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In the hours since the Chicago Bears fired coach Lovie Smith, the names of two possible replacements have surfaced: Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and Atlanta Falcons special-teams coordinator Keith Armstrong. Both coaches are availa...

If there was a common theme during my four stops in CampTour'12, it was how little national attention the NFC North seemed to be receiving. I was used to camera crews on a Brett Favre stakeout, multiple satellite trucks and lots of media folks who...

Poor Stephen Tulloch. Last October, the Detroit Lions linebacker thought he was merely celebrating a sack of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. In reality, unbeknownst to anyone but Tebow, Tulloch was actually helping spread the word on prayer. ...

Let's take a moment away from this otherwise light news day to recognize an important development to NFC North blog readers. It's time to join a Twitter movement. I think Pride of Detroit started it, but I'm not twuent enough to say that for sure....

Since the moment the Green Bay Packers have been lumped into TebowWatch, it has seemed unlikely that general manager Ted Thompson would part with a draft pick to acquire Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. And Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com confi...

I dropped off Twitter for a few minutes Monday morning while focusing on our Pulitzer-worthy breakdown of Donald Driver's turn on "Dancing With the Stars." When I jumped back on, I had 103 new tweets. About half of them were asking whether an NFC Nor...

We're Black and Blue All Over: The Green Bay Packers will play at least four, and potentially six, consecutive games outdoors on grass fields in cold-weather locales. That means it's time to get their running game in order. But just as they hit th...

Five nuggets of knowledge on Week 13: Closing in: The Green Bay Packers have a great chance to clinch a playoff spot Sunday, regardless of what happens in their game at the New York Giants. (It can happen with a Packers victory, or a loss by one o...

DENVER -- I hopped on radio shows in two NFC North markets Sunday morning while awaiting kickoff here at Sports Authority Field. The identical question arose in both conversations: Had the Detroit Lions hit their ceiling for the 2011 season? The c...

DENVER -- Some thoughts on the Detroit Lions' 45-10 demolition of the Denver Broncos: What it means: As forcefully as possible, the Lions turned the page after a two-game losing streak. They head into their bye in excellent position at 6-2. Def...

DENVER -- The Detroit Lions are leading the Denver Broncos 10-3 early in the second quarter, thanks to a 41-yard touchdown pass to the most wide open receiver you'll ever see (Titus Young) and a 50-yard field goal by Jason Hanson. But I think I kn...

DENVER -- Greetings from Sports Authority Stadium at Mile High. It's a warm, sunny day here in the Rocky Mountains, at least from my press box view. Today's presumptive starting quarterbacks, Matthew Stafford (Detroit Lions) and Tim Tebow (Denver ...

Five nuggets of knowledge on Week 8, which includes byes for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears: Critical juncture: The Detroit Lions have reached what might be the defining period of their season. (Too dramatic? Time will tell, I guess.) The...

I've been limiting our discussion of Total Quarterback Rating (QBR) to one weekly post, which I caught up on Tuesday afternoon. Since then, however, a number of you have asked how the Week 5 performance of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers ...

I was in favor of including trades in ESPN.com's third annual Blog Network mock draft, but the consensus was they would further cloud the muddy snapshot we already have of this draft. After all, with three days remaining until the first round begins,...