Coast near Clearwater, Florida. Among the four passengers, were Marquis Cooper of the Oakland Raiders and Corey Smith of the Detroit Lions, and two other men. The four men left Clearwater Pass on February 28, [...]

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