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By Andrew Before Brian Dawkins was rocking the #20, the Eagles had Andre Waters patrolling the secondary. Waters was a fixture of Buddy Ryan's Gang Green defense, a tough-as-nails safety who four times led the team in tackles, and received All-Pro honors... Before Brian Dawkins was rocking the #20, t...

http://www.colts.com/sub.cfm?page=article7&news_id=482fc963-b198-4e5c-bbea-bfada38d7a31 - With another week lies another difficult challenge for the Indianapolis Colts. This week, the Colts take their 9-0 record to Baltimore, a familiar conference foe with a fierce defe...

stemming from Week 10 games involving NFC West teams. Looks like we had some pretty good damage. Seahawks at Cardinals $7,500 against the Cardinals' Darnell Dockett for elbowing Matt Hasselbeck in the throat. $7...

The Chicago Bears placed backup running back Garrett Wolfe on injured reserve Friday, ending his season. The Bears will also listed tight end Desmond Clark, who has a neck injury, and safety Kevin Payne (back) as doubtful for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The team listed...

By B.Clifton Burke Every week it seems Cincinnati is issued a new challenge to disprove the Same-Old-Bengals Theory. For Week 11, the challenge is to show they can travel to the West Coast and win. Still, I don’t see a Bengals blowout this week as should be the case against such miserable opposition.

By Patrick Allen 13. Texans (12.7) Big game Monday night that if they win, will make them a Wild Card contender. Poll Who do you think should be #1? Saints Colts Vikings Bengals Patriots Broncos (and by number 1 I mean the one between my index and ring fingers) Other   113 votes | Results

Chicago Bears: It looks like the Bears will be without tight end Desmond Clark (neck) and safety Kevin Payne (back) on Sunday night against Philadelphia. Both players are listed as doubtful. … The Bears also placed running back Garrett Wolfe (kidney) on injured reserve and promoted runni...

Baltimore Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards plans to appeal the $5,000 fine he received for a hit delivered to Cleveland Browns wide receiver ...

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2009 file photo, Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew(notes) (32) is tackled by New York Jets' Dwight Lowery(notes) (21) while running for a touchdown during the first quarter of an NFL football game in East Rutherford, N.J. Fantasy and reality coll...

By Brad Biggs Also, as we reported was likely, running back Khalil Bell was promoted from the practice squad to the 53-man roster by the Bears. He takes the place of Garrett Wolfe. Bears OUT DOUBTFUL TE Desmond Clark, neck--DNP, DNP, DNP. S Kevin Payne, back--DNP, DNP, DNP. Eagles OUT

Vikings coach Brad Childress is happy to be staying in Minnesota for several more years. Players say they're pleased his contract has been extended, too.

By Rick Maese Asked this week whether he intended to use the same five offensive linemen in Dallas that helped the Redskins end a four-game losing streak against Denver, Redskins Coach Jim Zorn offered a smile. In a season that has presented few easy answers, the head coach was finally lobbed an easy que...

By Omar Kelly It appears Miami Dolphins receiver Davone Bess is working his way out of a sophomore slump. The play was huge because the Dolphins were leading by just three points with 4:47 left in the game. Failure on that critical snap would have put Carolina in position to tie the game with a field goa...

By Derek Major The Redskins come into Dallas riding high off their win against the Denver Broncos. Quarterback Jason Campbell is having a rough season as he's 168 for 254 for 1,870 yards with 10 TD's and eight interceptions. He's also been sacked 28 times this season. Campbell has been throwing the ball wel...

By Jeffrey Boswell With the AFC North well in hand after last Sunday's 18-12 win in Pittsburgh, the Bengals can turn their attention to more trivial things, like the Raiders. Cincinnati wins, 23-7. Read more Oakland Raiders news on BleacherReport.com

By Rob Moreschi DETROIT (-3.5) over Cleveland NY GIANTS (-6.5) over Atlanta Brett Favre against Steve Young, should be a great game (2000). Brett Favre against Matt Hasselbeck, should be a boring game (2009). NY Jets (+10.5) over NEW ENGLAND VINCE YOUNG WINS FOOTBALL GAMES.

By VanRam One win and a near upset of the undefeated New Orleans Saints and all of the sudden the St. Louis Rams aren't so easy for fantasy players to ignore. The team still lacks reliable, every week fantasy players outside of RB Steven Jackson. At this point, guys like Donnie Avery, Brandon Gibson and D...

By D. Orlando Ledbetter Ken Moll of Scouts, Inc. has the Falcons losing 24-20. He gives the Falcons position advantages at wide receiver, linebacker, defensive back and special teams. He gives the coaching advantage to Tom Coughlin and the quarterback advantage to Manning.

By Ninjames Frank Gore will be in on a lot of blitz pick-up on Sunday. I'm hoping we use Vernon Davis a bit less in this... I just think he's becoming far too valuable as a receiving tight end to waste half of his snaps blocking. (PressDemocrat.com) I certainly hope we don't use Frank Gore TOO much, I don't want hi...

The Ravens will be without Terrell Suggs, but the Colts’ defense has been hit harder by injuries. Indianapolis could be starting three backups in the secondary, including rookie cornerbacks Jerraud Powers and Jacob Lacey. But offensive coordinator Cam Cameron said the younger Colts ar...

By viyer.tsn CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Three observations from watching the Miami Dolphins defeat the Carolina Panthers 24-17 on Thursday night:   The Dolphins have an underrated receiving corps Starters Greg Camarillo and 2007 ninth-overall pick Ted Ginn Jr. have made their share of big plays, but of late c...

By Bill Huber Aaron Kampman tells a funny story from Sunday; a concussion for Scott Wells; plus much more from Thursday as the Packers get ready to play San Francisco.

If the Texans listen to Tennessee outside linebacker Keith Bulluck, they can forget about beating the Titans on Monday night at Reliant Stadium.

By RTSports.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The fans in Houston always have hated the Titans as the team that left town without looking back. Now Tennessee linebacker Keith Bulluck may have stirred up things between the players. Bulluck said Thursday the Texans treated their 34-31 win over Tennessee like the A...

Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton was not seen on the field as the team began practice Thursday afternoon.  It's the second straight day Orton has not practiced due to his ankle injury as his teammates prepare for Sunday's AFC West showdown with the San Diego Chargers.

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By Ray Chargers sack Denver QB Kyle Orton • Chargers coach Norv Turner is familiar with the defensive coordinator he will match wits with Sunday. Mike Nolan of Denver was the head coach of the Niners when Turner was the offensive coordinator in 2006.

A Pittsburgh Steelers fan says he was left blind and brain damaged after being poisoned, and he blames some Bears fans he met in Chicago.

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Browns coach Eric Mangini has been impressed with Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford — from meeting him during the draft process, to watching film of him in preparation for Sunday's game. "The handle he had on the Georgia offense, he could answer our questions almost before they came out...

By erickson@49ersnews.com For the first time in their careers, Alex Smith’s San Francisco 49ers will face off against Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers. These two young men have been intertwined since their inception into the league. Although they have been in the league for five seasons, they have never played agai...

By Thomas Jackson Both the Eagles (5-4) and "'da Bears" (4-5) need this upcoming Sunday night game to maintain any realistic chances of making their respective playoff hopes. For the Bears, there is some comfort in hosting the game at Soldier Field in Chicago, knowing that the Eagles are 0-7 so far in Sunday...

By Mike Fisher WITTEN: "It's two games in five days, and it's hard to avoid thinking of it that way. I feel like I've got of years doing this, though, so I think I and most of the guys understand the challenge. You know what's on the schedule, Washington and then Oakland. Washington is a division game, a rival, s...

Eagles running back Brian Westbrook will visit two concussion specialists in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Westbrook sustained his second concussion in three weeks during Philadelphia's 31-23 loss at San Diego on Sunday. The 30-year-old former All-Pro suffered his first career concussi...

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Pittsburgh Steelers star safety Troy Polamalu hasn't been ruled out of Sunday's game at Kansas City despite injuring his left knee for the second ...

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Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe has been suspended four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.

By Ben Folsom(noreply@blogger.com) The other half of today's Curly R twofer concerns that alternate reality Redskins helmet image above. Mark Newgent at Redskins Examiner found a piece at Fast Company by a graphic designer that wanted to spruce up some boring NFL helmets, and the Redskins was one, that is his prospective de...

Ray Rice and Dawan Landry have scored touchdowns as the Ravens lead 16-0 in the fourth quarter

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By ram_rod McMichael and Barron have to go. Anything less then a swift kick out the door is unacceptable at this point. McMichael's glory days are long past him, and Fells has made his point to at least be given the opportunity to start. Barron's case is a little more interesting, but enough is enough. He ha...

Seattle Seahawks running back Julius Jones fractured a rib during the first quarter of a 31-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals Sunday.

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LaDainian Tomlinson isn't finished yet and neither is the AFC West race. Tomlinson scored twice to continue his climb up the ...

The Jacksonville Jaguars boosted their playoff chances with a big road win and sent the New York Jets to another devastating loss. Josh Scobee kicked a 21-yard field goal as time expired, making up for an earlier miss and giving the Jaguars a 24-22 victory Sunday. With the Jaguars facing sec...

By shoutabyss The second bit of Vick news is that a federal court ruled that Vick can keep $16 million in bonuses from his former team, the Atlanta Falcons, even though he wasn’t available to play and earn those bonuses because his ass was in jail. I’ve got to try that sometime. Spend two years in jail, get out...

By onlivenews The Cowboys have an electric offense though, so the Eagles may need to score like last week if they want to win. The Eagles defense needs to try and stop the Tony Romo-Miles Austin connection. Austin has been the surprise of the year as …

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Now the Dallas Cowboys can forget about last season's awful finish. Tony Romo threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Miles Austin midway through the fourth quarter and the Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-16 Sunday night in the 100th meeting between the division rivals. On the final day...

Kurt Warner tied a career high by throwing five touchdown passes while Larry Fitzgerald added 123 yards receiving to lead the Arizona Cardinals to an easy 41-21 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Warner was at his best after a miserable performance in a 34-21 loss to Carolina. He handled a...

Dolphins (+10) over PATRIOTS Yes, I think New England will win this game....

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By Dan Steinberg I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins COO David Donovan said, in a quote that seems to grow in majesty with each passing day and that I'll one day get tattooed on my sternum so I can just look down and type instead o...

Oakland Raiders officials said they will undertake a "serious evaluation" of allegations coach Tom Cable has a history of violent behavior toward women.

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The Saints deactiviated starting linebacker Scott Fujita for a second straight game as New Orleans prepared to host the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.

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Steven Jackson's 25-yard touchdown run with 1:38 left lifted the St. Louis Rams to a 17-10 win over the Detroit Lions, snapping their 17-game losing streak. The Rams (1-7) avoided matching their worst start in franchise history. They also ended talk about joining Detroit (1-6) as the only t...