Steve Maneri

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...

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...

NFL Team Report - Kansas City Chiefs - INSIDE SLANT As the Chiefs began their second week of OTA practices, one thing was clear: Andy Reid's defense was light years ahead of his offense when it came to making the transition to a new coaching staff and...

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...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Kansas City Chiefs - INSIDE SLANT It appears that in the shadow of a new season, a new coach, a new general manager and a new quarterback there is an old character that's about to re-enter the world of the Kansas...

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...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Kansas City Chiefs - INSIDE SLANT The Pistol offense has invaded the NFL, and now its creator -- retired Nevada coach Chris Ault -- is joining the league, too. Ault was hired as a consultant by the Kansas City...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Kansas City Chiefs - INSIDE SLANT They've got to crawl before they can walk and walk before they run. That's true for children, and it's true for NFL rookies. It was especially true for the group of 63 bodies that...

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 - Kansas City Chiefs - INSIDE SLANT The NFL Draft was all about getting more talent infused into the roster for the Chiefs. It was also three days of possibly removing talent, as they tried to trade starting left...

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...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Kansas City Chiefs - INSIDE SLANT Maybe it was the 48 sacks he saw his Philadelphia quarterbacks endure last year during a disastrous 4-12 season that cost him his job. Maybe it was the 40 sacks he saw on tape when...