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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 ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Good morning from back at NFC North blog headquarters, where I arrived safely Wednesday night after two days at Green Bay Packers minicamp. I'm planning to empty my notebook of a round of tidbits picked up over th...

Jared Allen has entered the final season of his mega contract without any guarantee from the Minnesota Vikings of an extension.

Adrian Peterson was back on the practice field Wednesday for the Minnesota Vikings, just three months after having surgery for a sports hernia, and told reporters he's close to 100 percent.

Tuesday's SportsNation chat included a completely random discussion about the state of defensive lines in the NFC North. The relevant exchanges: Rich (Philly) Jared, Kevin and Brian are all playing for contracts this year while Sharif is playin...

We're Black and Blue All Over: The arrival of a new quarterback always generates offseason buzz, even if it's to a team such as the Detroit Lions -- whose starter and backup appear firmly in place. Just the same, the Lions claimed former Cleveland...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Thursday, we broached the topic of whether the Chicago Bears would retire the number of middle linebacker Brian Urlacher. As it turns out, the team is dealing with a backlog on that issue. Almost a half-century af...

To this point of the offseason, the Minnesota Vikings have elected to carry untouched the largest salary-cap hit for a non-quarterback in the NFL. Despite his cap charge of $17.063 million, defensive end Jared Allen told the Star Tribune recently tha...

So, what did you do this weekend? Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen hosted "Night-Ops IV," his fourth annual charity golf tournament to benefit his Homes for Wounded Warriors program. The event included nine holes of night-time golf and ...

Every now and then, our boss, Bill Simmons, will forward some of his reader mail to me and fellow Triangle editor Chris Ryan. Most of the time, it's to troll us about our favorite teams (Brian Urlacher's pre-draft ascension was entirely legitimate, a...

Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder said Wednesday that the bruised triceps on his throwing arm that kept him out of the playoff game at Green Bay has healed fully, but he had a scare about two weeks after the season when the contusion came back.

On Wednesday, we noted that it would be instructive to learn how the Green Bay Packers structured the salary-cap impact of linebacker Clay Matthews' record-setting contract extension. Thursday, the numbers came in and here's what we can say: Matthews...

It has seemed unlikely for some time that the Minnesota Vikings would keep intact a contract that would have paid defensive tackle Kevin Williams, who turns 33 this summer, up to $15 million over the next two seasons. Instead, as Tom Pelissero of 150...

T.R. Foley offers his list of 10 non-MMA athletes who could do well as fighters

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

T.R. Foley offers his list of 10 non-MMA athletes who could do well as fighters

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

We started this long day discussing receiver Greg Jennings' pending visit with the Minnesota Vikings, and so we'll end it there as well. According to multiple reporters in full stakeout mode, Jennings spent Thursday night at dinner in downtown Min...