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The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30. The campaign kicked off with the defending Super Bowl XLI champion Indianapolis Colts defeating the New Orleans Saints in the NFL Kickoff Game .
The 70.1% completion percentage against the Lions defense was the worst in league history until it was broken by the Indianapolis Colts in 2011. [2] After beating the Chicago Bears, 16–7, at Soldier Field on October 28, the Lions would lose an NFL-record 26 road games in a row, and go 0–8 on the road in each of the following two seasons.
The 2007 Buffalo Bills season was the 38th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL) and their 48th season overall. The Bills finished their 2007 season with a record of 7–9 and tied their 7–9 record in 2006 , [ 1 ] but failed to qualify for the playoffs, and continues a playoff appearance drought since the 1999–2000 season .
The 2007 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 47th in the National Football League (NFL). The Vikings' 8–8 record under second-year head coach Brad Childress was an improvement on their 6–10 record in 2006; nonetheless, for the third straight year, the Vikings failed to make the playoffs.
The Carolina offense ranks 30th in the league in scoring (18.1 points per game) and total yards (292.3 per game) heading into the meeting with Philadelphia's No. 1 defense (282.8 yards per game).
The post Shannon Sharpe Names 5 Best NFL Defensive Players Of All-Time appeared first on The Spun. One of the players on his list will suit up for the Super Bowl this weekend.
In January 2007, he was hired as the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants under head coach Tom Coughlin. [7]He spent two years in New York, and was the architect of the aggressive defensive strategy against the New England Patriots (the highest scoring offensive team in NFL history at the time) in Super Bowl XLII, which was instrumental in the close victory by the Giants. [8]
The 2007 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 12th in the National Football League (NFL), their 9th and final under head coach Brian Billick, and their 6th season under general manager Ozzie Newsome. They entered the season hoping to improve on their 13–3 record from 2006, but failed to improve on that record. After a 4–2 start, the Ravens went ...