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New Orleans Saints OT Charles Brown says he's back at 100 percent and eager to compete for playing time | NOLA.com
He had back surgery in the offseason
Players on the trading block? - NFC South Blog - ESPN
The NFL lockout has prevented trades this offseason. But there’s talk of progress toward a labor agreement and that could open the door for some
Saints | Charles Brown recently cleared to run - NFL Hot off the Wire
Saints | Charles Brown recently cleared to run - NFL
Saints | Darren Sharper may look for starting job - NFL Hot off the Wire
Saints | Darren Sharper may look for starting job - NFL
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What your team needs to do once the lockout ends | ProFootballTalk
When the lockout ends, teams will need to act make a lot of moves in a short period of time. To help them along the way, we've created to do lists for each team. (Oh, and because we need some content.) So here are all our completed team checklists in one place.
NFL looks into porn event ad using NFL players | ProFootballTalk
Five NFL players were featured in a recent advertisement for an Exxxotica Expo 2011 party in Miami last month. The problem: They were in uniform. "The NFL office works on behalf of the clubs to protect their intellectual property rights in matters such as this" NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told...
Teammates say Cutler looks great | ProFootballTalk
Jay Cutler has kept a low profile since his disastrous NFC Championship Game. But the people who have seen him say his injured knee, and his arm, are looking great.
Brady Quinn wants in on QB competition | ProFootballTalk
Whether John Fox and John Elway were just paying lip service or not, they told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that Brady Quinn could be the team's starting quarterback last month. Quinn has been working out this offseason with the idea that he's not comfortable as a backup. "I want to be No.
Talib is continuing to work out with Bucs teammates | ProFootballTalk
With his football future up in the air and his world seemingly crashing around him, Bucs cornerback Aqib Talib is getting back to what he knows. Talib has been working out with his Bucs teammates on the football field despite a pending legal case that could send him and his mother to jail.
Vikings set July 18 as drop-dead date for training camp site | ProFootballTalk
Despite recent optimism that the lockout could end soon, NFL teams are making preparations for the possibility that the lockout may continue deep into the summer, or beyond.
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Throwing some water on the "lockout will soon end" talk | ProFootballTalk
With all signs pointing to the end of the lockout in the near future and more and more accounts suggesting that the future is pretty damn close to now, Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal reports via Twitter that she's hearing that talks between the NFL and the NFLPA* are continuing today -- and th...
The lawyers get the boot, again | ProFootballTalk
When reports emerged on Tuesday that the lawyers had re-entered the negotiations between the NFL and NFLPA*, some saw it as good news. Though we recognize that, at some point, lawyer involvement will be necessary to turn the terms of a business deal into the wherefores, heretofores, and hereinafte...