Charlie Garner

There cannot be a player on offense who is more excited about the new Chicago Bears coaching staff than Matt Forte. Forte always has considered himself a dual threat out of the backfield and new coach Marc Trestman has a proven track record for making...

The only things possibly left to play for now are pride, draft position and the head coach's job. The Ravens' playoff hopes were left hanging in the wind with Philadelphia kicker Chris Boniol's waffling, 40-yard field-goal attempt at the end of overtime...

There is no way the Philadelphia Eagles can afford a tie like Sunday's 13-13 game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Eagles were nearly double-digit favorites against the Bengals, but with an ineffective Donovan McNabb at quarterback, they could manage...

The San Francisco 49ers, one of the NFL's most successful teams for nearly 20 years, plugged another winning quarterback into the same old offensive system Sunday. He is Jeff Garcia, who was brought to San Francisco by new General Manager Bill Walsh, the...

Even though Kurt Warner threw five touchdown passes for St. Louis--five more than Jeff Garcia threw for San Francisco--the NFL's hottest pair of new quarterbacks seemed reasonably similar in football ability Sunday as the Rams outscored the 49ers in St....

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are so fast, they got ahead of themselves Sunday while dismantling the Oakland Raiders 48-21 in Super Bowl XXXVII. It took them less than three quarters to start celebrating after they built a 34-3 lead by intercepting NFL MVP...

Over the years, Super Bowls have produced one recurring phenomenon: the unanticipated blowout. And it always happens for the same reason: The team that falls behind, realizing that it isn't quite good enough, tends to lose heart, as the Raiders did...

Dan Reeves and Wade Phillips, who coach Michael Vick's team, the Atlanta Falcons, have always held that winning football is based on an effective running-play offense and an efficient running-play defense. Thus Reeves, the Atlanta coach, and his...

Week 6 locks 1. Steve McNair QB, Titans vs. Texans 2. Tim Couch QB, Browns vs. Raiders-70.5 completion rate, 4 TDs in two starts 3. Aaron Brooks QB, Saints vs. Bears 4. Marc Bulger QB, Rams vs. Falcons 5. Jamal Lewis, RB, Ravens at Cardinals 6....

As of the 21st century, passer Tom Brady and pass-offense enthusiast Bill Belichick are on board to succeed the Joe Montanas and Joe Namaths and the Vince Lombardis and Bill Walshes who in the 20th century topped the NFL. Since the 2000 season, when...

The Bears welcome the Oakland Raiders and their supremely refined fans to the second game in the new Soldier Field. It's a beautiful day in Chicago as the Bears look for their first win against the defending AFC champs. If any of your valuables were...

This is a game that figures to go Tampa Bay's way — on a relatively low-scoring day — because the Raiders haven't had time, during a short work week, to make the extensive changes they need to solve the Buccaneers' unconventional defense....