Twenty-nine NFL teams holding OTAs this weekMike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com In news that will no doubt please NFL fans eager for the regular season to just get here already, the vast majority of teams will be holding on-field workouts this week. The 29 teams slated to conduct organized team practice activities (OTAs) are the Be… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com When Charles Woodson recently expanded his universe of potential teams from contenders to non-contenders, presumed in that message was that, to get him, the key factor is the money he’ll be paid. This means that Woodson would be interested in playing fo… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley probably had a point last week when he said he and Ndamukong Suh were the best pair at their position in the league. But he’s also part of a less-distinguished record for the team. As noted by Anwar Richardson of MLiv… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch recently landed on NFL Network’s Top 100 list. Four spots higher than Darrelle Revis. Which prompted a candid reaction from MDS. And so Tulloch has found a way to find extra motivation, based on the response to his place… |
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Roof of new Vikings stadium is self-cleaning20 hours ago
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Vikings’ new stadium has a large glass roof. Which raises a fair question. Who will clean the bird droppings and stuff that could land on the roof? “The [ethylene tetrafluoroethylene] product is self-cleaning,” Vikings V.P. of public affairs/sta… |
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Football Outsiders: Remaining needsMay 18 (yesterday)
Football Outsiders, a statistics-based analysis service, has been producing division-by-division Insider files on remaining team needs. You'll need a subscription to read the entire NFC North post , but below I've taken a few excerpts and written a few … |
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Teammate says Titus Young opened up about issuesMay 18 (yesterday)
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Prior to a string of arrests, former Lions wide receiver Titus Young admitted to one of his old teammates he needed help. Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch said he was on the same flight from Miami to Detroit as Young recently, and Young opened up about … |
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Bears, first-round pick G Long agree to dealMay 17 (yesterday)
Jeff Dickerson, ESPN.com The Bears agreed to terms on a four-year deal, plus an option, with 2013 first round draft choice Kyle Long on Friday, the team announced. |
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Report: Packers give undrafted guard Lane Taylor $7,000 bonusMay 17 (yesterday)
Mike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com One major reason why the competition for undrafted free agents is so fascinating: every team gets the same amount of money to use for bonuses on undrafted rookies, and it is not much. Per the CBA, the bonus pool was $75,00o in 2011, and it has grown at … |
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Smokers will help pay for funding gap in Vikings stadiumMay 17 (2 days ago)
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com As it turns out, folks who puff on Marlboros will help pay for the next place where Ragnar will be blowing his horn. With electronic pulltab and bingo games, the original funding mechanism for the state’s portion of the new Vikings stadium, falling far … |
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Receiving opportunities for Forte, BushMay 17 (2 days ago)
Reggie Bush's appearance Friday morning on the NFL Network reinforced what should be a fun 2013 trend in at least two sectors of the NFC North: Running backs catching passes. Lots of them. How many? Well, we can say this: We have two connections to this… |
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Eight in the Box: Returning from injuryMay 17 (2 days ago)
A look at key players for each NFC North team who are coming back from injuries: Chicago Bears: Place-kicker Robbie Gould needed offseason surgery after rupturing a semitendinosus tendon in Week 15 and still hadn't been cleared to kick 13 weeks later. A… |
