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Playoff repeat becoming big challenge

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Friday, December 5, 2003

While the NFL celebrates perhaps its best weekend slate ever, nine playoff teams from last year fret. Though the Packers, who have dropped from a 12-win season to a competitive 6-6, still have hopes of making the playoffs, eight other teams wonder what happened to their playoff bids. Parity is one thing, but it's the first week of December and these teams are fast-forwarding to next season. Each season as the salary cap becomes more manageable for most teams, it becomes clearer how this league ...

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