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We're Black and Blue All Over: Good morning and welcome to Draft Week '13. We'll post as much draft material as bloggerly possible over the next six days, but I wanted to start with an important revelation about a current Chicago Bears player. ...

A few thoughts on Sunday's events at Ford Field: What it means: The Detroit Lions lost their fourth consecutive game to drop to 4-8, ensuring the third nonwinning season in four years under coach Jim Schwartz. They finished an 0-3 homestand by blo...

Five nuggets of knowledge on Week 13: Non-Favre dominance: Over the past six years, the only time the Minnesota Vikings have won at Lambeau Field was when Brett Favre was their quarterback. All told, the Green Bay Packers have won five of the past...

Forecasters are projecting sunny skies and temperatures approaching 50 degrees Sunday in Green Bay. That sounds pretty inviting to me. I'll be at Lambeau Field bright and early Sunday morning in anticipation of the Green Bay Packers' matchup with ...

Let's check out the NFC North's standing in ESPN.com's Week 13 Power Rankings: 6. Chicago Bears Trending: No change after a 28-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Comment: The Bears were still atop the NFC North when they got to the other sid...

After a week of public discussion about the issue, Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz did not bench any of the three players who received post-whistle personal fouls in a Week 13 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Instead, according to ESPN's Chris Mor...

FALLING 1. Our "Watch" series: At various times this season, Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen was on pace to break the NFL record for sacks in a season. Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson was on track to contest the single-season rec...

We're Black and Blue All Over: ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Week 13 might have given us our most wild collection of games yet here in the NFC North. You had the Green Bay Packers clinching the NFC North with a precision drive in the final 58 seconds of r...

A few thoughts on a closer-than-expected game at the Superdome: What it means: The Detroit Lions have now lost five of their last seven games, all to teams in the thick of the NFC playoff hunt, to fall to 7-5. Sunday night's loss clinched the NFC ...

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...

Is there any place better than New York, or at least suburban New Jersey, in December? I'll let you know this weekend when I head out east for Sunday's game between the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. After last week's shenanigans at Ford F...

On this busy day in the NFL and NFC North, let's take a quick look at ESPN.com's Week 13 Power Rankings. There is one mild surprise in the order: 1. Green Bay Packers Trending: Unanimous for nine weeks and counting. 11. Detroit Lions Trending...

The Detroit Lions were aggressively and intelligently hoping to lock down their first NFC North victory in three years Sunday. Leading 20-17 with 12 minutes remaining, the Lions decided to go for a fourth-and-1 at the Chicago Bears' 41-yard line. ...

We're Black and Blue All Over, and thankful to see the resolution of an Upper Midwest broadband outage: As we put a wrap on Week 13 in the NFC North, we note a slight change in the NFC playoff picture. If the season ended today, the Green Bay Pack...

DETROIT -- A few thoughts from an eventful afternoon at Ford Field: What it means: The Detroit Lions provided their usual scare but ultimately were overwhelmed in the fourth quarter. (Sound familiar?) They are 2-10 this season and have lost their ...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 13: Bad combination: The Chicago Bears are tied for the NFL lead with 26 takeaways this season. In the Detroit Lions' Drew Stanton, they'll face a quarterback who has thrown seven interceptions in 104 career at...