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We're Black and Blue All Over: We're down to five unsigned draft choices here in the NFC North after the Chicago Bears wrapped up contracts for their 2013 class over the weekend. First-round draft pick Kyle Long agreed to terms on a four-year deal...

The Bears agreed to terms on a four-year deal, plus an option, with 2013 first round draft choice Kyle Long on Friday, the team announced.

Former Bears' first-round pick Gabe Carimi missed his second consecutive organized team activity on Tuesday, raising questions about his long-term future with the team that made him the 29th overall selection of the 2011 NFL draft.

CHICAGO -- Former Chicago Bears first-round draft pick Gabe Carimi was a no-show at Halas Hall on Monday when the team took the field for the first organized team activity of the offseason, according to a source familiar with the situation. He wa...

Chicago Bears sixth-round pick Cornelius Washington didn't arrive at rookie minicamp under any false pretenses. "They brought me here to rush (the quarterback), so I'm going to hone my skills at that," Washington said. "I'm going to get great ...

A look at a key player from each NFC North team who needs to show something in offseason sessions: Chicago Bears: Offensive lineman Gabe Carimi was the No. 29 overall pick of the 2011 draft, a left tackle at Wisconsin whom the Bears decided to ins...

As we've noted many times over the past two years, signing draft picks isn't the adventure that it used to be. The NFL's collective bargaining agreement, ratified for the 2011 season, created a streamlined negotiating process and provided far less wi...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Tyler Dunne of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spent some time digging into stories about the surgically repaired big toe of the Green Bay Packers' second-round draft pick, running back Eddie Lacy. The bottom line: La...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears signed second-round draft choice linebacker Jon Bostic to a four-year deal, the team announced on Thursday. Bostic is the fifth member of the Bears' 2013 draft class to agree to terms on a contract. A seco...

This week, NFC West colleague Mike Sando posted the NFL's little-known rules for rookie participation in offseason programs. The key portion for our consumption: Draft picks and college free agents can't participate in organized team activities until...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Conventional wisdom suggests Monday could be the day the Minnesota Vikings part ways with punter Chris Kluwe. As we've discussed, the Vikings made UCLA punter Jeff Locke their fifth-round draft pick last month. Te...

New Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey is excited about matchup problems 2011 first-round pick Jon Baldwin can present. This is a big season for Baldwin, who hasn't made much of an impact in his first two NFL seasons. The Sideline View...

So on the first Friday of May, we learned that not one but two former Iowa left tackles will be making their full-time NFL debuts at the position here in the NFC North. (The similarities don't end there. Both were the No. 23 overall pick of their ...

The Chicago Bears agreed to terms with two more draft picks Thursday, announcing four-year deals with linebacker Khaseem Greene (a fourth-round pick) and wide receiver Marquess Wilson (seventh round). Greene, drafted 117th overall, set an NCAA rec...

We're Black and Blue All Over: The Chicago Bears never mess around when it comes to signing their draft picks, and this week they became the NFL's first team to start locking up members of its 2013 draft class. Fifth-round pick Jordan Mills and si...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears agreed to terms on four-year deals with fifth-round draft choice Jordan Mills, an offensive tackle from Louisiana Tech, and sixth-rounder Cornelius Washington, a defensive end out of Georgia, the team announced Tuesday. ...