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Jones will start Friday against the Arizona Cardinals after missing the first two preseason games with a pulled hamstring, the Chicago Bears announced Wednesday. Jones, who rushed for a career-high 1,335 yards last season, was dropped from the top of the depth chart after missing voluntary offseason workouts. He was expected to compete with Cedric Benson for the starting job at running back, but injuries to both players put that on hold. |
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Jones got hurt on July 27 and didn't practice in pads until Monday. |
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Jones practiced for the first time during training camp on Wednesday, the last day before the team ended training camp. The Bears running back was sidelined with a hamstring injury and is not expected to play in Friday's preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. |
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The Bears have reportedly been trying to trade Jones, as they are prefering to use Cedric Benson as their featured running back this season. Jones has expressed his unhappiness with his situation on the team after rushing for a career-high 1,335 yards on 314 carries for a 4.3 yard average with nine touchdowns last season. |
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Griese was 6-for-7 for 134 yards with two touchdowns in the Chicago Bears' preseason game on Friday against the San Francisco 49ers. |
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While the Bears consider Rex Grossman their starter, a mediocre start by the incumbent and an impressive performance by Griese could leave the starting position in the air. |
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Grossman had a rough preseason game on Friday against the San Francisco 49ers. The Chicago Bears quarterback was 3-for-11 for 47 yards. |
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After two injury plagued seasons, the Bears are counting on Grossman for some consistency this season, but Friday's performance was not reassuring. A solid performance by backup Brian Griese could put his starting job into question. |
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According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Peterson will start the Bears' preseason opener on Friday. |
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The move comes with Cedric Benson and Thomas Jones unavailable. Peterson has started just one game for the Bears in four season. He's rushed for 581 yards on 123 carries in 45 games. He has three touchdowns. |
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Benson left Chicago Bears practice late Friday on a cart after injuring his left shoulder. Bears coach Lovie Smith said more would be known Saturday after X-rays were taken. The Bears' running back had his arm and shoulder in a sling as he was taken from Ward Field at Olivet Nazarene University. |
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Benson, the Bears' No. 1 draft pick in 2005, was struck by linebacker Brian Urlacher and safety Mike Brown after catching a pass over the middle. Benson rushed for 272 yards on 67 carries in nine games last season, missing the final six with a strained right collateral knee ligament. |
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Manning and the Bears agreed to a four-year contract on Wednesday. The safety, Chicago's second-round draft pick, finished his career at Abilene Christian with 159 tackles, 11 interceptions and 13 pass breakups. |
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Dvoracek and the Bears agreed to a four-year contract on Wednesday. The defensive tackle, Chicago's third-round selection in the draft, finished his career at Oklahoma with 131 tackles and 16 sacks. |
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Bannister agreed to a one-year contract with Chicago on Wednesday. The special teams standout spent five years with the Seattle Seahawks, making the Pro Bowl following the 2003 season. As a wide receiver, he caught just nine passes for 121 yards. |
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Bannister has played in only nine games the last two years because of an injured collarbone. He should play a major role on the Bears' special teams. |
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Peterson agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Bears through 2009 on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. |
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Peterson was the team's second-leading rusher last season, gaining 391 yards on 76 carries. He scored two touchdowns and added seven catches for 48 yards. The 26-year-old running back and former 2002 sixth-round pick out of Georgia Southern has rushed for 581 yards and three touchdowns in 45 career games. |
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Manning Jr. was arrested on suspicion of assault Sunday after a fight at a restaurant near the UCLA campus. Manning, a 25-year-old restricted free agent who signed an offer sheet with Chicago on Friday after three seasons with the Carolina Panthers, was arrested after he allegedly hit a man in the face at a Denny's restaurant. Manning was released after posting $30,000 bail. |
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This isn't very good timing for Manning to get in trouble with the law, especially as he awaits a five-year, $21 million contract offer. |
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Manning, a restricted free-agent defensive back, signed with the Bears on Friday, in a deal reportedly worth up to $21 million over five years. The deal includes about $7.5 million in guaranteed money in the first year of the contract. Manning spent his first three seasons with the Panthers, and Carolina has until April 28 to match the offer or receive a third-round draft pick from the Bears. |
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Manning has nine career interceptions in the regular season and four more in the 2003 playoffs. After starting 16 games in 2004, Manning started only three games last season, recording 27 tackles and making two interceptions. |
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Johnson is recovering Friday from surgery to repair a torn quadriceps muscle, an injury that could sideline him for at least four months. |
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The 24-year-old Johnson injured his leg during a workout and had surgery last week, the Bears said. He is expected to be out for four to six months, missing most of training camp. Johnson had 25 tackles and five sacks in 2005 and was expected to compete for a starting job at defensive tackle with Ian Scott in 2006. |
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Griese agreed to a five-year contract with Chicago on Tuesday and plans to compete with Rex Grossman for the Bears' starting quarterback position. The 31-year-old went 5-1 for Tampa Bay last season before suffering a season-ending knee injury. The Buccaneers chose to waive him rather than pay a $2.6 million roster bonus. |
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Griese completed 112 of 174 passes for 1,136 yards this season and has 103 touchdown passes in eight seasons with Denver, Miami and Tampa Bay. Although the Bears say Grossman is the starter, expect Griese to put up quite a fight. He has started 72 of 75 games in his career. |
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St. Clair signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears on Friday. The offensive lineman played in 13 games and started twice for the Bears last season. |
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A third-round draft pick by St. Louis in 2000, St. Clair started 16 games for the Rams in 2002 and appeared in 16 games in 2003. |