Vikings will pay Simpson $2 million, but he’ll get $1.85 millionMike Florio, profootballtalk.com Last week, the Vikings signed receiver Jerome Simpson, who’ll be suspended for three games after pleading guilty to a felony drug charge earlier this year. Simpson will be fairly well compensated. Per a league source, Simpson will receive a $950,000 r… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Twenty-one linebackers were selected in the 2012 NFL draft before the Green Bay Packers took North Carolina State’s Terrell Manning in the fifth round. But Manning doesn’t think any of them are better than him. “I feel like I was as good as any line… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Packers receiver Donald Driver is willing to take a pay cut to stay in Green Bay, but that doesn’t mean the Packers will bring him back, at any salary. Packers coach Mike McCarthy and General Manager Ted Thompson both declined to say this weekend whethe… |
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Value pick: Lions CB Dwight BentleyApr 30, 2012
If you're still agitated over the Detroit Lions' decision to pass on a group of second-tier cornerbacks late in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft, perhaps this video will put you at ease. ESPN analyst Todd McShay rated Louisiana-Lafayette cornerbac… |
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Undrafted Boise St. QB Moore signs with LionsApr 30, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Boise State standout Kellen Moore has agreed to a free-agent deal with Detroit, giving the Lions someone to develop behind starter Matthew Stafford and backup Shaun Hill. |
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Tying a ribbon around the 2012 NFL draftApr 30, 2012
Cleaning out my notebook after the 2012 NFL draft: It can be difficult to gauge the value of coaching the annual Senior Bowl, but it's worth noting that two of the Minnesota Vikings' draft choices played under their coaching staff for the North team at … |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com In the team-by-team draft needs, we suggested that the win-now Vikings may try to move back into the first round to beef up the cornerback position. They did it, but they emerged with a safety. And the decision to trade up resulted in large part from t… |
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Vikings stadium: Awaiting next stepApr 30, 2012
When we last left the Minnesota Vikings' stadium bill, it had passed through all committee stops and was awaiting a floor vote in both houses of the Minnesota state legislature. That was 48 hours ago and nothing has changed as the legislature barrels to… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The NCAA’s all-time leader in receptions wasn’t drafted and wasn’t even offered a contract as an undrafted free agent, but he will be given an opportunity to show he belongs in the NFL. Michael Zweifel of the University of Dubuque, who caught an all… |
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BBAO: Charles Woodson endorses draftApr 30, 2012
We're Black and Blue All Over: Good morning. We saw an initial review of the 2012 draft Sunday from ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr., and I'm sure we'll continue to hear more and more analysis throughout the week. Few, if any, of it will be more meaningful or… |
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Packers will keep Bulaga on right sideApr 30, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With left tackle Chad Clifton gone and with no 2012 draft pick devoted to the tackle position until a compensatory selection in round seven (Andrew Datko), the vacancy won’t be filled via the flipping of a first-rounder whom many believed was picked to … |
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