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As rosters shake out this summer, you'll hear a fair amount about the "youngest" and "oldest" teams in the NFL. Sometimes those figures and rankings can be skewed by aged kickers or an exceptionally youthful set of reserves, so I like what colleague ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte missed Tuesday's session of organized team activities along with cornerback Tim Jennings, as both had a prior commitment with USO Illinois in Germany, where they visited troops at Landstuhl R...

Monte Kiffin told his players to study two teams' defenses from last season: the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks. A couple of Kiffin disciples (new Dallas defensive line coach Rod Marinelli and new Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley) c...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- More than a decade ago, Greg Mattison walked into St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall High School when he was recruiting tight end Marcus Freeman to Notre Dame. In the next few months, it's likely those two will run into each other again ...

We continue our AFC West 2013 positional rankings with a group of running backs that offers a lot of questions: 1. Jamaal Charles, Kansas City: Charles had a tremendous season in 2012 after coming back from a torn ACL. He is a top-level back. 2...

The rookie wage scale and overall salary structure should increasingly make the NFL a young man's game, all else equal. Youth will be served during rookie minicamps beginning Friday, for sure. With that in mind, I've gone through NFC West roste...

Teams have added 254 players in the draft since ESPN's NFL Power Rankings last appeared six weeks ago. We've seen Carson Palmer join the Arizona Cardinals and Darrelle Revis join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, among other changes involving veteran players...

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...

NFC North teams added dozens of intriguing young players over the weekend. They filled glaring holes and added to already-established strengths. Some areas remain weak, of course, while other selections created new storylines we hadn't anticipated. ...

With their top four cornerbacks (Charles Tillman, Tim Jennings, Kelvin Hayden and Zack Bowman) signed only through 2013, the feeling is the Chicago Bears will look to select a cornerback during NFL Draft weekend. The question is when. The top...

ESPN 150 athlete John "JuJu" Smith, yet another Long Beach Poly product, is a versatile performer on and off the field.

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Marcus Trufant, Kelly Jennings, Ken Lucas, Josh Wilson and Roy Lewis were the Seattle Seahawks' cornerbacks when Pete Carroll arrived as head coach for the 2010 season. That group consisted of two first-round picks, two second-rounders and an undr...

Colorado defensive end Chidera Uzo-Diribe doesn't want to be like Felix Hernandez or Brandon Jennings. Or Barry Sanders or Dick Butkus. He doesn't want to be a good player on a bad team. He doesn't want folks to feel sorry for him. He'd just like to ...

The NFL will announce the 2013 regular-season schedule Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, league spokesman Greg Aiello announced through his Twitter account.

The Oakland Raiders made most of the headlines in the division last week while I was on vacation. The Raiders made several signings, and like earlier moves, these moves are inexpensive additions in an attempt to fill the roster. Let's review some...

With the draft less than two weeks away, here's a look at the running back situation for each team in the division: Denver Broncos: They could add another body here, but the Broncos' running back situation is serviceable and capable of developing ...