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NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT Linebacker Jonathan Bostic is a prime example of the value of prospects being in the eye of the beholder. While NFL scouts were concerned about his sideline-to-sideline speed, Chicago Bears general...

LeCharles Bentley, the former Pro Bowl lineman, admits Gabe Carimi is taking a gamble as he works to get his career back on track with the Bears. But Bentley, speaking from Scottsdale, Ariz., where he runs O-Line Performance Academy, is adamant Carimi...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT For the first 10 years of his NFL career, weak-side linebacker Lance Briggs lined up next to middle linebacker Brian Urlacher in the Bears' defense. That combination resulted in eight...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT If 2011 first-round pick Gabe Carimi is trying to punch his ticket out of Chicago after two disappointing seasons, he's on the right path. Carimi is absent from OTAs that started this...

There's no question the Chicago Bears want Gabe Carimi to produce an impressive comeback season. The bottom line assures you of that much. The first-round draft pick from 2011, selected 29th overall, has a fully guaranteed base salary of $1,016,458 for...

The Sports Xchange By Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange Carimi jeopardizes job by missing Bears OTAs If 2011 first-round pick Gabe Carimi is trying to punch his ticket out of Chicago after two disappointing seasons, he's on the right path. Carimi...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT In his one season of major-college football, Bears first-round pick Kyle Long started his only five games at left guard. But he lined up exclusively at right guard during the weekend's...

Gabe Carimi stayed away from the Chicago Bears' organized team activity (OTA) Tuesday at Halas Hall, leaving the offensive lineman's future with the team murky. OTA’s are optional, with the only part of the offseason program that is mandatory being...

Gabe Carimi worked primarily with the second team at right guard during minicamp last month but it's impossible to say where he will be when he returns. The 2011 first-round draft pick has missed the first two days of voluntary organized team activities...

The Bears enter the next phase of the offseason program Monday as organized team activities begin, a prelude to a minicamp next month that will be the final preparation for training camp. With 10 OTA practices and three days of minicamp starting June...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT The last time the Bears drafted a linebacker who was a converted safety -- as they did with this year's fourth-round pick Khaseem Greene -- it turned out pretty well. In 2000 the Bears...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Chicago Bears - INSIDE SLANT Most analysts will look at the Bears' first-round pick as a reach for a player who is a project, but that's not the way they see it. Few anticipated the Bears would choose the eighth...