Geno Hayes

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 - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT One of the first things that new Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley's noted when he was named to the position in January was how porous the Jaguars were against stopping the run. It's...

As six linebackers came off the board in the second round of last month's NFL Draft, some earlier than expected, it became apparent Geno Hayes would not face additional competition to win a starting position on the Jaguars' defense. Not that Hayes was...

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...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT Same person? Yes. Same offense? Don't know, he wouldn't say this time. Same explanation? Yes. Same length of time to explain it? No, much shorter this time. That sums up the...

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...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon said Monday that the two strikes against him in the past 11 months doesn't mean he has a drinking or substance abuse problem. "I would say...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT After evaluating the results of last weekend's rookie minicamp, which included five defensive backs taken in the draft, new coach Gus Bradley decided he needed help. So he...

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...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT What is it with wide receivers and the Jacksonville Jaguars? It's like oil and water, night and day, the Hatfields and McCoys. What it's not been is paradise. The latest rift...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT The Jaguars got their man. They're hoping they got him for the next 10 years. In selecting offensive tackle Luke Joeckel as the No. 2 overall pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars - INSIDE SLANT No one was more excited to conduct a three day rookie minicamp than new Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley and his staff. Probably because no one is going to count on...