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Brian Urlacher doesn’t care if people don’t like him congratulating opponents

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher left Sunday night’s game impressed by the Texans.  Urlacher called running back Arian Foster a “bad ass” after the game was over and congratulated Texans safety Danieal Manning after Manning intercepted Jay Cutler in…

Vito Stellino, jacksonville.com

There might not be a good time to play the 8-1 Houston Texans this season. But if there is a good time, it could be this week as the Texans are coming off an emotional 13-6 Sunday night victory over the Chicago Bears that stamped Houston as a prime Supe…

ESPN.com

What I think they’re thinking (or should be) at the headquarters of the Houston Texans this evening… While we might have talked a bit about it Sunday night after our win at Soldier Field, in the big picture we’re not concerned with proving anything …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Indianapolis has lost starting cornerback Jerraud Powers and defensive tackle Drake Nevis for the rest of the season.

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

"Jaguars sign another Greg Jones." This means that half the Greg Joneses to ever play in the NFL on are on the Jacksonville roster right now. They also kind of look like each other, right? Is that racist? More »

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey’s Mondays are starting to resemble a less amusing Groundhog Day. Every week he comes to the podium to answer questions about how the team will find a second win this season, something that’s hard enough when he doesn’t a…

Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com

The Chicago Bears' loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday was not a game most Bears fans want to remember. Jay Cutler and Shea McClellin left with concussions. The team turned the ball over four times in the first half. It was cold, rainy, and it halted t…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

While Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins argues that the NFL should pass on fining him for hitting Bears quarterback Jay Cutler in the helmet on Sunday night, the league is reportedly investigating another part of Cutler’s night. Cutler remained in the game,…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Jaguars finally lead the league in a category. And it will be hard for anyone to catch up with their Joneses According to Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union, the Jags signed former Giants linebacker Greg Jones. They can now pair him with cur…

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

Go Home, Everybody: We Found The Most Ridiculous Fan In The World | He was at the Dolphins game. They lost by 34. To the Titans. Unforgotten isn't a word. Is that a bowling tattoo on the right side of his torso? Read » More »

ESPN.com

Even with the Texans' win in Chicago last night, the standings say the Colts are in range of the Texans in the AFC South. Houston is 8-1, Indianapolis is 6-3. The Colts, obviously, have no control over what happens with the Texans until Weeks 15 and 17.…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Dolphins running back Reggie Bush lost a fumble and was benched after getting just five touches in Sunday’s 37-3 loss to the Titans. Afterward, Bush called the benching the right call. “I didn’t deserve to be back in there,” Bush said. “I fumble…

ESPN.com

So I've jumped on the photo train as we're doing more with pics from us, at game, and from you -- at games, at bars, at home or just about anywhere. (You can also find me at pkuharsky on Instagram.) I think I've got some Ansel Adams in me, and you do to…

Ryan O'Halloran, jacksonville.com

Playing time totals and analysis from the Jaguars’ game against Indianapolis on Thursday: OFFENSE (70 snaps) RB: Rashad Jennings 40, Jalen Parmele 27, Will Ta’ufo’ou 3, Montell Owens 6. TE: Marcedes Lewis 41, Zach Potter 3, Maurice Stovall 1, Guy Wh…

ESPN.com

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans It made “editorial sense” to compare these Bears to the Super Bowl shufflers, but Sunday night’s shutdown of Chicago is what the Texans do, says Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle. These Texans are hardly …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Before Sunday night’s impressive 13-6 win over the Bears in a rainy and windy Soldier Field, Texans defensive line coach Bill Kollar wasn’t feeling well. As explained by Mark Berman of FOX 26 in Houston, Kollar became ill.  He was taken to a local ho…

George Bretherton, nytimes.com

If a player is injured by an illegal hit to the head, shouldn't there be a way for the referee to avoid having an offsetting penalty in the equation?

ESPN.com

CHICAGO -- The Houston Texans beat up the Tennessee Titans when they played, just like the Chicago Bears did. But when Chicago did it, it had more amplitude -- four turnovers forced by Charles Tillman punching balls loose followed by a presidential endo…

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

With two of the Top 10 defenses in the NFL, Sunday night's Houston Texans-Chicago Bears game at a rainy, windy and sloppy Soldier Field was expected to be a low-scoring affair. The game would not disappoint, as the two teams would combine for six turnov…