This never reports would have minnesota wild understand happened if Belichick coached the Titans. )The Patriots' quest for perfection this season has been matched by the Colts, who try to move to 7-0 tonight against Jacksonville. That quest also has been counterbalanced by the Dolphins and the St. Louis Rams, both relentless in their pursuit of the league's first 0-16 season. The Rams kept pace with the Dolphins in an impressive all-purpose 33-6 defeat at Seattle. Now dressing the part, with white shirts and white pants as spotless as their victory total, the Rams welcomed quarterback Marc Bulger back to the lineup by allowing him to be sacked seven times (one for every St Louis loss!). Bulger returned the favor by throwing three passes for interceptions. At 0-7, the Rams are off to the worst start in the franchise's 70-year Cleveland-to-Los Angeles-to-Anaheim-to-St Louis history And to think T. J.

Rubley never started a season 0-7. Seattle, which looked positively awful in consecutive losses to Pittsburgh and New Orleans, is now 4-3 and holds a commanding and quite insurmountable one-game lead in the NFC West over Arizona. The Cardinals lost at Washington, 21-19, after Coach Ken Whisenhunt got a little too enamored with his quarterback-shuttle brainstorm and sent in Anquan Boldin to pass for the potential tying two-point conversion in the final seconds Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center . Boldin ordinarily plays wide receiver. On this play, he passed like a wide receiver, taking the shotgun snap, rolling right and tossing the ball into the end zone into the waiting arms of Washington safety LaRon Landry. If you followed the NFL this season by only watching ESPN, you would might assume the NFC has been renamed "The Dallas Cowboys and Fifteen Tumbleweeds. " If you kept track of things only by watching Fox, you'd probably think the NFC is now known as "The New York Giants' 2007 Highlight Video. "If so, you might be surprised that Washington (4-2) is still very much a factor in the NFC East xcel energy . The Cowboys improved to 6-1 with a 24-14 triumph over the Minnesota Vikings, which means the Cowboys are 1-1 against opponents with winning records xcel energy center seating . That one victory came in Week 1 against the Giants, who were 0-2 after Week 2 but are now 5-2 after defeating San Francisco, 33-15. As reward for sacking Trent Dilfer six times, the Giants have won an all-expenses-paid trip to London next weekend xcel energy center hotels . As a bonus for picking off two Dilfer passes, the Giants will also have a free victory -- a scheduled game against the Dolphins! -- thrown into the package. Actually, the Giants versus the Dolphins at Wembley Stadium on Oct 28 has been on the schedule for some time. At this point, there is nothing British customs officials can do about it.

The Dolphins are coming, but whoever said London was calling?--christine. daniels--(BEGIN TEXT OF INFOBOX)Kicking up a fussTennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas broke two NFL records Sunday:MOST POINTS IN A GAME BY A KICKER*--* 26: Rob Bironas, Tennessee at Houston, Oct 21, 2007 *--*23: Billy Cundiff, Dallas vs N. Y Giants, Sept 15, 2003 (OT)22: Jim Bakken, St Louis vs Pittsburgh, Sept 24, 196721: Jeff Wilkins, St Louis vs San Diego, Oct 1, 200021: Chris Boniol, Dallas vs Green Bay, Nov 18, 199621: Jeff Wilkins, San Francisco vs Atlanta, Sept 29, 199621: Rich Karlis, Minnesota vs L. A Rams, Nov 5, 1989 (OT)21: Gary Anderson, Pittsburgh vs Denver, Oct 23, 198821: Gino Cappelletti, Boston vs Denver, Oct . 4, 1964MOST FIELD GOALS IN AN NFL GAME*--* 8: Rob Bironas, Tennessee at Houston, Oct 21, 2007 *--*7: Billy Cundiff, Dallas vs N. Y Giants, Sept 15, 2003 (OT)7: Chris Boniol, Dallas vs Green Bay, Nov 18, 19967: Rich Karlis, Minnesota vs L. A Rams, Nov 5, 1989 (OT)7: Jim Bakken, St Louis vs Pittsburgh, Sept xcel energy center hotel . 24, 1967Note: 19 kickers have kicked six field goals in a game:Source: Associated Press wild hockey . BOSTON -- "Who cares?" Manny Ramirez said after the Red Sox fell into a three-games-to-one hole in the American League Championship Series xcel center . "If it doesn't happen, there's always next year. "Next year will have to wait for the Red Sox, thanks in part to Ramirez, who, despite his sometimes goofy antics and off-the-wall statements, actually does care. Before every home game, the Boston left fielder spends time fielding balls off Fenway Park's Green Monster and throwing to second and third base, and that practice paid off in the fifth inning Sunday night, when Ramirez saved a run at a critical point of the Red Sox's series-clinching 11-2 win over the Indians. With Cleveland trailing, 3-1, in the fifth, the speedy Kenny Lofton opened the inning with a drive off the left-field wall. Ramirez fielded the ball with his bare hand and fired a one-hop throw to second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who applied the tag on Lofton for the out. Franklin Gutierrez followed with a single that would have scored Lofton from second, took third on Casey Blake's single to right and scored on Grady Sizemore's sacrifice fly.

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