Don Pierson

Week 1 in the NFL was bad news for the Bears in more places than Soldier Field. Next up: the Packers in Green Bay. Rarely a happy trip no matter...

After a victory on opening night, defending champ New England is back on top for Week 1 1. Patriots (1-0): Brady, Dillon, offense look sharp. 2. Eagles: Fourth time could...

Tom Brady and Peyton Manning must be listening to Jim McMahon. The former Bears quarterback recently said he hadn't watched an NFL game in seven years, partly because the quarterbacks...

Everything is set up for this to be the Year of the Receiver in the NFL. Receivers were the stars of the off-season and draft. Rulesmakers laid out a green...

A foot injury has kept Grant Wistrom from showing why the Seahawks paid this defensive end a $14 million signing bonus to jump from the St. Louis Rams. Supposedly, Wistrom...

Terrible Terrell Owens is misunderstood. Just because he does things and says things that require further explanation doesn't mean he can't catch passes for the Philadelphia Eagles. He caught a...

The Patriots are solid everywhere, but they did rank 27th in rushing. So they dumped Antowain Smith and traded a second-round draft choice (an extra one) to Cincinnati for Corey...

Michael Vick is a 50 percent passer. He's a 100 percent runner. He is a master of the big play. There's nobody like him in the NFL. When healthy and...

They call him P-Money, the latest highest-paid player in football after Peyton Manning's seven-year, $98 million contract and $34.5 million signing bonus practically broke Jim Irsay's bank. Under other off-season...

Clinton Portis gained 1,500 yards rushing in each of his two years in the NFL, which resulted in one playoff appearance and a 41-10 loss for the Broncos. So even...