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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...

Jason Witten of the Dallas Cowboys and Charles Tillman of the Chicago Bears are among five finalists for the Byron "Whizzer" White Award presented by the NFL Players' Association.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Good morning on a beautifully sunny day here. I'm rushing to the hotel lobby to meet our frantic NFC West blogger, Mike Sando, and dash over to Candlestick Park. You never know what pregame traffic is going to be like. Only seven hou...

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl team as an injury replacement for DeMarcus Ware of the Dallas Cowboys.

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...

We're Black and Blue All Over: So the stage is set for a wild conclusion to the 2012 season here in the NFC North. We know that the Green Bay Packers are still competing for a first-round playoff bye. The Minnesota Vikings have been handed a wi...

The Minnesota Vikings' season will be on the line Sunday against the Chicago Bears. As such, linebacker Chad Greenway has asked fans to get "super-duper drunk" in order to boost the Vikings' home-field advantage at the Metrodome.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Thursday night provided 3 hours, 20 minutes of evidence for those who doubted the validity of the Minnesota Vikings' surprising start. Beat up and beat down by a 2-4 team that traveled halfway across the country on a short week, the Vi...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Monday night, we noted -- but hardly sensationalized -- video of Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler walking away from offensive coordinator Mike Tice on the sideline during the first half of a 34-18 victory over th...

We're Black and Blue All Over. (We're also on Facebook and Twitter.) A former NFC North running back who had worked out for two other divisional teams in the past two weeks has signed elsewhere, ending a longer-than-expected run of unemployment. ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Hello everyone. I hope you had a nice August weekend, one that felt more like September here in the Upper Midwest, but I doubt anyone was complaining. It's starting to feel like September in the NFL as we pass the...

We're Black and Blue All Over: GREEN BAY, Wis. -- We're gearing up for one more day of minicamp with the Green Bay Packers. And a few hundred miles east of here, it appears the Detroit Lions are preparing themselves for multiple suspensions stemmi...

Chicago Bears With the coaching staff looking to add a special offensive package featuring Devin Hester, the Bears plan to cut down on his kickoff returns in favor of punt-return duty, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Bears and Packers will add...

Let's round up some newsbits on the open organized team activities (OTAs) hosted Wednesday by the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings: Bears offensive lineman Gabe Carimi confirmed that he practiced Tuesday but said the decisio...

A committee of ESPN experts -- including Trent Dilfer, Mel Kiper, Gary Horton, Matt Williamson -- assembled this offseason to create a unique version of our traditional Power Rankings. Naturally, NFC North teams are featured prominently in what am...

Chicago Bears Bears GM Phil Emery is already putting his stamp on the team, writes the Chicago Sun-Times' Sean Jensen. How will the Bears utilize Devin Hester in 2012? Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. at Windy City Gridiron examines the possibilities. ...