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Jerry Angelo was fired as the Chicago Bears' general manager Tuesday following a team collapse marked by injuries to Jay Cutler and Matt Forte and a drug scandal involving receiver Sam Hurd.
Tim Tebow is doing what decades of conventional NFL wisdom said couldn't be done. He's winning game after game playing the most important position on the field less like a quarterback than an irresistible force of nature.
Devin Hester caught a 48-yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler, Marion Barber scored on a 3-yard run, and the Chicago Bears led the Minnesota Vikings 16-0 after the first quarter on Sunday night.
The Chicago Bears held starting safeties Major Wright and Chris Harris and running back Marion Barber out of Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers because of injuries.
Clearly, Jay Cutler is trying to lead the Chicago Bears.
Before the Dallas Cowboys can be big players in free agency, they've got to clear room under the salary cap and they got that under way Tuesday by shaking up their offensive line.
Before the Dallas Cowboys can start get serious about loading up their roster, they have to get under the salary cap. They got started on that Tuesday by deciding to release several high-priced players.
Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber has been ruled out of Sunday's game at Indianapolis with a calf injury, and linebacker Keith Brooking is questionable with a foot problem.
Dallas Cowboys third-string running back Tashard Choice has spent most of the season wondering why he wasn't playing more.
Jason Garrett called the offensive plays under Wade Phillips, so his promotion to interim head coach shouldn't have changed a thing about how the Dallas Cowboys run and throw.
The NFL fined 12 more players Friday, mostly for unnecessary roughness in games last weekend, sending another strong message that violent conduct wouldn't be tolerated.
The NFL fined Minnesota defensive end Ray Edwards $20,000 for spearing Dallas running back Marion Barber in Sunday's game.
Wade Phillips was talking about how players did in the last preseason game when he brought up how well running backs Marion Barber and Felix Jones have been doing.
With rookie receiver Dez Bryant out until perhaps the regular season, the Dallas Cowboys will certainly need that $2 million insurance policy named Patrick Crayton.
