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GREEN BAY Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey , Wis. (AP) A familiar face on offense and a fresh voice on defense headline the changes to Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy’s revamped staff in the wake of the team’s first losing season since 2008.
Joe Philbin, a Packers assistant from 2003 until 2012, was hired Wednesday as offensive coordinator, a job he held for his final five seasons before being named the Miami Dolphins’ head coach in January 2012. On defense, the Packers tabbed Mike Pettine Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey , the ex-Cleveland Browns head coach who built successful defenses with the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills but was largely out of football the last two years, serving as a consultant with the Seattle Seahawks in 2017.
McCarthy has also installed run- and pass-game coordinators on each side of the ball. On defense, former cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt was promoted to pass-game coordinator, while new inside linebackers coach Patrick Graham will serve as the run-game coordinator. On offense, longtime offensive line coach James Campen will be the run-game coordinator Cheap Tom Brady Jersey , while new hire Jim Hostler, who coached wide receivers with Philbin in Indianapolis the past two seasons, will serve as the pass-game coordinator.
Article continues below ...It’s all part of a staff overhaul that was the biggest of McCarthy’s tenure as he enters his 13th season as head coach.
”It’s like Year 1,” McCarthy said in introducing the new staff. ”Not only is the defense building a new playbook, so are we on the offense. We’re tightening that approach. And it’s been great. You have new input Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey , you have new experiences that are in the room. You have a different way of saying the same thing. It’s been exciting. The energy is over the top.”
The changes come on the heels of a 7-9 season in which two-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers missed 10 games with a broken right collarbone. It marked the end of an eight-year streak of playoff appearances – the longest in franchise history – and led to defensive coordinator Dom Capers, offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett and multiple position coaches being let go.
This is the first time McCarthy has changed both the offense and defensive coordinator in the same year. The seven new staffers are the most since Capers and an almost entirely new defensive staff arrived in 2009.
For Philbin, returning to the Packers was a matter of timing. On Jan. 8, 2012, his 21-year-old son Cheap Steve Grogan Jersey , Michael, drowned in the icy Fox River near the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus.
”It’s very, very emotional for all of us,” Philbin said of returning to Green Bay, roughly an hour north of where his son’s body was found. ”But we care and love a lot of people here Cheap Stephon Gilmore Jersey , and a lot of people care about and love us. So it’s not easy, but this is what’s so special about Green Bay. Ultimately you want to contribute, you want to help people you care about and want to be with. At the end of the day, that I feel very good about when I put my head down at night.”
In Pettine, the Packers have a coordinator whose defenses have never finished out of the top 10. And after going 10-22 in two seasons in Cleveland Cheap Stephen Gostkowski Jersey , Pettine made it clear he is not taking the job so he can become a head coach again.
”When I was the head coach, I didn’t enjoy the lack of interaction with the
actual football part of it,” Pettine said. ”I always made the comparison, it was
going from being the teacher to now you’re the principal. . And I didn’t like
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The Packers have not had a top-flight defense since 2010, when they last won the Super Bowl.
”We’re going to be prepared. It’s about paying attention to detail,” Pettine said. ”There’s no magical (formula). People talk about scheme, what kind of playbook – that’s a very small part of playing great defense. … (When) you look at us, you’re going to see we’re going to be multiple and we’re going to be aggressive.”
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.ATLANTA (AP) One of the nation’s largest domed stadiums collapsed Monday into a pile of jagged concrete and a vast cloud of smoke in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta.
Nearly 5 Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey ,000 pounds of explosives were used to blast the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to smithereens at 7:30 a.m. Onlookers gathered at skyscrapers’ windows, at a revolving hotel-top restaurant, in parking lots and on nearby streets to watch the controlled destruction of the landmark stadium.
The dome opened in 1992 Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey , and it was flattened in just about 15 seconds. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority, which includes the 71,250-seat dome Cheap Tom Brady Jersey , had said it would take 12 seconds for the explosives to go off plus another 3 seconds for sections of grandstands to hit the ground.
Article continues below ...The explosives went off in a spiral around the stadium as it collapsed on itself. A vast debris cloud hovered over the site before slowly drifting across downtown.
The dome has been replaced by the $1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium next door.
A 5-story tall industrial strength curtain between the two stadiums had been erected to protect the new venue from damage, officials said. Only 83 feet – less than 30 yards – separated the two venues.
The new stadium is home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United.
In addition to the retractable roof that opens like a camera lens, Mercedes-Benz Stadium boasts a 1 Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey ,100-foot ”halo board” video display and a giant steel sculpture of a falcon with its 70-foot wingspan at one of the main entrances.
Several streets and parts of Atlanta’s 
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The idea for the Georgia Dome dated to the mid-1980s, when civic leaders recommended a domed football stadium adjoining the city’s largest convention center, the Georgia World Congress Center.
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.The Philadelphia Eagles want to avenge the overtime loss they sustained the last time they visited the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.
The Cowboys would like to prove they can win without running back Ezekiel Elliott and linebacker Sean Lee in the lineup.
Both NFC East teams acknowledge Sunday’s contest is a rivalry game with plenty at stake as the season turns toward the home stretch.
Article continues below ...“I can remember back when I played here in ’99 Cheap Denzel Ward Jersey , all week long it was like ‘I don’t care what else happens the rest of the year, you’ve got to beat the Cowboys,'” said Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson Cheap Baker Mayfield Jersey , who played quarterback for the Eagles for one season and went 1-1 against Dallas.
“That’s the mindset of the city.”
Eagles fans certainly will be expecting a win over the Cowboys as Philadelphia (8-1) enters the game with the best record in the NFL. Dallas (5-4) has had more peaks and valleys to this point and the Cowboys know they’re looking at another steep climb.
“It’s been a great rivalry (against the Eagles) here with the Cowboys for a long, long time,” Dallas coach Jason Garrett said. “We certainly recognize what the challenges are on Sunday night.”
The Cowboys were riding a wave of momentum after a win over Kansas City made it three in a row, but the good vibes came to an abrupt halt with a 27-7 loss at Atlanta on Sunday.
Dallas had a setback before the game started as the clock finally ran out on Elliott’s numerous court appeals of his six-game suspension. He began serving the ban for violation of the NFL’s personal-conduct policy and reportedly left the country late last week.
Things got worse for Dallas in a hurry when Lee exited the game with a hamstring injury early in the contest. Lee has proven crucial to the Cowboys’ overall success as they dropped two games he missed earlier in the season — at home against the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers on consecutive weeks — with a similar injury.
Lee might not be able to return during Dallas’ upcoming run of three games in 12 days, including Sunday night versus the Eagles, Thanksgiving Day against the Los Angeles Chargers and the Nov. 30 contest versus the Washington Redskins.
The Cowboys have two more worrisome injuries as left tackle Tyron Smith was sidelined on Sunday with an ailing groin. His replacements gave up seven sacks. Furthermore#3# Dan Bailey missed his third straight game with a groin injury and fellow kicker Mike Nugent missed a 38-yard field goal attempt against the Falcons.
The Cowboys will be leaning heavily on Dak Prescott to ignite the offense despite key absences. Prescott still has plenty of quality targets as tight end Jason Witten and wide receivers Dez Bryant and Terrance Williams among others are still relatively healthy and ready to go.
Garrett expressed his confidence in Prescott’s ability to rally the offense.
“First of all, I think he’s an outstanding leader,” Garrett said. “He has a great spirit about him. He sets a great example for his teammates. He has a real even keel through success and through adversity. Those guys can look at him as a consistent figure. It’s not only guys on offense#4# but it’s really everybody on the football team.”
Dallas’ defense bears some responsibility in keeping the Cowboys out of an offensive free-for-all.
That won’t be easy as Philadelphia enters with the NFL’s fourth-best offense. The Eagles are averaging 377 yards and 31.4 points on the strength of quarterback Carson Wentz’s strong second season in the league. Wentz has passed for 251 yards per game with 23 touchdowns with only five interceptions.
Garrett favorably compared Wentz to Prescott, both of whom were rookies in 2016.
“Probably not unlike Dak, the more these guys play#5# if you go about it the right way, you’re going to learn from your experiences,” Garrett said.
Philadelphia recently upgraded its running game#6# trading with Miami for running back Jay Ajayi, who joins LeGarrette Blount in the backfield.
Pederson said it’s important for Philadelphia to find the same groove it was experiencing before its bye week this past week. The Eagles have come a long way from a five-game losing streak this time a year ago that tumbled them to a 7-9 finish.
But the Philadelphia coach recognizes the same habits helping to build his team throughout the last two seasons.
“You’re seeing the same work ethic today that I saw last year at this time,” Pederson said. “It’s just a tribute to the guys and the messaging of the team and them buying into it and believing in it and knowing that they’re a good football team.”
.PHILADELPHIA (AP) Before they tackle rest vs. rust Cheap Lamar Jackson Jersey , the Philadelphia Eagles have to approach rest vs. reps.
With the NFC’s No. 1 seed secured, the Eagles (13-2) have nothing to gain against the Dallas Cowboys (8-7) on Sunday other than playing for a franchise-record 14th win.
But coach Doug Pederson can’t really rest all his starters because there aren’t enough players on the rosters.
Article continues below ...Banged-up veterans such as defensive end Brandon Graham and left guard Stefen Wisniewski will get extra time off before the Eagles host a playoff game on Jan. 13 or 14. Several others have to play some.
”You’re only limited to 46 (players), and you can only put seven guys down Cheap Hayden Hurst Jersey ,” Pederson said Tuesday. ”If you do the math, some of your starters are going to have to play.”
Starting quarterback Nick Foles sure seemed as if he needs more time working with the receivers following a shaky performance in a 19-10 win over Oakland on Christmas night.
Foles has only played nine quarters since Carson Wentz tore his left ACL. He was sharp off the bench against the Los Angeles Rams two weeks ago and tossed four touchdown passes with no interceptions in a 34-29 win over the Giants in his first start.
On a cold, windy night against the Raiders, Foles was 19 of 38 for 163 yards with one TD and one pick. He didn’t complete any passes to Alshon Jeffery and most of his passes were short.
”I’ve got to play and get him as many reps as he can, and then be smart about it,” Pederson said.
”We have a lot of football left. Our season really is just beginning#3# quite honestly. But we’ll be smart and make good decisions there as a coaching staff, talk to the coordinators about playtime and all that. We’ll have a good plan later in the week.”
Foles isn’t lobbying for rest or playing against the Cowboys.
”There’s good and bad, you can look at it either way#4#” he said. ”That’s where I trust the coaches. I’m going to continue to improve, continue to work and I trust whatever they say. I’m always ready to go and play. So we’ll see what the coaches decide.”
Backup Nate Sudfeld hasn’t thrown a pass in the NFL so it’s wise for Philadelphia to give him some experience and protect Foles from an injury. The Eagles don’t have a third quarterback on the roster or practice squad.
”You could bring a third guy in, but what’s his chances of playing?” Pederson said. ”Is he going to get in the game and hand the ball off? That’s about all he’s going to be able to do at this time and juncture of the season. We’ll have those conversations#5# continue to have them. Right now, we’re right where we need to be.”
The Eagles nearly lost Sudfeld when the Indianapolis Colts wanted to sign him off the practice squad so they promoted him to the roster in November. The move obviously paid off or they would’ve scrambled to find a backup when Wentz got hurt.
”I feel very confident and comfortable with Nate,” offensive coordinator Frank Reich said.
”Having been around the position a long time and getting a sense for how guys see and think and understand the game and how they process it#6# seeing them work on the field, I just have a high degree of confidence. Ultimately he hasn’t done it in a game, so that part is still to be determined. But as much confidence as you have in a guy#7# he mentally gets it.”
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.VAL D’ISERE Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey , France (AP) Anna Veith felt overwhelming relief after proving she can fight her way back to the top.
She won a World Cup super-G race on Sunday, long after last tasting victory in giant slalom at the French resort of Meribel in March 2015.
The Olympic super-G champion’s comeback has been as much mental as physical.
Article continues below ...She went to hospital in March to have the patellar tendon in her left knee surgically repaired. That was not long after she had returned in December 2016, following more than one year out having seriously damaged her right knee in a training crash.
”When I think back to the days when I was just on the floor, so many days when I didn’t know if it was possible to get back into race mode or not Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey ,” the 28-year-old Austrian said. ”You have to be mentally very strong. When you’re injured it’s hard to stay in that mode, and for me it was important to get back in that race mode, mentally. I know I have it now.”
It was her 15th World Cup race win, yet felt much like a breakthrough for a stylish and graceful skier once so dominant.
Veith has three world championship golds. She clinched overall World Cup titles in 2014 and 2015 Cheap Tom Brady Jersey , before injury and self-doubt followed.
”My dream was to get back onto the top and I reached that today, so it was perfect,” she said. ”The most important is that I have it mentally again. I know that everything’s possible now, and it’s a really good feeling.”
Good timing Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey , too, with the Olympics coming up.
Veith has her sights set on the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea from Feb. 9-25. She will be defending her super-G title and look to improve on her silver in GS from the 2014 Games.
”The most important thing is that I get into the prefect shape in February,” she said.
After Sunday’s race was briefly delayed because of fresh snowfall, Veith clocked 1 minute Cheap Steve Grogan Jersey , 5.77 seconds on the Oreiller-Killy course.
Tina Weirather of Lichtenstein was second in 1:06.25 – her 35th World Cup podium – with Italian Sofia Goggia third in 1:06.28.
”I’m very happy to share a podium with (Veith),” Goggia said. ”It’s really nice to see her back.”
Four-time World Cup winner Lindsey Vonn pulled out of the race because of soreness in her knee. She won Saturday’s super-G on the same course for her first win of the season and record-extending 78th of her career.
Remarkably, Weirather raced despite fearing she has broken her left hand.
”Yesterday, when i crashed I went with my hand in the snow and it hurt my hand and my shoulder Cheap Stephon Gilmore Jersey ,” she said. ”I haven’t been to the doctor yet. I’m not sure what it is right now, but for sure not very good because it’s black and blue.”
She also knows a thing or two about courage.
”I could have just have thought ”I can’t do it and given up” but I really wanted to do well today,” Weirather said. ”In the warmup it hurt really badly. I thought that with the adrenalin I’d forget about it.”
One race is enough, though Cheap Stephen Gostkowski Jersey , and she won’t be taking part in Tuesday’s giant slalom in nearby Courchevel.
”I can’t, because I can’t hold my pole and I have to get an X-ray on my hand,” she said. ”I’m not sure if it’s broken or not.”
Goggia, second in Saturday’s super-G Cheap Shea McClellin Jersey , now has 15 World Cup podiums.
But only two wins.
Goggia knows what she must do to improve her conversion rate.
”Do most of the turning in the correct way. Sometimes I make mistakes in my performance,” she said. ”I have to put that off and just ski right and I think it will come.”
Having done the morning’s inspection, Vonn decided against racing as a precautionary measure. The 33-year-old American is flying home.
”To be on the safe side I’m going to give my body some rest,” Vonn tweeted. ”My focus is on the Olympics so no need to risk anything.”
.After finally earning their first win of the season Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey , the San Francisco 49ers will attempt to damage the Seattle Seahawks’ playoff aspirations when the teams meet Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Seahawks (6-4) won the first meeting between the teams 12-9 at home in Week 2.
The 49ers (1-9) are coming off a Week 10 win over the New York Giants that propelled San Francisco into its bye week.
Article continues below ...The Seahawks lost at home 34-31 to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night, and the short week of rest will do nothing for a team that has been ravaged by injuries.
Seattle is already without All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman for the year with an Achilles tear, and star strong safety Kam Chancellor probably won’t return this season due to a neck injury.
On Monday, up and coming cornerback Shaquill Griffin left the game after just two plays due to a concussion sustained in a collision with Atlanta running back Tevin Coleman. He will need to clear concussion protocol to play Sunday.
Other injuries across the board for the Seahawks caused the team to waive defensive end Dwight Freeney this week. Freeney Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey , who ranks 17th on the NFL’s all-time sack list with 125.5, had three sacks in four games for Seattle this season.
The Seahawks needed Freeney’s roster spot to fill in for injuries at running back, offensive line and cornerback.
The one position that has been stable for the Seahawks in 2017 is quarterback. Russell Wilson is playing at an MVP-type level and is looking to bounce back from an up-and-down game against the Falcons.
Wilson trails only New England’s Tom Brady (3,146) for passing yards on the year at 2,801. Wilson has thrown for 21 touchdowns against just seven interceptions Cheap Tom Brady Jersey , and he has a 64.4 completion percentage.
Wilson’s top target has been wide receiver Doug Baldwin, who is tied for 10th in the NFL with 56 receptions. Those catches have accounted for 673 yards and four touchdowns. Baldwin also has 10 catches of more than 20 yards on the season.
The odds indicate that Seattle tight end Jimmy Graham could have eight catches against the 49ers. In the past five games, Graham has three, four, five Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey , six and seven catches. In the past six games, Graham has accounted for seven touchdowns after being shut out of the end zone in Seattle’s first four games of the season.
The Seahawks’ offense face a San Francisco defense that is has been banged up this season. The bye week seems to have healed some of those ills.
Defensive linemen Solomon Thomas and Tank Carradine and defensive end Aaron Lynch all hope to be full-time participants on the practice field this week leading into the Sunday game.
Thomas has missed two games with a sprained knee. Carradine would like to return from a seven-game absence caused by an ankle issue. Lynch has missed four games with a calf strain.
The 49ers need all hands on deck along the defensive front against a Seattle offense that is ninth in the NFL in points scored at 24.2 per game. The Seahawks are seventh in the NFL in yards gained at 367.6 per game, and the Wilson-fueled passing attack is averaging 263.4 yards per game.
While the quarterback position has been stable in Seattle, the signal-caller role is in flux in San Francisco.
Brian Hoyer started the last time the NFC West opponents met. He was later benched in favor of rookie C.J. Beathard. The rookie has been sporadic in his starts but did produce the lone win on the season.
General manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan traded for Jimmy Garoppolo before the deadline, and indications out of the Bay Area point to Garoppolo playing sooner than later. However Cheap Steve Grogan Jersey , Shanahan said Wednesday that Beathard would remain under center for the game against the Seahawks.
“We know what we like about Jimmy Garoppolo,” Lynch said. “And that’s only been strengthened by the time that’s he’s been here. We’re just going to let these things play out. That’s in Kyle’s hands.”
Beathard has completed 54.3 percent of his passes for 1,229 yards with four touchdowns and five interceptions. In the 31-21 victory over the Giants, he was 19 of 25 for 288 yards with two scoring passes and one interception.
.LOUISVILLE Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey , Ky. (AP) Rob Gronkowski has bought a stake in his namesake horse that is set to run in the Kentucky Derby next month.
Gronkowski, a 3-year-old colt, has won all three of his starts this year. He earned a spot in the 20-horse Derby field by virtue of leading the point standings among Europe-based horses. The colt’s earnings of $79 Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey ,496 would be the smallest in the field.
The New England Patriots star purchased a ”substantial stake” in the colt, according to its ownership group Phoenix Thoroughbred III.
Article continues below ...Gronkowski plans to be in Louisville for the May 5 race to meet his equine counterpart. He says he started following the Kentucky-bred colt after hearing it had been named for him and he reached out to the racing investment fund to see if he could buy in.
Both Gronkowskis possess imposing physiques. Gronkowski the human is 6-foot-6 and weighs 265 pounds. Gronkowski the horse stands 16.3 hands (5 feet, 7 inches and 1.70 meters) and weighs about 1 Cheap Tom Brady Jersey ,200 pounds.
Gronkowski is trained by Britain-based Jeremy Noseda and ridden by Jamie Spencer. The colt is a son of Lonhro, Australia’s horse of the year in 2003-04, and his dam is Four Sugars Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey , a daughter of Lookin At Lucky, the 2010 Preakness winner.
Gronkowski says he can’t think of anything cooler than having a thoroughbred named after him except for winning the Derby.
.CANASTOTA Cheap Vincent Valentine Jersey , N.Y. (AP) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has been named grand marshal for the International Boxing Hall of Fame’s annual parade.
Fitzgerald, who starred in college at Pittsburgh Cheap Trey Flowers Jersey , is a lifelong boxing fan and says he considers it a great honor.
Fitzgerald says it’ll be great to share in the celebration of those being inducted.
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Boxers to be inducted that day include Vitali Klitschko Cheap Tom Brady Jersey , Erik Morales, Winky Wright and Sid Terris. Ring announcer Johnny Addie Cheap Tedy Bruschi Jersey , promoters Lorraine Chargin and Klaus-Peter Kohl, and broadcasters Steve Albert and Jim Gray also will be enshrined.
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