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NFL PREVIEW

54 | HotPosition
They're skilled, they're dominant, they're loud. Wideouts are the NFL's newstars
By Tim Layden
• Gatefold: Larry Fitzgerald's world

68 | QB Summit
Carson Palmer and four other top young passers explain the NFL's hardest job
By Peter King
• Gatefold: Experts rate the top QBs

84 |Predictions
The skinny on every team, plus Peter King's division, playoff and Super Bowlwinners

Departments

10 LeadingOff

20 Letters

24 Scorecard
• Track's he/she puzzle
• Matt Millen's new gig

36 Just MyType
Peyton Manning champs at the bit
by Dan Patrick

38 Faces in theCrowd

40 Inside ...

• Golf
Wide-open playoffs
• Baseball
Juiciest trade bait
• Fantasy Football
Draftworthy rookies
• College Football
Cal's electric back

194 The Vault
Tracy Austin at 16

198 PointAfter
A psychic picks the Super Bowl winner
by Phil Taylor

What will teamsgive up for Adrian Gonzalez (page 43)?

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