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After a busy free-agent period, the Bears have a new man running their pro personnel department. Kevin Turks, who has been with the franchise since 2001, was promoted into the role Friday, sources in the scouting community said. Turks replaces Chris...

What do you envision being the biggest position battles going into training camp? -- @JBiuhoosiers, from Twitter Interesting question. Despite the fact that the Bears have a brand new coaching staff, I do not anticipate that we will have a lot of...

The Bears have gone out of their way this offseason to find a reliable left tackle and to stabilize the entire offensive line. Meanwhile, last year's starting left tackle — J'Marcus Webb — has been spending the offseason trying to find...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New Orleans Saints - INSIDE SLANT Years from now, Saints officials may look back on the second night of the 2013 NFL draft and consider it one of their finest hours -- or at least one-third of one. Of course,...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Baltimore Ravens - INSIDE SLANT The medical outlook remains positive for Ravens starting inside linebacker Jameel McClain. McClain continues to make progress in his recuperation from a spinal cord contusion...

In music, tempo is measured in beats per minute. In football, tempo may be measured in drops of sweat per minute. The reason Bears have been practicing fast is they want to play fast, with tempo. Their sequence of their plays will be paced more like...

Dressed comfortably for a long Thursday night in blue jeans and a Bears jacket, team Chairman George McCaskey entered Halas Hall and promptly placed a stack of 2013 pocket schedules on the receptionist's desk. How misleading. Nothing else the Bears...

This class looks pretty enticing to a tackle-needy NFL. Three tackles figure to be top 10 picks. The talent drops off a little after that, but a number of others have enough ability to be starters pretty quickly. As many as a dozen tackles could be chosen...

Who's the best edge rusher in the draft? RaiderNation4Life, from Twitter It’s Georgia’s Jarvis Jones. Forget about his slow 40 time. He has the burst to defeat a blocker, and he can close on the quarterback. He fits better in a 3-4 as an...

Unable to find the remote control recently in my Brooklyn hotel room between Bulls playoff games, I took it as a sign to educate myself on Thursday's NFL draft by watching a show about the Bears that popped on the television. Well, technically, the TV...

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Somewhere in Phil Emery's Halas Hall office, perhaps in a fireproof safe, is a folder. It might disintegrate if touched without special gloves. Maybe it is marked "Top Secret." In it is "The Draft Plan." It's not fully formed yet, but it's getting...