Week 14 NFL picks: Cowboys-Steelers a classic showdown (SportingNews.com)

Classic uniforms, in an old-school Super Bowl matchup of five-time Super Bowl-winning franchises.

Plenty of bad blood circulating around NFL (Yahoo! Sports)

From Bart Scott and Hines Ward to Joey Porter vs. everyone, there's a lot of animosity in the NFL.

Buccaneers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

The last time the Bucs were 9-3 with a chance to earn a first-round bye in the playoffs was 2002, the season Tampa Bay won Super Bowl XXXVII.

But it's hard to imagine a more important regular-season game the Bucs have played this late in the season than their upcoming Monday night game against Carolina.

Both teams are 9-3. Tampa Bay owns the tie-breaker because they beat the Panthers earlier in the season.

The winner will have the inside track on the NFC South title. Tampa Bay is trying to become the first team in that division to successfully defend its crown.

The Bucs have had a habit of slow starts on the road, where they overcame huge leads to engineer comeback wins at Kansas City and Detroit.

Westbrook, Slaton earn Player of the Week awards (PA SportsTicker)

Running backs Brian Westbrook of the Philadelphia Eagles and Steve Slaton of the Houston Texans on Wednesday were named the respective NFC and AFC Offensive Players of the Week.

Young Bucs ‘backer lining up for Pro Bowl honors (Yahoo! Sports)

Barrett Ruud is having the kind of year that could lead to his first free trip to Hawaii.

NFL Power Poll: It’s the Giants, then the rest (SportingNews.com)

At this time last season, the New England Patriots were just a month away from their eventual undefeated...

The not-at-all premature playoff picture: Week 13 (Yahoo! Sports)

In : Ravens, Falcons Out : Patriots, Redskins AFC First-Round Byes : Tennessee Titans Pittsburgh Steelers Other...

Seeing through Savage (Yahoo! Sports)

Browns GM Phil Savage has no qualms about throwing coach Romeo Crennel under the bus to save his job.

AccuScore: Giants should be fine without Burress (Yahoo! Sports)

Throughout the postseason, simulations show that the Giants are favored to win regardless of whether Plaxico Burress plays.

Bucs mum on Monte Kiffin’s future (AP)

Although the Tampa Bay Buccaneers expect to have Monte Kiffin drawing up defensive game plans for the rest of the season, his future with the NFC South co-leaders remains unclear. Neither Kiffin or the Bucs have done anything to end speculation that the 68-year-old defensive coordinator has decided to leave the NFL to work for his son, Lane, the new coach at the University of Tennessee.