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Thanks to some ideal scheduling from the Minnesota Vikings, I'll be in place Tuesday for our regular SportsNation chat at 2 p.m. ET. We'll continue through the full hour, and then I'll hustle across the street for the 3:10 p.m. ET start to the Viking...

Research for a future post brought me to some figures that always carry high interest. Below, you'll find the up-to-date salary-cap reports for each NFC North team, based on ESPN Stats & Information resources. The figures include all rookies w...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Former Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice has resurfaced publicly for the first time since the team overhauled its coaching staff, agreeing to interviews with both the Chicago Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer ...

Why exactly do we spend so much time discussing NFL finances and the salaries that teams pay their players? So that we can preview events like Monday's decision by the Green Bay Packers to release linebacker Desmond Bishop, as reported by the Milwauk...

In taking a week off midway through July, I missed minicamps in Detroit and Chicago along with a few other news stories, all of which served as another reminder that the NFL has become a 12-month affair. So let's roll through some of those items to g...

As part of his ESPN playoff prediction series, NFL analyst Mark Schlereth offers his take on the 2013 fate of the NFC North's 2012 playoff teams. Are the Green Bay Packers headed back to the postseason? Are the Minnesota Vikings? I'll tell you tha...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a great week. The lights in NFC North blog headquarters are back on and we're humming along at full strength. But I can't say the same for three of our division teams, who...

Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs talks to Carmen DeFalco and Tom Waddle about his relationship with Brian Urlacher and what Urlacher meant to the team....

Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs, who becomes the face of the defense now that Brian Urlacher has retired, talked about moving on without No. 54 for the first time Friday during ESPN Chicago's "Lunch With A Legend" at Morton's. "It's hard," B...

The major question facing each team in the NFC North as summer break looms. Chicago Bears: Offensive line. Jay Cutler has been sacked a whopping 148 times over the past four seasons. That won't do. I commend the Bears for their efforts to improve ...

With minicamp in the books, the Chicago Bears wrapped up their offseason program and will lay low until training camp begins on July 25 in Bourbonnais. But with a new coaching staff, plenty of new faces on the roster and a quarterback facing a con...

Chicago Bears It's been 23 years since new Bears coach Marc Trestman first coached former NFL MVP Rich Gannon, and more than a decade since they helped lead Oakland to the Super Bowl. After watching the Bears practice Thursday at Halas Hall, Ganno...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears spent the entire offseason program working with quarterback Jay Cutler on ways to get rid of the football in a more timely manner. In an effort to speed up Cutler's release time, Bears coach Marc Trestman ke...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Here are some observations from the Chicago Bears' final minicamp workout of the offseason: • The Bears wrapped up the three-month long offseason program without their projected two starters at wide receiver ever sharing...

LAKE FOREST, iLL. -- Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman invited former NFL quarterback Rich Gannon to Halas Hall during minicamp to speak to the team and work with its quarterbacks. Watching Jay Cutler up close for the first time, Gannon said the Bear...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears wrapped up their three-day mandatory minicamp Thursday without defensive tackle Stephen Paea and safety Tom Zbikowski, who were both excused by the team for personal reasons. In addition, the Bears practiced...