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This ESPN Insider piece on the Minnesota Vikings' offseason crystallized a plan we've discussed in abstract terms. Former NFL scout Gary Horton figures the Vikings like only two of their returning receivers, and because Percy Harvin and Jarius Wrigh...

Hopefully you all are enjoying a wonderful and respectful Memorial Day weekend. In the event you need an NFL fix in what is normally one of the quietest times of the year, let me point you in the direction of two ESPN Insider files with an NFC North...

NFL observers are throwing every conceivable plaudit at Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers these days. It's hard to eclipse the topic Vince Verhei explored for ESPN Insider -- whether Rodgers produced the best first half of a season in leagu...

Many of us see the world in black and white, and so it was human nature for you to see the subject matter of KC Joyner's latest analysis and gasp. You need an ESPN Insider subscription to read the entire piece, but here was the headline: "Why Matt Fo...

Ben Fawkes has an ESPN Insider piece discussing the Chicago Bears significant flaws. A taste: The Chicago Bears had a surprisingly successful season last year, winning the NFC North with an 11-5 record and earning a bye in the playoffs before losing...

After our initial post on Detroit Lions Fever went to press Thursday, ESPN Insider K.C. Joyner published yet another optimistic look at the Lions' fortunes for the 2011 season. You'll need an Insider subscription to read the entire piece, but Joyner...

Half of the NFC North selected a running back high in the 2010 draft, which makes this ESPN Insider piece from Football Outsiders especially relevant to us. FO's Bill Barnwell examined the injury history all players drafted in the first three rounds...

In this ESPN Insider piece , Bill Barnwell suggests that quarterbacks from warm-weather hometowns have historically excelled in cold-weather NFL games. That conclusion got me thinking about our Air and Space collection of quarterbacks, three of whom ...

We've been following the mock drafts of ESPN analysts Mel Kiper and Todd McShay/Scouts Inc. all spring, so it's probably appropriate to take a look at their final efforts here on draft day. You'll need ESPN Insider subscriptions to see both posts, bu...

Here are a few key resources, some available for free and others through the ESPN Insider package, to keep close at hand as the NFL moves through its extended scouting combine weekend. Draft analyst Mel Kiper has an updated Big Board, ranking his...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert If you have an ESPN Insider subscription, I highly recommend you check out David Fleming's essay on Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler's "split personality." Fleming describes Cutler as "an annoyed viper -- with a frat...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Those of you with ESPN Insider subscriptions can view this comprehensive Football Outsiders analysis of the NFC North's salary cap situations. Individual cap numbers have grown less significant to the genera...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Could it be? Brandon Marshall to Chicago? That's what D.J. Izzle asked via our so-hot-it's-blinding Facebook page after seeing an ESPN Insider headline to that effect. AP...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Our friends over at Football Outsiders are always looking for new ways to identify statistical trends that unveil notable but sometimes unseen achievements. In an ESPN Insider piece this week, FO dug up an inter...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert I've caught up enough from last weekend's absence to bring you a Black and Blue version of the mock draft that ESPN.com's Todd McShay is updating around the clock. You'll need an ESPN Insider sub...

Amid the unpredictability of NFL free agency we have at least one paragon of stability: ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr.'s latest mock draft . It is an Insider piece, of course, but I thought I would sneak you his choices for NFC North teams before they co...