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| Dolphins sign ex-Jags wideout Wilford |
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02/29/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - The Miami Dolphins continued to make offseason moves Friday, signing former Jacksonville wide receiver Ernest Wilford to a four-year contract and ex-New York Jets tight end Sean Ryan to a one-year deal. Earlier Friday, Miami acquired defensive tackle Jason Ferguson - formerly of the Dallas Cowboys - and are reportedly courting two other unrestricted free agents, Raiders quarterback Josh McCown and Texas linebacker Charlie Anderson. Wilford has started 37 of his 63 regular season |
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| New Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross a lifelong fan |
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02/23/2008 |
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| FL franchise. Ross was a minority partner with the New York Islanders, and was part of a group in 1990 that tried to bring baseball to Miami before Huizenga became founding owner of the Florida Marlins. Ross also made an unsuccessful bid for the New York Jets in 1999. ``My interest and passion has strictly been football,'' he said. ``I was involved a little bit with hockey, but really my passion is football, and the only team I wanted to own was the Dolphins.'' Huizenga said it was time for another p |
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| Giants off to a late start in preparing for NFL Scouting Combine |
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02/22/2008 |
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| are for this,'' he added. New York has the 31st and final pick in the first round of the draft. New England, which would have picked ahead of the Giants, had its first-round selection taken away by commissioner Roger Goodell for spying against the New York Jets. ``I haven't sat down and spent a lot of time on the formulation of the theories and concepts I'm going to approach in terms of opening training camp with the players, but one of the things this team did very well was they continued to look forwar |
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| 2008 NFL Draft Order |
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02/22/2008 |
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Schedule Opponents W L Pct Strength Record 1. Miami 1 15 .063 .539 138-118-0 2. St. Louis 3 13 .188 .512 131-125-0 3. Atlanta 4 12 .250 .516 132-124-0 4. Oakland 4 12 .250 .516 132-124-0 5. Kansas City 4 12 .250 .516 132-124-0 6. New York Jets 4 12 .250 .523 134-122-0 7. New England (from S.F.) 5 11 .313 .465 119-137-0 8. Baltimore 5 11 .313 .516 132-124-0 9. Cincinnati 7 9 .438 .461 118-138-0 10. New Orleans 7 9 .438 .480 123-133-0 11. Buffalo 7 9 .438 .516 132-124-0 12. Denver |
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| Top prospect Jake Long uses discipline, craftiness to avoid penalties |
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02/21/2008 |
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| amily and friends, he decided to return for at least one more year, and the Colts named assistant Jim Caldwell as his eventual successor. The Bears slipped to 7-9 last season and will pick 14th in the April 26-27 draft. --- BUSY OFFSEASON: The New York Jets already have had a busy offseason. First, they hired Bill Callahan to work with the offensive line. Next, they brought in former Bears assistant Kevin O'Dea as special teams coordinator, switched Mike Devlin to tight ends-assistant offensive line |
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| Kevin O'Dea is new special teams coach for New York Jets |
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02/20/2008 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -Kevin O'Dea joined the New York Jets as special teams coordinator after spending the last two seasons as Chicago's assistant special teams coach. He replaces Mike Westhoff, who stepped down after last season to undergo surgery on his ailing left leg that will require extensive recovery time. Before joining the Bears, O'Dea was special teams coach for the Arizona Cardinals for two seasons. He has worked with Chicago's Robbie Gould and Arizona's Neil Rackers, two of the NFL's most |
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| Goodell hopes NFL is close to an agreement to talk to former Patriots assistant Walsh |
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02/20/2008 |
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| d with the truth without fear of retaliation and litigation.'' Goodell has said that Walsh was not interviewed as part of the NFL's investigation into ``Spygate,'' which involved the NFL confiscating tapes from a Patriots employee who recorded the New York Jets' defensive signals from the sideline during the opening game of the 2007 season. As a result of that investigation, New England coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000 and the team was fined $250,000 and forfeited its 2008 first-round draft choice |
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| Jets sign safety Hawkins |
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02/19/2008 |
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| Hempstead, NY (Best E Casino) - The New York Jets signed free agent strong safety Artrell Hawkins Tuesday, the club announced Tuesday. Hawkins last played in the NFL with New England in 2006, when he started 12 games for the Patriots and recorded 71 tackles and an interception. The 5- foot-10, 195-pounder was originally drafted by Cincinnati in the second round of the 1998 draft, and spent the next six seasons with the Bengals before joining the Panthers for one season in 2004. In 122 career games (92 star |
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| Veteran safety Artrell Hawkins signs with Jets |
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02/19/2008 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -Safety Artrell Hawkins, who last played in 2006 with New England, signed with the New York Jets on Tuesday. Hawkins, 31, was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 1998 draft. In nine NFL seasons, he started 92 of the 122 games he played and had 482 tackles and 11 interceptions. He played six season with the Bengals, one with Carolina and two with the Patriots. He was released by New England in August.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights r |
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| Belichick denies taping St. Louis' walkthrough before Super Bowl, apologizes for controversy |
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02/17/2008 |
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| return anything he took improperly'' in return for indemnity, but Levy has said the deal doesn't go far enough. Goodell fined Belichick $500,000, the Patriots $250,000 and took away a first-round draft choice after the Patriots were caught taping New York Jets' coaches in last year's season opener, a 38-14 New England victory. Belichick said he misinterpreted the rule, which he felt only prohibited taping that could be used during the same game. He also apologized for the controversy the taping caused |
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