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.

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

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Jaguars Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Coach Jack Del Rio has tried several motivational techniques this year.

He switched the lockers of several players, banned loud music in the locker room, tossed Mike Peterson out of a meeting, and used various slogans.

He told the players they should focus like a golfer putting "left edge firm." He told them to concentrate on the three As of alignment, assignment and aggressiveness." He portrayed the Tennessee game as a "David vs. Goliath" battle.

As it turned out, none of those tactics worked as the Jaguars have lost five of six games since a 3-3 start, but Del Rio hasn't given up.

Now he's trying to sell his players on the idea that playing at Soldier Field in Chicago Sunday is something special.

"I think it's one of the all-time places I've...

Jaguars CB Mathis out for season (PA SportsTicker)

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Ticker) - The Jacksonville Jaguars season continued to spiral down the drain Wednesday.

Jaguars’ CB Mathis out for season (AP)

Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis will miss the rest of the season after injuring his right knee. Mathis, who leads the team with four interceptions, sprained the medial collateral ligament in his knee Monday night at Houston and will likely go on injured reserve. "It's not going to require surgery, but they need to let it heal properly," coach Jack Del Rio said on Wednesday.

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...

Seeing through Savage (Yahoo! Sports)

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

Williams, Slaton lead Texans past Jags 30-17 (AP)

Steve Slaton wanted the ball more. So the rookie marched up to Houston coach Gary Kubiak at halftime, grabbed him by the shirt and told him so. Kubiak listened and Slaton responded with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead the Texans to a 30-17 win over slumping Jacksonville in their Monday Night Football debut.

CB Rashean Mathis injured against Texans (AP)

Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis sprained his right knee Monday night against the Houston Texans. Jacksonville officials said Mathis, who had an interception in the first quarter, would not return. Mathis leads the team with four interceptions this season. He also had three tackles against the Texans.

Jaguar shooting suspect attends pretrial hearing (AP)

A man accused of shooting Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier 14 times appeared Monday at a pretrial hearing, only to have another pretrial hearing set next week. At the brief hearing, Assistant Public Defender Ann Finnell, who is representing Tyrone Romaroo Hartsfied, asked for a hearing on a motion she had filed seeking addresses of Collier and several other witnesses.