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The ultimate competition.(NFL football)
This season will be the most competitive in history, which is no small achievement, lust consider the last four years and all the craziness that produced so many unanticipated results and champions. But wait, this fall will be the most remarkable of all.
The gap between the league's elite clubs and the rest has dosed considerably. I can't remember an offseason in which so many teams improved so much, Miami, Buffalo, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Houston, Denver, Kansas City, Washington, Detroit, Atlanta, New Orleans, Carolina, St. Louis and Seattle all are better, some impressively so,
And that means there will be fewer easy Sundays for everybody, less room for carelessness and a greater chance for 9-7 teams to gain admittance to the playoffs. This has nothing to do with parity--one of the most overused, stupid terms in sports. It has everything to do with smarter management, enlightened judgment of talent--and a little help from the free-agent market and salary cap,
It means that a team such as Carolina, which did extremely welt in signing running back Stephen Davis and quarterback Jake Delhomme, is playoff worthy. Yet the Panthers phyla the ...
- Back for more: Rich Gannon and the Raiders are aging quickly, but they still...
- Magazine article from: Football Digest Wilner, Barry September 1, 2003 700+ words
...AFC title in 19 years and reached the Super Bowl. That was supposed to be their last...embarrassed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl. But they went 11-5, stormed past...problems that forced him to miss the Super Bowl. The defense is inconsistent despite...
- Hell-Bent on winning: the Raiders had another turbulent offseason, but that...
- Magazine article from: Football Digest Dean, Rick September 1, 2002 700+ words
...who engineered their run to two straight AFC West rifles, finally had enough of the owner...are poised to take a third straight AFC West division championship--possibly their...Kansas City Chiefs. Here's how the AFC West shapes up: 1. OAKLAND RAIDERS Where...
- Raiders aim to right their ship in AFC West.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) September 15, 2007 700+ words
...the Raiders play their three AFC West opponents, once at home and...Teams, they look at us in the AFC West as, a) they hate us, and...The Raiders are 2-22 in AFC West games since their Super Bowl appearance at the end of the...
- Raiders looking to get it right against AFC West foes: Oakland heads to Denver...
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) September 16, 2007 700+ words
...the Raiders play their three AFC West opponents, once at home and...Teams, they look at us in the AFC West as, a) they hate us, and...The Raiders are 2-22 in AFC West games since their Super Bowl appearance at the end of the...
- Broncos know winning AFC West title can be fleeting experience.
- Newspaper article from: Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO) December 30, 2005 700+ words
...the only defending AFC West champions that have...repeat champs in the AFC West since 1987. The past...11-5 and made the Super Bowl in 2002, and hasn...Broncos last won the AFC West in 1998, and they won a Super Bowl that season. Even...
- NO STANDING PAT IN AFC WEST DIVISION PLAY KEY TO HAWK SUCCESS.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Farnsworth, Clare April 25, 1997 700+ words
...snooze, you lose in the AFC West.'' Some things, however...But what really sets the AFC West apart are the rivalries...teams have gotten to the Super Bowl and won,'' Ferguson...But the rivalries in the AFC West are consistently stronger...
- Capsule for AFC West Division.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gosselin, Rick August 28, 2000 700+ words
AFC West DENVER BRONCOS...1998 LAST SUPER BOWL: 1998 1999...beat in the AFC West. 2000 FORECAST...1997 LAST SUPER BOWL: 1969 1999...FORECAST: 10-6, AFC West champion WEB...1990 LAST SUPER BOWL: 1983 1999...
- NFL Football: Chargers await Raiders for AFC West shootout.
- News wire article from: Sports Network December 6, 2002 700+ words
...when they battle for sole possession of first place in the AFC West and an inside track to home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Many experts are deeming Oakland a leading Super Bowl candidate after its current four-game winning streak...
