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Cutler misses practice, questionable for Monday

CNNSI.com

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler missed practice on Thursday and his playing status remains in question because of a concussion.

CNNSI.com

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher still says he would lie to cover up a concussion.

ESPN.com

Houston defensive coordinator Wade Phillips asks absolutely reasonable questions when he wonders about the NFL’s $30,000 fine against Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins for a hit on Jay Cutler Sunday night. Boiled down from Tania Ganguli’s story at the Hou…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Colts and Patriots seem to play every year, but this will be the first time they’ve clashed since Andrew Luck hit the scene. Erik Kuselias will ask Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney about that change when Freeney stops by Pro Football Talk on NBC S…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement protects the league and its teams from a wide variety of player lawsuits; indeed, the concussion litigation eventually may fail because of the terms of the CBA. But the CBA doesn’t provide protections to folks…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said Thursday he didn’t understand the discrepancy in the NFL’s fine system, considering the vastly different amounts from a pair of hits he saw firsthand. Phillips said he didn’t get that Texans linebacker…

ESPN.com

So I got to talking Wednesday with AFC South blogger Paul Kuharsky and NFC West blogger Mike Sando about rookie quarterbacks and how they're judged. It started with Paul and Mike talking about the proper statistical perspective in which to view the Colt…

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

This week, the Texans brought in a handful of veteran kickers for tryouts. They're reportedly happy with Shayne Graham's field goals, but wish he could get a little more distance on kickoffs. They had a decent candidate last year, an undrafted rookie K/…

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Peyton Manning and Tom Brady will always be linked as contemporaries and rivals. No matter how much longer Brady plays, it’s unlikely he and Andrew Luck will be grouped in the same way. At this stage, the modest Luck is level-headed when his name comes …

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The NFL’s youngest team ranks as the best in the league through 10 weeks and has plenty of cause to believe it can maintain the status through the regular season, entering the playoffs as the AFC favorite to play in the Super Bowl. Why can the Texans ma…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Starting quarterbacks went down with injuries left and right during Week 10, but the Colts don’t want that to impact the way Andrew Luck plays the game. The Colts quarterback called those injuries the “nature of the game” and said that he didn’t t…

ESPN.com

Greetings people of Earth. (Stolen, but funny.) Today, to keep you on your toes, we are moving the chat up one hour from our usual time. Yes, you read that correctly. I am throwing your week into disarray by moving the chat to 11 a.m. ET, 10 a.m. CT. Ev…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

When it comes to passing, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is having a great year. When it comes to running, he’s not.  (Then again, given that he has the physique of the pre-oil-can Tin Man, when has he?) As explained by Lindsay H. Jones of USA Toda…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Bills are an awful 2-13 in AFC East games under Chan Gailey. For the Dolphins, tonight brings a test of whether they’re legitimate playoff contenders or not. The Patriots’ league-best turnover margin could get a boost against a Colts team near the…

ESPN.com

Reading the coverage… Arguments for and against the Colts and the Titans making the playoffs, from Clark Judge of CBS Sports. Houston Texans Andre Johnson now has more catches than any of the great receivers who played all or part of their NFL careers i…