Atlanta Falcons 12/02/2008 8:51 AMThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports DT Grady Jackson is expected to find out Tuesday whether he won his appeal of his he four-game suspension for violating the NFL steroid policy. Jackson was suspended for four games for taking a diuretic the league considers a masking agent. Jackson filed a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer of StarCaps diet pills, the supplement he claims caused the suspension.Read more
Cleveland Browns 12/02/2008 8:50 AMAP reports Derek Anderson's season is officially over, yet another slap for the down-on-their-luck Cleveland Browns. Anderson, who lost his starting job to Brady Quinn several weeks ago, will miss the final four games after tearing a ligament in his left knee on Sunday, Nov. 30, against Indianapolis. An MRI taken Monday revealed Anderson tore the medial collateral ligament when he was sacked in the final minutes of Cleveland's 10-6 loss to the Colts. Anderson, making his first start since Nov. 2 after being benched for Quinn, will not need surgery. He will be placed in a brace and will need four to six weeks to recover.Read more
Houston Texans 12/02/2008 8:49 AMThe Houston Chronicle reports this 30-17 victory over Jacksonville won’t sent shock waves through the NFL. It’s a nice coming-out party for RB Steve Slaton and DE Mario Williams. Perhaps the Texans won’t need red uniforms to have a positive identity. Perhaps Steve Slaton will be that identity. He’s what a lot of America will remember from the Texans’ first appearance on Monday Night Football. He finished with 130 rushing yards, 52 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He had a 40-yard run and a 46-yard pass reception. He was relentless in fighting for extra yards. He’s also got that quick first step and that knack for making defenders miss.Read more
Cincinnati Bengals 12/02/2008 8:48 AMAP reports the offense moves in inches, not yards. The punter has tied the club record for a game twice already. Players are wondering how many of them are going to be gone in a few months, the fallout from another abysmal season. The Cincinnati Bengals are inching their way toward one of the worst finishes in their tortured history. A 34-3 embarrassment against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday dropped the Bengals to 1-10-1, the second-worst record in the NFL. Only the 0-12 Detroit Lions are worse at this point, with a much tougher schedule that makes it unlikely the Bengals could fall past them. The low mark in franchise history was a 2-14 finish in 2002 that got Dick LeBeau fired and prompted the Bengals to make a bold move and look outside the organization for its next coach. In Marvin Lewis' sixth season, they've come full-circle.Read more
