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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 ...

With minicamp in the books, the Chicago Bears wrapped up their offseason program and will lay low until training camp begins on July 25 in Bourbonnais. But with a new coaching staff, plenty of new faces on the roster and a quarterback facing a con...

Matt Williamson scouts the NFL for ESPN.com, and this week he revealed his offseason grades for all 32 teams. You'll need an Insider subscription to view the full file, but I've been authorized by high-level executives to leak a few NFC North snippe...

While the groundwork for every NFL campaign is primarily laid in the offseason, championships are never won in May. But organizations need to set lofty goals. Have you ever heard of an NFL team striving for mediocrity? So while a part of me w...

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 ...

Veteran free agent defensive lineman Israel Idonije visited the Tennessee Titans on Monday, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Idonije finished second on the Chicago Bears last season with 7.5 sacks in 11 starts. The 32-year...

ESPNChicago.com concludes its Bears draft preview series with a look at the defensive ends. Defensive end is a premium position. A team can never have too many quality pass rushers, and that's the main reason it would be a mistake to dismiss ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Not every arrest of an NFC North player merits a blog entry, and I haven't covered all of them this offseason. This week, however, we learned that the Detroit Lions' list of offseason arrests had grown to two, so I g...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Cornerback Charles Tillman said Tuesday all of the Chicago Bears' offseason changes, including the failed contract negotiations with free agent middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, re-enforced the concept that no one is irreplaceabl...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman, defensive end Julius Peppers and defensive end Shea McClellin were announced as the recipients of the Brian Piccolo Award during a press conference Tuesday at Halas Hall. Since 1970, ...

To help preview who might be on the Dallas Cowboys' board for the NFL draft, ESPNDallas.com has identified five players at five key positions that we'd like to learn more about. Along those lines, we've asked former Cowboys assistant coach Glenn "Str...

The Dallas Cowboys are still hopeful of a long-term contract with Anthony Spencer, who was franchised for $10.5 million on Monday. It's the second consecutive year Spencer has been franchised. There are mixed results from players who were franchis...

We're Black and Blue All Over: As NFL free agency approaches, we're getting an idea of the players teams do and do not want to retain. One that falls in the latter category is Chicago Bears nickelback D.J. Moore, who intercepted 10 passes in three...

The $8.45 million salary cap charge associated with the franchise designation placed Friday on Chicago Bears defensive tackle Henry Melton definitely limits what the team can do in upcoming free agency, but the move should be viewed at this point as ...

INDIANAPOLIS - The Cowboys won't see DeMarcus Ware on the practice field until they get to Oxnard, Calif., but coach Jason Garrett expressed relief the Pro Bowler will not need surgery on his right elbow. Ware is rehabilitating from major surgery ...

Welcome to Eight in the Box, a new NFL Nation feature that will appear each Friday during the offseason. This week's topic: Who will be each team's biggest salary cap casualty this spring? Chicago Bears: There aren't likely to be any players relea...