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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- In their final mock drafts of 2013, ESPN analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay each projected Florida defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd to go No. 3 overall to the Oakland Raiders. Kiper and McShay were not alone. Floyd was roundl...

We all have our doubts on whether Georgia linebacker Alec Ogletree will be available when the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings draft at No. 20 and No. 23/25 overall, respectively. This Sport Science video helps explain why. Ogletree puts up acc...

If the best day of the NFL offseason is the release of the regular-season schedule, the next-best is the release of the preseason schedule. Thursday, we got part of the next-best thing. Or something like that. Below are the preseason matchups for ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: PHOENIX -- And just like that, we've hit the final day of the NFL owners meeting. It'll be a busy one for us in the NFC North, beginning with an early-morning breakfast (at least in the Mountain Time Zone) that inclu...

If you hope your NFC North teams adds a cornerback or safety, you'll want to review ESPN.com's redesigned and updated Free-Agent Tracker for some context on a series of moves Friday that added significantly to a marketplace that in essence opens in a...

I can tell that a few of you are starting to get antsy about the Chicago Bears' coaching search, which is now well into its second week. All I can tell you at this point is that it appears the first round of interviews will continue at least through ...

Over at the NFC North blog, the inimitable Kevin Seifert has begun a feature in which he will track the NFC playoff standings as they would be if the final play of the Packers-Seahawks "Monday Night Football" game had been called correctly. In this a...

As you know, ESPN.com has brought back its Playoff Machine to provide playoff seedings based on future results. The most important piece of the puzzle, of course, is the ESPN.com playoff standings that displays conference seeding on a weekly basis. ...

Jay Cutler provided a simple but accurate analysis of the Chicago Bears' struggles for most of last Sunday's victory over the Carolina Panthers: "No one played well." Beyond a doubt, the Bears suffered breakdowns at every level -- the offensive li...

Let's check in on this week's ESPN.com's Power Rankings: 5. Chicago Bears Trending: No change after squeaking by with a 23-22 victory over the Carolina Panthers. Comment: The Bears are the NFL's lowest-ranked one-loss team, but I can understand ...

After the Chicago Bears' 23-22 victory over the Carolina Panthers, here are three issues that merit further examination: I don't care how favorable the matchups might have been, or the Bears believed them to be, against the Panthers' pass defense...

Five nuggets of knowledge on Week 8: Early issues: Every NFL team wants to start a game fast, and no team has been worse at it than the Detroit Lions. Get this: The Lions have reached the red zone just seven times on 37 first-half possessions in 2...

We're Black and Blue All Over: I'm a little fried after covering three games in five days. But I'm sorry: I can't get worked up about some loudmouth cornerback changing his name on Twitter to mimic a cartoon robot. But much to my surprise, the ...

Two years ago, we noted that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had established himself as one of the better running quarterbacks in the NFL. Of course, that was when he was 26 years old and midway through his third season as a starter. N...

Ryan Kalil's guarantee of a Super Bowl victory for the Carolina Panthers offered the perfect NFL media frenzy. Training camps are just about to open, optimism is at its peak in every market and fans are ripe for the kind of polar debate it generates....

Tuesday's SportsNation chat brought a number of questions about the Minnesota Vikings' contract negotiations with left tackle Matt Kalil, who remains unsigned -- along with the seven other players drafted in the top eight -- with training camp loomin...