First Peyton updates Manning overhauls activities portland tells Marino's once-considered-to-be untouchable season touchdown record. Then Favre -- refusing to yield, budge or walk away -- stubbornly holds on to reach lofty 420. Having watched Marino's body language on TV when questioned about his legacy during recent seasons -- Hey, Boomer Esiason! Duck! -- you suspect the proud ex-Dolphin isn't thrilled. In Friday's Times, I joked about Marino interviewing Favre and being more interested in Favre's pursuit of George Blanda's all-time interception record of 277 (Favre is two away). Judging from my e-mail, Favre's interceptions total is a touchy subject among some of his fans. One reader, Chuck Cohen, sent me a lengthy statistical examination comparing Favre's 3. 31 interception percentage with that of such Hall of Famers as Warren Moon (3. 41), Dan Fouts (3. 38), Jim Kelly (3. 66) -- and Marino (3. 02) -- and noting that although Favre "is a bigger gambler than most.
he's really no more-interception prone than the average NFL quarterback. "If only Favre received that kind of protection from Packers offensive linemen. (For the record, Marino was gracious about Favre's tying the record . On CBS' "The NFL Today," Marino said, "The thing about it is that he did it in a fashion where he came from behind, which he has done many times, in pure Brett Favre fashion to tie the record, which is outstanding counseling portland . To tie the record in that fashion, you have to feel good for him since he's such a great competitor. ")Meanwhile, Turner would like to know how to enlist that kind of defense Right now, Grady Little's L. A duck football . Fan Club could double-team all of Turner's diehard San Diego supporters -- and still have enough people left over to cater the affair . Turner is 1-2 with a team that was 14-2 under Schottenheimer last season, with a roster many around the league consider the most talented ducks football . LaDainian Tomlinson, coming off an 1,815-yard MVP season, has netted 130 rushing yards after three weeks; in 2006, he averaged 113. 4 yards a game.
After finishing seventh in scoring defense in 2006, the Chargers have surrendered 69 points the last two weeks. Turner's hiring by San Diego General Manager A. J Portland Pilots - portlandpilots . Portland Pilots tickets Smith was a rush job after the knee-jerk decision to fire Schottenheimer because Martyball's Quality-Guaranteed warranty seemed to expire every January ducks football tickets . Smith changed coaches ostensibly because Schottenheimer couldn't take the Chargers to the next level eugene portland . Now he's stuck with Turner, who is taking the club to another level, all right -- the level where teams never lose in the playoffs because they never reach the playoffs. Tomlinson looked lost, and said as much, as he stood in front of the postgame interview-room audience, dressed, curiously, in the Packers' green-and-yellow colors hotel portland Portland Pilots - portlandpilots . (Was this the consequence of a bet made with Donald Driver -- loser wears the other's teams colors?)Yellow helmets once ruled this sport. Vince Lombardi's Packers made yellow the most-feared hue in the NFL, kind of turning the color's turncoat reputation on its ear. But as we have seen during "Throwback Uniform" outings in Pittsburgh last week and in Philadelphia and Washington in Week 3, yellow has always had a home (if not universally welcomed) in this league. Sunday, Joe Gibbs' Washington Redskins wore the yellow helmets Lombardi designed for the team when he moved from the Packers to the Redskins in 1969 (Lombardi died of cancer on Sept Portland Pilots . 3, 1970, before the team could use the color scheme in a regular-season game. ) A lot of good they did them.
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