Reunion weekend arrives in the NFL
05.10.2007 14:01
Sport and Travel
- Source: USA Today
Break out the fried chicken, butter beans, pecan pie and photo albums.
Reunion weekend in the NFL is upon us, giving a lot of folks a chance to get re-acquainted. Name tags not necessary. Consider: •The Seattle Seahawks are in Pittsburgh to face the Steelers, who beat them nearly two years ago in Super Bowl XL. •Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy and the Colts play host to his former employer, the red-hot Tampa Bay Buccaneers. •Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel, an integral part of the New England dynasty, returns with his Browns to test the seemingly flawless Patriots. WEEK 5 GRID: Detailed game previewsZEN ZONE: Zillgitt's predictions and analysis Also on tap is Arizona's visit to St. Louis, where Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner returns to the town he led to Super Bowl XXXIV glory as a Ram. Veteran Trent Dilfer, and the San Francisco 49ers quarterback will be host to the Baltimore Ravens franchise Dilfer helped lead to a Lombardi trophy. Then there's Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips, who on Monday night takes his team to Buffalo and a date with the Bills, for whom he was head coach from 1998-2000. Patriots coach Bill Belichick said knowing how his former defensive coordinator's head ticks isn't an advantage — even though Crennel was a part of three Super Bowl wins. "I don't think it helps at all," he said. "They have a very broad scheme and they do a lot of different things. I think it would just be a guessing game to try to figure out what they're going to do. "I think the most important thing for us to do is to be prepared for the multiplicity of things that we know they do."
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