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| Bears show they've still got some bite |
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09/12/2011 |
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| remembrance was first and foremost on the minds of virtually all Americans, the team just about everyone forgot heading into the 2011 NFL season was making more than a few prognosticators think again about their forecasts for the coming months. The Chicago Bears generally haven't been part of the discussion when the topic of NFC contenders is broached, despite credentials that would suggest the 2010 conference runners-up undeniably deserve a mention alongside this year's presumed Fab Four of Green Bay, Phil |
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| Roughriders take down Blue Bombers |
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09/11/2011 |
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| rds for a nine-yard TD inside the final minute of regulation. Palardy opened the scoring with an 18-yard field goal, then Fred Reid scored on a 15-yard TD run for Winnipeg. Game Notes Saskatchewan slotback Andy Fantuz, the CFL's top Canadian in 2010, made his season debut after returning from an NFL tryout with the Chicago Bears...Durant threw one interception...Cates gained 50 yards on 12 carries...Winnipeg's Cory Watson had 111 yards on nine catches, while Edwards caught six balls for 123 yards in defeat. |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, September 11, 2011) |
NFL Football |
09/11/2011 |
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| and Williams, T Jason Fox, G Jacques McClendon, DT Nick Fairley, LB Doug Hogue, CB Alphonso Smith Buccaneers - RB Allen Bradford, TE Zach Pianalto, T Demar Dotson, G Derek Hardman, CB Myron Lewis, CB Anthony Gaitor, S Larry Asante ATLANTA FALCONS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Falcons - RB Antone Smith, C Todd McClure, G Mike Johnson, DT Corey Peters, DE Cliff Matthews, LB Spencer Adkins, CB Darrin Walls Bears - QB Nathan Enderle, RB Marion Barber, G Edwin Williams, WR Sam Hurd, DT Stephen Paea, DE Mario A |
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| Falcons rule out C McClure |
NFL Football |
09/09/2011 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (MySportsbook) - Atlanta Falcons starting center Todd McClure has been ruled out of Sunday's season opener against the Chicago Bears. McClure underwent minor right knee surgery on August 29. The 6-foot-1, 296-pound LSU product has started in 172 of 175 career games. His streak of 144 consecutive games started will end. |
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| Giants, Redskins to battle in day of remembrance |
NFL Football |
09/09/2011 |
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| Beck didn't come down to just being about stats, but how each quarterback handled certain situations. He went on to add how vital it is to take what the defense gives you and not to force plays. Forcing plays may have ended Grossman's reign with the Chicago Bears, however, but now he'11 a fresh start with the Redskins, a team that finished last in the NFC East with a 6-10 record in 2010. He does have more experience than Beck, which may have played a part in the Shanahan's choice. Grossman said he's confiden |
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| Bears' Barber ruled out of Sunday's game |
NFL Football |
09/09/2011 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons. Signed by the Bears in the offseason, he suffered a calf injury in a preseason game at Tennessee on August 27 and hasn't practiced since. Selected by Dallas in the fourth round of the 2005 draft, Barber carried the ball 1,042 times for 4,358 yards and 47 touchdowns over 88 career games with the Cowboys over the previous six seasons. |
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| Bears host Falcons in matchup of 2010 playoff entries |
NFL Football |
09/09/2011 |
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| (MySportsbook) - One team reached the playoffs and was handed its head at home. The other beat a division champion and went to the wire in a bid for the Super Bowl. But given the general perceptions of the Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears, who will face one another Sunday at Soldier Field in the first meaningful game for each team since it was ousted in January, it'd be hard to tell which is which. The Falcons entered the NFC playoffs as a No. 1 seed at the tail end of a 13- win regular season last winte |
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| Bears' Barber sits out of practice |
NFL Football |
09/07/2011 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber sat out Wednesday's practice with a calf injury. Signed by the Bears in the offseason, he suffered the injury in a preseason game at Tennessee on August 27 and hasn't practiced since. Selected by Dallas in the fourth round of the 2005 draft, Barber carried the ball 1,042 times for 4,358 yards and 47 touchdowns over 88 career games with the Cowboys over the previous six seasons. Defensive end Corey Wootton (knee), defensive tackle An |
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| Grossman to start Week 1 for Redskins |
NFL Football |
09/06/2011 |
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| kins were 1-2 with Grossman at the helm. In four games overall last year, he completed 74-of-133 passes for 884 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions. He signed a one-year contract this past offseason to stay with Washington. The former Chicago Bears quarterback has played a full 16 games only once in his eight-year career -- in 2006, when he led the Bears to the Super Bowl. McNabb was traded to the Minnesota Vikings after the NFL lockout ended for a sixth-round selection in 2012 and a condition |
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| Cardinals sign Chester Taylor |
NFL Football |
09/05/2011 |
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| Tempe, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Arizona Cardinals signed running back Chester Taylor to a one-year contract on Monday. Taylor was released by the Chicago Bears on Saturday. The Bears signed Taylor to a four-year, $12.5 million contract prior to the 2010 season to split ball-carrying duties with Matt Forte, but the 31-year-old wound up as the clear second choice in the backfield after averaging a career- low 2.4 yards on 112 attempts. Taylor struggled again during this preseason, rushing for just 37 yards o |
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