| Bears RB Wolfe lost for season with kidney injury (AP) |
20 Nov 2009 at 5:20pm
| The Chicago Bears placed backup running back Garrett Wolfe on injured reserve Friday, ending his season. The Bears will also listed tight end Desmond Clark, who has a neck injury, and safety Kevin Payne (back) as doubtful for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The team listed a kidney injury for Wolfe, who told the Chicago Tribune in a text message that he suffered a lacerated... |
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| NFL players getting hooked on fantasy football (AP) |
20 Nov 2009 at 4:14pm
Fantasy and reality collided at the 1-yard line for Maurice Jones-Drew. The Jacksonville Jaguars running back passed up a sure touchdown and took a knee before the goal line, helping seal a win against the New York Jets last Sunday. It also made thousands of frustrated fantasy football owners pound their heads against their laptops.
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| Bears Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
19 Nov 2009 at 9:06pm
Jay Cutler's not afraid of the dark, even though 11 of his 17 interceptions have come in the Bears' three night games, and they'll be back in prime time Sunday night at Soldier Field against the Eagles.
"That's how it's rolled so far," he said. "I don't know. It doesn't really matter to me what time we play. A game is a game. It's just how it's gone this year."
Even worse, four of Cutler's five interceptions in the red zone have come in night games, including two last week in the 10-6 loss to the 49ers.
"They know that I'm aware of it," Cutler said when asked if coach Lovie Smith or offensive coordinator Ron Turner had spoken to him about the problem. "They know that I'm going to be more critical of myself than anybody else. |
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| Obama to appear in PSA with 3 NFL players (AP) |
19 Nov 2009 at 5:12pm
| Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware has played in dozens of important games and hung out with some of the biggest stars in sports. Still, he was nervous when he met President Barack Obama. "It's something like no other," Ware said Thursday. "Being able to meet the most important guy in the United States, the guy with the most power, it was unbelievable." Ware and fellow... |
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| Cutler targets turnaround (AP) |
18 Nov 2009 at 7:22pm
Jay Cutler has been battered behind a struggling offensive line and seems to be throwing about as many passes to defenders as receivers lately. This, clearly, isn't what the Bears had in mind. The team's postseason hopes are fading fast heading into Sunday night's game against Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles (5-4).
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