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Ben Roethlisberger, DeMarco Murray headline Week 13′s initial practice participation reports

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

We begin our look at the NFL injury situation with the final injury reports before Thursday night's New Orleans Saints-Atlanta Falcons game. Five Saints were ruled out, including wide receiver Courtney Roby (ankle), offensive tackle Charles Brown (knee)…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Let this week’s round of speculation about Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s status begin. Roethlisberger was a limited participant at practice for the Steelers on Wednesday, a day after coach Mike Tomlin said that he was leaving the door open…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

A fairly boring game between the Raiders and Bengals got a lot more interesting when Oakland defensive lineman Lamarr Houston applied a hard hit to Cincy quarterback Andy Dalton after a false start, sparking a full-blown brouhaha. Three days later, the …

Jamison Hensley, ESPN.com

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was rehabbing his torn triceps injury Wednesday at the team's facility, but it still unknown whether the former two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year will practice this week.

ESPN.com

A Ravens' win on Sunday would wrap up a second straight season sweep of the Steelers and knock them from the AFC North race. But this victory would have significance that goes beyond their division rivals. If Baltimore beats Pittsburgh, it will mark the…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

You can argue that it was a pass that shouldn’t have been thrown, but Ray Rice made the play of the week, thus was given AFC offensive player of the week. Rice took a check-down pass on fourth-and-29 and somehow converted it, helping to tie the Ravens g…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Steelers couldn’t stop turning the ball over last Sunday against the Browns and now one of the Browns defenders has won some individual honors for his work in helping to force eight turnovers. Linebacker D’Qwell Jackson is the lucky Brown to be na…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Ravens are 9-2, but it hasn’t been an easy season.  Apart from key injuries and periodic ineffectiveness and a defense that ain’t what it used to be, coach John Harbaugh had to deal with an unexpected uprising last month. The moment came, accordi…

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

As a child, Baltimore Ravens endbacker Terrell Suggs had films in his imagination. Now, he's writing and producing them. Suggs' love of film parallels his interest in football, and dates back to his early childhood. "It started with toys," Sug…

CNNSI.com

BEREA, Ohio (AP) Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden has been cleared to practice after sustaining a concussion and will likely start Sunday in Oakland.

ESPN.com

With three weeks of voting remaining, nine AFC North players lead their position for this year's Pro Bowl, including six Ravens: Wide receiver: A.J. Green, Bengals (406,780, leads all NFL receivers) Fullback: Vonta Leach, Ravens (127,610) Center: Maurki…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Jon Gruden says he hasn't received an offer to coach Tennessee as part of a deal that includes becoming part-owner of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.

ESPN.com

Ray Rice's incredible fourth-down dash through the Chargers' defense Sunday has led to endless replays on highlight shows. It's stirred a debate whether this is the greatest play in Ravens history. It even inspired someone to print up T-shirts that read…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Jon Gruden’s denial isn’t ending the speculation that he could become the next head football coach at the University of Tennessee. Within a couple hours of Gruden saying that he had not been offered an ownership stake in the Cleveland Browns in exchan…

ESPN.com

It's Ravens-Steelers week, or is it Steelers-Ravens week? I always seem to get that wrong. The Bengals are looking like a playoff team, and the Browns are getting their act together. Sounds like a lot of topics to cover in the chat today, which will kic…

ESPN.com

With five weeks remaining in the regular season, the Steelers and Bengals are both 6-5, tied for the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC. When it comes to judging which team looks like a playoff team, it's not such a close call. Over the past three …

ESPN.com

It's Wednesday, which means the weekly column will get posted around noon and the chat will get started at 2 p.m. So, let's not waste any time and get started with the wake-up call ... RAVENS: After not recording a sack in his first 26 career games, def…

Ed Bouchette, post-gazette.com

The starting lineup against AFC North rival Baltimore will look quite different than last week against the Cleveland Browns.