NFL: Week 1 Preview

NFL Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner previews the opening weekend of the season, highlighted by Thursday's game between the defending Super Bowl champion Saints and the Vikings. The Jets and Colts are also in action. (Sept. 8)

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In “Galaxy Quest” (1999), Tony Shalhoub was Fred Kwan, the actor who played Tech Sgt. Chen, who was in charge of the engine room and the operator of the "digital conveyor", a SPACE teleporter ("That was a hell of a thing."). NFL WR bRAYlon edWARDs was 3 for 27 receiving for the San Francisco 49ers in the team’s 9/11/11 home and season opener vs. the Seattle Seahawks, a 4:15 PM EDT start. At 8 PM EDT, ION Television aired the “Mr. Monk Stays In Bed” episode of Shalhoub’s SAN FRANCISCO-set “Monk”

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NFL OAKland RIADERS K SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski tied NFL record with a 63 yard FG in a 23-20 win over Denver Broncos on 9/12/11 in NFL Week 1 action. The record is co-owned by Jason ELam, (against the JACKSONVILLE Jaguars on 10/25/98). Week 2 action had Dallas Cowboys S abRAM ELam (black; presumably no kin) recording a tackle on WR bRAYlon edWARDs of the cross-bay San Francisco 49ers. edWARDs caught 3 for 27 in Week 1 vs. Seattle Seahawks. Unrelated: 3/27 (1987) open for bLAKE edWARDs’ “Blind Date”

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NFL OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski shares the NFL record 63 yard FG with co-owner Jason ELam. ELam was 70th pick of 1993 NFL Draft, which also had RB RUSSELL White at #73; David WARE #88; Marcello Simmons #90; Rudy HARRIS #91. Unrelated: NC State Wolfpack/Wisconsin Badgers QB RUSSELL WILSON’s brother, HARRiSON WILSON IV, appears to have vitiligo. HARRiSON played WR for the RICHMOND SPIDERS. 1990 Draft: HEisMAN winner Andre Ware #7; Chris SINGLEton #8; RICHMOND WEBB #9; RAY Agnew #10

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NFL OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski shares NFL record 63 yard field goal with co-owner Jason ELam. ELam: 70th pick of 1993 NFL Draft, followed by LB Rick HAMilTON; DB JAMES TRAPp; and RB RUSSELL WHITE. Unrelated: NC State Wolfpack/Wisconsin Badgers QB RUSSELL WILSON’s brother, HARRiSON WILSON IV, appears to have vitiligo. Adult’s Lon Flexx died the day SiERRa Simmons (215-45-8822) was born—9/15/95; In the 1996 Atlanta games 100m sprint finals: Ato Boldon (TRI) wore bib #2288

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NFL OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski shares a NFL record 63 yard field goal with co-owner Jason ELam. QB Bruce GRADkowSKI has been the OAKland Raiders teammate of JANiKOWski. GRADkowSKI was taken with the 194th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft (out of Toledo) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The next pick at 195 was FB J.D. Runnels (Oklahoma) by the Chicago Bears. Runnels has the skin condition vitiligo. The Washington Redskins took DT Kedric Golston with the 196th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft

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NFL OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski shares NFL record 63 yard field goal with co-owner Jason ELam. ELam: 70th pick of 1993 NFL Draft, followed by LB Rick HAMilTON; DB JAMES TRAPp; and RB RUSSELL WHITE. Unrelated: NC State Wolfpack/Wisconsin Badgers QB RUSSELL WILSON’s brother, HARRiSON WILSON IV, appears to have vitiligo. Adult’s Lon Flexx died the day SiERRa Simmons (215-45-8822) was born—9/15/95, dying on RUSSELL WILSON’ s 7th birthday: 11/29/95. NFL FB J.D. Runnells has vitiligo

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NFL OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski (b. 1978) tied an NFL record with a 63 yard field goal in a 23-20 win over Denver Broncos on 9/12/11. The record is co-owned by Tom Dempsey (on 11/8/70) and Jason ELam (on 10/25/98). Unrelated to Alexander HAMilTON currency, ELam was the 70th pick of the 1993 NFL Draft, followed by LB Rick HAMilTON; DB JAMES TRAPp; and RB RUSSELL WHITE. Unrelated: NC State/Wisconsin Badgers QB RUSSELL WILSON’s brother, HARRiSON WILSON IV, appears to have vitiligo

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OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski tied NFL record with a 63 yd. FG in a win vs. Denver Broncos on 9/12/11. The record: set by New Orleans Saints’ Tom Dempsey (11/8/70).Dempsy was born with a club foot—his kicking foot. Olympic skater Kristi YAMaguCHI-Hedican; soccer star MIA HAMM; and MLB San Francisco Giants 2B Freddy Sanchez were born with club foot. N.O. Saints/MIAmi Dolphins RB Reggie Bush: born on JANiKOWski’s 7th b’day. Virginia Mitchell started as CuyaHOGa Co. prosecutor 3/2/92

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NFL OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski an tied NFL record with a 63 yard FG in a 23-20 win over the Denver Broncos on 9/12/11 in NFL Week 1 action. The record: co-owned by Tom Dempsey(on 11/8/70) and Jason ELam (white), against the JACKSONVILLE Jaguars on 10/25/98. Week 2 action had Dallas Cowboys S abRAM ELam (black; presumably no kin) recording a tackle on WR bRAYlon edWARDs of the cross-bay San Francisco 49ers. AbRAM’s RIVIERA Beach, FL birthplace evokes erstwhile principal vehicles

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NFL OAKland RIADERS kicker SEBASTIAN JANiKOWski tied NFL record with a 63 yard FG in a 23-20 win over Denver Broncos on 9/12/11. The record: co-owned by Tom Dempsey(on 11/8/70)—who played missing a hand & part of his right foot—and Jason ELam, against the JACKSONVILLE Jaguars on 10/25/98. ELam (b. 1970)shares a MAR. 8 b’day with “Dawson’s Creek” actor JAMES VAN Der Beek (b. 1977). Note: day after Super Bowl XXXIX in JACKSONVILLE, FL some “sick” elementary students bummed a ride home from school