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We're Black and Blue All Over: GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Good morning from Day 2 of the Green Bay Packers' mandatory minicamp, which will be the last day of on-field activities for this event. (Thursday is a "team-building" exercise for players and coach...

We're Black and Blue All Over: One of the more consistent questions I've received this spring concerns the condition of Green Bay Packers nose tackle B.J. Raji when he reported to offseason workouts. Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ha...

We're Black and Blue All Over: I heard from many of you Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning about the condition of Minnesota Vikings receiver Greg Jennings, who injured his ankle Tuesday during the first organized team activity (OTA) of...

The Minnesota Vikings are continuing this offseason to dip into the larger NFC North talent pool. They signed former Green Bay Packers receiver Greg Jennings last month, and on Monday they announced deals with two players who spent last season with t...

I usually try to post a "Quick Hit" item to catch up after missing some blog time, but the Chicago Bears' activity over the past week merits its own post. That item will publish shortly. For now, let's catch up on the other 75 percent of the division...

Thursday was an opportune day for retired Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver to be at ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Conn. In this "SportsCenter" appearance, Driver offered an honest assessment of Urlacher's declining skills and predicted he w...

PHOENIX -- The Minnesota Vikings' rebuild of their receiver position now includes a top-end free agent (Greg Jennings), the return of one incumbent (Jerome Simpson) and high hopes for a 2012 rookie (Jarius Wright). With the veteran market dwindling (...

We're Black and Blue All Over: PHOENIX -- And just like that, we've hit the final day of the NFL owners meeting. It'll be a busy one for us in the NFC North, beginning with an early-morning breakfast (at least in the Mountain Time Zone) that inclu...

PHOENIX -- We've spent a fair amount of time discussing the Minnesota Vikings' attempts to fortify their offense around quarterback Christian Ponder, beginning with last year's decision to draft left tackle Matt Kalil and continuing this spring as th...

PHOENIX -- Many of you have wondered if the Green Bay Packers are more likely to keep tight end Jermichael Finley on their roster after losing receiver Greg Jennings via free agency. My response: If we're taking our cues from coach Mike McCarthy, the...

PHOENIX -- For nearly a year, most of assumed the Green Bay Packers had made an internal decision to let receiver Greg Jennings move on when his contract expired last spring. That majority opinion included Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who spoke...

PHOENIX -- Good morning from the beautiful, warm and sunny Southwest, where the NFL owners meeting will be held this week. (I got in without a hitch Saturday night. Thanks for asking.) Before heading over to the site, I wanted to pass along some addi...

Here is a recipe for extraordinary discontent: Take another offseason of relative inactivity, add another high-profile departure to a division rival, and top it off with the loss of a popular backup tight end. Voila! So goes the concoction current...

Every now and then, your NFC North blogger is out of position on a deep throw. When ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported Greg Jennings' contract agreement with the Minnesota Vikings, I wasn't exactly positioned at blog headquarters. I wrote my reactio...

Receiver Greg Jennings agreed to a five-year contract Friday night with the Minnesota Vikings, and here is my highly controversial and thoroughly debatable takeaway: The deal makes perfect sense for the Vikings. It elevated them from having zero l...

We're Black and Blue All Over: We have more overnight news in the NFC North's free agency frenzy. Former Chicago Bears linebacker Nick Roach agreed to terms with the Oakland Raiders, leaving the Bears without a versatile player who has been a star...