Mike Leach

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...

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 rookie minicamp...

Wide receiver can be one of the more difficult positions to get production from a rookie, but the Bears did well with Alshon Jeffery a year ago. There will certainly be opportunities for Marquess Wilson, the seventh-round pick from Washington State,...

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...

A case can be made the Chicago Bears needed to find a vertical target in the draft and while that might not be Marquess Wilson’s strong suit, it’s hard to ignore the big production he had at Washington State. The seventh-round draft pick...

There's a ton of optimism attached to the NFL Draft, regardless of the situation your favorite team is in. Whether that translates into success on the field is another story. For example, the Bears—under both Mark Hatley and Jerry Angelo at...

Transcript of Bears coach Marc Trestman's post-draft media session Saturday. Opening statement: “We’ve got a bunch of coaches upstairs really excited about the opportunity to coach these guys coming in. We not only like them as players, we...

Khaseem Greene Round 4, pick 20 (117 overall), linebacker, Rutgers, 6-1, 241 On the field: Greene forced an NCAA-record 15 fumbles with the Scarlet Knights. As a captain last season, he helped Rutgers rank sixth in the nation in rushing defense (97....

The Chicago Bears were seeking a downfield threat in the NFL draft and got a low-risk investment with big upside in Marquess Wilson. It is not common for seventh-round draft picks to pan out as big-time players but before a puzzling 2012 season at...

After ignoring the offensive line for many years and missing on multiple draft picks, the Bears unquestionably have made the unit a priority. One of Marc Trestman’s first moves was to hire Aaron Kromer away from the Saints to be offensive...

Falling stars Manti Te'o and Geno Smith were drafted with successive picks in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft, but two of the top quarterback prospects in the class were still on the board through three rounds and 97 picks. The Heisman finalists,...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Update 4, second round complete NFL Draft: Second round overview In a reversal of typical attention, skill-position players were left feeling neglected in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft with only four selected in...