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Bears insiders consider it highly unlikely that unrestricted
free-agent LB/special-teams ace Brendon Ayanbadejo will re-sign with
the team after he indicated last week that he wanted to play on a team
that figures to give him more playing time at linebacker. The Bears
would certainly miss Ayanbadejo's special-teams acumen, but daily team
observers believe players such as Nick Roach, Rod Wilson and Israel
Idonije all have what it takes to replace Ayanbadejo as the Bears'
special-teams standout.

It turns out that the Packers bid adieu to vice president of player
finance Andrew Brandt last month primarily because Brandt's style and
personality rubbed Packers GM Ted Thompson the wrong way.

Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, speaking at the Combine about 2007
first-round pick Justin Harrell, who will be depended on more with the
team having traded fellow DT Corey Williams to Cleveland: "Justin
missed a lot of time after the draft. He wasn't really able to go
through the OTAs, and we projected him there in training camp a little
bit. He needs a full offseason, starting number one in the weight room
March 17, and the individual time he'll have with his coaches. We look
for him to contribute."