The Bears have a collective mess on their hands at wide receiver, with none of them able to work off a jam at the line of scrimmage, the fashionable way to defend them these days.
MINNEAPOLIS — The NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit Thursday to block five of the six player suspensions for violating the league’s anti-doping policy.
A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain.
It's wild-card week in many fantasy leagues, so a hearty congratulations to those who qualified.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are still gathering information on linebacker Antonio Pierce’s involvement in a shooting incident that led to the season-ending suspension of star receiver Plaxico Burress.
The Minnesota Vikings' playoff hopes took a hit today as Kevin and Pat Williams are among six players suspended by the NFL.
Here's the problem with the Bears' plan to win out and get some help in the chase for the NFC North title: They have not won more than two consecutive games since 2006.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.--— Plaxico Burress spent much of Tuesday at Giants Stadium facing the possibility his career with the Super Bowl champions could be over, while police were still trying to sort out the events surrounding the Manhattan nightclub shooting.
After being taken to court in handcuffs, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress posted $100,000 bail on weapons possession charges Monday as a frenzy grew around the circumstances that led to Burress accidentally shooting himself in the leg in a New York nightclub early Saturday.
HOUSTON -- Mario Williams, Steve Slaton and the Houston Texans put on quite a show in their ''Monday Night Football'' debut.
According to Clifton, N.J., police, New York Giants wide receiver Steve Smith was robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of Nov. 25.
NEW YORK — Taken to court in handcuffs, Plaxico Burress posted $100,000 bail on weapons possession charges Monday as a frenzy grew around the case of the Giants star receiver who accidentally shot himself in a nightclub.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Rarely is an Adrian Peterson highlight-reel run against the Bears but a footnote.
Matt Ryan, Michael Turner and the rest of the Atlanta Falcons are very much alive in the playoff picture. The San Diego Chargers, who once were thought to be Super Bowl-worthy, are on life support.
LANDOVER, Md. -- Plaxico Burress plans to turn himself in to police today in New York City and plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon, his lawyer said.
LANDOVER, Md. -- The New York Giants have shoved every distraction aside, including a shooting incident involving their star receiver, to become as dominant as, say, the Bulls with Michael Jordan.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Carolina Panthers should have been trudging into a snowy Green Bay night wondering for the second week in a row if they're really as good as their record indicates.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jay Cutler passed for 357 yards and two touchdowns -- a 59-yarder to Eddie Royal in the first quarter and a 36-yarder to Brandon Stokley in the fourth -- in rainy conditions, and rookie Peyton Hillis ran for 129 yards and another score in the Denver Broncos' 34-17 victory Sunday against the New York Jets.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Pittsburgh Steelers' league-leading defense stopped Matt Cassel's two-game offensive surge and put the New England Patriots on shaky ground in the AFC playoff race.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jermaine Phillips' interception set up Matt Bryant's tiebreaking 37-yard field goal with 1:55 left, and Phillip Buchanon's interception with a little more than a minute to play sealed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 23-20 victory Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- DeAngelo Williams scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 1:30 left on the clock, giving the Carolina Panthers a stunning come-from-behind 35-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers in wintry conditions at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh and spent the night in the hospital, another dramatic turn in a tumultuous season in which the star New York Giants receiver has been fined and suspended.
Two teams coming off bad losses square off today in Green Bay, Wis., when the Packers host the Carolina Panthers.
LANDOVER, Md. -- The lonely linebacker is about to get some company.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The more Matt Cassel sees opposing defenses, the better he plays.
ST. LOUIS -- In April, the Dolphins and Rams both went Long with the first two picks of the draft.
ATLANTA -- Growing up on the tough streets of North Chicago, Michael Turner learned a thing or two about staying locked on a goal.
OLDSMAR, Fla. -- There's a picture Angelo Dundee holds sacred in his retirement home in this suburb along Tampa Bay.
Defensive tackle Tommie Harris has become more measured with his words since saying no one on the Bears' defensive line was Superman after a loss Nov. 9 to the Tennessee Titans.
DETROIT -- The Tennessee Titans wanted to re-establish the run to get back on track after losing for the first time.
IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys are ready for December.
PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan McNabb got pulled for Kevin Kolb again. This time, he earned a seat on the bench with a superb performance instead of a stinker.
