Questions after Tom Clements promotionPromoting Tom Clements to offensive coordinator was the logical choice for Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy, who lost incumbent Joe Philbin two weeks ago to the Miami Dolphins. But two key questioned remained unanswered in a news release issued Thu… |
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Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com Impending free agent running back Matt Forte told ESPN 1000 Chicago Thursday that he is open to receiving the Bears’ franchise tag so long as it leads to a long-term contract. “If they are doing the franchise tag just to get more time in order to nego… |
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Chicago Bears receiver Johnny Knox provided a glimpse Thursday into his recovery from a serious neck and back injury via Twitter, offering this photograph of the torso brace he must wear until the middle of March and not directly answering a question ab… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Hall of Fame defensive lineman Deacon Jones said today that he has a problem with Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh: According to Jones, Suh doesn’t know the correct way to play the game. That’s not to say that Jones, who was one of the toughest p… |
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Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com The Raiders lost out on Greg Manusky to the Colts, but they’ve lined up fallback options to fill their defensive coordinator vacancy. Steve Corkran of the Contra Costa Times reports that the Raiders have requested permission to interview Packers corner… |
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Our latest discussion with Jeff Dickerson on "Chicago's GameNight" at ESPN 1000 generated an interesting question: What should be the top priority for new Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery? I broke my answer into two parts, based on the… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com NFL commissioner Roger Goodell may not be so pleased to hear how New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady watched Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers win the Super Bowl in 2011. Still rehabbing his foot, Brady watched an illegal stream of the game… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Adrian Peterson shared via his Twitter account Wednesday that he was thinking of changing from the No. 28 to No. 23 but that it would cost him $1 million to make the switch. |
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For a variety of reasons, former Minnesota Vikings receiver Cris Carter, currently an ESPN analyst, gets his share of attention on this blog. He has been a voice of reason in wild discussions about receiver Randy Moss, an annual point of debate for Pro … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The Lions said after the season that all of their assistant coaches for 2011 would return for 2012, but it turns out that’s not the case. The Detroit Free Press reports that Brandon Fisher, a defensive assistant in Detroit, is leaving to become an assis… |
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We're Black and Blue All Over: Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel provides the hard numbers that will make it so difficult for the Green Bay Packers to use their franchise tag on quarterback Matt Flynn, with the purposes of trading him, r… |
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