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No one will be calling for Brady Quinn to put down the clipboard and save the Browns' season this week. Quarterback Derek Anderson completed 18 of 29 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns in a spirited 35-14 Browns win over the defending Super Bowl champion Giants o ...

In writing up a preview of the Oakland Raiders-New Orleans Saints game of last weekend, this prognosticator assessed JaMarcus Russell in part thusly: ...one wonders when the last time a dude who looked to have this much natural ability was this erratic for this long. ...

The Bills’ defense was bad, and Marcus Stroud came along and now it’s pretty good. Of course, there are other reasons why they’ve put forth decent showings in four-fifths of their games unlike last year when they were Fiat-reliable: Paul Posluszny is healthy and positi ...

Anybody can beat former Super Bowl contender New England this year, but can you say that you can knock off the Houston Texans? The Miami Dolphins can't. Their 29-28 loss in the final seconds Sunday to Houston marked the fourth time they've taken an 'L' to the expansion ...

This was supposed to be a football battle for NFC South supremacy. The Carolina Panthers entered Sunday’s game at Tampa with a 4-1 record and a perch at the top of the NFC South standings. The Buccaneers were 3-2, one game back, with a chance to tie the Panthers with a ...

Every football fan who hates hearing coaches throw out old, worn-out clichés in interviews and news conferences must have cringed after Josh Brown hit the game-winning field goal to help the Rams beat the Redskins on Sunday. Prior to Week 6, woeful St. Louis was 0-4. T ...

Anyone who picked up the Monday morning paper or looked at the Internet box score of San Francisco’s game against the Philadelphia would have thought that the Eagles dominated the 49ers. After all, when you beat a team by 14 points, it is a pretty convincing win. The p ...

It's hard to imagine seeing Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez in another uniform, but it's likely to be the only major deal made by Tuesday's 4 p.m. NFL trading deadline. Gonzalez has never won a playoff game, and that's something with which he takes exception. One team t ...

Baltimore's 2-0 start brought around talks of a surprise playoff entry in 2008. Injuries and the returning-to-earth performances of rookie quarterback Joe Flacco seem to be ending those hopes. Most recently, Baltimore's razor-thin secondary was shellacked by Indianapo ...

As the Bengals gathered in their locker room before leaving New York with another loss in hand Sunday, quarterback Carson Palmer told reporters he was staying in town to visit with Dr. David Altchek - a New York-based orthopedic surgeon in the Sports Medicine and Should ...

Browns tight end Kellen Winslow II was released from a Cleveland-area hospital Sunday afternoon and, according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, he is doubtful for Monday night's game against the Giants. NFL.com's Adam Schefter reports Winslow will not play. Winslow was ...

We all know that the NFL is defined by parity. We also know that the “any given Sunday” ideal becomes reality on a weekly basis, with games often coming down to the wire and underdogs often upending favorites. That said, Week 6 delivered a major dose of close games, ups ...

Another one in this dismal 2008 Oakland Raiders season is in the books, as is the first game of the Tom Cable era, and it seems as though the profoundly deep problems ain’t gonna disappear overnight. Indeed, after an admirably defensive-minded first-quarter performance ...

Going into Sunday’s Week 6 matchup with the Houston Texans, there were two things that the Miami Dolphins had yet to do this season: put together a go-ahead score in the waning moments of the fourth quarter and close out a game with a defensive stand in the final moment ...

The biggest problem with the bye week is of course that it's boring not getting to watch your team play, but the issue for Buffalo’s players is that they certainly wanted to take the field and put the Arizona hiccup in the past. The Bills couldn’t prove that they’re no ...

Apparently the Jets won't have to rely on quarterback Brett Favre to do everything in order for the team to continue their winning ways. Running back Thomas Jones, who has failed to live up to the hype he had when the Jets acquired him from Chicago in 2007, did somethin ...

Commentary: Atlanta kicker Jason Elam has had his share of game-winning kicks during his NFL career, but it's not often that he has had the pressure of kicking one to make up for a previous shank. That didn't stop Elam from booting a 48-yarder at the end of regulation S ...

Fantasy football success is often tied to timely waiver-wire acquisitions. This is especially true for owners who don’t have a top-tier defense on their roster. When analyzing your options at 'DST', it’s often as important to scout the opposing offense as it is to brea ...

After starting every game since returning from a horrific knee injury in 2006, Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer can't shake a strained elbow on his passing arm. Bengals coach Marvin Lewis confirmed Saturday that Palmer will miss his second start in the team's last th ...

This is one of those no-brainers on which you can bet the house and feel safe in knowing that you’ll win. The 0-4 St. Louis Rams traveling to Washington to face the 4-1 Redskins this weekend is sure money, right? But before you put this game in the 'L' column for St. L ...