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NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT Linebacker Jonathan Bostic is a prime example of the value of prospects being in the eye of the beholder. While NFL scouts were concerned about his sideline-to-sideline speed, Chicago Bears general...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT For the first 10 years of his NFL career, weak-side linebacker Lance Briggs lined up next to middle linebacker Brian Urlacher in the Bears' defense. That combination resulted in eight...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT If 2011 first-round pick Gabe Carimi is trying to punch his ticket out of Chicago after two disappointing seasons, he's on the right path. Carimi is absent from OTAs that started this...

There's no question the Chicago Bears want Gabe Carimi to produce an impressive comeback season. The bottom line assures you of that much. The first-round draft pick from 2011, selected 29th overall, has a fully guaranteed base salary of $1,016,458 for...

I understand that Kyle Long will miss the team's off season program due to an NFL rule. But does this stop him from working with some gurus not of the Bears staff to ready himself for  training camp seeing his brief time spent at his position? Also I...

The Sports Xchange By Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange Carimi jeopardizes job by missing Bears OTAs If 2011 first-round pick Gabe Carimi is trying to punch his ticket out of Chicago after two disappointing seasons, he's on the right path. Carimi...

NFL Team Report - Baltimore Ravens - INSIDE SLANT After one rookie minicamp, Baltimore Ravens first-round draft pick Matt Elam is off to a fast start with the Super Bowl champions. Elam intercepted several passes and confidently delivered the...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT In his one season of major-college football, Bears first-round pick Kyle Long started his only five games at left guard. But he lined up exclusively at right guard during the weekend's...

Gabe Carimi stayed away from the Chicago Bears' organized team activity (OTA) Tuesday at Halas Hall, leaving the offensive lineman's future with the team murky. OTA’s are optional, with the only part of the offseason program that is mandatory being...

Gabe Carimi worked primarily with the second team at right guard during minicamp last month but it's impossible to say where he will be when he returns. The 2011 first-round draft pick has missed the first two days of voluntary organized team activities...

As the Bears have navigated their way through the offseason workout program, the voluntary minicamp and the rookie camp, they have started to become a team. A new team. When they convene at Halas Hall on Monday for the first of 10 scheduled OTA...

NFL Team Report - New Orleans Saints - INSIDE SLANT After watching former teammate Reggie Bush take the low road when the Saints selected Mark Ingram in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft, free safety Malcolm Jenkins, a three-year starter, wants no...