Don Pierson

Although five different things have to happen for the Bears to miss the playoffs entirely, all five are predicted to happen: 1. Patriots must beat Bears. Pats were favored by...

Until now, the Bears of Dave Wannstedt have put the cart of success before the horse of expectation. Suddenly, the horse discovers it must pull its weight. That is what's...

Steve McMichael's homecoming was marked by a double celebration. The Packers' defensive tackle was not only happy about beating the Bears 33-6 Monday night, he was happy that Bears placekicker...

The last Monday night Halloween football game was a frightful affair in Indianapolis when the Colts beat the Denver Broncos 55-23 in 1988. It was so out of character that...

After this week, every team will be at the midpoint of the season. Over the last five years, 32 of 39 division leaders at the midpoint made the playoffs. Unfortunately,...

Unbeaten San Diego plays host to unlucky Denver as the season nears the midway point. Winless Cincinnati goes to surprising Cleveland. Erik Kramer and Jim Everett get center stage as...

If an NFL game is good enough, word will get around, even in the middle of the night. Monday night's spectacular 31-28 game between Kansas City and Denver, won when...

Before the unbeaten San Diego Chargers, the last team to start out 5-0 was last year's New Orleans Saints, who finished 8-8. This week, the Saints get a chance to...

Quarterbacks are starting to fall by the wayside. Heath Shuler will get his first start in Washington this week, supplanting John Friesz, who wasn't bad. Could Trent Dilfer be far...

The first bye weekend couldn't arrive fast enough for Arizona's Buddy Ryan. Dallas' Barry Switzer needed a day off, too. After 0-3 Cincinnati plays 0-3 Houston, either David Shula or...