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WEEK 17 MATCHUP NOTES
AS PROVIDED BY THE NFL ON TUESDAY, 28 DECEMBER, 2004...
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 MIAMI DOLPHINS (4-11) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (8-7)
  DOLPHINS RAVENS
LEADER 4-0  
STREAKS 4-0  
COACHES VS. OPP. Bates: 0-0 Billick: 1-3
LAST WEEK W 10-7 vs. Browns L 20-7 at Steelers
LAST GAME 11/16/03: Ravens 6 at Dolphins 9 (OT). Ravens RB Jamal Lewis’ fumble in OT sets up Dolphins K Olindo Mare’s 43-yard game-winning FG.
LAST GAME AT SITE 10/16/97: Dolphins 24, Baltimore 13. Dolphins RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar rushes for 108 yards & 3 1st half TDs in Dolphins’ victory.
BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Gus Johnson, Brent Jones

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Feeley: 191-356-1,893-11-15-61.7 Boller: 244-437-2,417-12-11-70.7
RUSHING Morris: 120-434-3.6-5 Lewis: 201-839-4.2-6
RECEIVING Chambers (TE): 71-786-11.1-4 T. Taylor: 34-421-12.4-0
OFFENSE 270.6 269.5
TAKE/GIVE -14 +8
DEFENSE 304.1 297.2
SACKS Taylor: 9.5 Suggs: 9.5
INTs Freeman, Knight, Surtain: 4 Reed: 8 (1L)
PUNTING Turk: 42.1 Zastudil: 40.5
KICKING Mare: 51 (15/15 PAT; 12/15 FG) Stover 105 (27/27 PAT; 26/29 FG)

NOTES
DOLPHINS: Club aims for 3rd consecutive victory. Team has scored 1st qtr TD in 7 games in row. ... QB A.J. FEELEY has thrown 95 passes in row w/o INT. ... Last wk, RBs SAMMY MORRIS (69) & TRAVIS MINOR (30) combined for 99 rush yds on 23 carries for 4.3 avg. ... WR CHRIS CHAMBERS has 229 career receptions & needs 1 catch to surpass JIM JENSEN for 8th-most catches in club history. Chambers leads club w/ 6 TDs. WR DERRIUS THOMPSON has 4 TD catches, tying career-high (2002). WR MARTY BOOKER has 4+ receptions in 4 consecutive games. Booker has reception in 73 consecutive games. Last wk, TE RANDY MC MICHAEL caught single-game career-high 9 passes & stands 3rd among AFC TEs w/ 71 catches, club record for TE. ... DE DAVID BOWENS has 7.0 sacks, doubling previous career-high of 3.5 in 2000 (w/GB). CBs SAM MADISON & PATRICK SURTAIN each have 29 INTs, tied w/ GLENN BLACKWOOD for 3rd-most in club history (JAKE SCOTT 35; DICK ANDERSON, 34). DE JAY WILLIAMS to play in 130th consecutive NFL game. Defense has not allowed 300-yd passer in NFL-best 29 games in row. ... RAVENS: Team needs victory for chance at playoff berth. Club is 44-3 (.936) with edge in turnover margin under head coach BRIAN BILLICK. ... QB KYLE BOLLER has attempted 30+ passes in 9 consecutive games & has connected on 50.0+ pct. in 8 of those 9. ... Team is 19-6 (.760) when RB JAMAL LEWIS rushes for 100+ yards. In past 5 games, 3rd-yr RB CHESTER TAYLOR has 343 rush yds; had 398 rush yds in 1st 2 seasons combined. ... After missing 9 games due to injury, in past 4 games TE TODD HEAP has 15 catches for 190 yds & 3 TDs. Rookie WR CLARENCE MOORE (No. 199) leads team in TD receptions (4). ... Defense No. 4 in NFL in points allowed per game (16.3) & since 2000, has allowed only 12 100-yd rush games, tied for fewest in that span w/ Pitt. LB TERRELL SUGGS No. 2 among NFL LBs w/ 9.5 sacks. S ED REED leads NFL w/ 8 INTs. Team has defensive TD in 6 games this season & are 5-1 in those games.

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 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (14-1) AT BUFFALO BILLS (9-6)
  STEELERS BILLS
LEADER 9-8  
STREAKS 4 of past 5  
COACHES VS. OPP. Cowher: 5-3 Mularkey: 0-0
LAST WEEK W 20-7 vs. Ravens W 41-7 vs. 49ers
LAST GAME 9/30/01: Steelers 20 at Bills 3. Steelers CB Dewayne Washington returns fumble 63 yards for TD to spark Steelers past Bills.
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/30/01.
BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Kevin Harlan, Randy Cross

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Roethlisberger (R): 196-295-2,621-17-11-98.1

Maddox: 18-36-209-0-0-67.9

 Bledsoe: 240-420-2,743-20-15-77.9
RUSHING Bettis: 250-941-3.8-13 McGahee: 266-1,049-3.9-11 (T3C)
RECEIVING Ward: 78-993-12.7-4 Moulds: 84-1,006-12.0-5
OFFENSE 328.1 294.9
TAKE/GIVE +11 +10
DEFENSE 257.8 (1L) 264.4 (2C)
SACKS A. Smith: 8.0 Schobel: 8.0
INTs Polamalu: 5 Clements: 5
PUNTING Gardocki: 42.8 Moorman: 43.1
KICKING Reed: 107 (38/38 FG; 23/28 FG) Lindell: 111 (42/42 PAT; 23/26 FG)

NOTES
STEELERS: Club has secured homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs. Team on franchise-record 13-game win streak. Head coach BILL COWHER is 1 of 5 head coaches in NFL history to win 8 or more division titles. ... Rookie QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER (No. 11) has 66.4 comp. pct.; NFL record for rookie w/ min. 150 attempts is 58.4 (DAN MARINO, Mia., 1983). QB TOMMY MADDOX holds club career record for most 300-yd games (6). ... RB JEROME BETTIS has 100 rush yds in 6 of past 8 games. Has career-high 13 rush TDs & needs 59 more for 9th career 1,000-yd season. RB VERRON HAYNES has 82 rush yds on past 10 carries (8.2 avg.). ... All-Star WR HINES WARD has multiple catches in every game & needs 7 rec. yds for 4th consecutive 1,000-yd season. Ward (6,044) now stands 2 nd in team history in both receptions (503) & receiving yds (6,044), trailing HOFer JOHN STALLWORTH in both categories (8,723 & 537). ... Defense allowing 3rd-fewest 1st downs in NFL (15.5 per game). Last wk vs. Balt., LB JAMES HARRISON totaled 6 tackles, 2 PDs & 4 QB pressures. ... BILLS: Team can advance to playoffs under 1st-year head coach MIKE MULARKEY with victory and help. Mularkey was former Steelers TE (1989-91) & Steelers assistant from 1996-2003. Club has won 6 in row & has scored 30+ points in each of those 6. ... QB DREW BLEDSOE (2,743) needs 257 passing yds for 9th career 3,000+ yd season. Bledsoe needs 38 passing yds to become 7th QB in history to pass for 10,000+ yds for 2 teams. In 2001 AFC Championship, faced Steelers at Pitt. in entire 2nd half, reliving injured TOM BRADY (w/ NE), leading Patriots to victory. ... RB WILLIS MC GAHEE has 7 100s in 10 NFL starts. McGahee has 10+ yd rushes in 12 games in row. ... Last wk WR ERIC MOULDS tied club record for most 1,000-yd rec. seasons (ANDRE REED, 4). Rookie WR LEE EVANS (No. 13) leads AFC rookies w/ 46 catches for 780 yds & 9 TDs. Evans has TD catch in 5 games in row, ties club record. ... Defense has allowed less than 300 yds in 11 of 15 gms. Club is 4-0 when All-Star LB TAKEO SPIKES records FF. Team tied for 2nd-most INTs in NFL (22), led by CB NATE CLEMENTS (5).

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 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (7-8) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (7-8)
  SAINTS PANTHERS
LEADER   10-9
STREAKS   Past 4
COACHES VS. OPP. Haslett: 5-4 Fox: 4-1
LAST WEEK W 23-16 vs. Falcons W 37-20 at Buccaneers
LAST GAME 12/5/04: Panthers 32 at Saints 21. Carolina’s John Kasay kicks 6 FGs & QB Jake Delhomme completes 22 of 29 passes for 294 yards & 1 TD.
LAST GAME AT SITE 10/5/03: Panthers 19, Saints 13. Carolina RB Stephen Davis rushes for 159 yards & 1TD & Rod Smart returns kickoff 100 yards for TD as Panthers win 5th straight.
BROADCAST FOX (1:00 PM ET): Kenny Albert, Brian Baldinger, Jay Glazer (Field reporter)

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Brooks: 295-518--3,594-20-16-78.5 Delhomme: 286-483-3,579-27-15-88.0
RUSHING McAllister: 241-934-3.9-8 Goings: 204-775-3.8-6
RECEIVING Horn: 90(T2L)-1,324(1L)-14.7-10 Muhammad: 87(T2C)-1,310(2L)-15.1-14 (T1L)
OFFENSE 322.2 327.0
TAKE/GIVE +4 +15 (2L)
DEFENSE 388.1 334.6
SACKS Howard: 9.5 Peppers: 10.0
INTs McKenzie: 5 Gamble (R): 6 (T3L)
PUNTING Berger: 44.0 (3C) Sauerbrun: 44.6 (2L)
KICKING Carney: 101 (35/35 PAT; 22/26 FG) Kasay: 80 (26/27 PAT; 18/20 FG)

NOTES
SAINTS: Club seeks 4th consecutive win & 1st playoff berth since ’00. ... Saints have 23-16 (.590) road record under head coach JIM HASLETT. ... QB AARON BROOKS has 20 TD passes & is 1st Saints QB with 4 20-TD pass seasons in row. Has 8 career 300-yard passing games & needs 1 to tie ARCHIE MANNING (9) for most in club history. ... RB DEUCE MC ALLISTER has 934 rushing yards & needs 66 for 3rd consecutive 1,000-yd season. Has 4,054 career rush yds & with 111 will pass DALTON HILLIARD (4,164) for 2nd-most in club history. Has 3 100-yd rush games in last 4 vs. Panthers. ... WR JOE HORN has 90 rec & 1,324 yards & needs 5 catches & 17 yards for career highs & franchise single-season records. Third-year WR DONTE STALLWORTH has career-highs with 55 catches & 736 yds. ... Defense has not allowed 4th-quarter TD in 4 consecutive games. ... Rookie 1st round DE WILL SMITH (No. 18) has 6.0 sacks, 1st in NFC & 2nd among NFL rookies. ... CB MIKE MC KENZIE has team leading 5 INT in 9 games with Saints. ... PR MICHAEL LEWIS had 96-yd KR TD vs. Atl, his 3rd-career. ... PANTHERS: Club avgs. 30.4 points in last 7 games, winning 6. ... QB JAKE DELHOMME has 100+ rating in 5 of last 7 starts, including career-high 143.4 last week. Had career-best 4 TD passes vs. Bucs. Has 11 4th-qrt TD passes, tied for most in NFL, & 91.9 4th-qrt rating (76-139, 996 yards, 4 INT), 5th in league. ... RB NICK GOINGS has 645 rush yds in last 6 games, with 5 100s. ... WR MUHSIN MUHAMMAD has career-high & franchise record 14 TD catches, tied for most in NFL. Avgs. 7 rec & 113 yards in last 9 games (64-1,020). Rookie 2nd-round WR KEARY COLBERT has club rookie records with 45 catches, 715 rec yards & 5 TD catches. ... TE KRIS MANGUM has career-high 28 receptions (272 yards), most by club TE since ’01 (WESLEY WALLS, 43). ... Defense leads NFL with 26 INT. ... DE JULIUS PEPPERS has 10.0 sacks & needs 2.0 to equal career high. DE MIKE RUCKER has 40.0 career sacks & needs 2.0 to pass KEVIN GREENE (41.5) for franchise record.

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 GREEN BAY PACKERS (9-6) AT CHICAGO BEARS (5-10)
  PACKERS BEARS
LEADER   84-77-6
STREAKS 7 of past 8  
COACHES VS. OPP. Sherman: 7-2 Smith: 1-0
LAST WEEK W 34-31 vs. Vikings L 19-13 at Lions
LAST GAME 9/19/04: Bears 21 at Packers 10. Chicago S Mike Brown returns fumble 95 yards for TD & RB Thomas Jones rushes for 152 yards.
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/29/03: Packers 38, Bears 23. Green Bay QB Brett Favre passes for 3 TDs & RB Ahman Green rushes for 176 yards, including TD runs of 60 & 6 yards.
BROADCAST FOX (12:00 PM CT): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Cris Collinsworth, Pam Oliver (Field reporter)

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Favre: 337-527-3,892(2C)-28(3C)-17-90.4 Hutchinson: 72-132-707-4-2-73.6
RUSHING Green: 255-1,150-4.5-7 T. Jones: 214-840-3.9-5
RECEIVING Walker: 86-1,300(3L)-15.1-11 T. Jones (RB): 53-423-8.0-0
OFFENSE 397.5 (2C) 238.0
TAKE/GIVE -15 -7
DEFENSE 353.0 333.5
SACKS Gbaja-Biamila: 9.5 A. Brown: 6.0
INTs Sharper: 3 Vasher (R): 5
PUNTING Barker: 40.3 Maynard: 43.3
KICKING Longwell: 113 (44/44 PAT; 23/27 FG) Edinger: 65 (20/20 PAT; 15/24 FG)

NOTES
PACKERS: Club has captured 3rd consecutive division title under head coach MIKE SHERMAN. ... QB BRETT FAVRE has 3,892 passing yards & needs 108 for 4th 4,000-yard season, which would tie WARREN MOON (4) for 3rd-most all-time. Has TD pass in 25 in row vs. Bears, longest such streak vs. 1 opponent in NFL history. ... RB AHMAN GREEN has 48 career rushing TDs & needs 3 to pass PAUL HORNUNG for 2nd-most in club annals. Has 1,150 rush yards & needs 50 to become 1st Packer with 4 consecutive 1,200-yard seasons. ... WR JAVON WALKER has career-high 86 catches & needs 4 to join STERLING SHARPE & ROBERT BROOKS as only Packers with 90-catch season. Leads NFL with 31 receptions & 518 yards on 3rd down, helping club to 48.0 3rd down conversion rate (94 of 196), 2nd in NFL. WR DONALD DRIVER has career highs with 83 catches & 1,160 yards. Has 9 TD catches & needs 1 to join Walker (11) in double digits, which would mark 1st time 2 Packers have 10+. TE BUBBA FRANKS has 6 TDs, tied for 1st among NFC TEs. ... DE KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA has 9.5 sacks & needs 0.5 to become 1st Packer with 4 10-sack years in row. ... BEARS: Club seeks 1st season sweep of Pack since 1991. ... QB CHAD HUTCHINSON has started 4 games, passing for 707 yards & 4 TDs. Has 2 INT in 132 att. for 1.5 INT pct. Spent spring with NFL Europe’s Rhein Fire. Is 1 of record 263 NFLE vets on ‘04 rosters. ... RB THOMAS JONES has career-high 840 rushing yards & needs 160 for 1st 1,000-yard season. Rushed for 152 yards vs. GB in Week 2. Has career-high 53 catches (423 yards), tied for 3rd among NFL RBs. ... WR DAVID TERRELL has team-leading & career-best 600 rec. yards (38 catches). WR BOBBY WADE has 38 catches (454 yards), 19 on 3rd down. ... Defense holds foes to 30.1 3rd down conversion pct. (63 of 209), 2nd in NFL, & 28.6 pct. on 4th down (4 of 14), tied for 3rd. ... DE ALEX BROWN has 6 sacks in last 8 games. 1st-round pick DT TOMMIE HARRIS has 3.5 sacks, 2nd among rookie DTs. ... LB LANCE BRIGGS had 38-yard INT TD last wk. Scored 1st-career TD on 45 yard INT vs. GB (12/7/03). ... 4th-rnd CB NATHAN VASHER has 5 INTs, tied for 3rd among rookies.

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 CLEVELAND BROWNS (3-12) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (7-8)
  BROWNS TEXANS
LEADER 1-0  
STREAKS 1-0  
COACHES VS. OPP. Robiske: 0-0 Capers: 0-1
LAST WEEK L 10-7 at Dolphins W 21-0 at Jaguars
LAST GAME 10/20/02: Texans 17 at Browns 34. Browns QB Tim Couch breaks open close game with 25-yard pass to WR Quincy Morgan with 2:15 remaining.
LAST GAME AT SITE --
BROADCAST CBS (12:00 PM CT): Craig Bolerjack, Richard Baldinger

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING L. McCown: 48-98-608-4-7-52.6 Carr: 71-442-3,425-15-14-83.6
RUSHING Suggs: 173-613-3.5-2 Davis: 284-1,077-3.8-12 (T2C)
RECEIVING Bryant: 51-725-14.2-4 Johnson: 77-1,129-14.7-6
OFFENSE 274.5 326.0
TAKE/GIVE -11 +4
DEFENSE 331.8 339.6
SACKS Lang: 7.0 Wong: 5.5
INTs Henry: 4 Robinson (R): 6
PUNTING Frost: 40.3 Stanley: 41.0
KICKING Dawson: 84 (27/27 PAT; 19/24 FG) K. Brown: 83 (32/32 PAT; 17/24 FG)

NOTES
BROWNS: Club has won Week 17 game in past 2 years & has won past 2 in Houston (1994-95). Team has faced NFL’s toughest schedule, opponents win pct.: .596. ... Rookie QB LUKE MC COWN (No. 106) has TD pass in 3 of 1st 4 NFL starts & grew up in Jacksonville, Texas (194 miles north of Houston). At Jacksonville (Texas) H.S., was 2-time honorable mention all-East Texas. ... In 5 career games w/ 20+ rushes, RB LEE SUGGS has 584 rush yds (116.8/gm) w/ 3 rush TDs. Suggs has 248 rush yds in past 2 weeks & last wk set franchise record for most carries in game (38). Suggs (613) & RB WILLIAM GREEN (585) create 1st Browns RB duo to reach 500+ rush yds apiece since 1993 (TOMMY VARDELL, 644; ERIC METCALF, 611). ... WR-PR DENNIS NORTHCUTT tied for most 40+ yd catches in AFC w/ 6 (Kennison, KC). TEs STEVE HEIDEN (4) & AARON SHEA (4) vie to become 1st Browns TE to record 5 TDs in season since OZZIE NEWSOME (1985). ... CB ANTHONY HENRY has 17 career INTs in 60 career games. DE KENARD LANG (7.0) & DE EBENEZER EKUBAN (6.0) need 1.5 & 1.0 sacks respectively for career-highs. ... TEXANS: Head coach DOM CAPERS states "Cleveland Browns" as his favorite NFL team as youngster. Grew up in Buffalo, OH, (213 miles from Cleveland) & graduated from Mount Union College (Alliance, OH). Offensive coordinator CHRIS PALMER was Browns head coach from 1999-2000. ... QB DAVID CARR has 90.0+ passer rating in 7 of 15 games & stands 5th in AFC passing yds (3,425). Leads AFC QBs w/ 271 rush yards on 68 carries (4.0 avg.). Club is +6 in INT differential; was -4 & -5 in category in ’03 & ’02, respectively. Team has 35 TDs; scored 29 in 2003 & 22 in 2002. ... RB DOMANICK DAVIS has rush TD in 7 of past 8 gms, including 5 in row. Davis (1,077) last wk reached 1,000 rush yds for 2nd season in row to begin career & leads AFC RBs w/ 554 receiving yds. ... WR ANDRE JOHNSON is 1st-time NFL All-Star. Johnson has 18 catches of 20+ yds, tied for 9th-most in NFL & has 4+ catches in 11 gms this season. Offense has 4,890 total yds; had 4,306 in all of 2003. ... Defense has INT in 11 of past 14 games. Defense tied for 4th in NFL w/ 20 INTs, led by rookie CB DUNTA ROBINSON (No. 10) w/ 6. Opponents only 1 of 6 (16.7 pct.) on 4th down conversion tries, NFL’s lowest pct.

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 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-13) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (13-2)
  49ERS PATRIOTS
LEADER 7-2  
STREAKS 6 of past 7  
COACHES VS. OPP. Erickson: 0-0 Belichick: 1-0
LAST WEEK L 41-7 vs. Bills W 23-7 at Jets
LAST GAME 12/20/98: 49ers 21 at Patriots 24. Patriots K Adam Vinatieri connects on 35-yard FG with 3 seconds remaining for Pats’ victory.
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/20/98.
BROADCAST FOX (1:00 PM ET): Curt Menefee, Tim Green

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Dorsey: 105-197-1,042-5-9-58.0 Brady: 266-444-3,466-26-13-91.9
RUSHING Barlow: 219-719-3.3-7 Dillon: 331-1,519 (3C)-4.6-11(T3C)
RECEIVING E. Johnson (TE): 79-797-10.1-2 Givens: 54-884-15.6-3
OFFENSE 284.5 354.5
TAKE/GIVE -20 +10
DEFENSE 338.4 310.3
SACKS Engelberger: 5.0 McGinest: 8.5
INTs Parrish: 4.0 Wilson: 4
PUNTING Lee: 41.5 Jo. Miller: 42.3
KICKING T. Peterson: 76 (22/22 PAT; 18/21) Vinatieri: 138 (1L) (45/45 PAT; 31/33 FG)

NOTES
49ERS: Team converts 80.0 pct. on 4th down (12 of 15), tied for 1st in NFL (TB). ... QB KEN DORSEY made 6th start last week & has passed for 1,042 yards & 5 TDs. Rookie 7th-round QB CODY PICKETT saw 1st NFL action vs. Bills, completing 4 of 10 att. for 55 yards. ... RB KEVAN BARLOW has 7 TDs for 2nd consecutive season & needs 1 for career-high. Has 920 yards from scrimmage (719 rushing, 201 receiving) & needs 80 for 1,000. RB MAURICE HICKS has 330 rushing yards. Spent last 2 years in NFL Europe (Scottish Claymores) & is 1 of record 263 NFL Europe vets to appear on NFL rosters in ’04. WR CEDRICK WILSON leads club WRs with 46 rec. (634 yards) while 2nd-year WR BRANDON LLOYD has 43 (565 yards). Need 4 & 7 catches to join TE ERIC JOHNSON (79) with 50, which would give club 3 players with 50 catches for 1st time since ‘00. Johnson has club TE records for rec. & yards (797) & will be 1st TE to lead team in receiving since TED KWALICK (47, ’73). Lettered in football, basketball & volleyball at Needham (MA) High School. ... Club allows 3.9 yards per rush, 4th in NFC. ... S TONY PARRISH aims to become 1st player to lead team in INTs for 3 years in row since RONNIE LOTT (‘84-87). ... PATRIOTS: Club clinched 1st Rd bye in AFC playoffs for 3rd time in 4 yrs. ... Club is 44-3 (.936) under head coach BILL BELICHICK when scoring 21+ points. Since 1993, including win last wk at NYJ, Patriots are 19-2 (.905) when kickoff temp. is 35°F or colder. ... QB TOM BRADY is 47-14 in career as starter (.770) for best win. pct. among active NFL QBs w/ 30+ starts. Brady is 18-2 (.900) in games decided by 6 points or less & team is 23-0 when he posts 100.0+ passer rating. ... In 14 games played, RB COREY DILLON has 15+ attempts in each game & has avg. carry of 4.0+ yards in 12 of those 14. Dillon career-high 8 100-yd games; club record is 9 (CURTIS MARTIN, 1995). RB PATRICK PASS has multiple catches in 8 consecutive games. ... WR DAVID PATTEN has 20+ yd catch in 5 of past 6 gms. TE DAVID GRAHAM has TD catch in consecutive games & has career-high 7 TDs on season. ... Team has 4 defensive TDs & is 16-2 (.889) in past 18 w/ defensive TD. Team tied for 2nd-most INTs in AFC (20), led by S EUGENE WILSON w/ 4. LB WILLIE MC GINEST 3rd among AFC LB in sacks (8.5).

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 CINCINNATI BENGALS (7-8) AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (13-2)
  BENGALS EAGLES
LEADER 6-3  
STREAKS   Past 2
COACHES VS. OPP. Lewis: 0-0 Reid: 1-0
LAST WEEK W 23-22 vs. Giants L 20-7 at Rams
LAST GAME 12/24/00: Bengals 7 at Eagles 16. Philadelphia QB Donovan McNabb’s 39-yard TD pass to WR Charles Johnson highlights Eagles’ sixth victory in 7 games.
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/24/00
BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Don Criqui, Steve Tasker

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Palmer: 263-432-2,897-18-18-77.3

Kitna: 45-77-463-4-4-71.5

 McNabb: 300-469-3,875(3C)-31(3L)-8-104.7 (2C)
RUSHING R. Johnson: 333-1,355-4.1-9 Westbrook: 177-812-4.6-3
RECEIVING C. Johnson: 90 (2C)-1,207 (1C)-13.4-9 Westbrook (RB): 73-703-9.6-6
OFFENSE 322.1 351.7
TAKE/GIVE -1 +11 (2C)
DEFENSE 334.9 320.5 (3C)
SACKS J. Smith: 7.0 Kearse: 7.5
INTs James: 7 (2C) Sheppard: 5
PUNTING Larson (R): 42.2 Johnson: 42.3
KICKING Graham: 114 (T3C) (36/36 PAT; 26/29 FG) Akers: 118 (40/41 PAT; 26/30 FG)

NOTES
EAGLES: Club has franchise-record 13 wins. ... Head coach ANDY REID has 69-35 (.663) record as club’s head coach & needs 1 win to become 1st coach in team history with 70. ... QB DONOVAN MC NABB has career-high 31 TD passes & needs 2 to pass SONNY JURGENSEN (32, ’61) for single-season club record. McNabb has 3,875 passing yards & needs 125 for 1st 4,000-yard season in franchise history. ... RB BRIAN WESTBROOK leads NFL running backs with 73 receptions & 703 receiving yards. Ranks 4th in NFC with 1,515 yards from scrimmage (812 rushing, 703 receiving). WR TODD PINKSTON has 36 catches for 676 yards, including 75+ yard games in 3 of last 6. Ranks 4th in NFL with 18.8 yards per catch avg (min. 35 catches) & avgs 19.8 yards per catch in last 20 games (54 for 1,067). WR FREDDIE MITCHELL has 16 catches for 301 yards, averaging 18.8 per reception. ... Club has allowed 222 points, fewest in NFL. ... DE JEVON KEARSE has 7.5 sacks & needs 2.5 for 4th-career 10-sack season. ... CB LITO SHEPPARD leads club with 5 INTs & ranks 3rd in NFL with 172 INT yards. ... All-Star special teamer IKE REESE attended Cincinnati’s Aiken High School. ... BENGALS: Victory gives club 16 wins in 2 seasons under head coach MARVIN LEWIS; would be team’s most wins in 2-yr span since 1989-90 (17). ... .QB CARSON PALMER’s TDs have outnumbered INTs in past 4 starts. Eagles 1 of 5 teams QB JON KITNA has never faced. ... RB RUDI JOHNSON (1,355) needs 81 rush yds to set club record for most in season (COREY DILLON, 1,435, 2000) & ranks 5th in AFC in rush 1st downs (67). RB Johnson can be 1st Bengal w/ 6 100-yd rush games in season. ... WR CHAD JOHNSON (90) ties for 2nd in NFL in receptions & can be 1st Bengal to lead NFL for season (Mason, Tenn., 92). WR Johnson (1,207) & WR T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH (907) need 61 rec. yds to post most by duo in club history (C. Johnson & WR PETER WARRICK, 2,174, 2003). ... CB TORY JAMES (7), 2nd in NFL INTs & needs 2 INTs to tie club season record (KEN RILEY, 9, 1976). Can be 1st Bengal to lead NFL in INTs. DE JUSTIN SMITH needs 3.0 sacks to be 1st Bengal w/ 10.0 since ’92 (ALFRED WILLIAMS).

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 NEW YORK JETS (10-5) AT ST. LOUIS RAMS (7-8)
  JETS RAMS
LEADER   8-2
STREAKS   Past 6
COACHES VS. OPP. Edwards: 0-1 Martz: 1-0
LAST WEEK L 23-7 vs. Patriots W 20-7 vs. Eagles
LAST GAME 10/21/01: Rams 34 at Jets 14. RB Trung Candidate leads the Rams with 195 rushing yards & 2 TDs in his 1st NFL start.
LAST GAME AT SITE 10/11/98: Rams 30, Jets 10. St. Louis’ Jeff Wilkins kicks 3 FGs & RB Amp Lee scores 2 TDs as Rams defeat Jets.
BROADCAST CBS (12:00 PM CT): Dick Enberg, Dan Dierdorf, Armen Keteyian (Field reporter).

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Pennington: 221-334-2,492-15-9-92.1 Bulger: 292-446-3,514-18-12-91.7
RUSHING Martin: 343-1,544 (2C)-4.5-12 (T2C) M. Faulk: 188-759-4.0-3
RECEIVING McCareins: 50-708-14.2-4 Holt: 87(T2C)-1,256-14.4-8
OFFENSE 340.9 359.7 (3C)
TAKE/GIVE +14 (2C) -21
DEFENSE 293.3 335.3
SACKS Abraham: 9.5 B. Fisher: 6.5
INTs Coleman (R): 3 Butler: 5
PUNTING Gowin: 39.1 Landeta: 43.3
KICKING Brien: 94 (31/32 PAT; 31/35 FG) Wilkins: 83 (29/29 PAT; 18/23)

NOTES
JETS: Win clinches 3rd playoff berth in 4 yrs under head coach HERM EDWARDS. ... QB CHAD PENNINGTON stands 4th in AFC comp. pct. (66.2) & has completed 61.0+ pct. of passes in 3 of past 4. In past 3 starts vs. NFC, Pennington has 7 TDs vs. 2 INTs, completing 65 of 99 (65.7 pct.) for 756 yds & 103.8 passer rating. ... RB CURTIS MARTIN is 2nd in AFC & 3rd in NFL in rushing (1,544) & can become 1st player in NFL history to lead league & be 30+ yrs old (31 yrs, 246 days Sunday). RB JERALD SOWELL No. 2 on club w/ 43 catches. RB LA MONT JORDAN needs 44 rush yds to give NYJ 1st 500-yd rushing duo since ’93 (JOHNNY JOHNSON, 821 & BRAD BAXTER, 559). ... Among NFL players w/ 40+ rec, WR SANTANA MOSS stands 2nd in NFL w/ 19.8 per catch avg. WR JUSTIN MC CAREINS has 12 multi- catch games in row. ... Club No. 3 in NFL in turnover ratio (+16). ... Defense has shutout NFL-high 7 opponents in 2nd half. DE SHAUN ELLIS (8.0) tied for 3rd in sacks among AFC East DEs. Rookie LB JONATHAN VILMA (No. 12) stands 2nd on club w/ 111 tackles. Among defensive players, LB ERIC BARTON tied for NFL lead w/ 4 FRs. ...

RAMS: Club has 9-0 record in December home games under head coach MIKE MARTZ & have won 12 consecutive home games in month overall, 2nd-longest active streak in NFL (KC, 16). ... QB MARC BULGER returned to lineup last wk after missing 2 games due to injury, completing 20 of 27 for 225 yards, 1 TD & 0 INT, posting 110.9 passer rating. Has 25-10 (.714) record as starter & multiple TD passes in 17 of 35 starts. Has 18 TD passes in ’04 & 7 in 4th qrt. ... RB MARSHALL FAULK has 11,972 rushing yards & needs 28 to become 12th player in NFL history with 12,000. Rookie 1st round RB STEVEN JACKSON ranks 3rd among NFL rookies with 644 rushing yards, posting 148 yard game vs. Eagles... WR ISAAC BRUCE has 84 catches (1,206), his 4th 80-catch season. WR TORRY HOLT has 32 career 100-yard games & needs 1 to pass JERRY RICE (32) for 2nd-most in 1st 6 seasons all-time. ... CB JERAMETRIUS BUTLER has career-high 5 INTs & may become 1st Ram to lead club in INTs in consecutive seasons since NOLAN CROMWELL(’79-’81).

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 DETROIT LIONS (6-9) AT TENNESSEE TITANS (4-11)
  LIONS TITANS
LEADER   5-3
STREAKS   3 of past 4
COACHES VS. OPP. Mariucci: 1-0 Fisher: 1-1
LAST WEEK W 19-13 vs. Bears L 37-16 vs. Broncos
LAST GAME 10/21/01: Titans 27 at Lions 24. Titans K Joe Nedney connects from 46 yards with 5 seconds remaining.
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/10/95: Lions 24, Houston Oilers 17. Lions QB Scott Mitchell throws 2 TDs to WR Herman Moore as Detroit holds off late Oilers’ rally.
BROADCAST FOX (12:00 PM CT): Dan Miller, TBA

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Harrington: 241-440-2,701-17-11-75.8 Volek: 202-329-2,311-17-10-87.1
RUSHING Jones (R): 222-1,061-4.8-5 A. Smith: 116-420-3.6-3
RECEIVING Williams (R): 50-755-15.1-7 Mason: 92 (1L)-1,120-12.2-7
OFFENSE 283.9 345.0
TAKE/GIVE +6 -3
DEFENSE 339.3 352.7
SACKS Hall: 11.5 Carter: 6.0
INTs Bly: 4 Dyson: 5
PUNTING Harris: 40.8 Hentrich: 43.0
KICKING Hanson: 93 (27/27 PAT; 22/26 FG) Anderson: 82 (34/34 PAT; 16/20 FG)

NOTES
LIONS: QB JOEY HARRINGTON has 17 TD passes for 2nd consecutive season & needs 1 for career-high. ... Rookie 1st-round RB KEVIN JONES (No. 30) rushed for 123 yards last week, joining BILLY SIMS (1980) & BARRY SANDERS (1989) as only rookies to rush for 1,000 yards in franchise history. Leads NFL rookies with 1,061 rushing yards & has rushed for 834 yards in last 7 games. ... Rookie 1st-round WR ROY WILLIAMS (No. 7) ranks 3rd among NFL rookies with 7 TDs. Has 50 receptions for 755 yards & needs 2 catches to pass Sims (51) for franchise rookie record. ... WR AZ-ZAHIR HAKIM avgs. 17.2 yards per catch (31 for 533), 2nd in NFC (min. 20 rec). ... D-line has 30.5 of club’s 38.0 sacks. ... DE JAMES HALL leads club with career-high 11.5 sacks. Needs 0.5 for 1st 12.0 sack year by Lion since ’99 (ROBERT PORCHER, 15). ... CB DRE BLY has 4 INTs & bids to become 1st player to lead team outright 2 years in row since BOBBY WATKINS (’84-’85). ... K JASON HANSON connected on 4 of 4 FGs last week (31, 39, 34, 40). Club has 16-2 (.889) record when Hanson connects on 4+ FGs. ... TITANS: Team has scored 99 points in past 3 games. ... In Wks. 14-15, QB BILLY VOLEK became 1st QB in franchise history to pass for 400+ yds in back-to-back games. In past 3, Volek has 8 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 1 TD rushing. Has 40+ yd TD pass in 3 of past 5 games. ... In 2 career gms vs. Detroit, RB ANTOWAIN SMITH has 4.4-yd-per-carry avg. on 38 rushes w/ rush TD in each. ... WR DERRICK MASON (1,120) is 1st player in franchise history to reach 1,000 yds in 4 consecutive seasons & can be 1st player from franchise to lead NFL in receptions since HAYWOOD JEFFIRES (1991). Mason has TD catch in 5 of past 7 games. WR DREW BENNETT is tied for AFC lead in 20+ yd catches (19) & has 8 TDs w/ 543 receiving yds in past 4. Bennett needs 2 TDs to be 1st player in team history to reach 12 TD catches since CHARLES FRAZIER (1966). Rookie TE BEN TROUPE (No. 40) has catch in 10 games in row. ... LB KEITH BULLUCK has PD in 6 games in row & INT in each of past 2. CB ANDRE DYSON tied for 4th in AFC w/ career-high 5 INTs. ... PR coverage unit allowing 6.3 yds per return, 2nd-lowest in AFC.

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 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (8-7) AT WASHINGTON REDSKINS (5-10)
  VIKINGS REDSKINS
LEADER   6-5
STREAKS Past 2  
COACHES VS. OPP. Tice: 0-0 Gibbs: 7-0
LAST WEEK L 34-31 vs. Packers L 13-10 at Cowboys
LAST GAME 10/18/98: Redskins 7 at Vikings 41. Minnesota QB Randall Cunningham passes for 259 yards & 2 TDs as Vikings defense records 5 sacks & allows just 177 total yards.
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/31/93: Vikings 14, Redskins 9. Minnesota QB Jim McMahon passes for 225 yards & decisive TD in 3rd quarter as Vikings nail down final Wild Card spot.
BROADCAST FOX (1:00 PM ET): Sam Rosen, Bill Maas, Chris Myers (Field reporter)

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Culpepper: 352-504-4,418(2L)-37(2L)-11-112.2 (2L) Ramsey: 152-246-1,449-8-10-72.0
RUSHING O. Smith: 119-539-4.5-2 Betts: 64-253-4.0-0
RECEIVING Burleson: 64-957-15.0-9 Coles: 87(T2C)-913-10.5-1
OFFENSE 401.3 (3L) 271.9
TAKE/GIVE -1 +1
DEFENSE 371.1 264.1 (2L)
SACKS Johnstone: 11.0 Griffin: 5.0
INTs Winfield: 3 Springs: 5
PUNTING D. Bennett: 39.0 Tupa: 44.4 (2C)
KICKING Andersen: 95 (44/44 PAT; 17/21 FG) Chandler: 26 (11/11 PAT; 5/8 FG)

NOTES
VIKINGS: Club avgs. 6.5 yards per play & 283.2 pass yds per game, both 2nd-most in NFL. ... Head coach MIKE TICE was college QB at Maryland from 1977-80. Spent ‘89 season with Redskins. ... QB DAUNTE CULPEPPER has franchise-record 37 TD passes & needs 3 to become 4th player in NFL history (PEYTON MANNING, DAN MARINO, KURT WARNER) with 40 TD pass season. Has NFL best 135.9 rating on 3rd downs (87-122, 1,319 yards, 19 TDs, 3 INT) & 11 4th-qrt TD passes, tied for most in NFL. ... RB MICHAEL BENNETT rushed for 92 yds & added 67 rec yds, including 38-yard TD catch, last week. Second-year RB ONTERRIO SMITH has team-high 539 rush yds & needs 41 to surpass ‘03 total (579). ... WR RANDY MOSS has 19 TDs in last 17 games. Club is 29-12 (.707) when he tops 100 yards. Second-year WR NATE BURLESON has 957 rec. yds & needs 43 for 1st 1,000-yrd season. Second-year DT KEVIN WILLIAMS (10) & DE LANCE JOHNSTONE (11) are 1 of 2 NFL 10-sack duos (DWIGHT FREENEY, ROBERT MATHIS, Ind). ... REDSKINS: Head coach JOE GIBBS has 34-13 (.723) record in Dec. ... QB PATRICK RAMSEY has started last 6 games, comp 65.4 pct (125 of 191). ... Third-year RB LADELL BETTS rushed for 43 yds last week & may make 1st start of season vs. Vikings. ... WR LAVERANUES COLES has team-leading 87 catches (913 yards) & is 1st Redskin with consecutive 80-catch seasons since ART MONK (1984-85). Has 27 3rd down rec (280 yards), 3rd in NFL. WR ROD GARDNER had 5 catches (31 yards) last week, giving him 50 this season (641 yards), his 3rd consecutive 50-catch year. ... Rookie 3rd-round TE CHRIS COOLEY has 34 catches for 290 yds & ties for club lead (with Gardner) with 5 TD catches. ... Defense ranks 2nd in NFL (264.1), 3rd vs. run (83.5) & 5th vs. pass (180.6). ... CB SHAWN SPRINGS leads NFL DBs with 5.0 sacks. Has team-leading 5 INTs, his most since posting 5 in 1999. K JEFF CHANDLER has connected on 5 of 6 FGs in 2 games with club.

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 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (5-10) AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (5-10)
  BUCCANEERS CARDINALS
LEADER Series tied: 7-7  
STREAKS 4 of past 5  
COACHES VS. OPP. Gruden: 1-1 Green: 11-9
LAST WEEK L 37-20 vs. Panthers L 24-21 at Seahawks
LAST GAME 9/28/97: Cardinals 18 at Buccaneers 19. Tampa Bay forces 3 turnovers & blocks punt to improve to 5-0.
LAST GAME AT SITE 10/20/96: Cardinals 13, Buccaneers 9. Arizona’s Greg Davis connects on FGs of 37 & 22 yards & RB Larry Centers catches 5-yard TD pass to lead Cardinals to victory.
BROADCAST FOX (2:05 PM MT): Ron Pitts, Tim Ryan

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Griese: 233-336-2,632-20-12-97.5 McCown: 217-372-2,396-11-9-77.3
RUSHING Pittman: 203-876-4.3-7 E. Smith: 244-868-3.6-9 (T3C)
RECEIVING Clayton (R): 78-1,107-14.2-6 Fitzgerald (R): 55-744-13.5-8
OFFENSE 314.3 288.5
TAKE/GIVE -6 -2
DEFENSE 288.7 (2L) 326.1
SACKS Rice: 12.0 Berry: 12.5 (2L)
INTs Kelly: 4 Macklin: 4
PUNTING Bidwell: 43.0 Player: 43.2
KICKING Taylor: 22 (10/10 PAT; 4/5 FG) Rackers: 82 (28/28 PAT; 18/23 FG)

NOTES
BUCCANEERS: QB BRIAN GRIESE has played in 11 games & has TD pass in each, posting 95.0+ passer rating in 7 of 11. Completes 69.3 pct. of pass attempts (233 of 336), 2nd-best in NFL. ... RB MICHAEL PITTMAN has 10 TDs in 12 games & needs 124 rushing yards for 1st 1,000 yard rushing season. Spent 1st 4 NFL seasons with Cards, rushing for 1,945 yards from 1998-01. ... Rookie 1st-round WR MICHAEL CLAYTON leads NFL rookies with 78 receptions & 1,107 receiving yards. WR JOEY GALLOWAY had 9 catches for 98 yards last week, including 14-yard TD catch. Has 5 TDs in last 2 games. WR TIM BROWN has 100 career TD receptions & needs 1 to pass STEVE LARGENT (100) for 3rd all-time. ... Defense has forced turnover in 69 of last 72 games. Club allows 164.3 passing yards per game, 2nd in NFL. ... DE SIMEON RICE has team-leading 12.0 sacks. Selected with No. 3 overall pick of ’96 NFL Draft by Cards & totaled 53.5 sacks from 1996-00, 2nd-most in Ariz. history. DE GREG SPIRES has career-high 8.0 sacks & needs 2.0 for 1st 10.0-sack season. ... CARDINALS: Club’s 15 rushing TDs tie for 6th in NFL. ... QB JOSH MC COWN has 842 passing yards in last 3 games. His 2.4 INT pct. (9 INT in 372 attempts) ranks 4th in NFC. Has 11 TD passes, including 5 in 4th-quarter. ... RB EMMITT SMITH has 868 yards rushing & needs 132 for NFL-record 12th 1,000-yard season. Ties for 3rd in NFC with 9 rushing TDs & needs 1 for 1st 10-TD year since ’99 & 9th career. Is NFL’s all-time leading rusher with 18,286 yards.. ... Second-year WR ANQUAN BOLDIN has 5+ catches in 19 of 25 career games, including 7 catches for 107 yards & 1 TD last week. Has 53 receptions for 592 yards in 9 games. Rookie 1st-round WR LARRY FITZGERALD ranks 1st in NFC & 2nd among NFL rookies with 8 TDs. His 55 catches ranks 2nd among NFL rookies (744 yards). ... Team holds foes to 45.1 red zone TD pct. (51 trips, 23 TDs), 2nd in NFC. ... DE BERTRAND BERRY has career-best 12.5 sacks. ... K NEIL RACKERS has connected on NFL-high 5 FGs of 50+ yards. He leads league with 20 touchbacks on KOs, helping Cards hold foes to avg. drive start on KOs at 23.5 yard line, 2nd-best in NFL.

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 ATLANTA FALCONS (11-4) AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (8-7)
  FALCONS SEAHAWKS
LEADER   6-2
STREAKS   Past 2
COACHES VS. OPP. Mora: 0-0 Holmgren: 4-1
LAST WEEK L 26-13 at Saints W 24-21 vs. Cardinals
LAST GAME 12/15/02: Seahawks 30 at Falcons 24 (OT). Seattle RB Shaun Alexander rushes for 137 yards & 2 TDs, including game-winner in OT.
LAST GAME AT SITE 11/30/97: Falcons 24, Seahawks 17. Atlanta RB Jamal Anderson scores 2 TDs & Byron Hanspard returns kickoff 93 yards for TD as Falcons win 3rd consecutive game.
BROADCAST FOX (1:05 PM PT): Dick Stockton, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa (Field reporter)

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Vick: 175-314-2,278-13-12-76.6 Hasselbeck: 258-447-3,191-20-14-81.8
RUSHING Dunn: 240-974-4.1-9 (T3C) Alexander: 334-1,616(1L)-4.8-15 (2L)
RECEIVING Crumpler (TE): 48-774-16.1-6 Jackson: 84-1,181-14.1-6
OFFENSE 315.3 358.7
TAKE/GIVE +2 +8 (3C)
DEFENSE 330.3 351.1
SACKS Kerney: 12.0 (T3L) Okeafor: 8.5
INTs Beasley: 4 Lucas: 6 (T3L)
PUNTING Mohr: 40.8 D. Jones: 38.0
KICKING Feely: 86 (38/38 PAT; 16/20 FG) J. Brown: 105 (36/36 PAT; 23/25 FG)

NOTES
FALCONS: Club has clinched division title & 1st-round bye. ... Head coach JIM MORA has 11 wins, most in club history by 1st-year head coach. ... QB MICHAEL VICK is 23-11-1 as starter, including wins in 13 of last 16, & his .671 win pct. is best in team annals. Leads QBs with 889 rushing yards & needs 80 to pass BOBBY DOUGLASS (968, ’72) for most rushing yards by QB in single season all-time. Tops NFL with 7.6 yards per carry avg. Rookie 3rd-round QB MATT SCHAUB made 1st career start last week, passing for 188 yards. ... RB WARRICK DUNN has 974 rushing yards & needs 26 for 3rd-career 1,000-yard season & 1st with Atl. Club avgs 164.5 rushing yards per game, 1st in NFL. ... WR PEERLESS PRICE leads club WRs with 38 catches & 529 yards. ... ALGE CRUMPLER has club TE record with 48 catches & 774 yards. Has 17 catches of 20+ yards, best among NFL TEs. ... Defense ranks 3rd in NFL with 44.0 sacks. ... DT ROD COLEMAN ranks 2nd among NFL DTs with 9.5 sacks. Needs 0.5 to join DE PATRICK KERNEY as 1st Falcons duo with 10.0 sacks since ‘97 (CHUCK SMITH, TRAVIS HALL). ... SEAHAWKS: Club ranks 3rd in NFC with +8 takeaway ratio & has been penalized 78 times, fewest in NFL. ... MIKE HOLMGREN has led his team to playoffs for 9th time as head coach. ... QB MATT HASSELBECK has 949 passing yards in last 3 games, giving him 3,191 in ’04, joining JIM ZORN as only Seahawk QBs with 3 3,000-yard passing seasons in row. QB TRENT DILFER started last week, passing for 128 yards. ... RB SHAUN ALEXANDER rushed for 154 yards & 3 TDs last week, giving him franchise record 1,616 yards. Has 1,092 yards in last 9 games. ... WR DARRELL JACKSON had 6 catches for 101 yards vs. Cards, giving him single-season team record 84. Has 1,181 yards & needs 107 to pass STEVE LARGENT (1,287, ’85) for team record. ... Defense ties for 2nd in NFL with 22 INTs. ... DE CHIKE OKEAFOR had 2.0 sacks vs. Cards & leads club with career-high 8.5. ... Rookie 2nd-round S MICHAEL BOULWARE ties for 3rd among NFL rookies with 5 INTs. Second-year S KEN HAMLIN had 1st career sack vs. Arizona, posting team-leading 10 tackles & adding 1 forced fumble.

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 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (12-3) AT DENVER BRONCOS (9-6)
  COLTS BRONCOS
LEADER   10-4
STREAKS 2 of past 3  
COACHES VS. OPP. Dungy: 3-2 Shanahan: 1-3
LAST WEEK W 34-31 vs. Chargers W 37-16 at Titans
LAST GAME 11/24/02: Colts 23 at Denver 20 (OT ). Colts K Mike Vanderjagt ties game with 54-yard FG in final seconds of regulation, then wins it with 51-yard kick 5:38 into overtime.
LAST GAME AT SITE 11/24/02
BROADCAST CBS (2:15 PM MT): Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Bonnie Bernstein (Field reporter).

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Manning: 335-495-4,551(1L)-49(1L)-10-121.4(1L) Plummer: 286-491-3,843 (3C)-25-20-83.2
RUSHING James: 333-1,550 (1C)-4.7-9 Droughns: 260-1,164-4.5-6
RECEIVING Harrison: 81-1,080-13.3-14 (T1L) Smith: 73-1,068-14.6-7
OFFENSE 418.3 (1L) 391.9 (3C)
TAKE/GIVE +20 (1L) -10
DEFENSE 365.1 283.9
SACKS Freeney: 16.0 (1L) Hayward: 9.5
INTs David (R): 4 Bailey: 3
PUNTING Smith: 44.6 (1L) Baker: 39.0
KICKING Vanderjagt: 114 (2C) (57/58 PAT; 20/25 FG) Elam: 114 (T3C) (39/39 FG; 25/30 FG)

NOTES
COLTS: Team can tie franchise record for most wins in season (13), accomplished in 1968 & 1999. ... Last week, QB PEYTON MANNING (49) surpassed DAN MARINO (48, 1984) for most TD passes in season in NFL history. Manning has 121.4 passer rating & can surpass NFL season passer rating record Sunday (STEVE YOUNG, 112.8, 1994). INVESCO Field 1 of 2 road venues Manning has not thrown TD pass in (Edward Jones Dome). ... RB EDGERRIN JAMES has reached 3rd 1,500-yd rush season, most among active players. James (9) needs 1 TD for Colts to become 1st club in NFL history to have 4 players w/ 10 TDs: WR MARVIN HARRISON (14), WR REGGIE WAYNE (11), WR BRANDON STOKLEY (10). ... Manning & Harrison (9,404) need 135 yards to surpass Buffalo’s JIM KELLY-ANDRE REED (9,538) tandem for most yards b/w QB-WR in career. Harrison (11,180) needs 34 scrimmage yards to surpass HOFer LENNY MOORE (11,213) for most in franchise history . ... DE DWIGHT FREENEY is 1st Colts DE named NFL All-Star in consecutive years since MIKE BARNES (1975-77). Freeney leads NFL w/ 16.0 sacks w. 1.0+ sack in 4 games in row. DE ROBERT MATHIS is 2nd in AFC sacks (10.5). ... BRONCOS: Win clinches playoff berth. Head coach MIKE SHANAHAN has 100 regular season wins w/ Broncos. Since 1995, Shanahan’s 107 wins are most in NFL. ... QB JAKE PLUMMER is club’s all-time leader in passer rating (87.44) w/ min. 500 attempts & stands 5th in AFC w/ 25 TD passes. From 1997-2002, Plummer was 30-52 (.366) as starter w/ Arizona; since joining Broncos in 2003, Plummer is 18-8 (.692) . ... RB REUBEN DROUGHNS has 90+ rush yds in 7 of past 11 & has rush TD in 4 of past 6. ... WR ROD SMITH has 6 receptions & TD catch in each of past 2. WR ASHLEY LELIE has 20+ yd catch in 14 of 15 games. Lelie has 60+ rec. yards in 8 of past 9. Rookie WR DARIUS WATTS (No. 54) needs 8 catches to pass MARK JACKSON (38, 1986) for 3rd-most by Denver rookie . ... DE REGGIE HAYWARD has 1.0 sack in 5 of past 7. Allowing fewest 4th qtr points in NFL (48) & have shutout opp. in 9 of 15 4th qtrs. Rookie LB D.J. WILLIAMS (No. 17) recorded 1st career INT last wk & leads team w/ 111 tackles. Can be 1st Broncos rookie to lead club in tackles since LB TOM GRAHAM in 1972 (91).

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 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (8-7) AT OAKLAND RAIDERS (5-10)
  JAGUARS RAIDERS
LEADER Series tied, 1-1  
STREAKS Past 1  
COACHES VS. OPP. Del Rio: 0-0 Turner: 2-0
LAST WEEK L 21-0 vs. Texans L 31-30 at Chiefs
LAST GAME 12/21/97: Jaguars 20 at Raiders 9. Jaguars QB Mark Brunell throws 2 1st quarter TDs, including 35 yarder to cap Jaguars’ opening drive.
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/21/97
BROADCAST CBS (1:15 PM PT): Bill Macatee, Steve Beuerlein

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Leftwich: 252-413-2,792-15-9-84.1 Collins: 274-474-3,353-21-17-79.6
RUSHING Taylor: 260-1,224-4.7-2 Zereoue: 108-420-3.9-3
RECEIVING J. Smith: 71-1,150 (3C)-16.2-6 Porter: 61-963-15.8-9
OFFENSE 317.8 324.8
TAKE/GIVE +4 -15
DEFENSE 323.5 379.6
SACKS Henderson: 6.5 Kelly (R): 4.0
INTs Mathis: 4 Buchanon: 3
PUNTING Hanson: 42.7 Lechler: 47.3 (1L)
KICKING Scobee (R): 86 (20/20 PAT; 22/29 FG) Janikowski: 100 (31/32 PAT; 23/26 FG)

NOTES
JAGUARS: Team aims to make playoffs for 1st time since 1999. Club has scored 48 times on 1st possession in team history & are 35-13 (.729) in those games. Offense has scored TD on 3 opening possessions & team is 3-0 in those games. Under head coach JACK DEL RIO, team is 6-4 in games decided by 3 points or less. ... QB BYRON LEFTWICH has TD pass in 11 of 13 starts on season. In last 5 games of seasons, Lefwich has completed 11 TDs vs. 5 INTs & has 90.0+ passer rating in 4 of those 9 games. Leftwich (93.1) ranks 5th in AFC in 3rd down passer rating. ... RB FRED TAYLOR has 1,500+ scrimmage yds in 5 of past 7 years. Taylor ranks 6th in AFC w/ 1,569 total scrimmage yards (1,224 rush & 345 receiving). ... WR JIMMY SMITH ties for 6th-most catches of 20+ yards (19) & is No. 1 in NFL in per-catch avg. (16.2) among players w/ 60+ catches. WR TROY EDWARDS has multiple catches in 14 of 15 games this season. ... CB DEWAYNE WASHINGTON aims to make his 170th career start. Washington notched 2nd INT of season last week. DTs MARCUS STROUD & JOHN HENDERSON have each started 14 of 15 games this season. ... RAIDERS: Team has NFL’s 2nd-toughest strength of schedule pct. (.578)......In past 6 games, QB KERRY COLLINS has 16 TDs vs. 5 INTs. Collins (3,353) has reached 3,000+ passing yds in 5 consecutive years. Collins has 2+ TD passes in 5 of past 6 games. ... RB ZACK CROCKETT has TD in 2 of past 3 games. RB JUSTIN FARGAS averaged 6.3 yds on 6 carries last wk. In past 5 gms, RB J.R. REDMOND averaging 5.9 yds/carry on 14 atts. Redmond has 2+ catches in 7 of past 9. RB AMOS ZEREOUE has catch in 13 consecutive games & 2+ in 4 in row. ... Among AFC players w/ 60+ catches, WR JERRY PORTER ties for 2nd in yds/catch (15.8). In past 2, Porter has 12 catches, 205 yards & 4 TDs. Porter needs 37 rec. yards for 1st career 1,000-yd season. Four of club’s 5 pass plays of 50+ yds have come in past 5 games. WR DOUG GABRIEL has catch in 13 games in row. ... T LANGSTON WALKER has blocked PAT & 2 FG tries in 2004. ... DE TYLER BRAYTON (INT), DE BOBBY HAMILTON (1.0), DT WARREN SAPP (1.0) & DT TED WASHINGTON (1.0) last wk had 3.0 sacks & INT. ... All-Star P SHANE LECHLER tops NFL in punt avg. (47.3).

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 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (7-8) AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (11-4)
  CHIEFS CHARGERS
LEADER 47-40-1  
STREAKS 3 of past 4  
COACHES VS. OPP. Vermeil: 5-3 Schottenheimer: 4-4
LAST WEEK W 31-30 vs. Raiders L 34-31 at Colts
LAST GAME 11/28/04: Chargers 34 at Chiefs 31. Chargers QB Drew Brees throws for 378 yards & 2 TDs as Chargers’ offense totals 498 yards.
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/7/03: Kansas City 27, San Diego 14. Chiefs RB Priest Holmes has 183 all-purpose yards and 2 1st quarter TDs en route to divisional victory in Week 1.
BROADCAST CBS (1:15 PM PT): Ian Eagle, Solomon Wilcots, Scott Kaplan (Field reporter).

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Green: 336-503-4,218 (2C)-26 (T3C)-13-99.2 (3C) Brees: 262-400-3,159-27-7-104.8 (2C)
RUSHING Johnson: 103-535-5.2-8 Tomlinson: 339-1,335-3.9-17 (1C)
RECEIVING Gonzalez (TE): 88 (3C)-1,114-12.7-7 Gates (TE): 81-964-11.9-13 (2C)
OFFENSE 416.8 (2C) 345.9
TAKE/GIVE -4 +13 (3C)
DEFENSE 378.9 327.8
SACKS Allen (R): 9.0 Phillips (R): 4.0
INTs Warfield: 4 Edwards: 5
PUNTING Murphy: 44.4 Scifres 43.4
KICKING Tynes: 104 (56/58 PAT; 16/21 FG) Kaeding (R): 108 (51/52 PAT; 19/24 FG)

NOTES
CHIEFS: Team has scored 30+ points in 5 consecutive games for longest streak in franchise history. Offense has club-record 6,252 total yards & has reached 300+ total yds in team-record 14 games in 2004. ... QB TRENT GREEN (4,218 & 336) needs 131 pass yds & 11 completions to set seasonal club-record in both categories (BILL KENNEY, 1983: 4,348 & 346). ... RB LARRY JOHNSON has 2 rush TDs in 3 consecutive games. In past 5 games, Johnson averaging 5.4 yds per carry on 92 rushes w/ 8 rushing TDs. Johnson has runs of 30+ yards in 3 of past 4 games. ... Last wk, TE TONY GONZALEZ tied single-game career-best 11 receptions. Gonzalez (88) needs 6 catches to surpass own club record for most in season (93, 2000). Gonzalez (1,114) is 1 of 5 TEs in NFL history w/ multiple 1,000-yd seasons, joining TODD CHRISTENSEN, HOFer OZZIE NEWSOME, SHANNON SHARPE, & HOFer KELLEN WINSLOW. Gonzalez stands 4th in NFL receptions & can become 1st TE to lead league in catches since Christensen in 1986. WR EDDIE KENNISON (6) ties for AFC lead in 40+ yd receptions. ... WR-KR DANTE HALL leads AFC in KR attempts (63) & is 2nd in AFC in KR avg. (25.9). ... CHARGERS: Club has clinched No. 4 seed in AFC Playoffs. Head coach MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER was KC head coach from 1989-98. Had 101-58-1 (.634) record & led franchise to 7 playoff berths. ... In last mtg, QB DREW BREES completed 28 of 37 for career-high 378 yds w/ 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 125.7 passer rating. Brees has been sacked more than twice in 1 game this season. ... RB LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON has 18 TDs on season, 2nd-most in NFL (SHAUN ALEXANDER, Sea., 19). Tomlinson (12) needs TD to tie NFL record of TD scored in 13 games in row (JOHN RIGGINS, Wash., 1982-83; GEORGE ROGERS, Wash., 1985-86). Tomlinson needs 224 total scrimmage yds to reach 2,000 in 3rd season in row & has scored TD in 21 of past 22 games. ... TE ANTONIO GATES has 13 TD catches, most by TE in league history. WR ERIC PARKER has 2 100s in past 3 & has multiple catches in 9 consecutive games ......LB DONNIE EDWARDS has 4 INTs in past 3 games. LB STEVE FOLEY leads NFL LBs w/ 10.0 sacks.

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 DALLAS COWBOYS (6-9) AT NEW YORK GIANTS (5-10)
  COWBOYS GIANTS
LEADER 50-32-2  
STREAKS   3 of past 5
COACHES VS. OPP. Parcells: 3-2 Coughlin: 2-2
LAST WEEK W 13-10 vs. Redskins L 23-22 at Bengals
LAST GAME 10/10/04: Giants 26 at Cowboys 10. New York RB Tiki Barber rushes for 122 yards & 1 TD & Steve Christie kicks 4 FGs.
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/15/03: Cowboys 35, Giants 32 (OT). Dallas K Billy Cundiff ties NFL record with 7 FGs, including game-tying & game-winning kicks.
BROADCAST ESPN (8:30 PM ET): Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, Paul Maguire, Suzy Kolber (Field reporter). CBS Radio: Joel Meyers, Bob Trumpy, John Dockery (Field reporter)

'04 STATISTICAL LEADERS
PASSING Testaverde: 274-465-3,301-16-20-74.3 Manning (R): 77-170-899-3-8-48.1
RUSHING J. Jones (R): 168-670-4.0-6 Barber: 298-1,423(2C)-4.8-12 (2C)
RECEIVING Witten (TE): 79-903-11.4-5 Shockey (TE): 61-666-10.9-6
OFFENSE 322.0 299.1
TAKE/GIVE -14 +3
DEFENSE 336.7 321.3
SACKS Ellis: 9.0 Umenyiora: 6.0
INTs Newman: 4 Alexander, Wilson (R): 3
PUNTING McBriar: 42.3 Feagles: 41.3
KICKING Cundiff: 81 (30/30 PAT; 17/23 FG) Christie: 95 (29/29 PAT; 22/28 FG)

NOTES
COWBOYS: Head coach BILL PARCELLS has won 12 of last 16 Dec. games & is 43-23 (.652) all-time in month. ... QB VINNY TESTAVERDE has 267 career TD passes, 8th-most all-time. Has 3 300-yard games & needs 1 to break 3-way tie for club single-season record. Native of Elmont, NY, spent 1998-03 with Jets. ... Rookie 2nd-round RB JULIUS JONES ranks 2nd among NFL rookies with 670 rushing yards, including 654 in last 6 games with 2 150-yard games. ... WR KEYSHAWN JOHNSON leads club with 963 receiving yards (69 catches) & needs 37 for 5th-career 1,000 yard season. Rookie 7th-round WR PATRICK CRAYTON had 2 catches for 54 yards vs. Wash, including 39-yard TD catch, his 1st career TD. ... FLOZELL ADAMS has started 100 games in row, club’s longest active streak. ... DT LA’ROI GLOVER is 3rd among NFL DTs with 7.0 sacks. DE GREG ELLIS needs sack for 1st 10-sack year by Cowboy since TONY TOLBERT (12, ’96). ... Team allows 17.6-yard KR avg, 1st in NFL. ... GIANTS: Head coach TOM COUGHLIN spent 1988-90 as WR coach on Parcells’ staff with Giants. ... Rookie QB ELI MANNING has started 6 games & has 4 40+ yard completions. ... RB TIKI BARBER has 6,832 career rushing yards & needs 66 to pass RODNEY HAMPTON (6,897) for most in franchise history. Has 9 100-yard rushing games in ’04, passing JOE MORRIS (8, ’86) for single-season team record with 109-yard performance last week. ... WR AMANI TOOMER has team-leading 747 yards receiving, posting 50 catches (51) for 6th consecutive season. Has 469 career receptions, 2nd to Barber (471) in club history. ... TE JEREMY SHOCKEY ties for lead among NFC TEs with career-high 6 TD catches. Has team-leading 61 catches for 666 yards in ‘04. ... Defense holds foes to 187.3 passing yards per game, 8th in NFL. ... DE OSI UMENYIORA has team-leading & career-high 6.0 sacks. ... KR WILLIE PONDER avgs. 27.4 yards per KR, best in NFL.

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