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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...

Welcome to Eight in the Box, an NFL Nation feature that will appear each Friday during the offseason. This week's topic: How each NFC North team needs to address the quarterback position. Chicago Bears: First, the new coach Marc Trestman must deci...

Week 12 Thanksgiving Day inactives

Brock Huard writes that several young quarterbacks, who are already producing at a high level, are poised to become stars in the coming seasons. He ranks the top five sophomore-and-younger quarterbacks in college football.

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The Detroit Lions aren't going to give us any hints about the status of quarterback Matthew Stafford this week, so we're going to have to take the clues we get and add them up at the end of the week to predict whether he'll play Sunday against the Mi...

Come on, now. You didn't really expect Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz to provide a detailed update on the condition of quarterback Matthew Stafford, did you? Stafford was scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of a strai...

Michigan State overcame four turnovers and rode Le'Veon Bell and a stifling defense to edge a plucky Boise State squad 17-13 in the opener. Let's take a closer look. It was over when: Michigan State converted two third downs and received a firs...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Greetings from Spartan Stadium, where No. 13 Michigan State is hosting No. 24 Boise State in one of the best games of opening weekend. I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. Adam and I have both picked the Sp...

For the fourth straight season Boise State is opening with a top-20 opponent, as the 24th-ranked Broncos face 13th-ranked Michigan State on Friday at 8 ET on ESPN. However, this will be the first time the Broncos have played a true road game in ...

I didn't have all four NFC North preseason games playing simultaneously in front of me Thursday night. But I'll be darned if the very first thing that happened Thursday night wasn't Green Bay Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji's ankle injury on the f...

In which we look ahead to Thursday's much-anticipated four-fecta of Week 4 games to end the NFC North's preseason schedule: Detroit Lions Opponent: Buffalo Bills Location: Ford Field Time: 7 p.m. ET Personnel notes: Lions coach Jim Schwartz ha...

We're Black and Blue All Over: On Wednesday, Detroit Lions vice chairman Bill Ford Jr. told fans at a season kickoff luncheon: "We're going to bring you a Super Bowl." Ford added: "When the Lions win the Super Bowl, this city will have a party lik...

The Detroit Lions are scheduled to practice Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET. It's not clear if quarterback Matthew Stafford will take the field after injuring his left hand Saturday night, but according to ESPN's Adam Schefter, there is every expectati...

Boise State coach Chris Petersen named junior Joe Southwick his starting quarterback Sunday, giving tabbing the veteran backup as next in line behind record-setting Kellen Moore.

In which we look ahead to the remainder of Week 3 in the NFC North's preseason schedule: Chicago Bears Opponent: New York Giants Location: MetLife Stadium Day/Time: Friday/8 p.m. ET Personnel notes: After an intense week of discussion about li...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Running back Kahlil Bell's departure Thursday from the Chicago Bears wasn't completely unexpected. Bell was playing behind two well-paid veterans, Matt Forte and Michael Bush, and backups Armando Allen and Lorenzo Bo...