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Bears sign CB Manning to restricted offer sheet

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, April 21, 2006

Beating the league deadline by about seven hours, the Chicago Bears on Friday night signed Carolina Panthers cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. to a restricted free-agent offer sheet. Manning A three-year veteran and a star of the Panthers' advance to Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2003, Manning signed a five-year offer sheet that can be worth as much as $21 million. He will bank about $7.5 million over the next 12 months on a creative deal negotiated by agents Jim Ivler, Bill Heck and Brian Mackler. The ...

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