http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Cincinnati+Bengals IrishCentral Cincinnati Bengals en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/new-england-patriots-will-be-supporting-the-cincinnati-bengals-in-wildcard-weekend-185382551.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/new-england-patriots-will-be-supporting-the-cincinnati-bengals-in-wildcard-weekend-185382551.html Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:45:29 PST
The Patriots can't do anything but stand by and watch this weekendWith a convincing last regular season victory over the Miami Dolphins, the New England Patriots earned a second seed in the AFC Bracket of the 2012 playoffs Because of the Houston Texans' final day loss to the Indianapolis Colts, both the Patriots and Denver Broncos were able to jump ahead of the AFC South side at the last second in order to claim the top two seeds That guarantees the Patriots a home tie in the divisional round, but will have to travel to Denver should both sides reach the championship game READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/new-nfl-kickoff-rules-can-be-taken-advantage-of-by-aggressive-teams-129261893.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/new-nfl-kickoff-rules-can-be-taken-advantage-of-by-aggressive-teams-129261893.html Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:40:18 PDT
The New England Patriots' released Brandon Tate this week who landed with the Cincinnati Bengals Tate likely lost his job as a direct result of the new kickoff rule in the NFL that littered the regular season with more touchbacks than returnsFor the coming season, all kickoffs will be taken from the 35 yard line while every runner has to be within five yards of the 35 yard line before starting their runThese new rules have obviously taken out a lot of the excitement for fans and one team has already shown their displeasure as the Chicago Bears kicked off from the 30 yard line in the preseason READ MORE ]]>