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Playoffs are here, no excuses

By Gregg Easterbrook
Special to Page 2

Monday, January 1, 2007

Now that the regular season is over, it's time to start lining up excuses. The excuse Tuesday Morning Quarterback does not want to hear is, "We had a lot of close losses." Everybody in the National Football League has a lot of close losses! On the final weekend, Denver honked out of the playoffs by a field goal, Jacksonville honked out by five points, Cincinnati honked by six points, Dallas honked the NFC East crown by eight points. Down the home stretch, Cincinnati lost by an extra point, th ...

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