Frank Omiyale

The Jay Cutler-J'Marcus Webb controversy may wind up being a bigger problem for the Rams than it has been for the Bears. The key figures involved in last Thursday night's incident, celebrity quarterback Cutler and social media butterfly Webb, always...

Chris Williams never was going to be the next Jim Covert. But he didn't have to be the next Stan Thomas, either. He could have been the next Ted Albrecht. And given the fact that he is big, relatively young at 27, bright, hard working and moderately...

Free agency is full of false hope and flimsy promise. That said, the parade honoring the Bears for winning the first day of free agency should be scheduled for noon Wednesday on Michigan Avenue. Let the confetti fall and the band play. Free agency...

Dallas is as good a place as any to burst through the growing frustration surrounding the Bears stalled offense. "We can't be up and down like a roller coaster,'' wide receiver Devin Hester said. "We have to get a winning streak going — at least...

They can’t stop the run. They can’t pressure with their front four. They can’t get home on the blitz. They can’t get their safeties to play safety. The Bears’ defense looks done. The Bears’ offense, of course, started...

Are they deaf up there at Halas Hall, too? We knew the Bears were blind when it came to quarterbacks. They couldn’t draft and develop a great one, so they tried trading for one, and the Bears’ care and feeding of the most important position...

First minute of the game, and it was the Bears’ defense calling a timeout. That’s one fewer timeout the offense can waste, at least. No, wait, remarkably, they weren’t needed. Jay Cutler used play-action to hit Devin Hester for a 48-...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Seattle Seahawks - INSIDE SLANT Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll understood selecting Bruce Irvin was a risk because of off-the-field issues when Seattle drafted the speedy pass rusher at No. 15 overall in the 2012...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Seattle Seahawks - INSIDE SLANT Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season by the NFL for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. He...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Seattle Seahawks - INSIDE SLANT Slowed in his final year at Rice University because of nagging injuries, speedy tight end Luke Willson was one of the standouts at the Seahawks rookie minicamp over the weekend. At 6-...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Seattle Seahawks - INSIDE SLANT The Seahawks may have mined another diamond later in the draft in fifth-round draft pick Jesse Williams. The Alabama defensive tackle was projected by most draft analysts to be...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Seattle Seahawks - INSIDE SLANT The Seahawks provided another draft surprise on Friday, selecting Texas A&M running back Christine Michael with the team's first pick in the draft, at No. 62 overall in the second...