Several starters miss practice

Wednesday's practice at Flowery Branch was missing several key starters as the Falcons prepare to take on the New York Jets this Sunday. RB Michael Turner was a no-show as well as QB Matt Ryan and several other missed the workout as well...   Full Story

The Texans ended their four-game losing streak with a resounding 34-7 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. Let’s see how our keys to victory played out.   Full Story

Mike Ballard provided three strong innings of long relief for Caguas on Saturday evening. Lone Star Dugout takes a look at all of the day's winterball action.   Full Story

Atlanta had a chance to beat New Orleans, but fell a yard short of gaining a crucial first down and lost a heart-breaker to the Saints 26-23 at the Georgia Dome.   Full Story

In Part One of this week's exclusive game preview, Charlie Bernstein of BattleRedNation.com answers five of Doug Farrar's questions. Why are the Texans falling out of the playoff race, what does an injured Matt Schaub have to offer, and is this the end for Gary Kubiak?   Full Story

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Considering Brandon Jacobs’ affinity for boxing, you just knew he had to be thrilled to deliver the key jab that left Dallas with shaky knees. And he must’ve absolutely loved to see teammate Domenik Hixon deliver the knockout punch.   Full Story

Jarrod Saltalamacchia appeared in his first game of the winteball season on Tuesday, while Mike Ballard turned in another strong performance in Puerto Rico. Lone Star Dugout takes a look at all of the day's winterball action.   Full Story

It was business as usual for the Texans as they got off to a big lead, then proceeded to blow that big lead against the Indianapolis Colts. Here’s our game notes from the contest.   Full Story

Seattle running back Justin Forsett put up 130 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and the Seahawks got their first road win of the season, a 27-17 defeat of St. Louis.   Full Story

The Indianapolis Colts have an opportunity to put another nail in the AFC South coffin this weekend in Houston. To do so, they will have to defeat a Texans team that just lost a close game to the Tennessee Titans, putting them under immense pressure to win the rest of their games to have any chance at making the playoffs.   Full Story

The Colts are the Texans' nemesis. There's no doubt about it. Indianapolis leads the AFC South series 14-1, including a 20-17 victory at Lucas Oil Stadium on Nov. 8.   Full Story

As NFL teams enter Week 12 of the NFL season, who are the top--and the worst--quarterbacks of 2009? Scout.com's Ed Thompson provides you with his Power Rankings of the league's signal-callers based on their stats and performances during the first eleven weeks of the season.   Full Story

Over the last few week, the Indianapolis Colts have have started to earn the “Cardiac Colts” label once again. That the Colts managed to escape Baltimore with a win, despite not having a great deal of offensive help, including having to make up for uncharacteristic mistakes by Peyton Manning.   Full Story

For the second time in a five-game stretch, the Oakland Raiders hosted a playoff contender at the Coliseum and came away victorious. Silver & Black Illustrated photographer Shana Siler was on the sidelines for this contest and shares her up-close look at the action.   Full Story

Since Gary Kubiak became the Texans' coach in 2006, turnovers have been a problem. When the Texans entered their bye week with a 5-4 record, Kubiak basically said turnovers would make or break them over the last seven games when they hope to make a push for the playoffs for the first time.   Full Story

The off-season is a time for healing. So how are some of the Oakland A's prospects doing with their recoveries from in-season injuries? We have updates on Andrew Carignan, Sean Doolittle, Dusty Coleman, Jason Christian and more. We also report on another member of the A's organization taking home post-season hardware and give an update on winter and fall league news inside...   Full Story

Mike Ballard appeared in his first game in the Puerto Rican Winter League on Saturday, hurling three scoreless innings. Lone Star Dugout takes a look at all of the day's winterball action.   Full Story

Although none of the four teams in the AFC South have marquee rookies, the first-year players on all four team's rosters have been performing and helping them win. We will take a peek at how the AFC South rookies performed on Sunday.   Full Story

Our game preview this week looks at the Houston Texans matchup against the Indianapolis Colts.   Full Story

LB Michael Boley on why the Giants may be down, but not out...who's making Saints QB Drew Brees even more dangerous...the players who are consistently harassing quarterbacks...a huge blow to the Texans offense, Edgerrin James' future, big-play running backs and more in Ed Thompson's 7 Points.   Full Story

Just before Sunday's game, we learned Tra Thomas was going to be the Jaguars starting left tackle over rookie Eugene Monroe. The rest of the offensive line also learned Monroe was not starting right before the game. This is an issue that's plagued Jacksonville throughout the season, musical chairs on the offensive line.   Full Story

Our game preview this week looks at the Houston Texans matchup against the Buffalo Bills.   Full Story

Jason Snelling lead the Atlanta Falcons in rushing last week against the Dallas Cowboys. He shares his thoughts on that game, the team's big upcoming division battle with the Saints, and his dedication to spreading awareness about epilepsy in this exclusive interview with Scout.com's Ed Thompson.   Full Story

The Texans went over .500 for the first time in a long time as they held on to defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 24-21. Let's see how our keys to victory played out.   Full Story

The most dangerous red zone receiver in 2009 isn't Larry Fitzgerald...Two keys to the Browns-Packers game and two common denominators to the Ravens and Titans problems on defense...STATS analysis regarding the Broncos, Vikings, Colts, Jets and much more in Ed Thompson's 7 Points.   Full Story