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<title><![CDATA[Eight in the box: RB status check]]></title>
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How does each NFC North team look at running back, and what still needs to be done?  Chicago Bears: If you were drawing up plans for an experienced ...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 24, 2013 09:00:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BBAO: Bears complete draft signings]]></title>
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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 the...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 20, 2013 04:55:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NFL mailbag - Rookie minicamp first impressions]]></title>
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John Clayton presents some first impressions from rookie minicamps and answers reader questions.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 12, 2013 09:15:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Circling back on our UCLA newcomers]]></title>
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So it looks like I zigged this week when I should have zagged on the eligibility of three former UCLA players for NFC North offseason work.  As it t...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 10, 2013 12:17:27 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kyle Long among those ineligible for OTAs*]]></title>
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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 c...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 07, 2013 13:00:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[KC Joyner - Montee Ball among top fantasy rookie running backs for 2013 NFL season]]></title>
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KC Joyner spotlights seven rookie running backs with the highest fantasy value for the 2013 NFL season, including Denver's Montee Ball and Green Bay's first-year duo of Eddie Lacy and Johnathan Franklin.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 03, 2013 03:04:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Draft impact: Packers' Johnathan Franklin]]></title>
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Another in a periodic series examining the roles of NFC North newcomers:  Running back Eddie Lacy figures to absorb the majority of attention on the...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 14:00:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NFL post-draft Power Rankings: NFC North]]></title>
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ESPN.com's power ranking committee convened this week because, well, why not? NFL teams have made it to the other side of the bulk of player acquisiti...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 30, 2013 11:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mel Kiper Jr. 2013 draft grades: NFC North]]></title>
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Reading Mel Kiper Jr.'s grades the morning after the draft is like a holiday tradition. No matter how much we all understand intuitively that it's im...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 28, 2013 06:30:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Montee Ball of Denver Broncos, Eddie Lacy of Green Bay Packers, Tavon Austin of St. Louis Rams among top fantasy football rookies for 2013]]></title>
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Christopher Harris offers his top 10 fantasy rookies for 2013, and profiles the top skill-position players from the final two days of the draft.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 28, 2013 05:52:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NFC North draft analysis]]></title>
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How top-heavy was the 2013 draft in the NFC North? We welcomed more players in the first round (six) than in the second and third rounds combined (fou...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 27, 2013 15:25:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rams' picks address most needs so far]]></title>
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The St. Louis Rams had a long list of needs heading into the 2013 NFL draft.  They have addressed most of them by selecting receiver Tavon Austin, l...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 27, 2013 12:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Packers flood zone with Johnathan Franklin]]></title>
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Well then. Consider the Green Bay Packers' backfield on notice.  After going 43 consecutive games without a runner hitting 100 yards, the Packers ha...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 27, 2013 10:55:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Take 2: Reviewing Pac-12 in NFL draft]]></title>
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Five Pac-12 players were selected in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday.  Here's the chart:   So... what's our take?  Thanks for aski...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 26, 2013 10:00:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dion Jordan headlines five from Pac-12]]></title>
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It didn't take long for there to be some drama in the 2013 NFL draft. And former Oregon Duck Dion Jordan was right in the middle of it.  Jordan, the...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 25, 2013 21:35:09 PDT</pubDate>
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