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Falcons favored at Dallas? You bet
NFL’s longest active streak.
NFL Preview Dallas Cowboys’ Tony Romo passes during the second half of an NFL football game against the With the way quarterback
Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Philadelphia. Andy Dalton has begun
BARRY WILNER Associated Press the season, though, the
AP Pro Football Writer aerial game is just fine
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt tion, and has 38 consecu- the football. If Peyton Man- of Ndamukong Suh. by the Bengals. Top re-
Ryan and Julio Jones have tive touchdown passes at ning (29th in passer rat- Winless Baltimore, welcom- ceiver A.J. Green has a
the Atlanta Falcons on the home without a pick, both ing, sacked seven times ing unbeaten Cincinnati, touchdown catch in three
kind of roll Tony Romo and NFL records. already) is going to break can’t afford to fall three straight matches against
Dez Bryant were enjoying For historians, it’s a rematch out, this could be the time. games behind the Bengals Baltimore.
with Dallas before long- of the first Super Bowl, won Denver is well rested after a in the rugged AFC North di- The Seattle Seahawks are
term injuries sidelined both by the Vince Lombardi-led Thursday nighter at Kansas vision, but the Bengals have angry after road losses to
and clouded the Cow- Packers 35-10 in January City, and the Detroit Lions won four of the past five St. Louis and Green Bay,
boys’ hopes of defending 1967. But Kansas City is 3-0 have the 30th-ranked de- meetings. In the Ravens’ both of which they were in
the NFC East title. at Lambeau Field. fense. home opener, Cincin- position to win.
The Cowboys have a 2-0 After squeezing out two Special teams also have nati probably will need to So there may not be a bet-
record, but lost wide re- tight victories, the Denver been an issue with the Li- throw: The Ravens haven’t ter elixir for Seattle than
ceiver Bryant in their NFL Broncos are looking strong ons, and the defense clear- allowed a 100-yard rusher a visit from the under-
opener with a broken right on defense, mediocre with ly misses the big-play ability in 28 straight games, the manned Chicago Bears,
foot, and quarterback who have dropped two
Romo last week with a bro- home games.
ken left collarbone that will Seattle’s home opener will
cause him to miss at least already be amped thanks
seven games. in part to the return of
Ryan and Jones, mean- strong safety Kam Chan-
while, are leading the cellor, likely to make his
NFC in yards passing and season debut after ending
receiving for the Falcons a holdout that stretched
(2-0), who didn’t get their nearly eight weeks. Then
third win until November mix in the anxiety of a team
last year after waiting even with Super Bowl aspirations
longer in 2013. But they knowing it can’t afford to
have a shot to get there start 0-3.
on Sunday in Texas against Week Three began with
a Dallas offense which also the Giants actually hold-
won’t have suspended Ro- ing onto a late lead and
lando McClain and Greg beating Washington 32-21
Hardy, and maybe star on Thursday. New York had
tight end Jason Witten. lost twice by falling apart in
The Falcons already have the fourth quarter, but this
wins over the NFC East’s time built a big margin on
Philadelphia Eagles and the sloppy Redskins, and
New York Giants, but staying in front.q
they’re not feeling over-
confident. Cibulkova beats Ivanovic again to reach Tokyo semifinals
“All across the league,
people get injured and TOKYO (AP) — semifinal will feature top- my serve really well, and it
other people step up. It’s was very hard at times to
no different with them,” Dominika Cib- seeded Caroline Wozniacki know where to serve, so
new Falcons coach Dan that’s something I’ll defi-
Quinn said. “We expect a ulkova of Slovakia of Denmark and Belinda nitely have to improve on
heck of a fight.” the next time we play.”
The Kansas City Chiefs are beat defending Bencic of Switzerland. Cib- Earlier, Wozniacki over-
back in the limelight on came No. 5 Angelique Ker-
Monday at Green Bay, champion Ana ulkova, the only unseeded ber of Germany 6-2, 2-6,
keen to make up for their 6-3 after saving five break
most recent prime-time Ivanovic of Serbia player to reach the last points in the fifth game of
appearance, when they the deciding set.
blew that Thursday home 7-6 (5), 6-3 Friday eight, showed no sign of “That was a long game,
game against Denver in and holding that definite-
the final minute, allowing to reach the semi- the stomach bug that ly gave me some confi-
two scores. If anything, dence,” Wozniacki said.
look for running back Ja- finals of the Toray forced her withdrawal from Bencic defeated third-
maal Charles to better pro- seeded Garbine Muguruza
tect the ball. Pan-Pacific Open. the doubles on Thursday. of Spain 7-6 (1), 6-1. Bencic
Green Bay has two rela- saved three straight break
tively close wins, and 2014 She will next face She broke back twice in the points in the fourth game of
MVP Aaron Rodgers is at the second set to hold for
his very best at home. He’s seventh-seeded first set before taking the a 3-1 lead and swept the
thrown 451 straight passes next three games to close
there in the regular sea- Agniezka Rad- tiebreaker and then broke out the win.q
son without an intercep-
wanska of Poland, twice more in the second
who beat Karo- to repeat her victory over
lina Pliskova of the Ivanovic in the first round of
Czech Republic the U.S. Open.
7-5, 6-2. The other “I had a lot of chances, I
Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia ac- just couldn’t
knowledges the crowd after defeat- convert the
ing Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during a points today,”
quarterfinal match at the Pan Pacific Ivanovic said.
Open women’s tennis tournament in “I felt in both
Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015.
Associated Press matches she
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