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Saturday, September 10th, 2011
In March, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson commented that being an NFL player was comparable to "modern-day slavery."
By that line of thinking, Peterson became the highest-paid slave in world history on Saturday when the Vikes inked him to a seven-year, $100 million deal with $36 million guaranteed.
Prior to the ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
For the last week it has looked like Houston Texans running back Arian Foster would actually recover from his injured hamstring in time to play in the team's Week 1 opener on Sunday. Well, that may have just changed.
Foster has missed three straight days of practice, including Friday's session. That's ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
Thursday night's thriller between the Packers and Saints provided an emphatic statement of why people were so worried during the NFL lockout. It definitely would have sucked to miss that one and all the rest of 'em this season.
Unless, of course, you are that rare breed known as the Jacksonville ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The San Diego Chargers just forked over roughly $19 million ($10 million guaranteed) to a punter. Let that one soak in for a minute.
The Chargers gave Mike Scifres a five-year extension that will keep him in San Diego through 2016 and pay him a ridiculous sum of money for a ...
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Without a doubt the breakout star of the 2010 NFL season was Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis. The former fullback went from an afterthought in Denver, to the starting running back for the Browns. Now, it looks like he will be rewarded for that effort.
Hillis and the Browns are ...
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
Now I'm not suggesting that the McCaskeys use the same photographer for their family portrait as the royal family does in "King Ralph," but... fuuuuuuuuuuuu*k, are they terrible at running a football franchise. Even when not directly making decisions, their aura of idiocy runs through the team.
The latest snafu occurred ...
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Late Monday night the Cincinnati Bengals acquired safety Taylor Mays from the San Francisco 49ers for an undisclosed draft pick.
While Mays was a disappointment in San Francisco, Bengals' head coach Marvin Lewis plans to use Mays soon. The veteran defensive coach sounded excited to work with Mays, whose physical skills ...
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Former Ohio State quarterback and currently suspended NFL draftee Terrelle Pryor getting drafted by Oakland is so obvious I can't believe I didn't think of it when Pryor declared for the supplemental draft. It's a perfect relationship, and it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a Chargers ...
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
This has been making this rounds this morning but reports are saying that Kansas City Chiefs running back Thomas Jones instigated a locker room fight with rookie wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin.
Now reports say that Baldwin injured his wrist in the melee and will miss the rest of the preseason. The ...
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
The Chicago Bears allowed a league-high 56 sacks a season ago. Their franchise quarterback was chased from the NFC Championship Game because of the subsequent lack of protection. So you'd think the team would invest in improving the worst offensive line in the NFL.
You'd think.
There were plenty of good offensive ...
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