NFC North News

With OTAs just one week away, the upcoming 2013 NFL season is laced with all sorts of questions for our beloved Minnesota Vikings.

Despite a stellar NFL career, former Oakland Raider and Green Bay Packers star Charles Woodson still remains unsigned.

Jim Schwartz, center, and Leslie Frazier, right, weren't nearly as frisky as Mike McCarthy was on fourth-down plays in 2012.

In 2003, the NFL scheduled the Minnesota Vikings as the Green Bay Packers ' first opponent in the renovated Lambeau Field.

We're Black and Blue All Over: We're down to five unsigned draft choices here in the NFC North after the Chicago Bears wrapped up contracts for their 2013 class over the weekend.

Although the Vikings made the postseason a year ago, I have them finishing 6-10 in 2013.

The Vikings' attempt to re-sign cornerback Antoine Winfield to a more cap-friendly contract failed when Winfield went to Seattle, but one of the cornerbacks who remains in Minnesota doesn't think the team will miss him too much.

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy was succinct in identifying the one thing he wouldn't forget about the disappointing end to the 2012 season.

Last season, what was quickly becoming a breakout year for Detroit Lions wide receiver Ryan Broyles met an unfortunate end in the form of an ACL tear, his second in the same number of years.

Reggie Bush 's appearance Friday morning on the NFL Network reinforced what should be a fun 2013 trend in at least two sectors of the NFC North: Running backs catching passes.

Ted Thompson has his game face on most of the time, though many times it's difficult to read what the man is thinking.

Nominating someone as 'the best' is always tough. Because, what exactly does it mean anyway, what metrics do you take into account when determining what is 'the best'? Are we talking the most valuable player to the team, or just the raw ability compared to the rest of the team? Or the best and most productive of their position group amongst their ... (more)

Detroit Lions' secondary will face Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, the 2012 AP offensive rookie of the year, this season.

As the summer goes on, we will run through every NFL team's 2013 schedule and predict how each team's record will look at the conclusion of the season.

Brett Favre made a surprise joint appearance with Aaron Rodgers at the NFL Honors award ceremony earlier this year to present Peyton Manning with his Comeback Player of the Year honor.

In a story that you may or may not have seen yesterday , the Kansas City Chiefs brought on former Nevada Wolfpack coach Chris Ault as a coaching consultant.

Who can you turn to with the game hanging in the balance? When there are just minutes left on the clock and your team is trailing by a few points? In the NFL , this is a question that must be answered time and time again over the course of every season.

The Minnesota Vikings are preparing for the 2013 NFL season similar to past years, with rookie minicamp taking place earlier this month and training camp in Mankato soon approaching this summer.

Every week matters in the NFL. 16 games may sound like a lot, but when only 12 out of 32 teams can make the playoffs in a given year, it isn't. As schedules begin to take shape experts are able to at least gauge difficulty level based on how many games a team won a year ago, whether they reached the playoffs and overall roster talent.

Welcome to the 2013 version of Insider's offseason staple series: Red Flags. This is the sixth of an eight-part examination in which Football Outsiders identifies the biggest remaining issue for every NFL team, division by division, after the NFL draft.