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Again?
Yes, again! On Monday Night Football, no less.
This week, the NFL concludes its second full week of preseason games with a Monday-night reprise of Super Bowl XXXIV.
The matchup brings back memories of MIKE JONES stopping KEVIN DYSON at the one-yard line, KURT WARNER throwing a 73-yard bomb to ISAAC BRUCE, and STEVE MC NAIR engineering a comeback bid.
But will FRED MILLER enter the right locker room? And what will DENNIS MILLER think about the whole thing?
Those questions -- and more -- will be answered this Monday night at 7:00 PM ET on ABC-TV in a rematch of the title game won 23-16 by the Rams last January -- considered by some to be the most exciting Super Bowl ever.
"Theyre still mad they came up a yard short," says Rams defensive tackle DMARCO FARR. "Were still mad theyre just calling it a yard."
Of course, Farr is talking about the crucial tackle Rams linebacker Jones made on Dyson on the one-yard line as the Titans wide receiver tried to stretch the ball over the goal line after catching a pass as time ran out. Stretch it that "one more yard" and America would have had its first overtime Super Bowl ever.
The photo of Dyson stretching toward "goal-line heaven" with Jones hanging on his leg is already a classic.
And a classic rivalry was born. "Im not going to say were two teams who love each other," says Rams tight end ROLAND WILLIAMS. "Id be a liar if I said that. So we definitely want to go out and play good ball."
Fred Miller? This Monday night, the tackle will become the first restricted/unrestricted free agent since free agency was instituted in 1993 to play against the team he represented in the previous seasons Super Bowl with that teams Super Bowl opponent.
Eighteen days after holding Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year JEVON KEARSE sackless in the Super Bowl for the Rams, Miller became a Titan.
"I had a bad game against Tennessee in the regular season (a 24-21 Titans win) and a great game in the Super Bowl," says Miller. "Now Im with the team we (the Rams) beat in the Super Bowl."
One of the reasons Miller signed with Tennessee is that it likes the run. "Its definitely an offensive linemans dream to run the ball 35 times a game," he says. Another is that he grew up a Houston Oilers fan, the Titans forerunner, in Houston.
Rams-Titans is one of several interesting games on the NFL preseason schedule this week:
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THIS WEEKS NFL SCHEDULE (AUGUST 10-14)
Thursday, August 10 | Sunday, August 13 | |
Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:00 p.m. | Green Bay at Denver, 2:00 p.m. (FOX) | |
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 | Oakland at Dallas, 6:00 p.m. | |
San Francisco at Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. | ||
Friday, August 11 | ||
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. | Monday, August 14 | |
New England at Washington, 8:00 p.m. | St. Louis at Tennessee, 6:00 p.m. (ABC) | |
New York Giants at Jacksonville, 8:00 p.m. (CBS) | ||
Saturday, August 12 | ||
Cleveland at Chicago, 7:00 p.m. | ||
New Orleans vs. Indianapolis, 7:00 p.m. at West Lafayette, Ind. | ||
New York Jets at Baltimore, 8:00 p.m. | ||
Buffalo at Detroit, 8:35 p.m. (ESPN) | ||
Minnesota at San Diego, 6:00 p.m. | ||
Seattle at Arizona, 7:00 p.m. | ||
Open Date: Philadelphia |
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | |||||||||||||
Eastern Division |
Eastern Division |
|||||||||||||
W | L | T | Pct. |
Pts. |
OP |
W | L | T | Pct. |
Pts. |
OP |
|||
New England | 2 |
0 | 0 |
1.000 |
33 |
10 |
Arizona | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
17 |
31 |
|
Buffalo | 1 |
0 | 0 |
1.000 |
21 |
20 |
N.Y. Giants | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
8 |
20 |
|
N.Y. Jets | 1 |
1 | 0 |
.500 |
48 |
57 |
Washington | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
12 |
13 |
|
Miami | 0 |
1 | 0 |
.000 |
10 |
13 |
Dallas | 0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
19 |
58 |
|
Indianapolis | 0 |
2 | 0 |
.000 |
29 |
48 |
Philadelphia | 0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
35 |
49 |
|
Central Division |
Central Division |
|||||||||||||
W | L | T | Pct. |
Pts. |
OP |
W | L | T | Pct. |
Pts. |
OP |
|||
Pittsburgh | 2 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
51 |
20 |
Chicago | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
20 |
8 |
|
Cleveland | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
33 |
22 |
Green Bay | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
37 |
24 |
|
Baltimore | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
16 |
13 |
Tampa Bay | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
13 |
12 |
|
Jacksonville | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
34 |
14 |
Detroit | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
10 |
13 |
|
Tennessee | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
14 |
10 |
Minnesota | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
24 |
25 |
|
Cincinnati | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
20 |
21 |
||||||||
Western Division |
Western Division |
|||||||||||||
W | L | T | Pct. |
Pts. |
OP |
W | L | T | Pct. |
Pts. |
OP |
|||
Denver | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
31 |
17 |
Atlanta | 2 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
40 |
22 |
|
San Diego | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
23 |
20 |
St. Louis | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
31 |
17 |
|
Seattle | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
28 |
16 |
New Orleans | 1 |
1 |
0 |
.500 |
45 |
48 |
|
Kansas City | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
10 |
14 |
Carolina | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
14 |
34 |
|
Oakland | 0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
17 |
31 |
San Francisco | 0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
20 |
43 |
Friday, August 4 |
New England 13, DETROIT 10 |
BUFFALO 21, Cincinnati 20 |
TAMPA BAY 13, Washington 12 |
Jacksonville 34, CAROLINA 14 |
GREEN BAY 37, New York Jets 24 |
Saturday, August 5 |
PITTSBURGH 13, Miami 10 |
Chicago 20, NEW YORK GIANTS 8 |
SEATTLE 28, Indianapolis 16 |
TENNESSEE 14, Kansas City 10 |
New Orleans 25, MINNESOTA 24 |
ST. LOUIS 31, Oakland 17 |
BALTIMORE 16, Philadelphia 13 |
San Diego 23, SAN FRANCISCO 20 |
Atlanta 20, Dallas 9 (American Bowl at Tokyo, Japan) |
Denver 31, ARIZONA 17 |
Open date: Cleveland |