Matt Slauson

NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT The good news for the Jets is Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith can't play much worse than they did on Wednesday. The bad news, of course, is that this qualifies as good news on May 22. Sanchez and Smith...

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 - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT Quarterback David Garrard confirmed reports he is retiring, telling USA Today, "I'm done, the knee is only going to get worse - my decision had nothing to do with them drafting Geno...

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 - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT The true evidence of whether or not Geno Smith is cut out to be a franchise quarterback -- and a franchise quarterback in the New York market -- won't begin to appear for at least several...

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 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...

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...

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...