e're way out of the playoff picture, but our coaches work way too hard

Shannon Brown hit six 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and finished with 24 points to lead the Phoenix Suns over the Charlotte Bobcats 117-110 Wednesday night. Brown, who played briefly with the Bobcats before Victor Cruz Jersey
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along with Adam Morrison, helped break open an 87-all game early in the fourth quarter when he suddenly got hot.


"I can't remember having to prepare for an offense that was so well-coached and so diversified in the run game and so talented, the different types of run concepts," Fisher said.


Now, along come the Falcons.


Can they reach perfection?


The Falcons have defeated only one team (Denver in Week 2) with a winning record. The combined record of their first eight opponents is a rather dismal 24-41. Perhaps the two toughest games are still to come - Sunday's contest at New Orleans against the surging Saints, Atlanta's fiercest rival. Then there's a December contest against the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants, who thoroughly dominated when the teams met last season in the playoffs.


Still, the odds of the Falcons running the table start to look much better if they get to 9-0. Other DeSean Jackson Jersey
than the NFC East-leading Giants (6-3), the remaining opponents on the schedule are a cumulative 17-24 (Atlanta still has two games left with division rival Tampa Bay). Four of the last seven games are at the Georgia Dome, where the Falcons have a 30-7 record since Mike Smith took over as coach in 2008.


"I feel like I'm the starter until told otherwise," Cassel said. "Coach Crennel said I'm starting this week, and so that's my job this week. I'll embrace that. I'm excited about it. I'm excited about playing on 'Monday Night Football' and having another opportunity. When Brady comes back and he's healthy, we'll see what happens."


"He's still improving, and we're still working (with) him, and he's one play away, and I think he's excited about that possibility," Crennel said. "And he's preparing DeSean Jackson Elite Jersey
every week like he's going to play. We'll see how the games go."


It's pretty clear which one is further along in the rebuilding project.


The Jaguars have the league's worst offense - they won't have running back Maurice Jones-Drew again - and haven't played much better on defense.


"We're way out of the playoff picture, but our coaches work way too hard and it's a bad representation of the new owner and what he's done for us. It's time for the players to do their part."


And that's what the New York Jets are preparing for on Sunday.


"It's the loudest stadium in the league," tight end Dustin Keller said. "Just a tough place to play."


29. Jacksonville: The big free agent signings were, wait for it, a special teams player (Kassim Osgood) and a defender (Aaron Kampman) that had 3.5 sacks last year. They reached in the first round on Tyson Alualu, nobody is showing up to games, this is a LeSean McCoy Jersey
train headed in the wrong direction.


In any event, there's no sense getting caught up in titles. The Patriots don't have a so-called GM, but we all know who runs the show on the football side -- Bill Belichick.
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