Don Pierson

In the end, the Bears left much to be desired. As improved as they are, they have mainly demonstrated how much work they still have to do. Finding a quarterback...

Jacksonville will play its regular-season finale Sunday against Cincinnati without quarterback Mark Brunell, who will be nursing an injured left knee. Brunell, knocked out of Sunday's game against Tennessee in...

Marshall Faulk's sixth year is his best, unusual for a running back. Also unusual is his success as a running back drafted in the top 10. Since Barry Sanders arrived...

1. JAGUARS: Need to atone for only loss against Titans. 2. RAMS: Becoming the prohibitive favorites in NFC. 3. COLTS: Must stay healthy against Browns, Bills. 4. TITANS: Another chance...

No receiver, not even Jerry Rice, has won the MVP award in the NFL. Quarterbacks win most of the time (26) followed by running backs (13). Two linebackers, two defensive...

Over protests from Jacksonville, Nashville and Tampa Bay, the popular Super Bowl matchup is St. Louis vs. Indianapolis. Regardless, the NFL playoffs probably are going where they've never gone before....

After several touch-and-go practice patterns, the Cade McNown era officially takes off Sunday. This time there is no net, no parachute, no Plan B. The teams the Bears face in...

Sometimes, it is over before it's over. When NFL teams can't get their acts together by the second week in December, they usually won't last for much of January. The...

There are a lot of candidates for NFL coach of the year, none of whom should win. This is the year an assistant coach deserves the highest honor. Behind every...

Rookie quarterbacks usually are irrelevant by this time of year. Most of them, like Cade McNown, are only going through the motions of getting ready for next year. Consider the...