Monday, February 28, 2011

Google Alert - nfc, afc,

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Clay runs with feet of clay at NFL combine
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"That 5.5 is really stretching it," an NFC scout said. "He was OK overall."
Moffitt's arm length was good (33 inches), but his hand size (9 ½) was
ordinary. "Moffitt will go fourth or fifth round," an AFC personnel
director said before the combine. ...
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So this is my last blog post, perhaps ever
ESPN (blog)
For the past three seasons, I've written exclusively about what I believe
to be the most interesting division in football, the NFC East. I've been
fortunate to become friends with some of the great beat writers and
columnists from the division, ...
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Google Alert - nfl

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OLB Von Miller justifying NFL draft stock with strong combine
USA Today
By Nate Davis, USA TODAY Former Texas A&M LB Von Miller did not nothing to
hurt the perception that he's a potential top-five draft pick with his
showing at the NFL scouting combine Monday. Widely regarded as one of the
top edge-rushing prospects in ...
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Combine notes: breaking down the DL
Yahoo! Sports
Taking a look at which prospects stood out during day three of the NFL
combine workouts. Fairley has the athleticism to track down the passer. •
I will admit being slightly turned off when I first saw the overall
physical make-up of Auburn DL Nick ...
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NFL combine notes
ESPN (blog)
By Heather Dinich Today is going to be a fun day for former Boston College
linebacker Mark Herzlich, who is ready to show NFL scouts that the cancer
is behind him, and a pro career in front of him. Former FSU quarterback
Christian Ponder decided to ...
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The NFL Draft is both art and science
Plain Dealer
By Craig Lyndall, Waiting For Next Year Today, the NFL is a 24-hour a day,
365-day per year activity for fans. This is more apparent than ever with
the live broadcast of the scouting combine on NFL Network. For the first
time since its airing, ...
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2011 NFL combine
ESPN (blog)
"It's great to keep your draft picks, but only if they are your best
players," Whisenhunt told reporters recently at the NFL scouting combine.
"We released our third-round pick (Buster Davis) our first year. ... We cut
a (former) second-round pick ...
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Cameron Jordan, Jordan Cameron both good NFL prospects
SportingNews.com
There's an impressive athlete named Cameron Jordan from the Pac-10 wowing
scouts at the NFL Scouting Combine. Wait, or is it Jordan Cameron? There
are players of both names from the same conference looking to improve their
2011 draft stock in ...
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Jake Locker runs 4.59 40-yard dash at NFL Combine
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Jake Locker ran a 4.59 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine on Sunday.
(Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) We're at Hec Edmundson Pavilion at the
moment to cover the Washington vs. Washington State basketball game
tonight, but I wanted to pass ...
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Notes on Pac-12 players at NFL combine
ESPN (blog)
By Ted Miller We knew Paea, Oregon State's two-time winner of the Pac-10's
Morris Trophy, was a beast, but the defensive tackle proved it to everyone
else when he set an NFL combine record with 49 reps at 225 pounds on the
bench press. ...
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Tough to pass on Newton's potential
ESPN
Though his powerful right arm is electrifying, the mechanics of
transforming from a one-year spread offense sensation at Auburn into an NFL
starting quarterback will take time. In fact, the team that drafts him
would be best served to sit him for his ...
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NFL.com Blogs » Blog Archive Ingram's middle-of-the-road 40 not a ...
By NFL.com Staff
"Ingram's probably disappointed in his 40 time because he lost the weight
to enhance his 40," NFL.com's Steve Wyche said. "But he's not a blazer,
he's not expected to be the next Chris Johnson. That's why the comparisons,
...
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2011 NFL Combine Sunday Links - Music City Miracles
By Jimmy
Links from Sunday's action at the NFL Combine.
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Music City Miracles
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Critical week on NFL labor scene - NFL- NBC Sports
Deadlines no longer are in the distance for the NFL and the players' union.
The collective bargaining agreement expires Thursday night, and the owners
could lock out the players.
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Julio Jones Ends One NFL Combine Dream - Arrowhead Pride
By Joel Thorman
Every year at the NFL Combine there seems to be a player each fan gets
attached to whether it's because they're a great player, they ran a fast
40-yard dash or did really well on the bench press.
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NFL Combine: Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers fails to excel in 40 ...
By Aaron Fentress, The Oregonian
But all is not lost for Rodgers who has impressed many with his quickness
and overall production. Former Jesuit HIgh running back Owen Marecic also
worked out Sunday.
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NFL and Seattle Seahawks
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Google Alert - nfl labor

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Critical week on NFL labor scene
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Deadlines no longer are in the distance for the NFL and
the players' union. The collective bargaining agreement expires Thursday
night, and the owners could lock out the players. Even before that, though,
the Players Association is ...
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NFL labor committee updates owners on negotiations
AOL News
AP INDIANAPOLIS -NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league's top labor
negotiator used this week's annual scouting combine to update owners on the
collective bargaining negotiations. In an e-mail to The Associated Press,
league spokesman Greg ...
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Fun (Likely Futile) Ways Fans Can Encourage NFL Labor Peace
FanHouse
By Stephanie Stradley If social networking can help topple governments in
the Middle East or get Betty White on Saturday Night Live, why can't NFL
fans get both the NFL and the NFL Players Association to work out a
reasonable labor deal? ...
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FAY VINCENT: Football, Baseball, Hockey and the Labor Battles to Come
Fox News (blog)
The NFL is a $9.5 billion business. Baseball by comparison is about $6.5 in
total annual revenue. Under the current NFL labor agreement, the owners get
$1 billion off the top to provide their return on capital and the balance
of the revenues is then ...
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Labor strife: NFL warns Browns about meetings, giving playbooks to players
AHN | All Headline News
According to a report, the Cleveland Browns were one of several teams
reminded this week by the NFL that players are not supposed to "meet" with
coaches or be given playbooks during this period of the offseason. An
outlet reported quarterback Colt ...
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AFL-CIO supports dismantling of NFL players' union — at least temporarily
Daily Caller
By Chris Moody - The Daily Caller | Published: 10:43 AM 02/28/2011 By Chris
Moody - The Daily Caller It's not every day the AFL-CIO encourages workers
to dismantle their labor union and abandon collective bargaining, but in
the case of the NFL Players ...
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NFL Warns Cleveland Browns To Not Have Meetings With Colt McCoy
Bleacher Report
The NFL labor negotiations are being felt all around the league but may be
slightly more evident around the Cleveland Browns' training facilities than
in other places. In interviews held by Pat Shumur and Mike Holmgren many
weeks ago, the Browns state ...
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Labor issues leave prospects, coaches mostly speechless
Pro Football Weekly
At the NFL Scouting Combine, the draft prospects who have been grilled
about the sport's current labor issues have been giving pretty much the
same response. After playing last fall for their college teams, then
preparing day and night for the past ...
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Google Alert - nfl lockout

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Surviving The Possible NFL Lockout
Arrowhead Addict
The theories that the NFL will risk alienating fans like Major League
Baseball did during its strike are flawed. The fact of the matter is that
many people find baseball to be boring and that, more than any ill will
harbored by fans over the MLB strike ...
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Despite Some Progress, Zero Hour Approaching as NFL Lockout Seems Certain
NFL GridIron Gab
Despite a little bit of progress and positive signs here and there, we are
less than a week away from a lockout. Last Thursday concluded a string of
seven consecutive days meeting in the prescence of a federal mediator with
both sides agreeing to ...
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What To Do During an NFL Lockout?
Big Cat Country
Today, fans are locked to their televisions monitoring the NFL Combine in
Indianapolis, speculating about how their team will maneuver in the draft.
Armchair scouting analysis has become a season of its own, and mock drafts
from the alphabet networks ...
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Labor lockout could hamstring Eagles | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-02-28
Philadelphia Inquirer
More likely, the NFL and union could create an exception to the deadline,
given the unusual limitations this offseason carries. But the unknowns
complicate the Eagles' offseason planning and illustrate how a lockout
could hamper the team. ...
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NFL Lockout Just Days Away
Giants Football Blog (blog)
A lockout will happen. And there will people who will take sides and blab
and blog about it. Some of these people can't pay their bills or afford the
price of PSLs. They don't get it. They don't see the big picture. They are
being taken advantage of, ...
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Some players are a little too broke to handle a lockout
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
By MJD The NFLPA probably hates this story, but here's a little anecdotal
evidence that there are players in the NFL who, financially speaking,
absolutely cannot handle a lockout. Tim McManus at Philadelphia Sports
Daily writes about some broke Eagles ...
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Dolphins QB Chad Henne hard at work learning team's 'New England offense'
so ...
Palm Beach Post (blog)
Henne said that after taking a couple weeks of vacation in January, he has
worked diligently with Daboll to learn his offense before the lockout
potentially begins on Friday. Dorrell has also been sitting in on the
meetings so that all three can get on ...
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NFL: Disruption would hurt rookies the most
Indianapolis Star
With labor unrest dominating the NFL landscape, an abridged offseason isn't
the concern. All team-directed offseason work is at risk. If owners and
players are unable to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement by
11:59 pm Thursday, a lockout ...
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Lockout Issues In The NFL
Zeiza
A lockout is coming to the NFL, unless a last-second miracle occurs, the
sporting equivalent of a stay of execution from the governor. The fans know
it, the team knows it, everyone knows it. This raises a difficult question:
If there is a lockout, ...
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Jaguars Announce Refund Plan in the Event of a Lockout
First Coast News
... treat you as fairly as possible in the event that any games are not
played due to work stoppage." Even if there is a lockout, the NFL draft
will go ahead as scheduled April 28-30, but there would be no trades,
signings, releases or football operations.
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Google Alert - nflpa

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Politicians should stay out of labor fight, for now
ProFootballTalk
For months, the NFLPA has been trying to lay the foundation for a political
assault on the owners as leverage against a looming lockout. For months,
the strategy largely has failed. Senator Jay Rockefeller (DW. Va.) has
argued in a op-ed published by ...
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... WHERE WE'RE GLAD JEFF GORDON UPSTAGED THE ACADEMY AWARDS
ESPN
The NFLPA can do something that is called "decertify," which sounds a lot
like falling on its own sword to prevent the league owners from doing it
first. Once the union is decertified, the players can file for an
injunction to keep the owners from ...
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New England Patriots Links 2/28/11 - NFL Combine Continues
Pats Pulpit
by Marima on Feb 28, 2011 9:43 AM EST in News/General Paul Perillo reports
on the meeting between NFLPA director DeMaurice Smith and all of the
league's certified agents Friday, with agent Drew Rosenhaus in support of
Smith after being briefed on the ...
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UPI NewsTrack Sports
UPI.com
With little prospect of an agreement being reached before then, the NFLPA's
move to decertify itself as a union would free players to seek an
injunction under US antitrust laws barring team owners from imposing an
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Report: NFL Players Association Planning to Decertify by March 3 ...
By Chelsea Frajerman
Barring the signing of a new contract or an extension, the NFLPA will file
for decertification by the March 3 deadline to block a potential lockout,
according to various sources. The association voted on this scenario last
season and ...
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Roger I. Abrams: Two-Minute Warning in NFL Negotiations
By Roger I. Abrams
There is no reason why the NFL and the NFLPA cannot agree to extend their
entire agreement for a day, a week or a month. Last time I checked, no
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Updated: NFLPA Planning To Decertify Thursday « CBS Chicago
Seven days of mediated negotiations might not have been enough to come up
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

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Veteran scout: Cam Newton "looks terrible" during Combine workout
ProFootballTalk
Former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton impressed NFL observers by running the
40-yard dash in fewer than 4.6 seconds at the Scouting Combine. At least
one veteran scout was far less impressed by his workout. The scout, who
works for a team that has no ...
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Indiana lawmakers urge NFL, players to reach deal
TMCnet
By AP , WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from Indiana, home of next season's
Super Bowl, are urging the NFL and players union to avoid a work stoppage
that would have a "devastating impact" on the state's economy. "We are
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Pro football hopefuls face big test of their talents: NFL Combine
Christian Science Monitor
Participation in the NFL Combine is considered a crucial step toward a
professional football career. Key events include the 40-yard dash, bench
press, and Wonderlic Test. Auburn quarterback Cam Newton responds to a
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MSU linebacker Greg Jones states case at NFL combine
Detroit Free Press
JULIAN H. GONZALEZ / DFP By DAVE BIRKETT INDIANAPOLIS -- Michigan State
linebacker Greg Jones has one goal in mind when he works out at the NFL
combine Monday. "Just reassure (teams) that my athletic ability that they
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Indianapolis remains optimistic NFL players, owners can make a deal
The Canadian Press
He believes NFL owners and players are making progress on a new collective
bargaining agreement and that next year's Super Bowl will still be played
at Lucas Oil Stadium. "I like the fact they got the mediator in there, and
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Cameron Heyward, son of 'Ironhead,' looks to carve own NFL niche
USA Today
He is the son of former NFL RB Craig "Ironhead'' Heyward, who played 11
seasons with five different teams before succumbing to a brain tumor after
a seven-year battle in May, 2006. Cameron Heyward bears a strong
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NFL poised for a labor confrontation as negotiating end game arrives
Washington Post
(Alex Brandon) By Mark Maske INDIANAPOLIS - Negotiators for the NFL and the
players' union are scheduled to walk into the offices of the Federal
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Daughter of Wonderlic Test's creator criticizes its use by NFL
USA Today
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off a firestorm as some NFL prospect's intelligence is scrutinized ... and
often panned, probably quite unfairly. We speak of the Wonderlic Test, used
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NFL draft: 4 linebackers Lions could target in middle rounds
Detroit Free Press
AP By DAVE BIRKETT INDIANAPOLIS -- Most of the media attention at the NFL
combine this week is on the draft's top prospects and biggest names. Auburn
quarterback Cam Newton's news conference Saturday was heavily attended,
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2011 NFL Mock Draft: Top 25 Players
Opposing Views
Dareus has everything you look for in building a team from the inside out
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Weekend NFL Combine: Open Thread - Field Gulls
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NFL COMBINE: Falcons interested in Allen Bailey | Atlanta Falcons
By D. Orlando Ledbetter
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2011 NFL Combine Saturday Links - Music City Miracles
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Latest On The NFL Labor Situation
Pride of Detroit
Doing this would prevent NFL owners from locking out players and would
essentially turn this mess into a legal battle in court for the coming few
months. For what it's worth, Martin Mayhew had this to say about the labor
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Decertification is in union's plans
Boston Globe
By Greg A. Bedard INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL labor battle is heating up
heading into the final week of the league year. While the league's labor
committee, including Patriots owner Robert Kraft, convened in the Colts'
offices yesterday to set their ...
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Movement at Combine, but Not at the Table
New York Times
If the union goes through with decertification, the NFL's labor dispute
could end up winding its way through the courts, where most of the players'
gains — including free agency — have come. It is unclear if games would
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Who cares about a labor deal? Let's talk draft and the Cleveland Browns!
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Plain Dealer
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NFL labor process. I do know both sides favor long-term agreements. In the
league's case, guaranteed years of labor peace is paramount in TV deals. In
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Klis: Trick is finding right time to panic
Denver Post
1 regarding this current NFL labor impasse between owners and players:
Identifying the eleventh hour. "I think March 3 is not even an issue," said
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Indy still hopeful players, owners can make a deal
Chicago Tribune
On Friday, Smith spent nearly two hours meeting with agents, and NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell and league counsel Jeff Pash met with the
owners' labor committee at the Colts' complex. Ballard, like most everyone
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NFL lockout would trace to George Steinbrenner
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A lockout would jeopardize the 2011 NFL season. Although lawyers agree that
lockouts rarely occur during typical labor disputes, they have become part
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3 Packers named Pro Bowl starters; Rodgers doesn't make the team
Sheboygan Press
Atlanta, which leads the NFC with a 12-3 record, had the most Pro Bowlers
with seven, including quarterback Matt Ryan, receiver Roddy White and
defensive end John Abraham. New England (13-2), the AFC leader, had six Pro
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NFLPA creates fund to help offset potential lockout losses
CBSSports.com
By Pete Prisco INDIANAPOLIS -- To help offset the potential loss of money
due to a lockout, the NFL Players Association will be paying players
lump-sum checks, according to sources. The "strike fund" will pay players
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Cleveland Browns and NFL Lockout: Does Montario Hardesty Have the Most to
Lose?
Bleacher Report
For the Cleveland Browns, a lock out means that many players on injured
reserve last season might have to wait another season to prove they
ultimately deserve a roster spot. One such player is running back Montario
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NFL lockout would send networks and advertisers scrambling
Crain's New York Business
If the lockout extends into May, when marketers and broadcasters start
negotiating rates for the coming season, both sides will have to regroup.
Some of the nation's biggest advertisers—who spent a total of $3.4
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NFL lockout impending as two sides continue to talk
Empowered News
An NFL lockout in 2011 remains a distinct possibility as team owners and
players continue to disagree on the terms of a new collective bargaining
agreement. The head of the players union DeMaurice Smith informed agents
yesterday that the two sides have ...
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Harbaugh Lets Cat Out Of The Bag About NFL Lockout
Garry Cobb
Eagles fans I encourage you to enjoy the upcoming draft because that's all
the football you're going to see in a while because I think were headed for
a lengthy lockout. When John Harbaugh was with the Eagles special teams
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Garrard plan for lockout encouraging
ESPN (blog)
By Paul Kuharsky INDIANAPOLIS -- We're late catching up on this Gene
Frenette piece on David Garrard, who said some encouraging things about his
plans for the Jaguars if NFL players are locked out. "We're going to make
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Hue Jackson Not Worrying About NFL Lockout
Football News Now
By Chuck Carroll While the collective football world is holding their
breath waiting for the NFL Lockout to begin, Oakland Raiders head coach Hue
Jackson has decided not to worry about it. In speaking to reporters this
week at the NFL Scouting Combine ...
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Jerry Green Advantage owners if NFL has a lockout
The Detroit News
A lockout would be that dangerous. The prime issue is how to divide the
estimated $9 billion in revenues received each NFL season. That's billion
with a B, as in Bleed -- as in the NFL already is bleeding the public for
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NFL Lockout 2011: Watching The Train Wreck In Slow Motion ...
By One.Cool.Customer
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Texans' Cushing, Casey discuss possible NFL lockout | Owls | Chron ...
Texans' Cushing, Casey discuss possible NFL lockout. Texans linebacker
Brian Cushing (USC) and tight end James Casey (Rice) were at Saturday's
baseball game at Reckling Park to throw out the ceremonial first pitches.
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NFL Agents Playing Additional Role As Lockout Looms « CBS New York
By RyanWarrenCBS
We're advising players on COBRA insurance to anything that involves
finances to the football side of it.
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NFL lockout strategy revealed | Philadelphia Daily News | 02/25/2011
It isn't a big surprise that the NFL has been planning for a lockout for
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Agents say they have NFLPA's back in labor standoff | Philadelphia
Inquirer ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
In a rare show of unified purpose, four of the league's most powerful
agents told reporters that they are behind the NFLPA and that players are
ready for an extended lockout, even one that lasts the entire season. "As
soon as De Smith got this job, ...
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Judge could favor NFLPA in TV money dispute
SportingNews.com
As the threat of a work stoppage in the NFL looms, a key ruling in a fight
between the NFLPA and the league over TV revenues could go to the union, a
legal expert says. The two sides are fighting over $4 billion in broadcast
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Report: NFLPA will decertify before Thursday night
National Football Post
The NFLPA had players vote on decertification back during the season,
something it worked on for months. Players believe this move is necessary
to avoid losing part of the 2011 season. The NFL and NFLPA met for seven
days with a federal mediator, ...
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Decertification talk is simply part of the leverage play
ProFootballTalk
Saturday's report from ESPN's Adam Schefter regarding the union's plan to
decertify by March 4 should be regarded in the same light as his report
from Friday's agent meeting that the league and the NFLPA aren't close to
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Some caution thrown on decertification
Jets Nation
Like every bit of labor news that comes along, Saturday's news that the
NFLPA is planning to decertify may not be as cut and dried as it initially
appears. NFL Network's Albert Breer quotes a NFLPA source that it's "not
a rock-solid guarantee" that ...
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Report: Union plans to decertify
Jets Nation
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that the NFLPA will decertify by Thursday in
the hopes of stopping the NFL owners from locking the players out. I'm not
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If NFL lockout sidelines free agency, teams might draft players according
to need
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
George Atallah, the assistant executive director of external affairs for
the NFLPA, told reporters Friday the union wouldn't stand in the way of
anything that could help players improve their draft slotting. It's the
reason a rumored boycott of the ...
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Roger Goodell meets with 10-man NFL owners labor committee; talks not going
well
Examiner.com
The night of March 3rd and then into the first morning minute of March 4th
will signify the end of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
between the NFL and the players union (NFLPA). Friday morning, Commissioner
Roger Goodell met with the ...
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NFLPA Plans to Decertify - Pats Pulpit
By Greg Knopping
According to Pro Football Talk and ESPN's Adam Schefter, the NFLPA is now
threatening to decertify.
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ESPN reporting that NFLPA to decertify before current CBA expires ...
By Dane Noble
If the union decertifies, it is no longer a union, and the National Labor
Relations Board loses its hold over the NFLPA. The owners are expected to
claim the decertification is a sham and challenge it in the NLRB. ...
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Report: NFLPA plans to decertify by March 3 - Chicago Breaking Sports
The collective bargaining agreement says the NFLPA in effect must wait six
months to decertify if it does it after the collective bargaining agreement
expires. It expires at 11:59 p.m. Thursday night. Get the full story at
espn.com . ...
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NFLPA To Decertify Before March 4 To Battle NFL Lockout - Revenge ...
By Jess Root
NFLPA To Decertify Before March 4 To Battle NFL Lockout. The NFLPA is
planning on decertifying before March 4, when the collective bargaining
agreement expires . By doing so, they are no longer a union and thus
prohibit the NFL from ...
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Google Alert - nfl

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Sources: Roger Goodell met with NFL's 10-man owners labor committee
ESPN
By Chris Mortensen As the clock is ticking toward expiration of the NFL's
collective bargaining agreement, commissioner Roger Goodell met Friday
morning with the majority of the league's ownership 10-man labor committee
at the offices of the ...
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Owners receive update on CBA mediation from NFL officials
NFL News
By Albert Breer NFL Network By Albert Breer NFL Network League officials
who took part in the federal mediation -- including Commissioner Roger
Goodell, general council Jeff Pash and outside council Bob Batterman --
briefed the ownership group on the ...
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All grown up, Castonzo impresses NFL scouts
Chicago Daily Herald
"I had zero scholarship offers out of high school," Castonzo recalled
during the NFL's Scouting Combine in Indianapolis over the weekend. "I
was a 6-7, 220-pound drink of water. Every school that I talked to said 'We
don't think you're going to get big ...
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NFL Combine: Q & A with Georgia's AJ Green
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Brant Sanderlin/bsanderlin@ajc.com INDIANAPOLIS – Georgia wide receiver
AJ Green spoke with the assembled media at the NFL combine. Q: Talk about
your decision to leave school early for the NFL. A: There is a small window
of opportunity and you have to ...
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Plenty of impressive weigh-ins for skill positions
ESPN
Friday marked the first day of full action at the NFL combine, with kickers
and specialists working out and offensive linemen, tight ends,
quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends going through various stages of
the pre-workout process. ...
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Competition with NFL twin keeps Mike Pouncey going
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Mike may actually be a better guard at the next level, but the sense of
competition between brothers may be part of the reason that Mike wants to
match his brother in the NFL, and that sense was palatable when he was on
the podium at the scouting ...
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Lions GM speaks at NFL Combine
The Morning Sun
By PAULA PASCHE INDIANAPOLIS — Lions general manager Martin Mayhew admits
that he occasionally goes online and looks at NFL mock drafts. He finds it
curious how others can predict who he will draft with the 13th pick in the
first round, when he doesn ...
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NFL Combine 2011: Kickers, Offensive Linemen, Tight Ends Begin Workouts
SB Nation Seattle
The real action is underway at the 2011 NFL Combine as kickers, tight ends
and offensive linemen hit the field to run through the battery of tests
typical of the scouting combine. The three groups will run the 40-yard
dash, participate in jumping ...
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Doctor warns former NFL players in Foster City of progressive brain disease
San Jose Mercury News
By Will Liu The doctor examining the brain donated to science by a former
National Football League player who committed suicide urged a group of
former NFL players at a meeting in Foster City to participate in his
research into progressive brain ...
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Bears Hand Lovie Smith 2-Year Extension -- NFL FanHouse
By FanHouse Newswire
Smith said Friday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis that he was happy to
get the deal done and gave his coaching staff credit for that. "I'm in
position to be here and get that extension based on what the players and
our staff has done ...
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2011 NFL Combine Workout Schedule - Music City Miracles
By Jimmy
Most of the workouts will be televised live on the NFL Network. You can
also watch the workouts live online by clicking here. Watching some of this
stuff can be about as exciting as watching paint dry- especially when it
comes to the ...
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2011 NFL Combine: Blaine Gabbert Speaks To The Press - Niners Nation
By David Fucillo (Fooch)
We take a look at Blaine Gabbert's comments to the media today at the 2011
NFL Combine.
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NFL Testing Sensor-Laden Under Armour Shirts at Combine Training
By Caleb Johnson
During this weekend's NFL Combine, some prospects will wear an Under Armour
shirt equipped with an accelerometer as well as heart and breathing mon.
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SB Nation Invades The NFL Combine - Blogging The Boys
By One.Cool.Customer
SB Nation has a number of bloggers from different team sites on the ground
in Indianapolis covering the Combine.
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NFL lockout appears more certain after latest meetings
Green Bay Press Gazette
... 2011 INDIANAPOLIS — With less than a week to go before the expiration
of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, hope seems to fade with each
passing day that the league can avoid a lockout of the players by next
Thursday. ...
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Lockout'11: Senator calls for open books
ESPN (blog)
Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia called for NFL owners to open their books
to a third party in an effort to build trust between the sides.
Rockefeller: What I'd like to see from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and
the owners is a simple display of good ...
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Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy among players to be hurt most by NFL lockout
Examiner.com
If there is an NFL lockout, there is a number of players who will be
adversely effected when the league finally reforms for a new season. A
player, such as St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford and Cleveland
Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, ...
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Coaches could take hefty hit in NFL lockout
Parkersburg News
February 25, 2011 - AP INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NFL head coaches and
assistants could lose up to 50 percent of their salaries in 2011 if there
is a lockout — and that might not even be the worst part. It's up to each
of the league's 32 teams to decide. ...
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Friday's Sports in Brief
SI.com
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NFL Players Association doesn't want a lockout. It
wants a deal. Union executive director DeMaurice Smith and four of the
league's most prominent agents put on a unified front at the league's
annual scouting combine. ...
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NFL Lockout Lunacy: They Keep Talking, But Is It Going Anywhere?
NFL News
I admit, I was getting a little bit more optimistic earlier this week when
the NFL owners and the NFL Player's Association agreed to federal mediation
and ended up talking for most of the week. At least they were in a room
discussing the issues instead ...
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Raiders Have Spent $80 Million In Face of Lockout
Sports Haze
While the rest of the owners are hesitant to spend money, with some
exceptions, Al Davis has been the most agressive man in the NFL at
re-signing his players. In the last two weeks the Raiders have made several
re-signings: Richard Seymour (two years, ...
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Eagles Brass to Pay Coaches Despite Lockout
NBC Philadelphia (blog)
That's right, Andy Reid and his coaches will be collecting paychecks per
usual no matter what happens in the NFL labor negotiations. When the NFL
lockout likely begins at the end of the day March 3, players won't be
getting paid, teams won't be able to ...
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NFL Lockout Lunacy: They Keep Talking, But Is It Going Anywhere ...
By Dave Halprin
As the clock winds down on the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, there's
seems to be little hope that we'll avoid a lockout.
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Why I'm OK with an NFL lockout - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
I know what you're thinking. As soon as the NFL labor dispute is settled,
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