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In their final mock drafts of the 2013 draft season, ESPN analysts Mel Kiper and Todd McShay agree on their projected first-round picks for 75 percent of the NFC North. The details: 5. Detroit Lions Kiper: BYU defensive end Ezekiel Ansah McSha...

I'll be honest. There aren't any sparklers on the NFC North's Week 9 schedule. The Chicago Bears will play at the 3-5 Tennessee Titans. The Detroit Lions are headed to play the 1-6 Jacksonville Jaguars. The Minnesota Vikings will travel to play th...

Let's check in on this week's ESPN.com's Power Rankings: 5. Chicago Bears Trending: No change after squeaking by with a 23-22 victory over the Carolina Panthers. Comment: The Bears are the NFL's lowest-ranked one-loss team, but I can understand ...

Let's take a look at how ESPN.com's power rankers power ranked the NFC North for Week 5. 8. Green Bay Packers Trending: Down one after a 28-27 victory over the New Orleans Saints. Comment: There is a significant difference between voters on the ...

We're Black and Blue All Over. (We're also on Facebook and Twitter.) Here's an interesting side note to the Seattle Seahawks' decision to draft Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson, whose height -- just under 5-foot-11 -- had challenged convent...

Another in a daily series on NFC North players who are candidates to receive their team's franchise tag. The window for tagging players opens Monday and closes March 5. As we've moved through the Franchise Focus series, several of you have asked w...

Another in a daily series on NFC North players who are candidates to receive their team's franchise tag. The window for tagging players opens Monday and closes March 5. The future of Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril remains one of the Big D...

Another in a daily series on NFC North players who are candidates to receive their team's franchise tag. The window for tagging players opens Monday and closes March 5. From the moment the Chicago Bears ended contract negotiations last summer with...

First in a daily series on NFC North players who are candidates to receive their team's franchise tag. The window for tagging players opens Monday and closes March 5. The Green Bay Packers have several candidates for their franchise tag, but most ...

Saturday should be busy and rewarding for those of us in the NFC North. At 5:30 p.m. ET, the Pro Football Hall of Fame will announce its class of 2012. Former Minnesota Vikings Cris Carter and Chris Doleman are among those on the ballot. So is Gre...

Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen has an NFL-high 9.5 sacks this season. Allen is on pace to break the single-season record for sacks in a season and will play a Green Bay Packers team that won't have his nemesis available to keep him away ...

It's tricky to rock a rhyme, particularly a rhyme that's right on time. Really, it's tricky. It's tricky, tricky, tricky. So here's what I can tell you: I'll be on a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha, as I turn the page on Week 5 and jump i...

I've been limiting our discussion of Total Quarterback Rating (QBR) to one weekly post, which I caught up on Tuesday afternoon. Since then, however, a number of you have asked how the Week 5 performance of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: DETROIT -- We awoke Tuesday morning with a pair of 5-0 teams in the NFC North. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest it's the first time that's happened since the NFL went to this divisional format in 2002. (If I...

A few thoughts on the Green Bay Packers' comeback 25-14 victory over the Atlanta Falcons: What it means: The Packers improved to an NFL-best 5-0 after their most impressive performance of the season. The Packers also extended their winning streak ...

The Detroit Lions might be one of the NFL's two undefeated teams, but ESPN.com's power rankers aren't quite ready to power rank them in that order. The Lions remained No. 4 overall on the Week 5 ballot, trailing the Green Bay Packers (4-0), New Or...