The new contract will allow Kuper to focus on recovery from multiple ankle surgeries by guaranteeing him $1.05 million this season. He was scheduled to make $4.5 million this season, none of which was guaranteed. An additional $1.7 million is available for Kuper to earn through playing incentives, if he is able to return from the injured reserve list this season.Only 10 Alaskans have played in the NFL, an elite group that also includes Mao Tosi, Reggie Tongue, Travis Hall, Shane Bonham, Mark Schlereth, Tom Neville and Rocky Klever..My goal is not to be didactic, but instead, to be honest. The NFL has also tattooed my American brain with a gladitorial stain. To my detriment, I watch football as much as anyone.

"Biography" comes at Montana with a "comeback kid" theme. He was never entirely embraced by the Notre Dame coaching staff. The 49ers drafted him in the third round because, former coach Bill Walsh says, "He just wasn't considered a top prospec