Don Pierson

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, Sunday: An all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl. - Houston at Indianapolis, Nov. 14: To see if Texans are serious. - New England at Kansas City, Nov. 22: To see...

While some teams like the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers are scaring rivals by coming back from the dead, the Minnesota Vikings and Indianapolis Colts scared only themselves...

Jim Miller is alive and well and playing quarterback again. Yes, that Jim Miller, tossed onto the Bears' scrap-heap 20 months ago. He's not exactly playing, but he could. Despite...

The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles are clearly the two best teams as well as the last two undefeated teams. Until Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts could argue they fumbled...

The 5-0 New England Patriots against the 5-0 New York Jets doesn't sound like that big a deal. Surprisingly, it is only the fourth time in the 85-year history of...

The Bears often choose a different path. Collecting receivers has been fashionable in the NFL this year, beginning with the off-season adventure of Terrell Owens and continuing through Tuesday, when...

The weirdest development of the season is having seven teams winless at home, including the Bears. What's weird is who they are. The Miami Dolphins are winless at home, but...

Bears fans better halt Joe Gibbs at the border. Don't let him near Soldier Field. Mike Ditka should lead the posse. The coach of the Washington Redskins was gone for...

The Bears could have drafted Daunte Culpepper. They could have drafted Byron Leftwich. What about Ben Roethlisberger? No, Roethlisberger went to the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 11th pick last April...

Attention to detail is what helped the New England Patriots win 18 games in a row. Special-teams player Shawn Mayer was in position to tackle the Buffalo Bills' Terrence McGee...