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Who Brought This Back Up? Oh, Wait... It Was Bears Players
windycitygridiron.com - 6/5/2009
Who Brought This Back Up? Oh, Wait... It Was Bears Players
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How many people have brought this up?  How many people have shot this idea down?  And how many people actually think it could happen?  Yes, the Plaxico Burress to the Bears idea is steadily trucking along.  We have berated the sports writers who continually stir up dust on ...
Bears players would love to land Plaxico Burress
suntimes.com - 6/4/2009
Bears players would love to land Plaxico Burress
— suntimes.com — Jerry Angelo's door remains open when it comes to adding a veteran wide receiver. Bears players would... like to say ''come on in'' to Plaxico Burress. The general manager has not ruled out anything, and in an offseason like none the franchise has seen, ... (more) Bears players would love to land Plaxico Burress

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Bears players want Plaxico
eatdrinkandsleepfootball.com - 6/4/2009
Bears players want Plaxico
— eatdrinkandsleepfootball.com — According to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Sun-Times , it's not only new QB Jay Cutler who... would like to see free-agent, troubled receiver Plaxico Burress join the Bears' receiving corps. So would Cutler's teammates. ''I feel pretty comfortable with what we have here right now," Hester ... (more) Bears players want Plaxico

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Bears Are Likely The Most Recent, Third Team To Inquire About Sharpshooting Burress
blogdownchicagobears.com - 6/5/2009
Bears Are Likely The Most Recent, Third Team To Inquire About Sharpshooting Burress
— blogdownchicagobears.com — A Drew Rosenhaus tweet had identified that three teams were, indeed, interested in signing free agent wide... receiver Plaxico Burress, but did not specify which three teams those were. Now, ESPN is speculating that the three teams are the Bucs, Jets and Bears . Based on a Scores Report ... (more) Bears Are Likely The Most Recent, Third Team To Inquire ...

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Acme Packing Company:  Nick Collins' New Contract; Holdouts and Extensions; and Plaxico Burress

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Nick Collins' New Contract; Holdouts and Extensions; and Plaxico Burress
Acme Packing Company — ... to lock up your young talent long-term, which I generally agree with. But Mike Florio makes a good point that this contract is bad. The average salary per season is low, so low that either Staley will have to disappoint to play down to it or he'll be asking for a new deal in a couple seasons. The 49ers are just asking for either a future cap charge or off-season holdout. Apparently Chicago's group of wide receivers is so weak that Bears players are publically supportive of signing troubled WR Plaxico Burress. ...

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