Don Pierson

Chris Chandler is the poster boy for the NFL season. Have you seen this man? He toils in anonymity as quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, whose home games are blacked...

Backup quarterbacks continue to make this a remarkable NFL season. They are playing so often, and often so well, that the position no longer seems to be playing by the...

Mike Ditka doesn't look back much anymore, so it doesn't bother him that his New Orleans Saints could be lining up against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday with Randall Cunningham...

Jake Plummer's honeymoon in the land of the sun is waning this week. Plummer looked like a fading rather than ascending star when he threw three interceptions in last Sunday's...

The Bears are the most exciting team in the NFL. Laugh if you must, but laugh in the face of evidence. No question they are playing in the most exciting...

Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf meet again Sunday, six weeks after their preseason encounter when life as a rookie quarterback was all hopes and dreams. This time it's for real....

Rookies are stepping up all over the NFL, except in Chicago, where running back Curtis Enis and tight end Alonzo Mayes have yet to find the end zone. With the...

The Vikings had more than a prayer, of course, but that was how it started Sunday, long before they came back from down 11 to beat the Bears 31-28. Quarterback...

The best chance the Bears have of beating the Vikings on Sunday is for the Vikings to beat themselves. Beat themselves up, that is. The Bears need Randy Moss, Cris...

Fans and advertisers love it. Coaches hate it. Long punt and kickoff returns remained a trend in the third week of the NFL season. The first touchdown of Monday night's...