Frank Omiyale

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...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Seattle Seahawks - INSIDE SLANT This year is a first for John Schneider. In 21 years as an NFL personnel man, Seattle's general manager had never been without a first-round draft pick. Until now. But Schneider,...

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...

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...

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...

Matchup microscope Seahawks OT Russell Okung vs. Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware: It’s not a given that Okung will start, coach Pete Carroll said after Friday’s practice. If he can’t go, Frank Omiyale will step in, as he did after Okung...

Life is good for Gabe Carimi. The Bears right tackle had a strong outing in the season opener against the Colts; a performance worthy of a game ball from his teammates. Any lingering concerns about his surgically repaired right knee vanished as the...

Sixth in a 14-part series leading up to the start of Bears training camp. The further the Bears get away from their appearance in Super Bowl XLI, the better the offensive line for that team, built almost exclusively through pro free agency, looks. It...