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New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard is questionable for the team's game at New England after being limited in practice Friday with a broken right thumb. Leonhard, injured in last Sunday's loss to Jacksonville, returned to practice and participated in individual drills as well as some team ...
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Rex Ryan
New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has been held out of practice for the third straight day, and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game in Tampa Bay. Bush came out of the St. Louis game with swelling and soreness in his left knee, which was surgically repaired twice in a ...
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
St. Louis Rams
Sean Payton
The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide. Mina Brees, an attorney from Austin, Texas, died Aug. 7 while visiting Colorado. Grand County coroner Brenda Bock concluded this week that the 59-year-old Brees died of a prescription drug overdose ...
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In the wake of former NFL linebacker Chris Spielman's wife, Stefanie, dying this week from cancer, the Buffalo Bills have issued a statement honoring her memory. "The Bills organization is deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Stefanie Spielman. Her courageous battle against cancer ...
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Baltimore Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards plans to appeal his $5,000 fine for unnecessary roughness stemming from his crushing hit on Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs on Monday night. Edwards hit Cribbs with a forearm to the facemask on the final play of the Ravens' 16-0 win. ...
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![[Broncos] Broncos QB Kyle Orton Misses Third Straight Practice](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/20/broncos_broncos_qb_kyle_orton_misses_third_straigh.gif)
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Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton missed a third
consecutive practice Friday with a sprained left ankle. Coach
Josh McDaniels said Orton's availability for Sunday's pivotal contest with San Diego will come down to a game-time decision. Backup Chris Simms again took first-team practice ...
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![[Bears] Bears RT Chris Williams Fined $5,000 By NFL](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/20/bears_bears_rt_chris_williams_fined_5_000_by_nfl.gif)
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Right tackle Chris Williams was fined $5,000 for
unnecessarily striking an opponent. Williams picked up a personal
foul for jumping into a pile late, a 15-yarder that set the offense back on what was the attempted game-winning drive. With five penalties, Williams has more than any other player ...
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[Bears] Bears RT Chris Williams Fined $5,000 By NFL
The San Francisco 49ers got the victory last week when they hosted the Chicago Bears, and then a trio of Niners got zapped with fines by the NFL. Delanie Walker was fined $5,000 for kicking an opponent, Tarell Brown was fined $5,000 for taunting and Arnaz Battle was fined $5,000 for a facemask ...
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Arnaz Battle
Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett was fined $7,500 for taking a shot to the throat of Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck with his forearm after a sack. Mora said on Monday that if plays like that were not going to be called penalties, that he was going to instruct his players ...
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Darnell Dockett
Seattle Seahawks
Matt Hasselbeck
Jacksonville Jaguars safety Reggie Nelson is paying for hitting New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez in the helmet. Nelson was fined $7,500 by the league office for the hit from last Sunday, according to the Florida Times-Union. Sanchez downplayed the hit when talking with Jets reporters this ...
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Jacksonville Jaguars
Reggie Nelson
Mark Sanchez
The Philadelphia Eagles, and more importantly Brian Westbrook, received terrific news on Wednesday when specialists in Pittsburgh said that the running back has an excellent chance to make a full recovery after suffering two concussions in a 20-day span. What that means for Westbrook and his ...
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Brian Westbrook
Philadelphia Eagles
Andy Reid
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Buffalo Bills promoted cornerback Cary Harris to the active roster from the practice squad, the team announced. The Bills also announced that LB Keith Ellison has been placed on injured reserve. Harris has spent the previous 10 weeks on the Bills' practice squad after originally joining the ...
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![[Cardinals] Cardinals LB Chike Okeafor Will Not Play In Week 11](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/20/cardinals_cardinals_lb_chike_okeafor_will_not_play.gif)
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According to the team, Chike Okeafor (back) will
not play against the Rams in Week 11. The
team says his absence is more of a result of his inability to practice this week, and not necessarily because of the back pain. He should be able to return in Week 12. Source: Rototimes.com ...
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![[Bears] Bears Elevated RB Kahlil Bell To Their Active Roster](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/20/bears_bears_elevated_rb_kahlil_bell_to_their_activ.gif)
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As expected, the Bears elevated running back Kahlil
Bell from their practice squad to their active roster
on Friday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. He is taking the place of Garrett Wolfe, who is lost for the season with a lacerated kidney. He could see a few carries here and there, but for ...
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[Bears] Bears Elevated RB Kahlil Bell To Their Active Roster
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco has a well-earned reputation for speaking his mind. He said Thursday that benched Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell is a victim of his supporting cast. "Man, JaMarcus is extremely good," Ochocinco said in a conference call with Bay ...
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Oakland Raiders
Cincinnati Bengals
Chad Johnson
New England Patriots
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco has a well-earned reputation for speaking his mind. He said Thursday that benched Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell is a victim of his supporting cast. "Man, JaMarcus is extremely good," Ochocinco said in a conference call with Bay ...
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Oakland Raiders
Cincinnati Bengals
Chad Johnson
New England Patriots
Buffalo's Marcus Stroud has been ruled out because of a knee injury, meaning the NFL's worst run defense could be without both starting defensive tackles against Jacksonville this weekend. Kyle Williams has missed three games because of a knee injury, and was listed as questionable by interim ...
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Buffalo Bills
Jacksonville Jaguars
Perry Fewell
Spencer Johnson
Browns coach Eric Mangini said surgery is "definitely a possibility" for punter Dave Zastudil, who was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with right knee injury. "I don't think that's been ruled out," Mangini said. Zastudil, from Bay Village, was having a Pro Bowl-caliber ...
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Dave Zastudil
Eric Mangini
Pro Bowl
Phil Dawson
![[Broncos] Broncos LB Robert Ayers Is Fined $5,000 By NFL](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/20/broncos_broncos_lb_robert_ayers_is_fined_5_000_by_.gif)
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Rookie outside linebacker Robert Ayers has been fined
$5,000 by the league for a "major facemask" penalty
in last Sunday's game against Washington. Ayers grabbed onto Santana Moss' facemask while making a tackle on a punt return in the second quarter. He was called for a personal foul on the ...
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[Broncos] Broncos LB Robert Ayers Is Fined $5,000 By NFL
With just 78 points scored through nine games this season, the Cleveland Browns are on pace to break the NFL's team record for fewest points in a season, according to ESPN. The 1992 Seattle Seahawks own the "record," scoring just 140 points but the Browns are on pace to score 139, ...
