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In the two months since the Chicago Bears overhauled their coaching staff, we've seen and heard almost nothing specific about the style of offense new coach Marc Trestman will run. That's not a coincidence, given NFL teams' protection of schematic cl...

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...

Five things to know and my 2012 all-division team: Division MVP: If your definition of this award is the player who has the most impact on his team's winning percentage, then our MVP is Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. If your MVP is t...

We're Black and Blue All Over: In our fantasy dramas, we expect all hands on deck for our Wild Week 17, in which two of our teams need victories to help ensure a playoff spot while a third is hoping to improve its playoff seed. But that's not the ...

NFC North passing wasn't pretty in Week 14, but Total Quarterback Rating can help us flesh out the performances of our four starters. Let's take a closer look with an assist from Jacob Nitzberg of ESPN Stats & Information: Aaron Rodgers Passe...

After the Detroit Lions' 34-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, here are three issues that merit further examination: After falling behind early once again, the Lions have now been outscored 53-28 in the first quarter of their games this season and...

Misfortune and luck can lead to landing the right quarterback, John Clayton writes. For the Colts, misfortune led to Luck.

Promising QBs can provide hope, but these teams don't have enough support yet to be serious Super Bowl contenders.

This exchange during Tuesday's SportsNation chat spurred some thought: Tom (Brooklyn) Kevin, virtually everyone's preseason rankings of the division QBs went 1. Rodgers, 2/3. Cutler/Stafford, 4. Ponder. Care to go again? Kevin Seifert (2:41 ...

A few thoughts on Minnesota's 20-13 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Ford Field: What it means: The Minnesota Vikings are 3-1 and in sole possession of first place in the NFC North, pending the Chicago Bears' outcome Monday night at the...

Getting inside the Friday injury report: Chicago Bears: Tight end Evan Rodriguez (knee) missed practice and isn't expected to play Monday night against the Dallas Cowboys. Linebacker Brian Urlacher took his regular day off Friday. Receiver Earl Be...

Let's take a quick look at the Thursday practice report, which includes news of surgery for a starting defensive lineman and an addition for one starting quarterback: Chicago Bears: Tailback Matt Forte (ankle) again participated in a limited porti...

Christopher Harris breaks down Sunday's Week 3 action, including bouncebacks for Jamaal Charles, Larry Fitzgerald and Darren McFadden.

Five nuggets of knowledge about (what's left of) Week 2: It's been a while: The Detroit Lions haven't won at the San Francisco 49ers since 1975, having lost 10 consecutive games at Candlestick Park. Overall, the 49ers have won 13 of the teams' pas...

We're Black and Blue All Over: It appears the Green Bay Packers are taking their training camp competition at right cornerback, as well as nickel safety, down to the wire. Reports from Green Bay suggest that the candidates for both spots haven't b...

We're Black and Blue All Over: We've discussed this issue before, but this part of concussion prevention in the NFL continues to blow me away: Alternate helmet designs exist that are believed to provide better concussion protection, but not all pl...