March 2005 - Football Wiretap

Grossman Returns To Action
Rex Grossman returned to the field for the Bears on Sunday night against Atlanta, playing in his first regular-season game since tearing a knee ligament on Sept. 26, 2004.

AP

Warner Likely Done For Season

AP

Culpepper Finished In Minnesota?
With Brad Johnson proving the club can win without Daunte Culpepper, as well as the recent charge of indecent conduct, the Vikings quarterback could be dealt this off-season.

NY Post

San Antonio Still Hoping For NFL Franchise
San Antonio awaits a January announcement from the league on whether it'll play host again next season to the Saints, even if just for a game or two.

AP

Ellis And Robertson To Sit For Jets

AP

Source: Bush To Turn Pro
The Reggie Bowl is on, as sources said Friday that tailback Reggie Bush will turn pro and already is being advised by Reebok representative Mike Ornstein, who previously worked for the Raiders.

LA Daily News

Jue Might Play For Chargers At Indy

AP

Steelers' CB Townsend Upgraded To Probable

AP

Simms Preparing To Face Belichick
"He would always say hello and whatever else," the younger Simms said. "Nothing too vivid. He was always concentrating on what he had to do and I was kind of the young punk running around the locker r

AP

Owens Feels Used By Eagles

ESPN

Culpepper Amongst Four Vikings Charged With Love Boat Incident
Daunte Culpepper and three other Minnesota Vikings were charged Thursday with three misdemeanors each for taking part in a bawdy boat party earlier this season on Lake Minnetonka.

AP

Ex-Raiders Lineman Darrell Russell Dies In Auto Accident

ESPN

Jaguars Slip On RealGM Rankings After Loss To #1 Colts
The NFL schedule for Week #15 includes ten games with serious play-off implications. If a team thinks they are truly play-off worthy, they better finds ways to WIN their final three games.

RealGM

Leftwich Healing But Won't Return

ESPN

Simon And June Likely To Sit

AP

Brooks Benched For Rest Of Season
"It's not an indictment of Aaron whatsoever," coach Jim Haslett said after practice Wednesday. "It's an indictment on our record."

AP

NAACP Stands By Comments On McNabb
"He doesn't get it," J. Whyatt Mondesire said Wednesday. "If he got it, I wouldn't have written the article."

AP

Beasley Frustrated With Season

AP

Brady Questionable For Bucs
Tom Brady is listed as questionable with shin and shoulder injuries, the first time that's happened this season but hardly a guarantee that his 84-game playing streak will end.

AP

Holcomb To Start In Place Of Losman
Kelly Holcomb will start for the Buffalo Bills at quarterback against Denver on Saturday in place of the injured J.P. Losman.

ESPN

Raiders Bench Tuiasosopo

AP

Darrent Williams To Miss Two Weeks

ESPN

Vick Injures Rib In Win Over Saints
A late hit knocked Michael Vick to the turf and out of the game in the fourth quarter in their 36-17 win over the Saints.

ESPN

Reeves Added In Houston

ESPN

Bengals Comfortable With Johnson Running The Ball

AP

Carroll's Reps Sending Out Feelers For NFL Jobs
ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Carroll's representatives are sending out feelers for NFL jobs that would give the Trojans' coach control of football operations and $6 million a year.

ESPN

New Meadowlands Stadium Likely To Cost Over $1 Billion

ESPN

Martin Vows To Retun In '06

ESPN

Brady Banged Up
Coach Bill Belichick said Tom Brady was "fine," and the quarterback said he didn't think his lower left leg injury was "too major."

AP

Westbrook Goes Onto IR

ESPN