Jews in the NFL: Week 17

Igor Olshansky made a solo tackle in the San Diego Chargers’ 52-21 drubbing of the Denver Broncos. The win gave the Chargers, who finished with a record of 8-8, the AFC West title. They will take on the Indianapolis Colts in the wild card game on Jan. 3. David Binn was once again the long [...]

Jews in the NFL: Week 16

The San Diego Chargers kept their playoff hopes alive with a 41-24 drubbing of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that included a 21-point fourth quarter. Igor Olshansky assisted on one tackle, bringing his season’s total to 28 tackles to go along with eight assists and two sacks. David Binn was once again the long snapper.
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Riding off into the sunset?

Sage Rosenfels had an international audience as he led the Houston Texans to a 30-17 victory over the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday Night Football this week. He completed 14 of 24 passes for 200 yards, one touchdown pass (his sixth this season), and one interception (his 10th) to help Houston make a successful MNF [...]

Move over, Lennie. Here comes Adam

You know you’re team is in trouble when your punter is the only player standing between the return man and big yardage. Such was the case in the Nov. 23 game in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 30-12 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. As reported on ESPN.com:
Podlesh…injured his right knee trying to make a tackle Sunday against [...]

This week in the (Jewish) NFL

The third time proved to be the charm for Houston Texans’ quarterback Sage Rosenfels. Filling in oce more for the injured Matt Schaub, Rosenfels benefited from snappy play by the defense and led his team to a 16-6 victory over the Lennie Friedman-less Cleveland Browns. Rosie completed 24 of 32 passes for 275 [...]

This week in the (Jewish) NFL

Houston Texans’ quarterback Sage Rosenfels made his second straight start in place of Matt Schaub. While he performed better than in the Nov. 9 41-12 home loss to the Baltimore Ravens in which he had four passes intercepted, his errant throw in the final seconds of the game sealed the deal against the Indianapolis Colts, [...]