Don Pierson

If the future of the New Orleans Saints is in owner Tom Benson's hands, it doesn't look like the future is in New Orleans. That would be a shame. If...

The stars continue to align for the Bears, as Super Bowl teams New England and Philadelphia barely keep pace with 4-3 records. The owner of the New Orleans Saints is...

The Bears didn't dump Paul Edinger to see him kick a 56-yard field goal while his replacement, Robbie Gould, misses a 47-yarder. The Bears finished last in the league in...

Miami running back Ricky Williams, on his return to play against his former Saints team in Baton Rouge, La.: "I don't think I've ever had a bad relationship with a...

Mike Martz could be through coaching for good in St. Louis, and the New Orleans-San Antonio-Baton Rouge Saints could be through playing for good in New Orleans. Jose Cortez is...

If there's anything more valuable to an NFL team than good players, it's healthy ones. It is a sport of attrition as much as ability. The Bears think they're good;...

1ST DOWN Who won the Brian Urlacher-Ray Lewis contest? Clearly Urlacher, for only one reason. His team won. And Lewis was late covering fullback Marc Edwards on the game's only...

Defensive slugfests aren't what they used to be. Had Buddy Ryan's 1985 Bears been penalized for roughing the passer the way son Rex Ryan's Baltimore Ravens were penalized twice for...

Bears coach Lovie Smith said he has talked to St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz, sidelined with endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the heart valve. "It's tough on him, but...

Quarterback A.J. Feeley, traded to the Chargers last week, will be remembered in Miami as the biggest personnel mistake of the Dave Wannstedt-Rick Spielman era from 2000-04. The Dolphins thought...