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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.

Packers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Defensive back Jarrett Bush said the infrequency of special-teams plays - compared to the amount of plays a team's offense or defense is on the field - isn't conducive for getting mistakes corrected in a hurry.

So, the myriad blunders the Packers' kickoff coverage unit committed in the past two games have been all the more magnified.

"It's so easy to fix, but yet it happens so fast that you can't fix it at the moment," said Bush, a regular contributor on special teams.

In the wake of the coverage breakdowns that were instrumental in Green Bay's losing both games, time is standing still this week. With the Packers (5-7) desperately needing a win Sunday over the visiting Houston Texans to stay in contention for the NFC North title, the oft-underserved third phase of...

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 coach Romeo Crennel under the bus to save his job.

Packers release P Frost, place LB Barnett on IR (PA SportsTicker)

The Green Bay Packers placed linebacker Nick Barnett on injured reserve and released punter Derrick Frost on Monday.

10-Pack: Pats’ stranglehold on playoffs in jeopardy (SportingNews.com)

ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio weighs in on the biggest story lines of Week 13: 1. End of the road for the...

Pack’s late breakdowns hand Panthers 35-31 win (AP)

The Carolina Panthers should have been trudging into a snowy Green Bay night wondering for the second week in a row if they're really as good as their record would indicate. Instead, they were celebrating an improbable come-from-behind victory Sunday, thanks to late back-to-back-to-back big plays by Mark Jones, Steve Smith and DeAngelo Williams -- and a Green Bay Packers team that seemed intent on...

Winners and losers: The amazing race (Yahoo! Sports)

Tony Romo seems well-positioned to move ahead in what is a wide-open pursuit for league MVP honors.

Burress episode renews safety questions for NFL (AP)

New York Giants receiver Amani Toomer used to snicker and scoff when he'd notice pro athletes traipsing around town with personal bodyguards. He isn't laughing now. Not after hearing about various violent episodes involving NFL players, the latest being when teammate Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a New York nightclub.




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