Don Pierson

The truth of Sean Payton's story is indeed stranger than fiction and proves the football gods are working overtime. Sean is no relation to Walter, but he did play for...

The Saints wanted to stay in New Orleans for the NFC championship game, but they will go to Chicago with this knowledge: They are 6-2 on the road this season...

The question about the Bears is the same now as it was before the season: Who's going to scare you? The Bears were hoping it would be Rex Grossman, but...

The Bears' Rex Grossman and the Seahawks' Matt Hasselbeck are the two lowest-ranking quarterbacks left in the playoffs based on passer efficiency rating. Their seasons were similar. Hasselbeck completed 56.6...

Don Pierson sizes up the conference semifinals. Saturday: Colts at Ravens The Colts opened the 2005 season at Baltimore with a 24-7 win, their defense forcing four turnovers. But that...

The only surprise of the playoffs so far is there are no surprises. All four favored home teams won in the first round, and the four bye teams, including the...

The Lions are keeping it all in the family. Coach Rod Marinelli hired son-in-law Joe Barry, Tampa Bay's linebackers coach, as his defensive coordinator. Barry's father Mike is already Detroit's...

With all due respect to the ongoing angst of the Bears, they are not the most fascinating team in the playoffs. Beyond the nervous confines of Chicago, their story is...

After his unexpected and tearful apparent goodbye on New Year's Eve, the next Brett Favre question for 2007: Will he unretire? Favre got choked up and unusually reflective following Sunday...

As expected, the Arizona Cardinals fired coach Dennis Green and the Atlanta Falcons fired coach Jim Mora on Monday after their teams fell short of playoff expectations again. Both coaches...