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| Around FCS: Running Down Jayson Foster |
Division I-AA College Football |
03/27/2008 |
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| was Adrian Peterson, who welcomed the quarterback into the Payton Award alumni club. Peterson, the most prolific runner in FCS history, won his Payton Award in 1999. Peterson, a veteran of six seasons as a running back and special teams ace with the Chicago Bears, had plenty of words of wisdom for Foster. "He told me not to stress out too much about the draft and free agency," Foster said. "He told me to take my time, making sure to pick the right agent. He has been very helpful." But it isn't like Foster to |
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| Cards re-sign free agents; Brown signs qualifying offer |
NFL Football |
03/26/2008 |
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| s career, which included three seasons with Seattle, the Trinity product has 35 catches for 597 yards and three touchdowns. Merritt spent the 2007 season on injured reserve with an ankle problem. He signed with Arizona last May after playing for the Chicago Bears and has 19 receptions for 170 yards. The Wisconsin product has averaged 22.1 yards on 65 kickoff returns during his career. Schobel had two tackles in two games last season after signing as a free agent in November. He was a member of the Indianapol |
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| 49ers lose draft pick on tampering matter with Bears |
NFL Football |
03/24/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The NFL ruled Monday the San Francisco 49ers will have to forfeit their fifth-round selection in this year's draft after the Chicago Bears filed tampering charges. The NFL said following a detailed investigation and a hearing, commissioner Roger Goodell determined that the 49ers violated the league's Anti-Tampering Policy by contacting the agent for Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs during the 2007 season without the Bears' permission. In turn, the Bears filed tampering charges |
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| Giants re-sign RB Ward |
NFL Football |
03/14/2008 |
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| st season. He saw significant playing time after starter Brandon Jacobs suffered injuries to his knee in September and hamstring in November. However, Ward's season was ended early when he suffered a broken left leg in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears on December 2. He was placed on injured reserve and missed the remainder of the regular season along with the Giants' four-game postseason title run. "It was hard sitting out," Ward said. "It's been my dream since I was a little kid to play in the S |
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| Bucs sign ex-Titans TE Troupe |
NFL Football |
03/10/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Monday that they have signed tight end Ben Troupe, formerly of the Tennessee Titans, just nine days after inking John Gilmore away from the Chicago Bears. Per team policy, terms of Troupe's deal were not disclosed, but the 6-foot-4, 270-pounder is expected to provide the pass-catching abilities to complement Gilmore, more of a run-blocking end. Troupe caught just five passes for 47 yards with the Titans in 2007 after recovering from a broken an |
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| Booker back with Bears |
NFL Football |
03/05/2008 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Bears signed free agent wide receiver Marty Booker to a two-year contract on Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Booker returns to Chicago where he spent his first five seasons before being traded to the Dolphins along with a third-round draft pick for defensive end Adewale Ogunleye at the end of the 2004 preseason. He spent the last four seasons in Miami. A third-round pick by Chicago in 1999, Booker recorded a Bears single-season record w |
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| Vikings sign Hicks |
NFL Football |
03/04/2008 |
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| Eden Prairie, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Vikings signed running back and return specialist Maurice Hicks Tuesday. The 29-year-old Hicks rushed for 117 yards on 21 carries for the San Francisco 49ers last season. He also returned 63 kicks for an average of 23.8 yards per return. Hicks, who has spent time with the Chicago Bears and 49ers, has rushed for 869 yards on 205 carries and has a kick return average of 22.9 yards in 55 career games. |
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| Ex-Bears QB Griese headed back to Tampa Bay |
NFL Football |
03/03/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Bears have eliminated one of their options at quarterback, sending Brian Griese to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an undisclosed 2009 draft pick. According to the Chicago Tribune, the deal will save the Bears a $300,000 bonus due to Griese on Tuesday, as the Bucs will assume the quarterback's contract. Griese, who spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons with Tampa Bay, completed 161- of-262 passes for 1,803 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2007, his second season with the Bears. T |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Free Agency - The First Wave |
NFL Football |
03/03/2008 |
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| Moss is about to get paid. What makes us so sure? Bernard Berrian just got $42 million, including $16 million guaranteed, from the Minnesota Vikings. That's Bernard Berrian, he of the 13 touchdowns and zero 1,000-yard seasons in four years with the Chicago Bears. If Berrian is getting that kind of dough, what do you suppose Moss (13 or more touchdowns in a SEASON five different times) is worth in this market? $42 kajillion? And, of course, we know how willingly Bill Belichick, Scott Pioli, and the Patriots |
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| Bucs sign TE Gilmore |
NFL Football |
03/01/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed tight end John Gilmore on Saturday. Terms were not disclosed. Gilmore had spent all six seasons of his NFL career with the Chicago Bears and served primarily in a blocking role. Drafted by the Bears in the sixth round of the 2002 draft out of Penn State, the 28-year-old has 21 catches for 194 yards and three touchdowns in 86 games. |
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