Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
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The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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The Jets’ revamped offensive line had trouble communicating signals in Buffalo’s outdoor stadium, a problem that figures to be magnified in the sold-out Georgia Dome. Pete Kendall will start at center for the first time in two years, taking over after Kevin Mawae went out with a season-ending injury. Kendall’s old spot at left guard goes to Jonathan Goodwin. Right guard Brandon Moore is the only starting lineman playing the same spot he was in the season opener.
“When you’re on the road, you have to be louder and you have to communicate,” Testaverde said. “That’s really the bottom line.”
The Falcons are eager to make up for a defensive performance that was downright offensive in a 34-31 victory over New Orleans last week. Atlanta gave up a staggering 211 yards rushing to the Saints, who didn’t even have Deuce McAllister.
On the other side of the line, Atlanta will likely be missing one key component of its dominating ground game. T.J. Duckett, the short-yardage specialist and change of pace to tailback Warrick Dunn, isn’t expected to play because of a sprained ankle. The Falcons will likely shift fullback Justin Griffith to the tailback position when Dunn needs a breather.
In what has been ongoing theme the last two seasons, the Falcons are still seeking more production out of their wide receivers. Dez White lost his starting job after catching only two passes this season — completing a total overhaul of last year’s first-string wideouts. Peerless Price was released in the preseason.
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“That’s the nature of the offense,” said Brian Finneran, whose 19 receptions are the most among the wideouts. “We have such good running backs and offensive linemen, I’m sure we’ll go with that until we struggle. But I’d like to see us up around 30 passes a game so people will stop asking the receivers about it.”
Maybe people will stop asking the Jets about their road woes if they can win this week.
“We’ve always taken great pride in going to other people’s stadiums and sticking it to them,” receiver Wayne Chrebet said. “We have a great opportunity this week to not only show ourselves, but show everybody with a national game, that were certainly better than a 2-4 team.”
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
