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We're Black and Blue All Over: As the season progresses, keeping injury information straight is becoming a more complicated task. Let's devote some time to catching up and projecting as we await the weekly Friday designation of injured players. ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Our friends at ESPN Stats & Information have posted a statistic- and history-based spin on the discussion we've been having on Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson's competition with Denver Broncos quarterb...

Reviewing the Green Bay Packers at their bye: Record: 6-3 Nine-game capsule: The Packers have put themselves in the thick of playoff contention after an unexpected and unsettling 2-3 start. Their final-play loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week ...

As we noted last month, we've done away with the weekly Stock Watch post and instead will hit it after every quarter of the season. Here's what we posted after every NFC North team had played four games, and below is our assessment now that everyone ...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 9: Heading to bye: The Green Bay Packers are hoping to squeeze out one more victory to enter their bye week 6-3 and emerge, presumably, with a much healthier team. The Arizona Cardinals are reeling, having lost...

Eric Karabell examines some pre-emptive pickups which could pay off beyond Week 9.

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We're Black and Blue All Over: After a tough and physical game last Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, the Detroit Lions have begun preparations for Monday night's game against the Chicago Bears with only two healthy cornerbacks. The Lions aren...

We're Black and Blue All Over: For those wondering exactly how the Green Bay Packers will replace running back Cedric Benson's carries -- not that there are any fantasy implications, of course -- here is what we can tell you: Alex Green will get t...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Week 5 brought a number of significant injuries to the NFC North. As we noted late Monday night, the Green Bay Packers have lost tailback Cedric Benson for at least eight weeks and perhaps the season because of a Lis...

Let's catch up on several pressing injury concerns in the NFC North, starting with the Green Bay Packers' backfield: Item: Packers tailback Cedric Benson won't play Sunday night against the Houston Texans because of a foot injury, coach Mike McCar...

After the Green Bay Packers' 30-27 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, here are three issues that merit further examination: The Packers will take second looks at injuries to tailback Cedric Benson (foot), nose tackle B.J. Raji (ankle) and tight end ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Late last week, I suggested the NFC North had an opportunity to step up and demonstrate it will have multiple teams in playoff contention thanks to a weekend schedule of presumably inferior AFC South opponents. Two o...

What running back has the most yards after contact this year? -- @Mark_Bunker So far this season, Marshawn Lynch has the most yards after contact with 199. That accounts for 47.0 percent of his 423 rushing yards. What is the % of Yds after contac...

Some of you have noticed the absence of a weekly Stock Watch report. Over the years, I thought the post had a tendency to get repetitive. This season, I wanted to try taking watch of our stock once every four games or so. We've reached the first quar...

We're Black and Blue All Over: We've reached the quarter point of the NFL season. Each NFC North team has played four of its 16 games, and here is one development none of us would have predicted when training camp began: Cedric Benson is the Green...

We're Black and Blue All Over. (We're also on Facebook and Twitter.) GREEN BAY, Wis. -- We had two wild games Sunday in the NFC North and we're still not done with Week 4 yet. It won't be over until the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys play on ...