Archive for July, 2010
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
Quarterback Sam Bradford agreed to a record-setting contract with the St. Louis Rams, an NFL source said Friday night. Bradford, the top overall selection in the NFL draft in April out of Oklahoma, agreed to a six-year deal with the Rams that includes approximately $50 million in guaranteed money, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract had not been signed. Bradford's deal includes more than $8 million more in guaranteed money than the $41.7 million in the contract that last year's top overall draft pick, quarterback Matthew Stafford, signed with the Detroit Lions. That was the previous record for an NFL rookie. According to a source, Bradford's contract has an overall value of $78 million. The deal can be worth as much as $86 million, the source said, if Bradford reaches all of his incentives. The Rams' first full-squad practice of training camp
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
Former Washington Redskins offensive lineman Ross Tucker said Friday the conditioning test that the Redskins are requiring defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth to pass before practicing is a "pretty standard" test used league-wide. But Tucker also said the test is "the toughest" of those regularly used by coaches to determine if players are in shape. Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan is requiring Haynesworth, who did not participate in the team's offseason conditioning program, to pass the conditioning test before alowing him to participate in training camp. The test, according to the Redskins, consists of a pair of 300-yard shuttle runs--25-yard sprints, out and back, six times. A lineman such as Haynesworth must complete the first shuttle run in 70 seconds and then, after a 3-1/2-minute break, complete the second in 73 seconds.
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The NFL Network has hired Fox reporter Jay Glazer as a contributor, the league-owned television channel announced Thursday. Glazer will continue to work for Fox but also will appear on NFL Network programming, according to the announcement. "It will be different than what I do at Fox," Glazer said in a written statement. "I'll be there to provide my personal insights and opinions on various NFL topics. Fox is my main gig and I will break news there, but I'll also now be on NFL Network during the season and more during the offseason on 'NFL Total Access' and specials around NFL events."
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Jay Cutler said Thursday that members of the Chicago Bears are cognizant that a poor performance this season could lead to the dismissal of head coach Lovie Smith.
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Jason Campbell enters his first training camp with the Oakland Raiders as their starter at quarterback. Raiders Coach Tom Cable named Campbell the team's starter Wednesday on the eve of training camp. "I'm excited about Jason," Cable said at a news conference. "And while we're at it right now, Jason is the starter.... He's going to go out in the first huddle, and he's going to do that." The Raiders open their camp Thursday after an offseason in which they obtained Campbell in a trade with the Washington Redskins. Campbell was displaced as the starter in D.C. by the Redskins' trade for Donovan McNabb.
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is scheduled to begin a tour of NFL training camps next week, joining former coach and broadcaster John Madden on Madden's famed bus. The league announced that Goodell would visit eight training camps in six days, beginning Monday. He will be in 11 cities in 10 days, including visits late this week to Green Bay and Kansas City, according to the NFL's announcement. According to the league, Goodell will visit the Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints on Monday; the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday; the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins next Wednesday; the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns Aug. 5; and the Indianapolis Colts Aug. 7.
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
UPDATED (6:55 p.m.)... There might not be enough passes from quarterback Carson Palmer--or attention--to go around for the Cincinnati Bengals' wide receivers this season. Terrell Owens is joining Chad Ochocinco, after all. Owens has agreed to a one-year contract with the Bengals as a free agent, according to the team's Web site. Ochocinco confirmed the signing, writing on Twitter that the deal was completed and "all of our games have been moved to pay-per-view." Owens had been a free agent all offseason. His contract with the Buffalo Bills expired after last season and the Bills did not re-sign him. There was speculation in recent days that the St. Louis Rams and New York Jets also were interested, and agent Drew Rosenhaus had written on Twitter that multiple teams were in the Owens chase. But Ochocinco wrote Saturday on Twitter that he expected Owens to sign with the Bengals, and
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The NFL has produced a new poster to hang in locker rooms league-wide to warn players about the effects of concussions, the New York Times reported. The poster, according to an image of it accompanying the report, lists medical facts about concussions and symptoms, and instructs players to report symptoms of concussion. It warns players that "according to the CDC, 'traumatic brain injury can cause a wide range of short- or long term changes affecting thinking, sensation, language, or emotions.' These changes may lead to problems with memory and communication, personality changes, as well as depression and the early onset of dementia. Concussions and conditions resulting from repeated brain injury can change your life and your family's life forever."
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
According to multiple reports, the St. Louis Rams and New York Jets also are among the teams giving consideration to the possibility of signing free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens. Those reports have come after Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco wrote over the weekend on Twitter that he expects the Bengals to sign Owens. Owens remained without a job all offseason after his contract with the Buffalo Bills expired and the Bills did not re-sign him. But agent Drew Rosenhaus wrote recently on Twitter that there were several teams interested in Owens. It remains unclear when Owens might be signed.
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The owners are scheduled to conduct a one-day meeting Aug. 25 in Atlanta. The possible switch to an 18-game season could be among the topics of conversation. But Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay, the co-chairman of the NFL's competition committee, said during a recent telephone interview he did not know if the owners would take an official vote on the measure during that meeting. The owners have presented the possibility of increasing the regular season from 16 to 18 games per team, and reducing the preseason from four games to two, to the players' union during the two sides' labor negotiations. But the owners have not formally voted on the measure and have said they don't yet consider it a formal proposal to the union. The union has referred to it as a proposal by the owners, however. Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy, a member of the owners'
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