Unbeaten Broncos, desperate Ravens emerge from bye (AP)

The Denver Broncos are unbeaten because they have the top-ranked defense in the NFL and a quarterback who is very protective of the football. It's a formula that for years worked quite well for the Baltimore Ravens, who have lost three straight. One team is undefeated, the other desperate. It should make for a very interesting Sunday afternoon for a couple of well-rested AFC powerhouses coming…

Dawg gone: Browns defensive co-ordinator Rob Ryan upset by fans' planned protest (The Canadian Press)

BEREA, Ohio - Eric Mangini has a Darth Vader mask hanging in his office. Appropriate perhaps, considering how Browns fans feel about their team these days.

Rams ditching quarterback Bulger? (Yahoo! Sports)

When a team is 0-7, it can't be too shocking when rumors start to circulate that the starting quarterback is…

Browns fans to protest the ongoing Browns-ness of the Browns (Yahoo! Sports)

On Nov. 16, the Cleveland Browns are hosting a Monday night game against the Baltimore Ravens .

Broncos bank on Dawkins, Ravens rely on Lewis to generate enthusiasm (The Canadian Press)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Brian Dawkins fires up his teammates with frenzied and feverish dance moves before games.

Unbeaten Broncos, desperate Ravens emerge from bye (PA SportsTicker)

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer

Unbeaten Broncos make mid-season switch from punter Kern to veteran Berger (The Canadian Press)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Sixteen years into a vagabond NFL career that most recently featured a championship season, Mitch Berger has come full circle.

Ravens LT Gaither lines up with starters at practice after scary neck injury (The Canadian Press)

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - When the Baltimore Ravens' offensive line returned to work Wednesday, Jared Gaither was lined up with the starters at his customary left tackle position during blocking drills.

Goodell defends NFL to Congress about concussions (AP)

Dick Benson, from Austin, Texas, whose son Will, seen on slide above, was killed by a football brain injury in 2002, during testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on legal issues relating to football head injuries.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress. Under sometimes-contentious questioning from lawmakers — and suggestions about reconsidering the league's lucrative antitrust exemption — Goodell sat at a witness table Wednesday…

Ravens’ LT Gaither lines up at practice (AP)

When the Baltimore Ravens' offensive line returned to work Wednesday, Jared Gaither was lined up with the starters at his customary left tackle position during blocking drills. After missing two games with a scary neck injury that caused him to be carted off the field Oct. 4 against the New England Patriots, Gaither is expected to return Sunday against the Denver Broncos.