Matt Slauson

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 - 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 (Smith)," Garrard said....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Bears briefly moved Kyle Long to right tackle during Sunday's final practice of rookie minicamp, but the plan is for him to remain at guard, likely on the right side. Right guard is where he spent the majority of the minicamp and probably where he...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT It wouldn't be the New York Jets without a controversy at quarterback. At Friday's rookie minicamp, coach Rex Ryan said quarterback Geno Smith looked fine. Smith gave himself an F. Ryan'...

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...