Ajax held by Excelsior, trail PSV by five
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Amsterdam, Holland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Just when Ajax had climbed to within
three points of league-leaders PSV, the Amsterdam club lost two points over
the weekend to fall five off the pace. PSV recorded a 2-0 over Heracles on
Saturday, and Ajax followed with a 2-2 draw against Excelsior at Amsterdam
Arena on Sunday.
Things started off well for the home side as Edgar Davids put Ajax ahead after
19 minutes with his first goal for the club, but Excelsior responded with a
pair of goals in a five-minute span to move in front on the half-hour mark.
Andwele Slory and Eldridge Rojer tallied for the visitors, but Ajax sniper
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar had his team on level terms heading into the half with a
goal in the 38th minute. After a torrid pace in the first half, things slowed
considerably in the second half, and the teams were left to split the points.
After a 3-0 thrashing at the hands of Werder Bremen in the UEFA Cup during the
week, Ajax came out firing and went ahead 19 minutes into the match. Huntelaar
was taken down by Excelsior's Henrico Drost, setting up a dangerous free-kick
chance. Tom De Mul then rolled the ball to Davids, who slammed a shot into the
top corner of the net, giving keeper Theo Zwarthoed no chance.
A poor pass from Johnny Heitinga led to the visitors climbing back into the
game six minutes later. His errant pass allowed Slory to carry the ball into
the penalty area before beating keeper Maarten Stekelenburg with a low shot
into the left corner.
Five minutes later, Excelsior went in front on a brilliant individual play
from Rojer. After making room on the left flank for himself, Rojer carried the
ball into the box and beat Stekelenburg to make it 2-1 to the visitors.
Another set piece allowed Ajax to equalize in the 38th minute. De Mul's corner
was swung into the area and met by the head of Huntelaar, who banged home a
powerful header to even the score at 2-2.
An exciting first half was followed by a lackluster second half, with the best
chance of breaking the deadlock falling to Ajax's Leonardo, who failed to hit
the net from close range.
In other Eredivisie play on Sunday, AZ squandered a chance to move into second
place with a 1-1 draw at Groningen, Twente scored twice in the first half and
held off Heerenveen for a 2-1 win and Feyenoord got a pair of goals in the
opening 20 minutes to get past Utrecht 2-0.
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New York Jets: The Jets were one of the surprise teams in the NFL last season, making the playoffs under hard-driving first-year coach Eric Mangini. Mangini rebuilt the offensive line with rookies D'Brickashaw Ferguson (the No. 4 pick in the 2007 Draft) and Ohio State center (the 29th pick in the first round). This season he upgraded the defense with rookie linebacker David Harris (Michigan) while the secondary picked up a much needed top-notch corner in Pitt CB Darrelle Revis (No. 14 overall).
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Arizona Cardinals: Word out of Arizona is that the players like new coach Ken Whisenhunt, who was the Steelers offensive coordinator last year. We think of Arizona as all-passing because their running game has been awful of late because of a poor offensive line. However, keep an eye on the running game in preseason as they’ve made a lot of changes.
The new coach brings in Russ Grimm to coach the offensive line (Grimm did a marvelous job building the Steelers line). They took Penn State OT Levi Jones in the first round and signed two offensive linemen, Mike Gandy and Al Johnson, to provide depth. Reggie Wells was moved from right tackle to left guard and they want more speed out of the offensive line for pulling and traps, a Pittsburgh staple under Bill Cowher.
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The Browns have a new offensive coordinator in Rob Chudzinski. This is a young offense and Quinn looked tentative, indecisive and inaccurate early in camp. Crennel will play Charlie Frye, Quinn and Derek Anderson in preseason. And there is a mixed bag for rookie QBs receiving significant starts: Tim Couch (14), Kerry Collins (13), Ben Roethlisberger (13), Vince Young (13), Joey Harrington (12), Matt Leinart (11) and Kyle Boller (nine). While all the focus will be on the Browns new-look offense, I’m more concerned with the defense.
Carolina Panthers: Coach Jon Fox loves the ground game, but Carolina has made some interesting changes for 2007. Fox fired offensive coordinator Dan Henning and brings in Jeff Davidson to run the offense. Davidson has brought in zone-blocking schemes to the Panther offense, a dramatic change for a system that's been built around a power-running style.
In zone-blocking, offensive linemen are responsible for blocking any defender who appears in their zone, instead of focusing on one defender. The Broncos and Falcons have had success with the system, which features smaller, more athletic offensive linemen and can create running lanes on the inside and outside. Keep an eye in preseason on how Carolina adjusts as it will take time to learn the system. Fox has been one of the top coaches in preseason, with a 15-5 SU, 12-7-1 ATS August record.
Dallas Cowboys: WR Terrell Owens is still here, but QB Drew Bledsoe and Bill Parcells are gone. New head coach Wade Phillips takes over, replacing Parcells. He ran the Chargers defense last season. Phillips was chosen by teary-eyed owner Jerry Jones partly because he is one of the best 3-4 coaches in football and the Cowboys have loaded up on players for that scheme.
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