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| Bears' Barber ruled out of Sunday's game |
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09/09/2011 |
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| Chicago, IL (Sportsbooks) - Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons. Signed by the Bears in the offseason, he suffered a calf injury in a preseason game at Tennessee on August 27 and hasn't practiced since. Selected by Dallas in the fourth round of the 2005 draft, Barber carried the ball 1,042 times for 4,358 yards and 47 touchdowns over 88 career games with the Cowboys over the previous six seasons. |
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| Bears host Falcons in matchup of 2010 playoff entries |
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09/09/2011 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - One team reached the playoffs and was handed its head at home. The other beat a division champion and went to the wire in a bid for the Super Bowl. But given the general perceptions of the Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears, who will face one another Sunday at Soldier Field in the first meaningful game for each team since it was ousted in January, it'd be hard to tell which is which. The Falcons entered the NFC playoffs as a No. 1 seed at the tail end of a 13- win regular season last winte |
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| Bears' Barber sits out of practice |
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09/07/2011 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber sat out Wednesday's practice with a calf injury. Signed by the Bears in the offseason, he suffered the injury in a preseason game at Tennessee on August 27 and hasn't practiced since. Selected by Dallas in the fourth round of the 2005 draft, Barber carried the ball 1,042 times for 4,358 yards and 47 touchdowns over 88 career games with the Cowboys over the previous six seasons. Defensive end Corey Wootton (knee), defensive tackle An |
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| Grossman to start Week 1 for Redskins |
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09/06/2011 |
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| kins were 1-2 with Grossman at the helm. In four games overall last year, he completed 74-of-133 passes for 884 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions. He signed a one-year contract this past offseason to stay with Washington. The former Chicago Bears quarterback has played a full 16 games only once in his eight-year career -- in 2006, when he led the Bears to the Super Bowl. McNabb was traded to the Minnesota Vikings after the NFL lockout ended for a sixth-round selection in 2012 and a condition |
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| Cardinals sign Chester Taylor |
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09/05/2011 |
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| Tempe, AZ (Sportsbooks) - The Arizona Cardinals signed running back Chester Taylor to a one-year contract on Monday. Taylor was released by the Chicago Bears on Saturday. The Bears signed Taylor to a four-year, $12.5 million contract prior to the 2010 season to split ball-carrying duties with Matt Forte, but the 31-year-old wound up as the clear second choice in the backfield after averaging a career- low 2.4 yards on 112 attempts. Taylor struggled again during this preseason, rushing for just 37 yards o |
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| Report: Grossman to start Week 1 for Redskins |
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09/05/2011 |
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| d the final three games of the season. The Redskins were 1-2 with Grossman at the helm. In four games overall last year, he completed 74-of-133 passes for 884 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions. He then signed a one-year contract this past offseason to stay with Washington. The former Chicago Bears quarterback has played a full 16 games only once in his eight-year career -- in 2006 when he led the Bears to the Super Bowl. Shanahan will address reporters after the team's practice at 2:45 p.m. |
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| Bears agree to terms with Meriweather |
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09/04/2011 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears agreed to terms with safety Brandon Meriweather, who was cut on Saturday by the New England Patriots, to a one-year contract on Sunday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Meriweather was the Pats' first-round selection in the 2007 draft out of Miami-Florida, and was named to the Pro Bowl in each of the last two seasons. The 27-year-old played in 64 games (40 starts) over his four-year pro career, racking up 263 tackles, 12 interceptions -- including one |
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| NFL cuts include Bears RB Taylor |
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09/04/2011 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears cut veteran running back Chester Taylor on Saturday, the deadline for NFL teams to trim their rosters to 53 players. The league's final cuts always include a few well-known players, and Taylor, who has played in the league since 2002 and once rushed for more than 1,200 yards, was among the biggest. The Bears also cut veteran tight end Desmond Clark, while the Indianapolis Colts waived 27 players to meet the mandatory roster number, among them former Bears defensive tackl |
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| Bears finally cut ties with Taylor at deadline |
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09/03/2011 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - As expected, the Chicago Bears parted ways with running back Chester Taylor on Saturday, releasing the disappointing veteran among several moves that brought the active roster down to the 53-man limit. The Bears signed Taylor to a four-year, $12.5 million contract prior to the 2010 season to split ball-carrying duties with Matt Forte, but the 31-year-old wound up as the clear second choice in the backfield after averaging a career- low 2.4 yards on 112 attempts. Taylor str |
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| Harris, Orlovsky among Colts' final roster deletions |
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09/03/2011 |
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| rback Dan Orlovsky, headline the list of 27 players released by the Indianapolis Colts at Saturday's deadline to trim the active roster down to 53 men. Harris, a three-time Pro Bowl selection and twice an All-Pro during a seven- year tenure with the Chicago Bears from 2004-10, signed a one-year contract with the Colts on Aug. 2 but failed to make an impression in the preseason. The former first-round pick had been released by Chicago in February following a disappointing 2010 campaign in which he recorded ju |
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