Danieal Manning

RAVENS PASSING GAME: Joe Flacco brings a hot hand and some past successes against the New England Patriots into his third AFC championship game. In his past three games against New England, Flacco has completed 70 percent of his passes and thrown for...

Ravens 38, Broncos 35, 2OT Strategy: It took a ton of wise decisions to triumph in the instant classic. Jim Caldwell blended aggressive deep passes with an old-fashioned approach on the ground, piling up 479 yards of total offense. Joe Flacco trusted...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots, bidding to go to their sixth Super Bowl in the past 12 years, are back in the AFC championship game. Now, they'll have to get by without star tight end Rob Gronkowski. Gronkowski, who returned from a broken...

We probably should have guessed the Houston Texans were in trouble when Andre Johnson called the game the biggest in the history of his franchise. We definitely should have guessed the Texans were in trouble when they decided to wear matching letter...

HOUSTON — With a sinister smile, safety Danieal Manning strutted to his locker, nodding his head as if to say, "I told you so." Manning promised the Texans defense would "get its swag back" following a disappointing conclusion to the regular...

Do you feel the Chicago Bears should replace the entire coaching staff after Monday night’s terrible performance? — Jonathan Dyer, San Francisco Lot of questions this week along those lines. I will say this. If Lovie Smith were fighting for...

The popular joke when the Bears traded for Jay Cutler in 2009 was that they fleeced the Broncos by including two first-round draft picks because such selections were worthless in Chicago. The trade simply spared the Bears the indignity of making even more...

Without hesitation or apology Thursday at Halas Hall, Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher admitted again that he would lie about having a concussion to stay in a game. The irony was you admired Urlacher's honesty. In the midst of Chicago's weeklong...

The Bears made Jason Campbell one of the highest-paid backup quarterbacks in the NFL for situations just like this. They have to be hoping they won't need Campbell's services for an extended period after starter Jay Cutler was knocked out of Sunday...

You could blame it on wet balls, a slick field, nasty Texans or foggy thoughts, but ultimately the Bears didn't have the quarterback play they needed to beat an elite team Sunday. Brandon Marshall has nicknamed Jay Cutler "The Closer" because of his...

The Chicago Bears had their six-game winning streak snapped and lost quarterback Jay Cutler to a concussion in Sunday night's 13-6 loss to the Houston Texans in front of a crowd of 59,989 at rainy Soldier Field.   Cutler, who was not playing well prior to...

It's easy to look back on the 2006 draft and wonder what would have happened if the Bears, who had need for a tight end, had picked Owen Daniels in the third round instead of long-gone defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek. They didn't and Daniels, the...