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We're Black and Blue All Over: Over the past few weeks, I've received as many questions about DuJuan Harris as any other NFC North player. Specifically, many of you want to know if the Green Bay Packers will enter the 2013 season with Harris as th...

Reviewing the Chicago Bears at their bye: Record: 4-1 Five-game capsule: The Bears are in excellent position after rebounding from a Week 2 debacle at Lambeau Field. Their defense leads the NFL in takeaways (17) and touchdowns (five), getting e...

After the Chicago Bears' 41-3 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, here are three issues that merit further examination: Based on the final score, it's hard to believe the Bears needed a nine-minute drive at the start of the second half just to...

Of all the matchups in Monday night's game at Cowboys Stadium, the Chicago Bears' defensive line might hold the biggest advantage over a Dallas Cowboys offensive line that has disappointed the team so far this season. In fact, there has been so much ...

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Some thoughts and observations on the Chicago Bears' practice Saturday night: More than 12,000 fans showed up to watch the Bears' full-pads practice, surrounding a field outfitted with portable lights. I classified that atten...

Let the anticipation continue building for a certain rookie defensive tackle's NFL debut as we review the final injury report of the week: Detroit Lions: Defensive tackle Nick Fairley (foot) practiced for a fourth consecutive day and is listed as ...

Getting inside our first Friday injury report of the week: Chicago Bears: The team declared tailback Marion Barber (calf) out for the game, removing any mystery that remained about his status for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons. Defensiv...

You saw it just like I did. In their first game since the NFL mandated the 35-yard line for kickoffs, the Chicago Bears twice kicked off from their 30-yard line in Saturday's preseason opener. Referee Jeff Triplette allowed it twice until Carl Johnso...

We're Black and Blue All Over: I'll say it again: I don't think that Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh's 15-yard penalty in Friday night's preseason opener was anywhere close to the penalty he earned last summer for ripping off the helm...

We've had a season of debatable calls and obscure rulings here in the NFC North, and each Week 15 game provided us new material. In order of occurrence: The Detroit Lions were the beneficiaries (for once) of a critical decision midway through the ...

We're Black and Blue (and a bit late-rising) All Over: The Detroit Lions are entering another practice week with significant uncertainty, at least from the outside, about the identity of their starting quarterback. Drew Stanton has started the ...

Thanks to everyone for taking part in Tuesday's intense but abbreviated SportsNation chat. You provided your usual thought-provoking questions, and let's take this opportunity to amplify a couple of our answers. Original exchange: Minn Sports Fan...

Jmscooby offered a fair critique of Wednesday's Pressure Cooker post, suggesting I had overlooked a more obvious Chicago Bears player -- defensive tackle Tommie Harris -- in favor of defensive end Mark Anderson: I think you have a poor pulse on th...

I had to check my calendar Wednesday after the Chicago Bears announced they had signed the third of their five draft choices. At this rate, they'll have everyone signed before minicamp -- let alone training camp. Defensive end Corey Wootton was th...

We're officially into draft-pick signing season, a time of year that rivals Christmas and the graduation for an off-the-charts level of pure joy. In the past 24 hours, NFC North contract negotiators have knocked out nearly eight percent of the divisi...

NFL rules allowed most rookies to join their teams full-time Monday, which coincides with an uptick of organized team activities and veteran minicamps. The only exception are players from schools that haven't completed their academic year. Taking ...