Antowain Smith

A Bears team that wasn't supposed to accomplish much won its fourth straight game Sunday at a stadium they weren't originally scheduled to play in with contributions from players who weren't supposed to be here. Robbie Gould's 28-yard field goal with six...

For the first time in a month or so, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looked like a football team Monday night though scoring just often enough to put down the New York Giants, 19-13. In the fourth quarter, they never missed a beat after the Giants hit them with...

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...

The Bears go for their third straight win today as they face the Titans for the first time ever at The Coliseum. The last time these teams met, the current stadium was not built and they were the Tennessee Oilers. Bear fans, Adam Caldarelli is at The...

Colts' offensive scheme Despite Peyton Manning's dominant performances, the Colts work best when they have a balanced attack (they have called 62 passes and 55 runs this postseason). They will spread the field often, either with a third receiver or by...

HOUSTON — For the football fans who enjoy the finer points of their favorite game, Super Bowl XXXVIII provided a long, long look at what a good football team should do to succeed in the 21st century — and what it shouldn't do. First, you can'...

Evading the clutches of the parity gods, 11 of the 12 best football clubs in America reached the NFL playoffs this year — all but super-erratic New Orleans, a winner over Dallas last week in one of the five major upsets that brought the league's...