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According to ESPN 1500 Twin Cities, the Vikings are considering starting rookie Chris DeGeare at right guard.
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The Bears waived running back Brandon Minor Wednesday, according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune.
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Minor was waived and center Edwin Williams was claimed. Minor isn't expected to draw much interest from other teams, and he wouldn't have earned much attention in the Bears backfield, either.

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According to ESPN's Sal Paolantonio, Ben Roethlisberger will reportedly ask for at least a three-game reduction of his four-to-six-week suspension when he meets with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Friday.
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According to Pro Football Talk, Darnell Dockett has agreed to a four-year extension with the Cardinals.
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Financial terms were not released, but this deal will keep Dockett in Arizona through the 2015 season. He's been a Pro-Bowler over the past two seasons, and he was due a bigger deal. This also means that press conference scheduled for later today might not have anything to do with Matt Leinart.

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Updating an earlier item, Darnell Dockett's extension with the Cardinals is worth up to $48 million over four years with $30 million guaranteed, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Dockett's deal keeps him in Arizona through 2015. He said earlier today that he'd like to retire with the Cardinals and believes in the direction the franchise is headed. He'd outplayed his old contract, and the new one should keep him happy.

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According to the San Jose Mercury-News, there is "team-wide frustration over Michael Crabtree's nearly invisible practice and exhibition-game presence" this summer.
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Dealing with a "tweaked" neck, he has been limited for the entirety of 49ers training camp. He is expected to be ready to go in Week 1, however.

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According to the Washington Post, Albert Haynesworth will play in the Redskins' final preseason game on Thursday evening.
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Normally, veterans and first stringers sit out the fourth game of the preseason, but seeing as Haynesworth has barely played this summer and is currently running with the second stringers, he could be on the field for up to an entire half this evening.

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According to the New York Post, Santonio Holmes will be allowed to workout at the Jets' practice facility during his four-game suspension to begin the season.
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Good news for the Jets, if not necessarily good news for fairness. If you can snag him in the middle rounds of your draft, he could prove to be a huge mid-season reinforcement at receiver.