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You always hope your team improves over the summer. Team should make the player acquisitions, change coaching personnel or introduce team policies that ultimately strengthen the team. Unfortunately for hockey fans, the following three teams actually regressed over the summer.
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The theme of Week 1 of the NFL was no lead was safe.聽 Several teams on Sunday had two-possession or better leads only for their opponents to come back and at least make a game of it.聽 As much as fans hate preseason football, Week 1 shows why it is a necessary evil. There were blocked punts, blocked field goals, and poor clock management by coaches and players alike.聽
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1.San Jose Sharks
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For all the mistakes and miscues, the games were still exciting.聽 In the excitement there were a few surprises that stood out.聽 Here are the top five surprises from Week 1.
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General manager Doug Wilson talked a big game after blowing a 3-0 series lead and exiting the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the first round:
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Okay, for most people it is no surprise that Romo had a poor game.聽 However, it is a surprise that he did it so early.聽 Romo usually waits till the game is on the line to throw <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Ceramic-Watches>Michael Kors Discount</a>  an ill-advised pass.聽 On Sunday, he appeared to just want to force the ball to no matter what the coverage was around him.聽 He normally gets fans hopes up and then lets them down.聽 Maybe this season he will start poorly and work his way to elite play late in the season.聽
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Thus far, those options have included letting veteran defenseman Dan Boyle leave as an unrestricted free agent and stripping Joe Thornton of the captaincy. Oh, and they ve introduced ice girls to the mix.
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Not a single move the Sharks have made look to be an improvement for the team. They have the reputation for being a superb team in the regular season and complete disappointment in the post-season. Now, they look like they ll just be a big disappointment all the way around next season.聽
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Fantasy general managers everywhere are putting in wavier claims on Hurns.聽 He was an undrafted free agent out of Miami.聽 In the first half against the Philadelphia <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Old-Kate-Spade-Handbags>Kate Spade Handbags Outlet</a>  Eagles he looked like a Pro Bowl veteran.聽 He had four catches, 110 yards receiving, and two touchdowns.聽 Unfortunately, in the second half the Eagles made an adjustment and he was unable to help his team not blow a 17-point lead.聽
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2. Minnesota Wild
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Miami Dolphins:
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聽The Wild lack depth.
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The Dolphins came out on defense; they got a three-and-out, blocked a punt, and capitalized on good field position to score a touchdown.聽 It appeared after that everything returned to normal and the New England Patriots would win the game easily.聽 However, these Dolphins didn鈥檛 quit.聽  did the heavy lifting rushing for 134 yards and a touchdown.聽 The defense harassed  causing him to fumble twice.聽 Those fumbles helped the Dolphins come back and defeat the Patriots.聽
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Mikko Koivu is an adequate center. He s usually flanked by Zach Parise and Charlie Coyle. Charlie who? Oh, right, young guy, scored 20 goals in two seasons that s right, it took him two seasons to score 20 goals, and he s in the Wild s top <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Green-Louboutin>Green Louboutin</a>  line. They did pick up Thomas Vanek, but he s rumored to be on the decline. Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville round out their top-6. Yeah, once you get past Parise, there s pretty much not an offensive scare on the team.
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Terrance West:
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To be fair, they re more of a defensive-minded team, which explains why they play Ryan Suter until he pukes, almost. At a certain point, he s going to burn out.聽And they do have a scary guy in , though that s mostly due to his propensity for dirty play. They also don t know who their goalie is going to be from game to game.
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was supposed to be the big pickup that the Cleveland Browns brought in to improve their running game.聽 He was okay on Sunday with six carries for 41 yards but got hurt. <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Rowan-Boot>Tory Burch Rowan Boot</a>  Third-round pick West entered the game and showed what he could do.聽 He ran for 100 yards on 16 carries.聽 He definitely showed that he is capable of carrying the load if need be.聽
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The Wild have a strong system based on mucking up the neutral zone. However, a strong line of offensive dynamos blows that wide open. If the Wild thought they addressed that with Vanek, especially since they still haven t signed Nino Niederreiter well, they re聽delusional.
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So, they added Vanek, but they lost talented forward Matt Moulson to the Buffalo Sabres as well as defenseman Clayton Stoner and one-time 50 goal scorer Dany Heatley, both to the Anaheim Ducks. They may well still lose Niederreiter.聽聽Who they lost over the summer coupled with their failure to address a lack of depth explains why they regressed over the summer.
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Brown took putting your best foot forward to another level.聽 While returning a punt he attempted to jump over the punter and instead did his best Anderson Silva impersonation and kicked him in the face.聽 When Brown was not showing off his martial arts skills he was catching five passes for 116 yards and two touchdowns helping the Pittsburgh Steelers secure a win.聽聽
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3. Boston Bruins
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The Bruins lost power forward Jarome Iginla. Say what you want about his age, he played 78 regular-season games last season, scoring 30 goals and 31 assists for a total 61 points. The Bruins are another defensive-minded team, meaning they re not lousy with scorers, and they did little to address that loss. They re hoping winger聽Loui Eriksson bounces back, but he s an injury-prone sort. That s not good in the game of hockey.
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The Bruins didn t regress as far as the Sharks and Wild. <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Official-Website>Michael Kors Official Website</a>  They still have their Vezina Trophy-winning goalie Tuukka Rask. They still have a shutdown defense. They still have Milan Lucic to scare the competition.
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However, in addition to losing Iginla, they hired a ridiculous assistant coach Joe Sacco. In Colorado, he s infamous for being the coach who ran the team into the ground, thus providing the reason for the Avalanche s miraculous season they weren t bad to begin with. Granted, in Boston he ll just be an assistant, but he s not likely to add to the team, so why have him involved at all?
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So, Sharks, Wild and Bruins fans, sorry, but you re probably in for a disappointing season.
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Photo Courtesy: Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press
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Phot credit: 聽Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
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Revision as of 22:36, 30 September 2014

The theme of Week 1 of the NFL was no lead was safe.聽 Several teams on Sunday had two-possession or better leads only for their opponents to come back and at least make a game of it.聽 As much as fans hate preseason football, Week 1 shows why it is a necessary evil. There were blocked punts, blocked field goals, and poor clock management by coaches and players alike.聽 For all the mistakes and miscues, the games were still exciting.聽 In the excitement there were a few surprises that stood out.聽 Here are the top five surprises from Week 1.

Okay, for most people it is no surprise that Romo had a poor game.聽 However, it is a surprise that he did it so early.聽 Romo usually waits till the game is on the line to throw <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Ceramic-Watches>Michael Kors Discount</a> an ill-advised pass.聽 On Sunday, he appeared to just want to force the ball to no matter what the coverage was around him.聽 He normally gets fans hopes up and then lets them down.聽 Maybe this season he will start poorly and work his way to elite play late in the season.聽

Fantasy general managers everywhere are putting in wavier claims on Hurns.聽 He was an undrafted free agent out of Miami.聽 In the first half against the Philadelphia <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Old-Kate-Spade-Handbags>Kate Spade Handbags Outlet</a> Eagles he looked like a Pro Bowl veteran.聽 He had four catches, 110 yards receiving, and two touchdowns.聽 Unfortunately, in the second half the Eagles made an adjustment and he was unable to help his team not blow a 17-point lead.聽 Miami Dolphins: The Dolphins came out on defense; they got a three-and-out, blocked a punt, and capitalized on good field position to score a touchdown.聽 It appeared after that everything returned to normal and the New England Patriots would win the game easily.聽 However, these Dolphins didn鈥檛 quit.聽 did the heavy lifting rushing for 134 yards and a touchdown.聽 The defense harassed causing him to fumble twice.聽 Those fumbles helped the Dolphins come back and defeat the Patriots.聽 Terrance West: 

was supposed to be the big pickup that the Cleveland Browns brought in to improve their running game.聽 He was okay on Sunday with six carries for 41 yards but got hurt. <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Rowan-Boot>Tory Burch Rowan Boot</a>  Third-round pick West entered the game and showed what he could do.聽 He ran for 100 yards on 16 carries.聽 He definitely showed that he is capable of carrying the load if need be.聽

Brown took putting your best foot forward to another level.聽 While returning a punt he attempted to jump over the punter and instead did his best Anderson Silva impersonation and kicked him in the face.聽 When Brown was not showing off his martial arts skills he was catching five passes for 116 yards and two touchdowns helping the Pittsburgh Steelers secure a win.聽聽  

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