June 27
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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The Dolphins appeared to be closing in on a deal with rookie safety Chris Clemons, their fifth-round pick out of Clemson. According to Kevin Conner, the agent for Clemons, talks between the two sides are "progressing well." "We don't anticipate any issues," Conner wrote Friday night in a text message. "There are a couple of minor details that need to be finalized." Any deal figures to be similar to the one signed by former Monmouth tight end John Nalbone, taken four picks ahead of Clemons with the Dolphins' earlier fifth-round pick. Nalbone signed a four-year deal worth $1.75 million with a signing bonus of $173,000. Clemons spent much of the recently concluded organized team activities ..."
June 24
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Whether it was a case of mistaken identity or identity fraud or both, no one can say for sure. Dolphins rookie Vontae Davis just wants people to know he was not arrested on June 9 in Champaign, Ill., where he starred at the University of Illinois. A report to that effect surfaced Tuesday morning in The Daily Illini, the campus newspaper. Citing a report filed by Champaign police officer Michael A. Talbott, the newspaper reported Davis had been arrested at 6:47 p.m. and charged with unnecessary vehicular noise and driving without a valid license. The arrest summary, a copy of which is available online at the City of Champaign Web site, lists a Vontae Ottis Davis and a home address of 920 ..."
June 24
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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One day after Greg Jennings said he and the Green Bay Packers were close to an agreement on a new contract, the two sides were nearly finished with the deal. A National Football League source confirmed Tuesday evening that Jennings and the Packers had agreed in principle on a contract that will keep him with the Packers through 2012 and place him among the highest-paid wide receivers in the league. Jennings, according to the source, would be paid nearly $9 million annually under the contract. That would place Jennings near the top of receivers with recent multi-year contracts. Jennings would be behind Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals ($10 million) and Buffalo's Lee Evans ($9.3 ..."
June 23
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The Green Bay Packers are in contract negotiations with Greg Jennings and are close to agreeing to a new deal, the veteran wide receiver said Monday after minicamp practice. Jennings warned that a breakdown was still possible. Nevertheless, this was the first time he had publicly been so optimistic about a potential new contract with the team since he began seeking a new deal at the conclusion of the 2008 season. "We've been working on some things. We're coming pretty close, as far as my understanding is, to some type of a deal," Jennings said. "But when I say close, we could still be far . . . if that makes sense. But I think we're coming close. You just never know how long 'close' can ..."