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| - -- Chargers Extend Antonio Gates --
ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports the Chargers have signed TE Antonio Gates to a five-year extension. The deal averages $7.235 million annually and includes $20.4 million in guarantees.
| - -- Bengals to Use Antonio Bryant in the Slot --
Yahoo Sports' Jason Cole reports the Cincinnati Bengals plan to use WR Antonio Bryant in the slot in the wake of the addition of WR Terrell Owens. The Bengals, who see Owens as a deep threat, will use Owens on the outside.
| | - -- Packers RB Update --
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports until the Packers deem the timing right to draft an every-down back, they will keep hammering away with RB Ryan Grant on inside zone and outside zone runs. Unless rookie RB James Starks proves to be a revelation, they will go with Grant until he drops on early downs and plug in RB Brandon Jackson on passing downs. "I like Grant, but he's containable," one scout said. "Let's just say there's some yards he leaves on the field. I think he's solid. I just don't think you have to defend him in the passing game that much." Given his workload, Grant has and should rank well up among the NFL rushing leaders. Last year, he ranked sixth among NFL backs in percentage of his team's carries at 64.4% after receiving even more of the rushing load (71.4%) in 2008. "What Green Bay tries to do is create vertical stretch through the passing game and eliminate you from loading the box up numbers-wise," an NFC personnel director said. "That allows them to run the ball. They're not like the old Redskins who knocked people around. They're a numbers offense, not a smash-mouth offense." Grant started all 16 games in 2009. In fact, durability is one of his strongest suits. Since Ted Thompson made one of his best moves by trading a sixth-round draft pick in September 2007 to acquire him from the New York Giants, Grant has played in all 50 games. Last year, Grant's playing time was 57.5%, almost exactly what it was in 2008. That ranked 14th among backs in the National Football League, a far cry from Chris Johnson (86.1%), Matt Forte (82.4%), Maurice Jones-Drew (81.4%), Steven Jackson (80.6%), Ray Rice (75.1%), Frank Gore (73.8%) and Fred Jackson (70.9%).
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