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Contents: 2005 NFL Preview – Playmakers (SI’s 46th pro football preview focuses on the men who change their teams’ fortunes in the blink of an eye); Going By The Book (Think NFL Playbooks are just diagrams? You’ll be amazed at how much the poor player has to learn); Anatomy Of An NFL Play (Ravens QB Kyle Boller learns PFB Double Square Out, with five receivers to choose from); Wideouts: Catch This Act (The Bengals’ Chad Johnson is fast becoming a top threat at the league’s new marquee position); Safeties: Look At Me Now (Baltimore’s game breaking Ed Reed has become the best player on the NFL’s best defense); Who’ll Win The Super Bowl (How teams will finish (Julius Peppers and Carolina on top) * Playoff winners and losers * Dr. Z’s Power Rankings); Scouting Reports (SI sizes up all 32 teams * Player Value Rankings: NFL skill players rated (top quarterback: the Colts’ Peyton Manning) Departments – Leading Off; Letters; Air And Space (Without the big drivers, the Buick takes a backseat to golf’s majors, but it’s still a great ride); Scorecard (* The new charges against Lance * Tennis’s James Blake roars back * Jerseys flunk spelling test); Faces In The Crowd; Life Of Reilly (A freak accident sidelined Arizona high school star Joe Kay for good, but he’s still in the game) Inside… – Baseball (112 teams vie for 5 postseason spots); WNBA (Can Powell take Monarchs to finals?); College Football (At last, Shockley is Georgia’s QB)
Cover: “It’s Carolina – That’s Right! The Panthers Will Go All The Way”
Condition: Very Good