Archive | September, 2012

With Olin Kreutz Gone, Bears Sign Chris Spencer

A day right after it became clear that the Bears and veteran center Olin Kreutz wouldn’t be able to come to terms, a new veteran center is coming to town. The Bears have announced that they agreed to terms with center Chris Spencer on a two-year deal. Spencer has spent his entire six-year career with [...]

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Lofa Tatupu Asks for His Release, and He’ll Get It

Former USC coach Pete Carroll hasn’t precisely been rounding up former Trojans following returning to the NFL.  If something, he’s alienating them. It began final year, when safety Taylor Mays sounded off on Carroll, claiming that he had indicated that Mays would be picked by the Seahawks with their second selection in round [...]

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Despite Rookie Wage Scale, 10 First-round Picks Still Aren’t Signed

With a brief lull in the free of charge-agency totally free-for-all, it was time to take a appear at the status of the very first-round draft picks.  Regardless of the implementation of a rookie wage scale, which gives teams and agents fewer problems than ever to negotiate, only 22 of the 32 first-rounders [...]

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Bills Apparently Jump into the Nick Barnett Derby

The Packers cut linebacker Nick Barnett.  The Lions would like to maintain him in the NFC North. But the Bills might want to bring him to the AFC East. According to Buffalo Rumblings, Bills receiver David Nelson spilled the beans on Twitter concerning the truth that Barnett was at camp on Saturday. The [...]

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Jets Poised to Make a Run at Plaxico

If Plaxico Burress returns to New York, he’ll be a member not of the Giants, but the Jets. So says Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (10 years in this enterprise and that’s the very first time I’ve ever realized that rhymes) and Manish Mehta of the New York Everyday News. Bouchette reports that it [...]

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Chan Gailey: Brad Smith Is a Quarterback Like Kordell Stewart

Brad Smith is not a wide receiver anymore. Smith, who was listed as a receiver but was actually much more of a playmaking jack of all trades in his 5 seasons with the Jets, is now listed as a quarterback on the Bills’ roster. Bills head coach Chan Gailey says he views Smith as [...]

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Back with Chargers, Vincent Jackson Says, “I Feel Like This Is Home”

Chargers receiver Vincent Jackson, a season removed from an ugly holdout that dragged into the standard season, seems to be ready to let bygones be bygones. Speaking at training camp, in video posted by the San Diego Union-Tribune, Jackson created clear that he has no tough feelings toward G.M. A.J. Smith or any person [...]

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Titans Want to Negotiate with Chris Johnson, but Only in Person

The Titans and Chris Johnson have a difficulty. Johnson won’t show up for work until he gets a new contract, and the Titans apparently won’t give him a new contract until he shows up for function. Titans G.M. Mike Reinfeldt mentioned Friday the team is willing to speak contract with Johnson, but he requirements [...]

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