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NFL KICKOFF 2005
PATRIOTS-RAIDERS KICK OFF SEASON 1
NFL 2005: TRADITION & CHANGE 2
NFL KICKOFF 2005 OPENING WEEKEND SCHEDULE/UNPREDICTABLE NFL/KICKOFF WEEKEND WINNERS/TEAM OPENING GAME RECORDS 3
NFL BETTER THAN EVER 4
REALIGNMENT WORKS/PLAYERS WITH NEW TEAMS 5
KICKOFF WEEKEND NOTES/HEADLINE GAMES 6
HEAD COACHES OPENING GAME RECORDS/BEST OPENING GAME PERFORMANCES, 1933-2004/BEST OPENING GAME PERFORMANCES, PAST 10 YEARS
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BEST NFL RECORDS, PAST 10 YEARS/THE LAST TIME 8
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE/AIR MILES TRAVELED/TRAVEL NOTES 9
SUPER FOLLOW-UPS/QB STARTING RECORDS 10
NEW RULES FOR 2005 11
FIRST OVERTIME 50 YEARS AGO/THIRD QUARTERBACK RULE 12
ALL STADIUMS NOW GRASS/GRASSLIKE 13
A RECORD 87 POINTS!/THE DUTCHMAN GOES WILD! 14
FIRST REGULAR-SEASON INTERNATIONAL GAME/INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE SQUAD PROGRAM ENLARGED 15
HISPANIC INFLUENCE RISES IN NFL 16
CARDINALS & GIANTS DON NEW UNIFORMS 17
NEW PLAYER NUMBERS/ALEX SMITH CONTINUES UNIFORM STREAK 18
NFL RETIRES FIRST UNIFORM NUMBER 70 YEARS AGO 19
EAGLES TOP MERCHANDISE SALES/USA FOOTBALL GROWS 20
NFL EUROPE: NEXT NFL STARS COMING UP 21
FOREIGN-BORN NFLers 22
NFL RELATIVES IN MILITARY 23
NFL SEEN INTERNATIONALLY, SALUTES MILITARY 24
FOOTBALL TOP HIGH SCHOOL SPORT/COLLEGES ADD FOOTBALL 25
NFL COLLEGE GRAD RATE HIGHEST IN WORLD/NFL PLAYERS GRADUATE 26
NFL PLAYERS ATTEND HARVARD & WHARTON/NFL EUROPE INTERNSHIPS 27
NFL NETWORK HAS BIG PLANS FOR ’05 28
NFL SURVEYS 29
2005 NFL TV 30
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 31
WESTWOOD ONE & SIRIUS RADIO/NFL.COM GROWS IN 10 YEARS 32
NFL LAUNCHES FANTASY FOOTBALL MAGAZINE 33
WOMEN RANK HIGH IN NFL OFFICES 34
NFL WOMEN’S WEAR SALES TRIPLE/HASSELBECK GETS HER MAN BACK 35
FAMOUS LOVE THE NFL/NFL CALENDAR/FUTURE SUPER BOWLS 36

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! 

THE ROAD TO 40: SUPER BOWL MVPs 37, 38, 39.
ANNIVERSARY ANNALS/85TH ANNIVERSARY OF NFL 40
80 YEARS AGO, GRANGE PUTS NFL ON MAP/65 YEARS AGO, A 73-0 TITLE WIN 41
45TH ANNIVERSARY OF AFL 42
45 YEAR AGO: UNITAS’ TD STREAK, HORNUNG’S POINT ROMP 43
35TH ANNIVERSARY OF MERGER/“SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE” 20 YEARS AGO 44

THE TEAMS 

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2005/NFL: CONSISTENCY OF WINNING 45
DYNASTY: DON’T MENTION TO PATRIOTS 46
PATS & EAGLES: BEST TEAMS OF MILLENNIUM?/STEELERS CLOSE TO WIN STREAK/
PITT RUSHES MORE, PASSES LESS 		47
100-YARD RUSHERS/PASSING GAME MORE IMPORTANT? 48
LONG PASSING GAME/GOOD SACK DIFFERENTIALS/TURNOVERS ARE VITAL 49
THE “46” IS BACK/4-3 OR 3-4? 50
SURPRISE ONSIDE KICKS/WINS AFTER LOSSES 51
NFL SPECIAL TEAMS 52
BYES: GOOD OR BAD?/ON GRASS?  ON ROAD?  HOW DO THEY DO? 53
TEAM CHEMISTRY/FIVE BUC SONS 54
SUPER BOWL TROPHY & RINGS 55

 THE PLAYERS 

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2005 56-57
STREAKING INTO 2005/ROOKIES HAVE THEIR SAY 58
QUARTERBACKS: EXCITING EXPECTATIONS 59
BRADY TERRIFIC 60
BELICHICK & BRADY: WINNING COMBO/MARINO’S TOP FIVE QBs 61
MANNING MAGNIFICANT 62
FAVRE RETURNS! 63
FAVRE HOME TD RECORD/CULPEPPER BIGGER THAN LINEMEN/THE QB RBs 64
QUARTERBACKS WATCH LINEBACKERS/QUARTERBACKS BY CONFERENCE 65
QB’s FAVORITE QBs/QBs OF THE FUTURE 66
MARTIN DOESN’T FEEL OLD 67
TOMLINSON SOMETHING ELSE!/HOLMES ALWAYS COOKING 68
FIRST-DOWN GUYS/MANNING & HARRISON TANDEM 69
GATES: NO COLLEGE FOOTBALL/GONZALEZ: TIGHT END TD RECORD?/BEST BLOCKING RECEIVERS 70
YALE’S 25TH NFL STARTER/NO BLOCKS FOR GARDOCKI 71
WALK-ON TO PRO BOWL/MAWAE KEEPS SNAPPING 72
RAY BROWN KEEPS PLAYING/NFL NICKNAMES 73
WELL-ROUNDED PLAYERS/NFL SIDE JOBS 74
NFL BROTHERS/THE LONG-SNAPPING MAGICIAN 75
NFL SUPERSTITIONS/NFL TRIVIA 76
ALREADY IN HALLS OF FAME/ACTIVE PLAYERS IN ALL-TIME RANKINGS 77
ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS HEADING INTO 2005 78

THE COACHES 

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2005/NEW COACH QUESTIONNAIRES 79
NEW COACH QUESTIONNAIRES/COACHES’ FAMILY TIES 80
CRENNEL: NEVER TOO OLD/NOLAN’S FATHER-SON HEAD-COACHING FIRST 81
SABAN IS TURNAROUND ARTIST/COWHER: MOST NFL TENURE 82
DIVERSITY INCREASES IN COACHING RANKS 83
NORM CHOW COMES TO NFL/MOST IMPRESSIVE PERSON COACHES HAVE MET 84
GIANTS’ “D” COORDINATORS TO HEAD COACHES 85

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