Jared Allen

The Bears offense once again can lean on boot action Sunday at Minnesota and move quarterback Jay Cutler outside of the pocket versus zone coverage. Using the All-22 coaches tape, here is an example of how the Bears rolled the pocket away from defensive...

The more Bears receivers who go down with injuries and struggle to return, the more embarrassing Lovie Smith looks with his Kellen Davis nonsense. Truth is, even with a full complement of receivers, Smith looks embarrassing with his Davis nonsense....

MINNEAPOLIS — Lovie Smith stood in the middle of the cramped visitors locker room Sunday afternoon with his hands on his hips waiting for the rest of his team to assemble. A week after melting down in the final minutes and overtime against the...

The Vikings placed Percy Harvin on the injured reserve list Wednesday, ending the wide receiver’s season -- a serious blow to a Minnesota team struggling in the passing game.  Harvin had missed the Vikings’ past three games because of a...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Oklahoma at Iowa State, 11 a.m. (ABC); Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Temple at Louisville,...

After the season, the Bears plan to begin expanding Halas Hall, but they might need to build out the training room now. In what resembled a last-man-standing battle, they beat the rival Vikings 28-10 on Sunday at Soldier Field, but the badly needed...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears got Jay Cutler back from a concussion, only to lose three more stars to injuries. Start with Devin Hester. Add Matt Forte and Charles Tillman to the list, and just for good measure, throw in two starting guards....

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY|  Soccer -- Premiere League, Liverpool at Swansea, 7:15 a.m. (ESPN2).  National Football League -- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, noon (FOX); Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at New...

The Dallas Cowboys play at Atlanta on Sunday in a game featuring a question-mark quarterback. Yes, he's shown flashes of excellence, but is he truly the player who can lift his franchise to greatness? Does success early in the season mean anything if he...

Russell Wilson already has slain some stereotypes. Like being too short to play, let alone win, in the NFL. Here he is, halfway through his rookie season, with a 4-4 record as the Seahawks’ starting quarterback entering Sunday’s game...

Matchup Microscope Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch vs. Vikings RB Adrian Peterson: They won’t be trying to tackle one another, just playing keep away with one another. Because the back who has the most success in this matchup of the top two rushers...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Traveling to Minnesota to play on Thursday night was supposed to be tough for Tampa Bay.  Rookie Doug Martin ran around the field as if he didn’t want to leave.  Martin racked up 214 total yards and two touchdowns, and the...