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Let's take a quick look through Thursday's news in the NFC North: Chicago Bears: Tailback Matt Forte (ankle) returned to practice on a limited basis, giving him a chance to play Sunday at Ford Field. Cornerback Charles Tillman (ribs/elbow) also re...

Five things to know and my 2012 all-division team: Division MVP: If your definition of this award is the player who has the most impact on his team's winning percentage, then our MVP is Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. If your MVP is t...

Getting inside the Friday injury report: Chicago Bears: Tight end Evan Rodriguez (knee) missed practice and isn't expected to play Monday night against the Dallas Cowboys. Linebacker Brian Urlacher took his regular day off Friday. Receiver Earl Be...

We're Black and Blue All Over: GREEN BAY, Wis. -- OK, be truthful for once. How many of you thought that Week 1 would end with the Green Bay Packers looking up in the standings at the NFC North's other three teams? The Packers certainly had the...

In which we look ahead to two more nights of exciting Week 2 preseason action in the NFC North: Detroit Lions Opponent: Baltimore Ravens Location: M&T Bank Stadium Day/Time: Friday/8 p.m. ET Personnel notes: The Lions continue to experiment wi...

Chicago Bears Key free agents: Tight end Kellen Davis, running back Matt Forte (franchise), cornerback Corey Graham, quarterback Caleb Hanie, defensive end Israel Idonije, cornerback Tim Jennings, quarterback Josh McCown, safety Brandon Meriweathe...

The NFL's long process for adjusting and re-adjusting its Pro Bowl rosters, based on injuries and postseason participation, has begun. So far, three NFC North players have been affected. I'll do my best to keep you updated throughout the next few wee...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The misery is coming to an end for the Chicago Bears. Sunday night's 35-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers was their fifth consecutive defeat and officially eliminated them from playoff contention. Their 2011 season will end next Sun...

We're Black and Blue All Over: ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Week 13 might have given us our most wild collection of games yet here in the NFC North. You had the Green Bay Packers clinching the NFC North with a precision drive in the final 58 seconds of r...

I was quite frankly surprised at how many of you support the Chicago Bears' stance with tailback Matt Forte, and as a result are unconcerned about the potential connection between team morale and competitiveness. That issue was the crux of our Have a...

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...

We're Black and Blue All Over: There are three undefeated teams in the NFC as of Monday morning. Two of them reside in the NFC North. Yessir. The Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions join the Washington Redskins as the only 2-0 teams in the c...

We're Black and Blue All Over: We mentioned this note in Tuesday's Stock Watch post, but it's worth repeating here in the Air and Space division: NFL teams combined for a single-week record total of passing yards in Week 1: 7,482. That number w...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- For the first time this summer, we had all four NFC North teams on the field on the same day. I'm here at Lambeau Field for one more night, so let's breeze through Monday's developments elsewhere with links to the source of the in...

We're Black and Blue All Over: On Monday, we noted that press box scorekeepers credited Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher with 17 tackles Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Tackles are an unofficial statistic, of course, and generally I prefe...

The first of our two Minnesota-Wisconsin border battles is upon us. On Sunday night at Lambeau Field, the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers will square off mano a mano. Ali vs. Frazier. Ricky vs. Cal. Balboa vs. Drago... Two worlds collide, ...