Seth Olsen

The wide receivers took the bows and the cornerbacks got the high-fives, but the Bears won their opener Sunday because they beat the Colts in the trenches. The play of the Bears offensive line was particularly eye-opening. And no one played better on...

Any chance the Bears go after Plaxico Burress? -- @chifan4life, from Twitter There is a chance, but it's slightly better than an ice cube's chance in Death Valley. The Bears have had multiple opportunities to sign Burress going back to 2005, when he left...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT A year ago, quarterback Andrew Luck was unable to attend the Colts' organized team activity practices because of school commitments at Stanford. Luck, though, went on to have a...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT Joe Webb is going from Christian Ponder's backup to George Stewart's pet project in Minnesota. The Vikings are transitioning Webb back to wide receiver after three seasons as a...

NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday because the veteran punter...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT While the Colts put their rookies and a handful of second-year players through workouts at the team's practice facility, a pair of first-year coordinators are getting a chance to...

NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT Just days after the end of the draft, the Colts' roster shakeup continued. In a move that didn't come as too much of a great surprise, the Colts decided to part ways with defensive end/outside...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the is fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter taken in the fifth round can share or even top the attention given to three first-round draft picks. But that's what happens when the incumbent punter about to...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT By most, if not all accounts, the Vikings had an excellent draft, adding three potential star players who will either become starters or major contributors immediately. Defensive...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT The Vikings had two defensive difference-makers fall to them before taking a breath just long enough to trade back into the first round and grab Cordarrelle Patterson, an offensive...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT It may have taken awhile, but the Colts made their first-round pick of the 2013 National Football League a good one. Nearly three hours after the draft got underway, the Colts...