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Football Outsiders, a statistics-based analysis service, has been producing division-by-division Insider files on remaining team needs. You'll need a subscription to read the entire NFC North post , but below I've taken a few excerpts and written a f...

ESPN.com fantasy football wide receiver rankings for the 2013 NFL season.

Mental illness is misunderstood to such an incredible degree that a portion of the population questions not only its impact on an individual but its very existence. One need only read the comments about Titus Young by fans to see this.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte never gave an explanation of the team's new offense under Marc Trestman, but it's clear he expects to return to form as the multi-dimensional threat he's been in the past. Forte called th...

Welcome to the 2013 version of Insider's offseason staple series: Red Flags. This is the sixth of an eight-part examination in which Football Outsiders identifies the biggest remaining issue for every NFL team, division by division, after the NFL dra...

In what appears to be a coincidence of timing, Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall appeared Monday on "NFL Live" to discuss treatment for mental illness at around the same time the father of former Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young was hinting t...

Titus Young's father, Richard, told two Detroit newspapers on Monday that his son suffers from a brain disorder and desperately needs help.

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At least one former NFL general manager expects a market to materialize soon for eight-time Pro-Bowl free agent middle linebacker Brian Urlacher. Ted Sundquist, who spent seven years as the general manager of the Denver Broncos and the man respon...

Bears GM Phil Emery is not oblivious to character issues, but he understands he has a job to do.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- It's impossible to predict if wide receiver Marquess Wilson will land on the Chicago Bears' final 53-man roster after the way his college career unraveled at Washington State. Wilson quit the team last year and accused Cougar...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Saturday's fifth-round choice of Louisiana Tech offensive tackle Jordan Mills is just the latest in a series of moves the Chicago Bears have made to overhaul the offensive line -- clearly the weakest unit on the team last season ...

The Minnesota Vikings drafted Florida State cornerback Xavier Rhodes because, according to coach Leslie Frazier, "he'll be a guy that will come in and help match up with some of the receivers in our division and our league as well." Rhodes is a so...

Say this much for Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery: He knows how to pull off a surprise. No one saw him trading last year for receiver Brandon Marshall. I don't think many people expected him to draft Boise State defensive end Shea McCl...

We're Black and Blue All Over: It's here! (And no, I don't mean the morning after another NFC North triumph in the Madden cover contest.) It's Draft Day! (Well, at least Day 1 of a three-day process.) After months and, in some cases a ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall ran routes this week for the first time since he underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his hip in January. Marshall told ESPN Chicago's "Waddle and Silvy Show" on Wednesday that he was "sur...