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Conventional wisdom suggests there are two explanations for any draft pick. The team either has an immediate need for the player's services, or it has followed a "best player available" approach. In a special draft edition of the Inside Slant podc...

Following the lead of New England Patriots receiver Danny Amendola, Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley will make a contribution to a Boston charity for every reception -- and dropped pass -- in 2013. Here is Finley's announcement, with an ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler began on-field work Tuesday with his fourth offensive coordinator in five years. The timing of this transition, however, is a bit more dramatic than the rest. As Michael C. Wri...

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...

Chicago Bears The Bears added another player to the mix at right tackle by re-signing Jonathan Scott. Steve Rosenbloom of the Chicago Tribune: "Phil Emery had been moving along pretty well in changing a Chicago Bears teams that missed the playo...

Tight end Jermichael Finley, who was due a $3 million bonus Monday, will remain with the Green Bay Packers this season.

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...

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...

It appears the Green Bay Packers have now addressed two of the three major salary-cap issues they faced when the offseason began. Last month, they released defensive back Charles Woodson rather than absorb his $10 million cap figure. On Friday, ac...

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We're Black and Blue All Over: Last week, Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley told ESPN he would not take a pay cut to remain with the team in 2013. This week, his agent did what agents should do -- leave every option open. In an inte...

Good teams are built through the draft, not free agency, which is risky business, writes John Clayton.

Just to keep things spicy around here, I kept this discussion about Jermichael Finley's future decidedly within the NFC North. Finley, of course, said this week he would "walk" from the Green Bay Packers if he was asked to take a pay cut to stay w...

We're Black and Blue All Over: We've got plenty of Green Bay Packers news going on these days. Hopefully you saw tight end Jermichael Finley's strong, if predictable, stance on taking a pay cut for 2013 -- he said he won't -- late Wednesday night....

Jermichael Finley told ESPN's Josina Anderson on Wednesday that he wouldn't be willing to accept a pay cut in order to stay with the Green Bay Packers.

We've spent some time running through the Green Bay Packers' options for tight end Jermichael Finley, who at the moment has the third-highest salary cap number on the team for 2013. We've also noted that coach Mike McCarthy appears in favor of whatev...