Jaguars take punter Bryan Anger with 70th pickJosh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Jaguars needed a new punter after Adam Podlesh signed with the Bears as a free agent, so they decided to be proactive about it. Jacksonville selected Cal punter Bryan Anger with the seventh selection of the third round, number 70 overall, on Friday … |
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Bears give Cutler another weapon in Alshon JefferyApr 27, 2012
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The Chicago Bears entered the offseason knowing they wanted to give more targets to quarterback Jay Cutler. And they weren’t done when they traded for Brandon Marshall. With the 45th pick in the 2012 NFL draft, the Bears have selected South Carolina rec… |
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Bears Take S Carolina WR Alshon Jeffery in Round TwoApr 27, 2012
Matt Loede, bearsgab.com The Bears have added a playmaker with their second round pick, as Friday night the team took WR Alshon Jeffery from S Carolina. Here’s a Scouting Report on Jeffery: Jeffery’s junior campaign at South Carolina was a disappointment, in part because of w… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com 43: New York Jets: Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech -- After getting torched by Randy Moss a few years back, the Jets get the closest thing I've seen to Moss from a pure upfield burner perspective. Hill didn't have great stats in Tech's prehistoric offens… |
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Alshon Jeffery: Another big WR for BearsApr 27, 2012
We first introduced you to South Carolina receiver Alshon Jeffery at the NFL scouting combine, where Jeffery showed up having trimmed down from 231 pounds to 216 so that he could convince NFL teams he projected as a big NFL receiver and not a tight end.… |
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Meet Bears’ top draft pick Shea McClellinApr 27, 2012
Many clubs admired that Shea McClellin served as a jack of all trades at Boise State, a force throughout the defense and even special teams. |
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Meet Bears’ top pick Shea McClellinApr 27, 2012
Many clubs admired that Shea McClellin served as a jack of all trades at Boise State, a force throughout the defense and even special teams. |
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Ball Don't Lie Staff, yahoo.com The 66-game regular season, mercifully, is over. The NBA jam-packed 66 games into a space where 50 usually went, and the result was a strange five-month run that had us talking about rested legs and oddball rotations more than we spoke of learning and g… |
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Playoff Preview: Eastern ConferenceApr 27, 2012
Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com Looking ahead to the first-round playoff matchups in the Eastern Conference. |
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Bears plan to play Shea McClellin at defensive endApr 27, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com When the Bears drafted Shea McClellin with the 19th pick of the first round, the common response was that they had gotten themselves a good defensive football player. No one was quite sure where McClellin would wind up in the team’s defensive alignment,… |
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The 76ers will be hoping for a low-scoring series, as they are limited offensively while ranking among the best in the league defensively. The Bulls were the most resilient team in the league, earning the top seed overall despite persistent injuries to … |
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BBAO: Day 2 is upon usApr 27, 2012
We're Black and Blue All Over: I'm rested (sort of) and ready (definitely!) for Day 2 of the 2012 NFL draft. Before we steamroll into the nitty gritty, let's take a run through local coverage of Day 1 in the NFC North: Bears general manager Phil Emery w… |
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Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com The 76ers will be hoping for a low-scoring series, as they are limited offensively while ranking among the best in the league defensively. The Bulls were the most resilient team in the league, earning the top seed overall despite persistent injuries to … |
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Michael Wilborn, ESPN.com Some 76ers who viewed the Bulls as an easier first-round opponent may learn a hard lesson. |
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One of the fastest-rising players leading up to the NFL draft, Boise State defensive end Shea McClellin was selected by the Bears with the 19th overall pick, and he’ll have every opportunity to start at left defensive end opposite Julius Peppers. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Normally, we’d start a 13-game night off with some recaps, but since the average margin of victory across the NBA last night was like 87 points, it felt good just to look forward to the weekend. The regular season is over and the matchups are set. In th… |
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One of the fastest-rising players leading up to the NFL draft, Boise State defensive end Shea McClellin was selected by the Bears with the 19th overall pick, and he’ll have every opportunity to start at left defensive end opposite Julius Peppers. |
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Tankonia: The Bobcats Show the Knicks How to LoseApr 27, 2012
A couple weeks back, the Knicks' Jared Jeffries suggested the Chicago Bulls were a more vulnerable playoff opponent than the Miami Heat. But even in a... |
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