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NFC North News and Rumors

Report: Bears to interview Saints' Carmichael

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The Chicago Bears will interview New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. for their vacant coaching position, according to multiple reports.

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Lions general manager Martin Mayhew told reporters Wednesday he has no reason to believe he and coach Jim Schwartz aren’t safe, and that they have plenty of work to do. Mayhew said he talked with owner William Clay Ford and his son, team vice chariman B…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Vikings released their first injury report for the week on Wednesday and starting quarterback Christian Ponder popped up as limited with an elbow injury. Ponder bruised his right elbow when he was hit by Packers safety Morgan Burnett during last Sun…

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

Adrian Peterson is, last we checked, the best thing going in football. No one can tackle him or outrun him or chase him down. Alas, Adrian Peterson plays on a team full of men who are not the best things going in football. Christian Ponder averages only…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Packers wide receiver James Jones had a very productive 2012 season, scoring 14 touchdowns for the NFC North champs. Jones will stop by Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network on Wednesday afternoon to talk about his regular season as well as a look-ahe…

CNNSI.com

No one is hotter than the Seahawks heading into the playoffs. Where does everyone else stand? Kerry J. Byrne breaks down each team's momentum before the postseason begins.

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Christian Ponder played the worst game of his career in a Week 13 loss to the Green Bay Packers. His Total Quarterback Rating (QBR) was 3.1 on a scale of 0-100. Four weeks later, Ponder played arguably his best game in the Minnesota Vikings' 37-34 victo…

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There are only a handful of true injury questions as we approach Saturday night's wild-card playoff at Lambeau Field. Let's take a quick look at the first official injury report of the week: Green Bay Packers: Receiver Jordy Nelson (knee) participated i…

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Many of you lit me up for Monday's suggestion that the presence of quarterback Jay Cutler will make the Chicago Bears an attractive franchise for head-coaching candidates. You pointed out Cutler's flaws, many of which are accurate, but in my mind you ig…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Packers got two of quarterback Aaron Rodgers‘ targets back at practice on Wednesday as wide receiver Jordy Nelson and tight end Jermichael Finley each returned to the field after skipping Tuesday’s session. Both players are listed as limited parti…

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We can now update our earlier post on the Chicago Bears' request to interview Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Tom Clements for their head coaching position. Clements confirmed to a pair of reporters in Green By that the Packers have granted him …

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Vikings rookie Blair Walsh has already proven himself to be a good kicker, but he’s showing he can hit at big times as well. For making last week’s game-winning, playoff-clinching field goal as time expired, he was named NFC special teams player of th…

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The final numbers for NFC North quarterbacks are in. And after a long offseason of debating whether we had two or three top-10 quarterbacks, only one had that type of season based on traditional statistics or advanced metrics. The rest were objectively …

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In the hours after the Chicago Bears fired coach Lovie Smith, it was fair to expect anger and even empty threats from a group of players who had grown close to him over the years. Middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, for one, freely acknowledged that "…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Vikings will be playing outdoors on Saturday night when they face the Packers at Lambeau Field. Since it is January, it’s a fair bet that there will be a significant chill to the air. Minnesota’s got plenty of its own chill this time of year, but …