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Early this offseason, Cardinals running back Beanie Wells had surgery on his knee, a procedure he called minor. However, that no longer appears to be the case. Wells has admitted he still doesn’t know when he’ll be able to practice and now is saying that the surgery was “more complicated”…

Brian Urlacher is as synonymous with the Bears as guys like Mike Ditka, Walter Payton, Mike Singletary, etc, but he’s 34 later this month and coming off a major knee injury (MCL/PCL tear). A free agent after the season, Bears fans are starting to worry about Urlacher’s future. Urlacher did…

The Texans have had one of the best and most underrated offensive lines in the league over the past few years, propelling Arian Foster and Ben Tate to form the league’s most deadly running back duo, and helping protect Matt Schaub. Their scheme is a big part of the reason…

LeSean McCoy had a career high 321 touches in 2011 (273 carries, 48 catches), up from 285 in 2010 (207 carries, 78 catches). As he is a smaller running back, there was some talk that the Eagles could cut his touches this season, according to Head Coach Andy Reid. This…

When Wes Welker was hit with the franchise tag earlier this offseason, he said he was looking forward to signing a long term deal that would take him until 2016-2017 or so, so he could play the rest of his career in a Patriots uniform. Owner Bob Kraft seconded that…

Stephen Tulloch is one of the best middle linebackers in the league, especially in Detroit’s wide nine scheme, and was paid accordingly this offseason, signing a 5 year, 25 million dollar deal. However, there are now injury concerns with Tulloch. Tulloch has yet to practice in OTAs with a knee…

After waiting until the 4th round to draft a wide receiver in this past draft, the Browns still have one of the worst receiving corps in the NFL. According to Head Coach Pat Shurmur, Greg Little and Mohamed Massaquoi are penciled in as starters as of right now, but he…

The Bengals failed to resign their #2 receiver, Jerome Simpson, this offseason as he had been arrested in a drug related incident and was facing league suspension. Simpson is now with the Vikings and will start the season with a 3 game suspension, while the Bengals are seemingly holding open…

When Leon Hall tore his Achilles last November, he was given a 9-12 month recovery. Now, it’s sounding like it will be closer to 12. He has yet to be medically cleared to practice at all for OTAs and some are speculating that he could begin the season on the…

Along with teammate Trent Williams, Redskins tight end Fred Davis was suspended for 4 games in 2011 for failing a drug test. If he fails another one, he will be suspended for an entire year. Today, he vowed that would not happen and blamed his past failed test on the…