<P>NFL to consider more protection for quarterbacks</P><P></P><P>Perhaps the injury to Aaron Rodgers, the stellar quarterback of one of the league storied national teams, did it.</P><P></P><P>Perhaps it was the injury to Sam Bradford. Or Jake Locker. Or Jay Cutler. Manuel Michael Vick Mark Sanchez get the picture. So does the NFL. A league that depends on its highest paid, big name stars has taken a look at the high number of injuries quarterbacks have suffered this year and has decided that it worth considering further measures to protect them.</P><P></P><P>How, short of encasing them in bubblewrap, this will be accomplished is not yet clear, but consider just how important a healthy QB is: The seven teams that are alone in first place in their divisions have stability at the position. There Andrew Luck in Indianapolis, Alex Smith in Kansas City, Matthew Stafford in Detroit, Russell Wilson in Seattle, Drew Brees in New Orleans, Andy wholesale nfl jerseys Dalton in Cincinnati and Tom Brady in New England. Another team that in the running, the Denver Broncos, has Peyton Manning, who is cheap jerseys hobbled by a (ankle) injury. wholesale jerseys Buffalo, Cleveland and Green Bay are down to their third option at QB.</P><P></P><P>he always get protection from low hits or head hits, regardless of the posture he presenting? Dean Blandino, the NFL vice president of officiating, told the Associated Press. of the conversation will be: Should that protection be expanded to all times when the quarterback has the ball in the pocket? league competition committee considers rule changes ever offseason and has altered rules in the past to protect passers. After Tom Brady suffered a season ending knee injury in 2008, the committee enacted the Brady Rule, which prohibits a defender on the ground who hasn been blocked or fouled directly into the quarterback from lunging or diving at the QB lower legs.</P><P></P><P>the quarterback is as protected now as he ever been, Blandino said, I think that been the case for eight or nine years. in March 2012, during the Saints BountyGate investigation, John Madden told Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times that one idea was limiting the responsibilities of a referee to solely watching the quarterback from the snap through the whistle. don know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback, Madden, chair of the coaches subcommittee of the competition committee, said 20 months ago. think watching the quarterback is a full time cheap nfl jerseys job. Madden, a Super Bowl winner as a coach as well as a former TV analyst, was a realist about how important the QB is in today game.</P><P></P><P>"We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback driven league, Madden told Farmer. need the Peyton Mannings in football uniforms out there playing the Tom Bradys, the Drew Breeses, the Philip Riverses we need those guys instead of them standing on the sideline."</P>

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<P>5 things to know after Bengals top Colts 42</P><P></P><P>(AP Photo/David Kohl). Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) meets with Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14) after the Bengals defeated the Colts 42 28 in an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, in Cincinnati.(AP Photo/Al Behrman). Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton passes against the Indianapolis Colts in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, in Cincinnati.(AP Photo/Tom Uhlman). Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck christian louboutin replica Pagano pats Aubrayo Franklin (97) on the helmet as he walks off the field in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, in Cincinnati.(AP Photo/David Kohl). Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis watches from the sidelines in the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, in Cincinnati.(AP Photo/David Kohl). Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) passes against the Cincinnati Bengals in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, replica louboutin Dec. 8, 2013, in Cincinnati.Andy Dalton gave his best performance since his record setting month, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another on Sunday, and the Cincinnati Bengals retained control of the AFC North with a 42 28 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.The Bengals (9 4) maintained a two game lead over second place Baltimore with three games left, two of them at Paul Brown Stadium."We have to keep this going," said Dalton, who was 24 of 35 for 275 yards without a sack or interception. "We have a lot of momentum. We have to keep it going through these last couple of games. We are playing with a lot of confidence right now."The Colts (8 5) clinched the AFC South later Sunday when Tennessee lost in Denver. That wasn much consolation for Indianapolis, which has played two poor games in the last three."We got some things to clean up, but we certainly came down here with the mindset that we wanted to win this football game and certainly win the division that way," coach Chuck Pagano said.They never caught up after another slow start. BenJarvus Green Ellis had a pair of 1 yard touchdown runs one of them after the officials overturned a call that he was down outside the end zone as the Bengals pulled ahead 21 0 replica christian louboutin shoes and held on despite Andrew Luck four touchdown passes."We on a roll," middle linebacker Rey Maualuga said. "At the beginning of the year, we had three goals. We wanted to be undefeated at home, win the AFC North and eventually be world champions."We close to the goals we wanted to get to. We got to be good from here out."Five things learned from a cold afternoon in Cincinnati:BENGALS ARE BEASTLY AT HOME: Cincinnati improved to 6 0 at Paul Brown Stadium, its best home record since it won all eight games in 1988 plus two playoff games on its way to a Super Bowl loss to San Francisco. The Bengals have scored at least 40 points in their last three home games, a franchise record.DALTON BACK: The third year quarterback was the AFC offensive player in October with a touchdown splurge christian louboutin shoes replica a club record 11 in three games. He been average to subpar in the four games since. On Sunday, he completed his first five passes and was accurate on a windy, 28 degree afternoon. Green said. "It comes with the position. But he our guy. He going to take us to that next level."BERNARD DUAL THREAT: Rookie Giovani Bernard came up a yard short of the first 100 yard rushing game by a Bengal this season, finishing with 99 yards on 12 carries. He also caught four passes for 49 yards. He was the biggest threat as Cincinnati rushed for 155 yards overall behind a line overhauled because of injuries, with 2012 Pro Bowl left tackle Andrew Whitworth starting at left guard.COLTS CAN GET GOING: The Colts have been outscored 49 9 in the first quarters of the past six games, forcing them to play comeback. They fell behind 21 0 Sunday and couldn make it all the way back despite Luck four touchdown passes."As an offense, we didn do enough and we didn do it early enough," said Luck, who was 29 of 46 for 326 yards without an interception or a sack.WAS HE DOWN? The Bengals got a disputed touchdown for a 14 0 lead late in the first half. They went for it on fourth down from the Colts 1 yard line. Green Ellis took the handoff and appeared to get tripped in the backfield by nose tackle Josh Chapman."I hit his foot when he came through," said Chapman, who started celebrating his play.Green Ellis stumbled ahead, landed at the 1 yard line and stretched the ball into the end zone. He was initially ruled down, but the Bengals were awarded a touchdown after a review that focused only on whether Green Ellis was touched as he fell, not whether Chapman tripped him in the backfield."We looked at the goal line, (those) were the shots that we looked at," referee Jeff Triplette said.</P>

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<P>Bengals can afford letdown against Eagles</P><P></P><P>PHILADELPHIA " A midweek trip to Philadelphia should keep the Cincinnati Bengals from focusing on another Pennsylvania team for a few more days.</P><P></P><P>The Bengals (7 6) find themselves in a unique position where they tied with the Steelers for the last playoff spot in the AFC, but a loss to the Eagles (4 9) on Thursday night wouldn ruin their chances.</P><P></P><P>This decides if we go to the playoffs or not, quarterback Andy Dalton said. cheap red bottom shoes We still have to take it one at a time. We got to get a win this Thursday, and then we focus on the last two.</P><P></P><P>Well, the next one is far more crucial. The Bengals visit the Steelers on Dec. 23 and finish at home against AFC North leading Baltimore. Win or lose against the Eagles, the Bengals have to beat the Steelers to get in the playoffs unless the Steelers lose both of their other games " at Dallas this week and vs. Cleveland in Week 17.</P><P></P><P>We want to finish these last three games 3 0 and see what happens after that, cornerback Leon Hall said. You get to losing games obviously this late in the season, you kind of take destiny out of your own hands.</P><P></P><P>Three wins " or only two if they against the Steelers and Baltimore " guarantee the Bengals their second straight playoff berth for the first time since 1981 82. 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<P>Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones to appear on TNA Impact</P><P></P><P>Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones is back in the news, but it has nothing to do with football or, fortunately, nothing to do with some type of legal transgression.</P><P></P><P>Jones will be Replica Sunglasses making an appearance on TNA Impact Wrestling Thursday when the show will be live from Cincinnati, the promotion announced Wednesday.</P><P></P><P>TNA president Dixie Carter said out a video on the promotion YouTube channel that a former world titleholder would be appearing on the next edition of Impact.</P><P></P><P>It turns out she kept her word, as believe it or not, Jones is a former TNA World Tag Team champion.</P><P></P><P>Jones Cheap Sunglasses won the TNA tag titles at Bound For Glory 2007 when he formed Team Pacman, which consisted of Ron Killings and Consequences Creed (now R Truth and Xavier Woods in WWE respectively) to defeat AJ Styles and Tomko.</P><P></P><P>Jones never actually Wholesale Sunglasses participated in the match, Cheap Replica Sunglasses as he was not allowed to per his former team, the Tennessee Titans.</P><P></P><P>Since then, Jones put wrestling way on the backburner until now. He already taken part in a short vignette with TNA Joseph Park, as he lends some advice on how Park can get tougher in the ring.</P><P></P><P>As far as what Jones will be doing Thursday has not been determined. I can almost assure everyone reading this that he will not wrestle in any way, shape or form. He is a key cog in the Bengals defense and I would doubt they would allow anyone to even lay a finger on him.</P>

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