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Article: THE WEEK THAT WAS
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 25, 1996
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MONEY OF THE WEEK
The Bears paid about $13.2 million, including a $5 million
signing bonus, to get free agent Bryan Cox.
For that kind of money, they can only hope they found the heir
to the great middle linebacker tradition of Dante Jones.
EXPLANATION OF THE WEEK
The exlosive, fiery Cox said flipping off Buffalo fans and
spitting at them and getting into fights are all a misunderstanding
of who he is.
"To me, when I'm out there, I'm looking at someone who is
trying to break into my house and do something to my wife and my
kids," Cox said. "That's why you see me explode like that. I'm
going to protect what's mine."
Problem is, you're also going to have to protect what's Carl ...