Danieal Manning

Dave Toub is not attempting to reinvent special teams. The veteran coordinator has had success and has been fortunate to work with some top performers, none more electric than Devin Hester. So, when he sees reports the Bears are pulling Hester off...

Ten thoughts on how the Chicago Bears fared in the 2012 NFL draft: 1. It's been a while since the Bears' offseason didn’t make fans cringe a bit over the general manager’s focus on the floor rather than the ceiling. Those were the terms...

If you were to make a draft order of the top 32 players the Bears have selected over the last 10 years based on what you know now, what would it look like? Tim McClure, Lancaster, Calif. I went back and looked at the Bears' 83 picks in 10 drafts before...

Am I the only one who's afraid the acquisition of Brandon Marshall may lead to an increase number of Jay Cutler interceptions? Jay can get too enamored with a player he likes, i.e. Greg Olsen. I get the feeling we'll see Jay force quite a few balls...

They have played together for so long that certain things become expected. So even after a regular season in which Ed Reed had just one interception in his final 15 games, Ray Lewis felt it coming, simply because he's seen it so many times before. As the...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer-Premier League, Chelsea at Newcastle, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Men's College Basketball-North Carolina at Kentucky, 11 a.m. (CBS); Iowa State at Michigan, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); Massachusetts at Miami, Noon (ESPNU); Southern...

Dave Toub was forced to wonder how it would shake out at this time a year ago when the Bears' top six tacklers on special teams all were headed to unrestricted free agency. He's in a similar position again as five of the top eight core players, based...

Having lost their starting quarterback and their highest-paid defensive player in the middle of the season, the Houston Texans are arguably the unlikeliest team left in the NFL's final eight. But the Ravens say they aren't surprised by the 11-6 Texans,...

BALTIMORE - Some may blame the Texans' 20-13 loss to Baltimore in the AFC Divisional Playoffs on Jacoby Jones' first-quarter fumble or Houston's four turnovers.   Bottom line: the Texans are officially done, and will soon clean out their lockers.   Ed...

The Houston Texans are, in many ways, a different team than the one the Ravens prepared for when they hosted them back in Week 6. But the fact that the Texans will return to M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 15 for an AFC Divisional Round game speaks...

You can come home after all. The pride of Katy High School is the starting quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, Andy Dalton. No. 14 returns home to tackle the Texans in the AFC Wild Card Round at Reliant Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 7, which is a...

HOUSTON (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger can take a hit. But even a 6-foot-5, 241-pound guy has a tough time dealing with the beating he’s endured this year. The quarterback left Houston in a walking boot on his left foot after he was sacked five...