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The Cowboys finalized the hiring of Rod Marinelli as defensive line coach Friday, beginning a trickle-down effect for the rest of the defensive coaching staff. With Marinelli on board to coach the defensive line, Brian Baker's time with the Cowboy...

Chicago Bears Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli and offensive coordinator Mike Tice won't be back with the Bears next season, reports ESPNChicago.com's Michael C. Wright. New coach Marc Trestman addressed Marinelli's departure during his introdu...

I'm sure it had to bother Oakland Raiders fans to see AFC West-rival Denver fill its offensive coordinator job less than 48 hours after it opened. Oakland's search has been ongoing now for 17 days with no end in sight. But Denver's decision to pro...

Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli and offensive coordinator Mike Tice won't be back with the Chicago Bears next season.

As we've discussed, the Chicago Bears retained most of former coach Lovie Smith's assistants to give their new coach the option of keeping them as part of his new regime. The Bears did allow special-teams coordinator Dave Toub to depart for the Kansa...

Faced with potentially having to adjust to a fourth offensive coordinator going into his fifth season as a Chicago Bear, quarterback Jay Cutler said Monday that kind of inconsistency at the position is a significant challenge for an offense. "It's...

With a 7-1 start a distant memory it has come to this for the 8-6 Bears: Beat the woeful Arizona Cardinals or there will be no playoffs and massive change could be ushered into Halas Hall. Will that potential change include the head coach and a fr...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Earlier this week, we suggested the Minnesota Vikings have won enough games this season to make coach Leslie Frazier's return in 2013 a given. And because next season is the last year of the original contract he sign...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - With the Chicago Bears' offense mired in a season-long slump, quarterback Jay Cutler might be working with his fourth offensive coordinator in five seasons next year. "I think that's a conversation for after the season," Cutle...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice left open the possibility of the team using recently re-signed running back Kahlil Bell in short-yardage goal-line situations Sunday in Arizona. "That will be a decision that Tim Sp...

Marshall is right that jobs should be lost over the Bears' shoddy offense.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- As the Chicago Bears look to find remedies to inconsistency when it comes to moving the ball, offensive coordinator Mike Tice suggested a simple solution: just relax. "Not just because of the losing, but it just doesn't feel l...

After the Chicago Bears' 21-14 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, here are three issues that merit further examination: Quarterback Jay Cutler said during his ESPN 1000 radio show that his stiff neck shouldn't keep him out of next Sunday's game again...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Wednesday's busy day of news, videos and podcasts left some practice updates for the early morning. Here's the NFC North summary as best as I can gather: Chicago Bears tailback Matt Forte was a limited participant...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press takes the latest Ndamukong Suh story to the next level, suggesting the Detroit Lions trade Suh rather than re-sign him to a lucrative contract when his rookie deal expires in a co...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 12: November woes: The Green Bay Packers have won four consecutive road games against the New York Giants, their opponent in Sunday's prime-time game. And are the Packers getting the Giants at a good time? Rece...