With the introduction of Australian Rules, players Ben Graham and Saverio Rocca to the NFL made a major difference in the popularity of the sport in Australia. Both these players had long careers in the AFL and brought a lot of their builtup fan base to America. Both hold interesting records in the NFL.It takes a while to get over," Brady said. It also was a first for the Patriots, who hadn't lost an AFC championship at home. After they had avenged last year's AFC title game loss at Gillette Stadium, many of the Ravens gathered on the field jumping, chestbumping and whooping before several thousand fans wearing Ravens jerseys mostly Lewis' No.

Why the plunge?: Blaming this mess completely on the foot injury that has sidelined Jacksonville best player running back Maurice JonesDrew would be misguided. New head coach Mike Mularkey and offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski weren deploying MJD properly even before he was hurt in Week 7 against Oakland. In three of the fi