49ers sign second pick Chilo Rachal to four-year deal

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Vikings War Cry found this 7/16/2008 on www.fanhouse.com

In a rare case of a team being sanctioned by the league for impermissible contact with a player, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has ruled in favor of the Bears and against the 49ers in the tampering case surrounding linebacker Lance Briggs . The ...

Bolts must make most of golden opportunity - NFL

Cincy Jungle: Front Page Posts found this 7/17/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

Short takes To Darren in Oakland, Lane Kiffin could be the first coach fired if he gets off to a bad start, but I don't think that's going to happen because I think the Raiders are going to be around .500 this year, which should prevent any firing. ...

Favre and Rodgers at the ESPY Awards

The Big Picture found this 7/17/2008 on blogs.jsonline.com

Both Green Bay Packers quarterbacks Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers were in Los Angeles for the taping of the ESPY awards today, according to the Associated Press. This from the AP article: Favre was in Los Angeles for Wednesday night's taping of ...

Past Precedent Says Minnesota Vikings Will Be Punished For Tampering Accusations

thefootballwire posted 7/17/2008 from www.thefootballwire.com

Last year the 49ers were punished for tampering with Lance Briggs of the Chicago Bears even though the only evidence was a set of phone calls from the 49ers to Briggs' agent, Drew Rosenhaus. Using this same standard, the Vikings should be punished (via the loss of draft picks) by the NFL assuming a phone log check would show an unusual amount of activity between a Vikings coach and Favre.

Brett Favre - Breaking the Habit

The On Deck Circle posted 7/17/2008 from theondeckcircle.net

“Winning is a habit; so is losing” – Vince Lombardi Is it not ironic that the Green Bay Packers, one of the most storied and successful teams in all of professional sports, are not heeding the mantra of one of the two individuals synonymous with the franchise [...]