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Sep 10 2010 - Kevin Mawae (Free Agent)
C Kevin Mawae has called a press conference Friday at which he's expected to announced his retirement after 16 seasons. The eight-time Pro Bowl player is also the president of the NFL Players Association.
"It's a time of reflection for me just to think that I (had) the privilege of playing in the NFL," Mawae said on the NFLPA's website. "It's an honor—not a right—and it's something that I don't take for granted. It's one that I cherish."
Mawae played for Tennessee last season.
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Sep 10 2010 - Champ Bailey (Broncos)
CB Champ Bailey and the Broncos are "deep" in discussions on a four-year extension, according to the Denver Post. The contract would run through 2014, when Bly would be 36. The report said the deal would make Bailey the league's third-highest paid cornerback behind the Jets' Dareele Revis and the Raiders' Nnamdi Asomugha.
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Sep 10 2010 - Antwan Odom (Bengals)
DT Antwan Odom could be facing a four-game suspension for using performance enhancing drugs. It is currently in the appeal process with no announcement imminent. On Twitter, Odom attempted to refute rumors the suspension was for performance-enhancing steroids, writing: "Please don't believe the rumors. Yes I tested positive for a banned substance but it wasn't steroids or PEDs. ... For now it's a league issue that's under appeal. Just know that I would never cheat to gain an edge in this game that I love."
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Sep 10 2010 - Kawika Mitchell (Bills)
LB Kawika Mitchell has been placed on injured reserve with a foot injury. He finished last season on IR with a knee injury.
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Sep 10 2010 - Tom Brady (Patriots)
QB Tom Brady signed a four-year contract extension worth as much as $72 million with around $48 million in guarantees according to multiple reports. The deal will be made official today.
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Sep 9 2010 - Miles Austin (Cowboys)
WR Miles Austin signed a six-year contract extension worth $54 million. He will get $18 million in guaranteed money and a base salary of $17 million in 2010.
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Sep 9 2010 - Miles Austin (Cowboys)
WR Miles Austin agreed to a lucrative long-term extension with the Cowboys after his breakout year in 2009. Austin agreed to a six-year contract extension, but terms of the deal weren't immediately available.
Austin signed a $3.168 million contract as a restricted free agent in June. Management's position remained that the Cowboys wanted to sign him to a long-term pact.
Austin last season had 81 catches for 1,320 yards, sixth-best in team history, last season.
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Sep 9 2010 - Jared Gaither (Ravens)
OT Jared Gaither (back) has been declared out for the season opener. He will be replaced at right tackle by either Oniel Cousins or Marshal Yanda.
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Sep 9 2010 - Jeff Otah (Panthers)
RT Jeff Otah said he had a minor setback in his recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery and it may cost him the first couple games of the season.
Otah hasn't practiced at all during the preseason and has missed both days of practice this week.
When asked when he hopes to return to the field, Otah said, "Hopefully in the next couple of weeks -- next two or three weeks -- I can get out there and start practicing."
Otah said he has soreness in his knee, but no swelling.
"Things didn't go as planned (in the rehab process), but I have to keep working," Otah said.
Otah said he tweaked it while running.
"I might have pushed myself a little too hard coming back and I had a setback," Otah said. "I'm a little upset with that but I have to move on and get back out there."
Otah said the knee problem is directly related to the torn meniscus he suffered last December which forced him to go on injured reserve and miss the final three games of the regular season. Geoff Schwartz will fill in for Otah this week against the New York Giants.
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Sep 9 2010 - Charles Woodson (Packers)
CB Charles Woodson signed a contract extension through 2014, Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations, announced. Woodson was the 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. He had nine interceptions and became a leader of the defense.
Entering his 13th season, Woodson had what coach Mike McCarthy termed a great offseason, as he noted during OTAs.
"I know he has been hitting it hard here of late, and it's great to have him out there," McCarthy said. "He looks like he is back in top shape already."
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Sep 9 2010 - Shaun Rogers (Browns)
NT Shaun Rogers got much more practice time Thursday. He will likely start against Tampa Bay despite missing all preseason on P.U.P.
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Sep 9 2010 - Dez Bryant (Cowboys)
WR Dez Bryant is anxious to get on the field, and told the Dallas Morning News: "It's been a long time, man. I just feel like, I'm just ready to unleash.''
He has not played since being ruled ineligible at Oklahoma State last September. He missed the entire preseason this year with a high ankle sprain, and has been cleared to play against the Redskins.
"The main thing is that I have to keep him calm," receivers coach Ray Sherman said. "He's excited and biting at the bit to have a chance to play. It's different. It's not preseason. This is for real. This is live bullets coming at you, so you've got to be ready to adapt. Once he gets that first catch or that first hit, it will help him settle down."
Sherman said it's not so much about tempering his enthusiam as it is about not letting him get too caught up in the moment and forgetting what he should be focusing on.
"It's going to be loud there and he just needs to make sure he is just relaxed and just treat it as if he were going to practice, understand where to line up, what you have to do and just let everything else take care of itself," Sherman said. "Don't try to do too much. It's when you try to do too much that you make mistakes."
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Sep 9 2010 - Jake Grove (Free Agent)
C Jake Grove had his contract terminated by Miami in a bit of a surprise move that leaves Joe Berger as the stater for Sunday's regular-season opener at Buffalo. Grove, who started 12 games last season, has been slowed by a left shoulder injury suffered in the third preseason game.
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Sep 9 2010 - Dan Orlovsky (Texans)
QB Dan Orlovsky's base salary was slashed from $2.25 million to $850,000, according to the Houston Chronicle. Orlovsky is believed to have had to accept the pay cut or risk being released after the team signed Matt Leinart. Orlovsky will reportedly receive a $25,000 bonus for every game he's the No. 2 quarterback behind Matt Schaub.
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Sep 9 2010 - Tom Brady (Patriots)
QB Tom Brady was involved in a car accident Friday morning. He was not hospitalized. The Patriots, without clarifying his health, said he'd be at Gillette Stadium today.
An eyewitness told the Boston Globe that the accident at 6:34 a.m. was the fault of the other driver -- in a minivan -- who went through a red light. That driver was extracted using the "Jaws of Life" and is hospitalized.
An eyewitness said Brady was shaken and was dusting glass off himself.
"It was really high impact, you could tell. The front of the (Brady's) Audi was off," Hanna LeStrange told the Boston Globe. "He was sort of bent over, looked completely shaken up. He got up and just started wiping his jeans."
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Sep 9 2010 - Tom Brady (Patriots)
QB Tom Brady was involved in a two-car accident in Boston Thursday morning, but wasn't hospitalized and reported to Gillette Stadium.
The accident occurred on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Gloucester Street, according to multiple reports, and Brady was treated at the scene.
"Caught up with Brady briefly between meetings," the Patriots posted on their Twitter page. "(He) reports that he's OK."
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Sep 8 2010 - Antonio Bryant (Free Agent)
WR Antonio Bryant's agent, Lamont Smith, filed a grievance against the Bengals for $3.1 million he believes is owed to his client.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Smith said the money comes from the $1.55 million base salary that Bryant was scheduled to earn with the Bengals this season and a $1.55 million roster bonus. The Bengals have seven days to respond to the grievance and decide whether they want to settle. If not, the NFL Players Association and NFL management council will take the case and decide on a ruling.
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Sep 8 2010 - Michael Bush (Raiders)
RB Michael Bush was limited in practice Wednesday and coach Tom Cable would not rule him out to face the Titans in the season opener.
Bush fractured his left thumb and has surgery late last month,
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Sep 8 2010 - Sergio Kindle (Ravens)
LB Sergio Kindle is optimistic that he'll be cleared after completing neurological tests in Baltimore on Tuesday.
Kindle, the team's top draft pick in the 2010 draft, sustained a hairline fracture on his skull after falling down two flights of stairs just days before the start of training camp. Now, he has to wait to see if he'll be allowed to begin his NFL career.
"I'm confident that I'll be cleared," Kindle told The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday night. "I thought the tests went well. But I don't have the final say. When the doctors give the results to the team, that will let me know if I can come back."
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Sep 8 2010 - Albert Haynesworth (Redskins)
DT Albert Haynesworth will not be traded before Sunday's season opener against Dallas, coach Mike Shanahan said.
Reports surfaced Tuesday that Washington was discussing a potential with Tennessee, Haynesworth's former team.
However, Shanahan would not say whether or not Haynesworth would play against the Cowboys.
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Sep 8 2010 - Dez Bryant (Cowboys)
WR Dez Bryant hasn't played since spraining his right ankle in late July, but appears on course to play Sunday, according to an NFL Network report. He returned to practice last week.
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Sep 8 2010 - C.J. Spiller (Bills)
RB C.J. Spiller has been named the starter for Sunday's regular-season opener by coach Chan Gailey.
Fred Jackson (left hand) and Marshawn Lynch (ankle) have been bothered by injuries, but Gailey said Spiller would have been named the starter regardless.
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Sep 8 2010 - Chris Ivory (Saints)
RB Chris Ivory is out of Thursday's game with a knee injury.
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Sep 7 2010 - Uche Nwaneri (Jaguars)
RG Uche Nwaneri has signed a five-year, $24 million contract that includes $8-9 million in guaranteed money, according to FOXSports.com.
Nwaneri, 26, is entering the final year of his rookie contract.
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Sep 7 2010 - Justin Forsett (Seahawks)
RB Justin Forsett will start the season opener, although coach Pete Carroll wouldn't say who would get the most carries with Julius Jones and Leon Washington also in the mix.
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