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The quick series of events that led linebacker Desmond Bishop to schedule a Tuesday visit with the Minnesota Vikings suggests significant interest from both sides. The Vikings would get an experienced hand at a position of uncertainty, while Bishop w...

Why exactly do we spend so much time discussing NFL finances and the salaries that teams pay their players? So that we can preview events like Monday's decision by the Green Bay Packers to release linebacker Desmond Bishop, as reported by the Milwauk...

In taking a week off midway through July, I missed minicamps in Detroit and Chicago along with a few other news stories, all of which served as another reminder that the NFL has become a 12-month affair. So let's roll through some of those items to g...

Retired Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver made some headlines over the weekend by telling reporters that he would be in shape and ready to resume his career should the team reach out to him this season. The sentiment is admirable, but I think ...

As part of his ESPN playoff prediction series, NFL analyst Mark Schlereth offers his take on the 2013 fate of the NFC North's 2012 playoff teams. Are the Green Bay Packers headed back to the postseason? Are the Minnesota Vikings? I'll tell you tha...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a great week. The lights in NFC North blog headquarters are back on and we're humming along at full strength. But I can't say the same for three of our division teams, who...

I'm sure plenty of you noted that ESPN.com planned to announce the greatest coach in NFL history on the same day that marks the 100th anniversary of Green Bay Packers legend Vince Lombardi. No, that was not a coincidence. Lombardi finished atop th...

ESPN.com's ranking of the top 20 NFL coaches didn't turn out to be a battle between Vince Lombardi and George Halas, after all. The cross-platform 22-person committee placed Halas No. 4 overall, meaning it deemed Lombardi and two other yet-to-be-n...

A first-year player who has turned heads in OTAs/minicamps: Chicago Bears: Linebacker Jon Bostic, a second-round draft pick from Florida, has proved far enough along that he has been calling defensive signals at middle linebacker with the second t...

So long for now. I'm headed for a week without blogging. Hopefully you won't go a week without reading, however. ESPN.com editors will fill the blog with various and sundry posts, and I've left a few for future publication when appropriate. Have a gr...

Emptying most of my notebook after two days at Green Bay Packers minicamp: Mike Neal is the biggest outside linebacker I've seen, an observation probably enhanced by his habit of rolling up jersey sleeves to expose his arms. In team drills, Neal ...

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...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Good morning from back at NFC North blog headquarters, where I arrived safely Wednesday night after two days at Green Bay Packers minicamp. I'm planning to empty my notebook of a round of tidbits picked up over th...

My view of Jeff George's career is admittedly skewed by its duration, but in the one season I covered him, George was a good citizen and a highly productive quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings in 1999. I can't stamp out the stories that preceded an...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Here's something I've never seen in five years of visiting Green Bay Packers offseason practices: Someone other than Mason Crosby attempting a kick. For the first time in six years, Crosby is facing competition -- however slight --...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- We discussed Tuesday the Green Bay Packers' crowded backfield, one that curiously hasn't included the man who finished the 2012 season as their starter. DuJuan Harris hasn't participated in organized team activities (OTAs), nor was...