Mike Vanderjagt

Manning Wears 'Em Out

2003-10-08 00:00:00

A good, sound, up-to-date NFL team is one that rotates two defensive lines, reasoning that it has a better chance to win with eight fresh pass rushers than four tiring All-Pros. Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning taught that lesson to the Tampa...

Breaking Down the Playoffs

2003-12-31 00:00:00

Evading the clutches of the parity gods, 11 of the 12 best football clubs in America reached the NFL playoffs this year — all but super-erratic New Orleans, a winner over Dallas last week in one of the five major upsets that brought the league's...

Billy Cundiff not the first kicker to lose job after playoff disappointment

2012-08-27 05:00:00

To some Ravens fans, the thought of Billy Cundiff continuing to be the team’s kicker – after he hooked wide left a 32-yard attempt in January’s 23-20 loss to the New England Patriots in the AFCchampionship game – was an unappealing...

Whole new debate for fans: Who's the best holder?

2009-08-18 00:00:00

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Best quarterback of all time? Best receiver? Best linebacker? Every football fan has had those discussions. Washington Redskins special teams coach Danny Smith threw down the gauntlet on a whole new category: best holder. What'...

Colts 10-0 Again... Yawn!

2009-11-24 00:00:00

So here we go again. The Colts are 10-0 and fans are thinking undefeated season and Super Bowl. As someone who's covered this team for the past 11 seasons I can tell you that I'm not ready to hang a banner just yet. And to the team's credit, neither are...

Game 1: Insult, injury for Ravens

2005-09-12 00:00:00

As quarterback Kyle Boller was helped off the field, it had become painfully obvious in the season opener: The Ravens' new-look offense has the same old problems. Stalled drives, dropped passes and countless penalties proved to be disastrous in the...

Ravens-Colts scouting report

2005-09-10 00:00:00

Scouting report Ravens run offense vs. Colts run defense: This is where the Ravens want to establish their grind-it-out tempo. Expect a heavy dose of Jamal Lewis and Chester Taylor as the Ravens try to exploit an undersized Colts defensive front. The plan...

Game 12: Ravens rev up horsepower

2001-12-03 00:00:00

Although the cast of characters changes, the Ravens' improbable script for a Super Bowl sequel continues. Winning in the fourth quarter for the fifth time in six weeks, the banged-up defending champions relied on two season-long backups to overcome...

Game 5: Ravens flagged down

2002-10-14 00:00:00

The Ravens were 74 seconds away from stealing a victory. One play later, their players and coaches were screaming they got robbed.Playing without four starters - including team leader Ray Lewis - the undermanned Ravens shocked a sellout RCA Dome crowd by...

A Jim-Dandy win

2000-11-05 00:00:00

Jim Miller needed neither ammunition nor anyone's permission to gloat Sunday. The point was so obvious, it barely needed to be made. Miller took the same team, the same teammates and essentially the same offense and did what Cade McNown had largely...

Indianapolis at New England

2004-01-17 00:00:00

Colts' offensive scheme Despite Peyton Manning's dominant performances, the Colts work best when they have a balanced attack (they have called 62 passes and 55 runs this postseason). They will spread the field often, either with a third receiver or by...

Mixed results for new QBs

2003-08-09 22:45:00

On the Bears' trip south along Interstate 57 from Bourbonnais to Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, an Illinois state trooper pulled over the team's three buses. Seems the buses were spending too much time in the left lane. It wouldn't be the last...

Todd Sauerbrun joined the Mike Vanderjagt Idiot Kicker Hall of Fame when he informed the media that he wasn't afraid of Devin Hester . In the third quarter, he punted to Hester, then was in the unenviable position of trying to position himself to make a tackle while being blocked by John Gilmore .

2007-11-25 00:00:00

CAN T BEAT THE WRAP: New England linebacker Willie McGinest sacks Indianapolis Peyton Manning for a 12-yard loss in the final minute. The Colts Mike Vanderjagt missed a 48-yard field goal on the next play, his first miss in 43 attempts.

2004-09-10 00:39:47

Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt (center with helmet down) is mobbed by teammates Marcus Pollard (81), David Thornton (50), and David Macklin (27) after kicking the game-winning 43-yard field goal in the closing seconds against the Texans, setting a new NFL record with 41 consecutive kicks made in the

2003-12-29 00:00:00