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      NFL Week 4 Recaps

      September 28, 2008 /

      Below are snippets of all the Week 4 action in the NFL. For more analysis and discussion on each game, click on the links provided.

      Brett Favre– Brett Favre threw six touchdown passes as the Jets routed the Cardinals 56-35 in New York.

      – The Jaguars won their second game in a row, edging out the Texans 30-27 in overtime.

      – The Panthers dominated the Falcons 24-9 to improve to 3-1 on the year and share the NFC South lead with the Bucs.

      – Larry Johnson nearly rushed for 200 yards on the ground as the Chiefs upset the Broncos 33-19 to notch their first win of the year.

      – The Browns beat their AFC North division rivals the Bengals 20-12 to earn their first victory of the season.

      – The Bucs bruised and battered Aaron Rodgers in a 30-21 win over the Packers. Tampa is now 3-1 to start the year.

      – Drew Brees threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns as the Saints crushed the 49ers 31-17 in New Orleans.

      – The Titans are one of only two teams still undefeated in the AFC as they beat the Vikings 30-17 on Sunday.

      – It wasn’t pretty, but the Chargers earned their second win of the season, beating the Raiders 21-18. San Diego scored 18 fourth quarter points.

      – With Scott Linehan’s job on the line, the Rams still couldn’t muster a win, falling to 0-4 after losing to the Bills 31-14.

      – One of the more impressive wins of the day was in Dallas, but it wasn’t by the Cowboys. The Redskins are now 3-1 on the year after pulling off an upset, beating the ‘Boys 26-24 at Texas Stadium.

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      Linehan to be fired? Bills dismantle Rams 31-14

      September 28, 2008 /

      Scott LinehanIt didn’t look good early, but the Bills managed to stay undefeated on the 2008 season with a 31-14 victory over the still-winless St. Louis Rams.

      Peter King of SI.com reported on Saturday that if the Rams were to lose, head coach Scott Linehan would be fired. Things looked promising for St. Louis early as they built a 14-6 halftime lead and headed into the fourth quarter up 14-13. But Jabari Greer intercepted Trent Green, who Linehan decided to start over Marc Bulger earlier this week, on a brutal pass attempt to start the fourth quarter and returned it 33-yards for a touchdown.

      Buffalo then added a 39-yard Trent Edwards-to-Lee Evans touchdown and a 45-yard Rian Lindell field goal to put the game away midway through the fourth quarter. Edwards finished 15 of 25 for 197 yards and a touchdown.

      It’ll be interesting to see whether or not the rumors were true and Linehan will get his walking papers following this defeat. The Rams are an absolute mess and clearly a dysfunctional team right now. If Linehan is fired, whoever takes over needs to earn the respect of the players fast or else things are going to unravel even more than they already have in St. Louis.

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      Report: Rams to fire Scott Linehan if team loses on Sunday

      September 27, 2008 /

      Peter King of SI.com is reporting that the Rams will fire head coach Scott Linehan if the team loses to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

      Scott LinehanPETER KING REPORTING LINEHAN COULD BE CANNED: On the Notre Dame halftime show on NBC this afternoon SI’s Peter King reported that if the Rams lose to the Bills on Sunday that Scott Linehan is expected to be given his “walking papers” as King put it.

      The benching of Marc Bulger looks to be the last straw in light of the ripple effects it has caused through the locker room. Steven Jackson and apparently other offensive players believe the blame for the offense’s troubles have been placed solely on Bulger and it doesn’t sit well with a lot of the men who voted Bulger to be one of the offensive co-captains.

      Seems kind of ridiculous doesn’t it? If you want to fire the guy, fire him. What if the Rams beat the Bills? Then next week Linehan has to play Russian roulette with his job again? Seems kind of pointless to me.

      Linehan has lost control of his players and it doesn’t look like he’ll get them back. The team needs to cut ties and move on before the season unravels worse than it already has.

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      Steven Jackson blasts Rams’ decision to bench Marc Bulger

      September 26, 2008 /

      Rams’ RB Steven Jackson openly criticized the team’s decision to bench QB Marc Bulger for Trent Green on his radio show “Rolling the Dice” on Thursday night.

      Steven Jackson“He’s our general,” said Jackson, who then pointed out that you don’t pay someone “$60-something million” and then sit him on the bench.

      (Bulger was signed to a $65 million contract extension prior to the 2007 season.)

      Although he harbors no ill will against Trent Green, who replaces Bulger in the starting lineup Sunday against Buffalo, Jackson wondered aloud about what will happen when it’s time for Bulger to return to the starting lineup?

      Jackson intimated strongly that Bulger would be unwilling to do so.

      Team sources did in fact tell the Post-Dispatch on Thursday that Bulger no longer wants to play for coach Scott Linehan. Bulger has declined comment for three consecutive days since his benching became public knowledge.

      When asked by the radio show’s host, Malcolm Briggs, if there were other Rams players who were against the benching, Jackson paused and replied, “I’m not the only one who feels this way.”

      The Rams are in utter disarray. Barring a miracle, Scott Linehan is done at the end of the year, if not sooner. Once the players quit on a coach, there’s really no turning back. Linehan could attempt to do damage control, but it would probably be too little, too late.

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