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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski did not make the trip with the team for Sundays season-opening game against the Arizona Cardinals and will not play because of a hamstring injury, the Pats announced Friday.Gronkowski, who was listed as questionable by the club earlier Friday, injured the hamstring Aug. 15 in a joint practice with the Chicago Bears and has been limited since.On Thursday, when asked whether he was 100 percent, Gronkowski said, No, Im not. Since that one time during practice versus the Bears, Ive just been week-to-week with a little hammy thing. So its just been week-to-week, day-by-day, but Im feeling good.Gronkowski said his availability for the game boils down to a coaching decision, the medical team, and myself; well all get together and collaborate and see where Im at.Gronkowskis absence takes away a top weapon from third-year quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo,?who is making his first career regular-season start. The Patriots have three other tight ends on the roster, with Martellus Bennett likely to fill the biggest part of the void. Clay Harbor and?AJ Derby?also are on the depth?chart.In addition to Gronkowski, starting left tackle Nate Solder and right guard Jonathan Cooper?were downgraded to out. Shoes Canada Outlet . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me. Shoes Canada Free Shipping . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. http://www.saleshoescanada.com/ . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. Wholesale Shoes Canada . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. Sale Shoes Canada . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. LAS VEGAS -- These are ESPN Chalks weekly NFL betting recaps for every Week 15 game -- with an emphasis on the word betting.Sometimes its clear from the opening kickoff that a team is going to win and/or cover the spread. Other times it looks as if one team is going to coast to victory but the other rallies, causing bettors to wonder how they could have possibly lost and leading to them crying Bad beat! Of course, there are also the back-and-forth, 50-50 games that are virtual coin flips.This new column, which also will include my takeaways from each game, will separate the different kinds of point-spread results from each week and is intended to be a quick overview for those who have to work on NFL Sundays or otherwise arent able to watch all the games.So lets run down Sundays Week 15 action (plus Thursdays and Saturdays games). Well also incorporate Rufus Peabodys numbers to give an analytical look at which teams should have covered.Note: Well point out crazy over/under results, but this is primarily a recap of the against-the-spread results.Bad beats (clearly wrong sides)Green Bay (-4.55) in 30-27 non-covering win at ChicagoPacker backers had to feel they had the cover several times.ddddddddddddYes, the Bears did stick around in the first half and actually led 10-7, but then the Packers scored 24 unanswered points to go ahead 27-10 on Christine Michaels 42-yard TD run with 1:03 left in the third quarter. However, the Bears came all the way back to tie the score 27-27 with 1:19 to play. On the ensuing drive, Jordy Nelson broke behind the Chicago secondary and Aaron Rodgers hit him with a 60-yard bomb. Nelson slipped on the frozen tundra of Soldier Field, otherwise he could have taken it in for the spread-covering touchdown. Instead, the Packers ran down the clock and Mason Crosby kicked the game-winning (but non-covering) 32-yard FG as time expired. The Packers found a running game with Ty Montgomery (WR turned RB) rushing for 162 yards and two TDs plus Michaels big run.Massey-Peabody numbers say: Chicago played 2 points better than Green Bay. ' ' '