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NFC North News and Rumors

Cutler: Needed break before talking with Tice

Michael C. Wright, ESPN.com

Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler said he needed a break after a frustrating play before talking with offensive coordinator Mike Tice.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was one of the most critical players of the NFL’s use of replacement officials, and he was glad when the lockout ended and the regular refs came back. At least, he was glad until he saw the regular refs work on Sunday. …

ESPN.com

Here's what I've learned during the 18-odd hours since Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler twice walked away from offensive coordinator Mike Tice during a second-quarter sideline scene: You're over it. You're bored with the subject, suspicious of the m…

CNNSI.com

Jake Locker's injured left shoulder likely will keep the Tennessee Titans quarterback from playing Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings and there's a possibility he could miss several games.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

A 1-3 start to the season isn’t a concern to Lions President Tom Lewand, who says that the Lions have confidence that they can turn things around. “As I stand here before you today at 1-3, it doesn’t faze us,” Lewand said in a speech at a business…

NBCSports.com, profootballtalk.com

Mike Florio updates the biggest quarterback stories around the NFL starting with Tony Romo’s Monday night debacle when he threw five picks to help the Chicago Bears blow out the Dallas Cowboys. Florio says if Romo is supposed to be an elite QB, he shoul…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Green Bay running back Cedric Benson is only averaging 3.6 yards a carry this season, but that doesn’t make the Packers’ coaches think they should give him the ball less. If anything, they think they should give him the ball more. Packers offensive co…

ESPN.com

After the Chicago Bears' 34-18 victory over Dallas Cowboys, here are three issues that merit further examination: I'll take a bigger-picture look at quarterback Jay Cutler later Tuesday afternoon, but for now let's consider a pretty significant assertio…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Detroit Lions have limped into their bye week with a 1-3 record.  But for a clock-operator error in Week One against the Rams, the Lions could be 0-4. Either way, it’s a steep decline from last year, and it has the Lions doing some soul-searching. …

Calvin Watkins, ESPN.com

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is disappointed, but he's not offering excuses after the team's lopsided 34-18 loss to the Chicago Bears on Monday night.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Former Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris has had a rough year, and he has now been arrested in an incident in Chicago that sounds troubling. Harris, whose wife died in February at the age of 29, leaving him with two young children, was arrested in Ch…

ESPN.com

You’ve heard the chatter by the sports pundits and on the talk shows. Heck, you may have even heard it here. So are the knee-jerk reactions about your team based in reality? Our NFL bloggers weigh in.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Percy Harvin is third in the NFL with 30 catches this season and first in the NFL with 38.3 yards per kickoff return. So it’s easy to see why Harvin is pleased with how everything is going in Minnesota right now. But Harvin acknowledges that he wasn’t…

Peter King, CNNSI.com

The NFL at the quarter pole: strange days indeed. Cards and Vikings, a combined 7-1. Saints and Lions, a combined 1-7. Rookie quarterbacks Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck are plugging away, playing well, but the best rookie of the first quarter of th…

NFC North chat alert

Oct 2, 2012

ESPN.com

We'll chat Tuesday. If you walk away from me, I'm still going to chat. If you go and grab water, I'm going to keep chatting. How does 2 p.m. ET work for you over at SportsNation? No good? Tough. I'm chatting then anyway. Gotta sell clicks.

ESPN.com

We're Black and Blue All Over: Monday night, we noted -- but hardly sensationalized -- video of Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler walking away from offensive coordinator Mike Tice on the sideline during the first half of a 34-18 victory over the Dall…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Jay Cutler just can’t help himself. If he’s in prime time, he seems hard-wired to show up a teammate or co-worker. After shoving an offensive lineman and swearing at him in Green Bay and saying he had no regrets, he twice brushed off Bears offensive c…

Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com

Maryland and Minnesota are battlegrounds on the issue of gay marriage. And now, surprisingly, so is the N.F.L.

CNNSI.com

The host Cowboys stumbled mightily throughout their abysmal 34-18 loss to the Bears. But credit Chicago for taking full advantage of a slew of mistakes by Dallas, writes Chris Burke.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman returned interceptions for touchdowns, and the Chicago Bears beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-18 on Monday night.

grantland.com

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. The Chicago Bears intercepted Tony Romo five times, retur...