Eric Moulds

Unless you play in a league of Tibetan monks or with people whose surnames are Hilton, you aren't likely to assemble a dream team of Peyton Manning, LaDainian Tomlinson, Priest Holmes, Randy Moss and Antonio Gates in your fantasy draft. The most you can...

We've reached the point in the season when roster depth becomes vital. Relying solely on your starters to get you to the playoffs is as risky as sending your kids to summer camp at Neverland. It's hard to imagine a roster that wasn't compromised this...

Two teams with a long history of pounding the ball into the line on running plays--college football's Oklahoma Sooners and the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers--have apparently changed direction: • In Sunday's game at Atlanta, the Buccaneers will get an...

The San Diego football team has seized first place in the AFC West this year with carefully coached, uniquely aggressive defensive men who attack not the players in the offensive line but the gaps between those players. Up and down the line, as the...

If you don't think anybody can win the AFC East, you missed last season, when the Patriots bounced from worst to first. This is the only division in which all four teams have made the playoffs at least once in the last three years. The 3-13 Bills, the...

Brian Griese and the Denver Broncos are expected to win. Drew Bledsoe and the Buffalo Bills are expected to entertain. Both missions were accomplished Sunday as the Broncos prevailed 28-23. Griese satisfied the demanding home crowd and Bledsoe...

ARIZONA CARDINALS 2002 RECORD: 5-11. WHEN: July 25. WHERE: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz. WHO'S NEW: Emmitt Smith, the Dallas icon who last year became the league's career rushing leader, was released in March and opted for pro football...

Week 6 locks 1. Steve McNair QB, Titans vs. Texans 2. Tim Couch QB, Browns vs. Raiders-70.5 completion rate, 4 TDs in two starts 3. Aaron Brooks QB, Saints vs. Bears 4. Marc Bulger QB, Rams vs. Falcons 5. Jamal Lewis, RB, Ravens at Cardinals 6....

One thing about New England's Tom Brady that makes him a candidate for best active quarterback is that he plays successful NFL football without a cast of great pass receivers. As the Chicago Bears will see Sunday, the only first-class receiver in the...

If this had been a street football game, Drew Bledsoe would have told his top receiver to run 15 yards beyond the parked car in Mr. Smith's driveway, spin around the lamp post and look over his right shoulder for the football. This was no street football...

After a meaningless game that they nevertheless desperately needed to win, the Bears find themselves one game away from the start of the regular season with scant reasons for hope. The usually cooperative Buffalo Bills (1-2), winless in 11 previous...

The Bears reached the playoffs last season by winning games that they appeared to have lost, by making that one play or two at precisely the critical moment of those games. This season they are on course to miss the playoffs because they suddenly cannot...