Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu intercepted Jets QB Chad Pennington with 5:25 left in the first quarter, which set up the Steelers for a field goal, the only score of the game so far. The story so far: Jets penalties. 12 penalties for 84 yards, to be exact. Several penalties on defense nullified big plays — […]Read More

The New Orleans Saints just did a lot of NFC teams a huge favor today, knocking off the Dallas Cowboys in Texas Stadium. Both teams are now 5-8 and nearly out of the playoff hunt. Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells said that Vinny Testaverde gave them a better shot of getting to the playoffs than Drew […]Read More

The Atlanta Falcons have clinched the NFC South title with a 35-10 home win over the Oakland Raiders. The next step for the Falcons is to clinch a first-round bye, which could come as soon as next week.Read More

Baltimore is leading the New York Giants 37-7 with 1:42 left in the 3rd quarter. Eli Manning’s stats so far: 4-for-15, 27 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs. This team was 5-4 with Kurt Warner starting. Tom Coughlin, what the hell were you thinking?Read More

I just noticed this on the NFL.com scoreboard. John Kitna is in at QB for the Bengals against the Patriots. Carson Palmer was injured with 3:18 left in the third quarter. No details on the injury as of yet…Read More

In the first quarter of today’s Colts-Texans game in Houston, Peyton Manning already has two touchdown passes. He now needs only three more to break Dan Marino’s record for most TD passes in a single season.Read More

They just showed the Roethlisburger on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. This beast isn’t so much a burger as it is a massive beef hoagie covered with eggs and cheese. It looks a little sloppier than its namesake plays, but sometimes the sloppiest food tastes the best, and Big Ben himself seemed to like it. One other thing […]Read More

On ESPN this morning, John Clayton finally said something about Jets’ defensive end John Abraham missing today’s game. It’s about time, John. Clayton also reported that Arlen Harris will start at running back for the Rams today. Meanwhile, Hank Goldberg ended up picking both the Steelers and the Panthers. His justification for picking the Panthers? Carolina’s running […]Read More

Clearly, if you don’t love the Carolina Panthers right now, you’re a heartless bastard. Or a Buccaneers fan, but really, what’s the difference? (Hi, Nick.) Check out this snippet of what ESPN’s Sean Salisbury wrote. Or the whole thing, if you had $40 to burn on ESPN Insider.Read More

In this Week 14 preview for CBS Sportsline, Clark Judge writes that the Pittsburgh Steelers “have never lost to the Jets in Pittsburgh. Ever.” Gee, maybe someone should tell John Clayton that…Read More