Football Outsiders: Remaining needs

Football Outsiders, a statistics-based analysis service, has been producing division-by-division Insider files on remaining team needs. You'll need a …

Eight in the Box: Next order of business

With the draft in the rearview mirror, what is the most pressing issue on each NFC North team’s agenda? Chicago Bears: The top priority at…

Brian Urlacher not a Rick Spielman move

HIGH ABOVE THE MIDWEST -- I know what you're thinking, even as I blog from the friendly skies en route to NFC North headquarters. Many of you are twee…

BBAO: Bears lose Nick Roach to Raiders

We're Black and Blue All Over: We have more overnight news in the NFC North's free agency frenzy. Former Chicago Bears linebacker Nick Roach agreed t…

Vikings and Brian Urlacher? Hmmmmm...

Here's what we know: The Chicago Bears have yet to find a common financial ground with linebacker Brian Urlacher, a free agent who wants to continue …

NFC North Quick Hits: Tuesday

What day is it? Only Tuesday? We've had a wild week already here in the NFC North. On normal days, I might have made separate blog posts of each of th…

NFC North free-agency primer

Circling back on inside linebackers

By the end of this offseason, it's quite possible that we'll set an NFC North blog record for discussions about inside linebackers. The Chicago Bears …

Manti Te'o and Packers, Bears, Vikings

INDIANAPOLIS -- I sat in on the Manti Te'o news conference Saturday afternoon. After all, you could argue that three of our four teams in the NFC Nor…

Vikings 'digging' into players' social media

INDIANAPOLIS -- If they aren't already, draft-eligible players should be aware that at least one NFL team -- and surely many others -- have been diggi…