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ROGERS FLASHES CANNON
Packers QB Aaron Rogers is doing a pretty good job in making people forget about retired QB Brett Favre. Rogers is already drawing comparisons to his predecessor with respect to arm strength and his deep ball ability. "He has a cannon," WR Greg Jennings said. "He throws it like a Jugs machine every time.... He can make every throw on the football field, and his deep ball is one of the prettiest. Brett had a great deep ball, but Aaron has a beautiful one." HC Mike McCarthy agreed and also marveled at Rogers' progress since he was drafted in 2005. "He's very fundamentally strong. He's clearly one of the better guys I've had the opportunity to work with."

CULPEPPER TURNED DOWN PACK GIG
Free agent Daunte Culpepper reportedly turned down a one-year, $1 million proposal from the Packers earlier this offseason.

BRADSHAW JAILED
Giants RB Ahmad Bradshaw has been in a Virgina jail cell since June 15 after violating the terms of his probation. Bradshaw was sentenced to two years of probation for misdemeanor petty larceny in 2006 while a student at Marshall University. Details of his most recent arrest are currently unavailable. Bradshaw's lawyer had this statement Thursday: "Ahmad Bradshaw is currently serving a 30-day jail sentence in Abingdon Regional Jail in Virginia on a probation violation charged out of the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court," the statement reads. "The underlying charge in this matter stems from an offense that occurred while Mr. Bradshaw was a juvenile. Mr. Bradshaw has not been charged with any offense since being drafted by the New York Giants and is eager to put this matter behind him and be in training for the next season."

KEVIN JONES RUNS SHUTTLE
Free agent Kevin Jones made cuts on his surgically reconstructed knee Thursday and ran a short shuttle in 4.3 seconds.

BUCS WIDE OUT COMPETITION HEATS UP
Buccaneers WR Antonio Bryant has been making his mark this offseason, potentially cracking the top two or three receivers on the depth chart. "I'll tell you, Antonio Bryant has really been impressive," HC Jon Gruden said. "We really like the things Antonio Bryant has done here, so we'll see how it works out." Bryant is competing with Michael Clayton, Maurice Stovall and Ike Hilliard as well as lesser known players like Dexter Jackson, Paris Warren, Cortez Hankton and Chad Lucas. "We may not be as bad at that position as a lot of people thought," Bucs pro personnel executive Doug Williams said.

AUSTIN LIGHTER, LOOKS FOR LARGER ROLE
Tim MacMahon, of The Dallas Morning News, reports Dallas Cowboys WR Miles Austin has lost 12 pounds since running a pre-draft 4.47 40-yard dash. Austin has a lot of confidence in himself that he will contribute this season and provide speed opposite of WR Terrell Owens. The Cowboys are reportedly "banking on" one of Sam Hurd or Miles Austin to emerge as a big part of their offense this season.

HARRIS DOES CAKE-WALK
Bears agreed to terms with DT Tommie Harris on a four-year extension through 2012. Profootballtalk.com reports the deal is worth $40 million. He'll receive $27 million in the first three years, putting the deal in the Randy Moss range and making Harris the NFL's richest DT. Harris, 25, will hit free agency again at the age of 29.

DRE MOORE UPDATE
Tampa Bay rookie DE Dre Moore got some words of warning from HC Jon Gruden, after reporting out of shape, one month after doing so at rookie camp. "He still has a long way to go to master playing pro football in this area of the country," Gruden said. "He's going to have stamina issues until he gets himself into great shape. "And I think every defensive lineman, every 320-pound guy, will tell you that. But he's working at it. It means something to him and he's in good hands with strength and conditioning coaches Curtis Schultz and Mike Morris."

TANK LEADS
After missing the first half of the season last year due to an 8-game suspension for off-the-field issues, Cowboys DT Tank Johnson is looking forward to an expanded role this year, his first full season with the team. "Tank came in as an unknown certainly," Head Coach Wade Phillips said. "Finishing the season was good. ... Just his perseverance and his hard work and working hard in the offseason, he is a leader, which we didn't know about him."

WOMAN LINKED TO PACMAN KILLED
Sadia Morrison, the woman who was with Adam "Pacman" Jones during a 2007 melee at the Minxx strip club, has turned up dead in the Bronx. Her friends and family think she was thrown off an apartment building. New York City police are investigating Morrison's death but are not providing many details."We're looking at any and all possibilities," New York City Police Department spokesman Martin Brown said Wednesday.

PACKERS WAIT ON HUMPHREY REHAB

Packers stick with TE Humphrey through injury.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Packers tight end Tory Humphrey had a hard time recovering from a broken leg on the first day of training camp last year. It was his second major injury in less than a year, and one that might have cost him a chance to start.
However, after nearly trading in his football pads for a pair of brown shorts after the Packers cut him three years ago, Humphrey has learned a thing or two about perseverance.

Plus, the Packers still think he has what it takes.

"He can definitely be a No. 1 tight end in this league," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "No doubt about it."

Humphrey signed with Indianapolis as an undrafted free agent out of Central Michigan in 2005, then was waived and signed with Green Bay. But the Packers cut him near the end of training camp, and he found himself back home in Michigan with nothing to do. "We were in Lansing, my wife was at Michigan State finishing her degree," Humphrey said. "Actually, I was about to get a job at UPS before they called me back."

Green Bay added Humphrey to its practice squad in November 2005. He came back to make the team the following season, playing mostly special teams until he sustained a season-ending hamstring injury in a game at Minnesota on Nov. 12.

Humphrey rehabilitated the injury, and came into training camp last year hoping to break into the rotation with the No. 1 offense -- a chance to prove he belonged on the field once the regular season rolled around.

Instead, he got another bad break: He broke his leg on the first day of camp.

"It crossed my mind when I first got hurt," Humphrey said. "It was like, 'Here we go again.' I mean, I knew at some point I would be back, but it was like, 'I can't believe it happened again.' Because the first year, I did my hamstring, the first day of camp, and then I break my leg. So it was like, 'Here we go again.'"

Humphrey has thought about what he might do if he can't play football, a plan that might include going back to school to finish his degree in entrepreneurship and working in advertising.

All that will have to wait because the Packers are sticking with Humphrey.

"Coach McAdoo told me they still like me, they still believe in me," Humphrey said, referring to Packers tight ends coach Ben McAdoo. "They just want me to stay healthy and get me on the field."

With Humphrey out of the picture and veteran Bubba Franks being used mainly as a blocker last year, Donald Lee had a breakout season with 48 catches for 575 yards and six touchdowns in the regular season -- and another touchdown in the Packers' NFC championship game loss to the New York Giants.

Now, Lee enters camp as the presumptive starter, Franks is gone, and Humphrey hopes to compete with third-round draft pick Jermichael Finley, an athletic tight end out of Texas, for repetitions in practice.

The Packers also have three undrafted rookie free agent tight ends on the roster: Maryland's Joey Haynos, Stanford's Evan Moore and Northwest Missouri State's Mike Peterson.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said that while Humphrey is still "feeling his way around some things," he has the potential to fit in well with the offense.

"They are all very similar," McCarthy said of Lee, Humphrey and Finley. "I think their strength is their athletic ability, the ability to play in space. When you have the 250-pound man as athletic as those three, it gives you the ability to do things from the backfield, out in space. It also carries over to special teams."

Rodgers said Humphrey has improved every day he's been on the field since he was cleared to participate in voluntary Organized Team Activity (OTA) workouts last week.

"The vitals are there: He's very athletic, he's got good hands," Rodgers said. "But he's getting his feel back. I don't think it comes back right away playing out there, reading linebackers, leverage, getting off the press, guys right on him. So he's doing a nice job. He's caught just about everything I've thrown to him, and he's going to continue to improve."

Humphrey sees himself as another downfield threat who can complement Lee, and expects to have an opportunity to get on the field.

"There's always opportunity for anybody if they go out there and make plays and are consistent," Humphrey said. "Everybody has a chance."

Finley sat out Thursday's OTAs after bruising his knee in practice last week, allowing Humphrey a few more reps in practice. Humphrey made it count, catching a touchdown pass from Rodgers in a team drill.

"You never want to see anybody hurt, but I'm not complaining about the extra work," Humphrey said.

And he's not taking another chance with the Packers for granted.

"When I'm walking in the building sometimes, I get taken aback that I'm here, after all I've been through," Humphrey said.


By CHRIS JENKINS
AP Sports Writer
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