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In 2003, the NFL scheduled the Minnesota Vikings as the Green Bay Packers' first opponent in the renovated Lambeau Field. So naturally, the Vikings are expecting the league to return the favor 13 years later. Nothing will be official for a while, ...

Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings will unveil their proposed new stadium design in a red-carpet affair at the Guthrie Theater in downtown Minneapolis. Among other things, we will get official word on whether owner Zygi Wilf has decided on a retr...

Here's the key question to consider after the Minnesota Vikings made it official Monday and released punter Chris Kluwe: Would Kluwe be an ex-Viking today if he had never campaigned for gay rights, Hall of Fame candidacies and other issues? My inf...

The NFL has reconciled this week's awarding of compensatory draft picks with the existing selections to create an official order for the 2013 draft. It differs slightly from what we unofficially posted this week, so here is a bright shiny chart that ...

PHOENIX -- We have a bit of business to address from the first official day of the NFL owners meeting. As expected, the league's full ownership approved a $200 million "G-4" loan to the Minnesota Vikings' stadium financing plan. The money counts a...

Many of us have been trying to figure out how seriously to take the NFL's three-day negotiating window prior to Tuesday's official start to free agency, which opens in a little more than an hour. Would major agreements soon be apparent, even if they ...

Two significant news stories broke Friday night with NFC North implications. We'll take them one at a time. (As if there were another way to do it.) The Chicago Bears made it official, making defensive tackle Henry Melton their franchise player. T...

INDIANAPOLIS -- For media purposes, the NFL scouting combine is a wrap. Players will continue working out for the next few days, but interviews are complete and most team officials are returning to home base. I'm going to do the same, and barring ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Arguably the top pass rusher in the 2013 draft spent more than eight hours Saturday getting poked, prodded, tugged, pulled and otherwise examined by a host of team doctors and medical officials. Meeting later with reporters, Georgia l...

INDIANAPOLIS -- As the NFL scouting combine gets underway, we have an official but tentative round-by-round list of draft choices for NFC North teams. The quick breakdown is in the chart below, courtesy some spreadsheet magic from NFC West colleag...

How eager were the Detroit Lions to release receiver Titus Young? They made him the NFL's first official move on the first day that rosters were unfrozen after the final game of the season. The team announced the move a few minutes ago, and I'll have...

There are only a handful of true injury questions as we approach Saturday night's wild-card playoff at Lambeau Field. Let's take a quick look at the first official injury report of the week: Green Bay Packers: Receiver Jordy Nelson (knee) particip...

Earlier this week, we passed along the 14 NFC North players who finished among the top two in Pro Bowl voting by fans, which constitutes a third of the final makeup for NFC and AFC teams. As we await Wednesday's official announcement, here's my take ...

After the Green Bay Packers' 21-13 victory over the Chicago Bears, here are three issues that merit further examination: Defensive back Charles Woodson said Sunday that team officials thought the Packers could beat the Bears without him, thus agr...

CHICAGO -- As Ryan Pickett spoke to reporters Sunday, a Green Bay Packers official walked by and handed him something. Pickett paused, glanced at what he had been given and then kept right on talking as though he had been handed a loaf of bread. I...

So I've spent the past 30 minutes or so looking at screen captures, GIFs and finally the official NFL.com video of the contact that occurred between Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the first ...