Texans' Brown gets crash course from familiar foe | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

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As he got pushed one way and then the other by Mario Williams over the weekend, left tackle Duane Brown tried to remind himself just how much easier Sundays will be if he survives the weekdays. For the past three days, the Texans' rookies got a crash course of what the NFL will be like. No one had more of a challenge than Brown, who saw an entirely different Williams than the one he faced ... [link]

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NFL Monday: T.O.’s Acting Debut; Favre to FOX?
Published 5/12/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
... Gaining Some Traction (ESPN) Bears : Adversity Could Spur Cedric Benson (Chicago Tribune) Rams: Chris Long Shows He Belongs (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Rams: Linehan’s Makeover Is Still a Work in Progress (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) AFC News Dolphins: Parcells’ Way: Be Fit or Else (Miami Herald) Texans: Duane Brown Receives Crash Course from Mario Williams (Houston Chronicle) ...

Ripped from the headlines
Published 5/12/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... the Argos, who have asked their players to sell curbside season tickets. How does a 10-game package for $325 sound? Jerry Sullivan of the Buffalo News says Bills fans have "a pathological will to believe." San Francisco rookie has a special Mother's Day. This is John Elway's first rodeo. It sounds like Mario Williams is having his way with Texans' first-round pick. ...

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