NFL 2007 PRIMER
The following is a list of one thing you should know about each of the NFL's 32 teams:
49ERS
San Francisco plays only five 2006 playoff teams during the 2007 regular season.
RAIDERS
Oakland's two wins last season were at home and came on consecutive weeks.
BEARS
Return specialist Devin Hester will showcase his skills on offense this season for Chicago.
BENGALS
Cincinnati missed the playoffs after losing three in a row to end the season.
BILLS
Buffalo was one of three teams to have five rookies make seven or more starts last season.
BRONCOS
Denver opens with five of its first seven games at home.
BROWNS
Cleveland is 1-11 against divisional rivals in coach Romeo Crennel's first two seasons.
BUCCANEERS
Tampa Bay scored 211 points last season; only the Raiders scored less.
CARDINALS
Matt Leinart set the Arizona rookie record for passing yards with 2,547, 300 more than Jake Plummer in '97.
CHARGERS
San Diego's LaDainian Tomlinson, not Vince Young, was the first choice to be on the cover of Madden NFL 08.
CHIEFS
Kansas City will play three of five December games on the road.
COLTS
Indianapolis' first three divisional games are on the road.
COWBOYS
Dallas hasn't won a playoff game since beating Minnesota in a wild-card game Dec. 28, 1996.
DOLPHINS
Cam Cameron is the fifth head coach in Miami since Don Shula stepped down after 1995.
EAGLES
Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg gave the Philadelphia offense more balance last season.
FALCONS
Atlanta was a combined 4-12 in the second half of 2005 and 2006.
GIANTS
The N.Y. Giants have been to the postseason two consecutive seasons for the first time since 1989-90.
JAGUARS
Jacksonville hasn't won a playoff game since beating the Dolphins 62-7 in 2000.
JETS
N.Y. quarterback Chad Pennington started all 16 games last season
for the first time in his career.
LIONS
Jon Kitna became the first Detroit quarterback to take every snap
in a season last year.
PACKERS
Green Bay was 5-1 vs. divisional foes in 2006 and doesn't play its first until Week 4.
PANTHERS
Carolina Kicker John Kasay hasn't missed within 50 yards since 2005. He was 20-for-20 in 2006.
PATRIOTS
New England has won an NFL record eight straight OT games.
RAMS
The Rams opened last season by winning four of five, dropped five in a row, then won four of six.
RAVENS
Baltimore won the AFC North by five games last season.
REDSKINS
Washington's 12 forced turnovers last season were a record low.
SAINTS
Reggie Bush's 88 catches for New Orleans in '06 set a rookie record.
SEAHAWKS
Seattle K Josh Brown tied an NFL record in '06 with four game- winning field goals in final minutes.
STEELERS
Mike Tomlin is only Pittsburgh's third coach in the past 39 years.
TEXANS
Houston DT Amobi Okoye (20) will be the NFL's youngest player since 1967.
TITANS
Tennessee signed cornerback Nick Harper to take the place of the suspended Adam Jones.
VIKINGS
Minnesota started 4-2 but lost eight of its final 10 games last year and was also just 3-5 at home.
-- Miami Herald
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