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Ed Reed is sure acting like a guy who's hoping the Baltimore Ravens will still step up and give him the kind of deal he's looking for. But more likely he's facing the harsh realities of an expensive, aging superstar. ESPN.com's Ashley Fox doesn...

Reading the coverage ... Ranking every roster in the league with Evan Silva of Rotoworld. The AFC's second-best team comes in at 19th. Houston Texans Joe Flacco isn't that much better than Matt Schaub, but the gap is growing, says Randy Harv...

In the AFC South, only the Houston Texans faced the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens in 2012. On Oct. 21, 2012, the Texans crushed the Ravens 43-13 at Reliant Stadium. It qualifies as ancient history in a league where things can ch...

Before the start of the 2012 NFL season, I spent an evening writing some overdue notes. Like Sal Paolantonio of ESPN, who has a book on thank-you notes in the works, I have a thank-you-note rhythm. I don't write them nearly as frequently as Sal Pa...

The Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens used to be bitter rivals, closely matched. Then Tennessee collapsed in a playoff game after the 2000 season at what now is LP Field, losing 24-10 despite dominating the game in a lot of ways. Since that...

Five nuggets of knowledge about wild-card weekend: Rematch in Houston: This is the fourth time under the current playoff format that teams are meeting in the wild-card round in back-to-back seasons. In each of the previous three instances, the tea...

Five things to know about next Sunday's Indianapolis Colts-Baltimore Ravens AFC wild-card game at M&T Bank Stadium: Familiarity: When the Colts hired Chuck Pagano to take over as head coach, they hired him away from the Ravens, with whom he was de...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans The Texans felt a lot of people doubted them after the loss to Green Bay, but they responded with a statement win as they clobbered the Ravens, says John McClain of the Houston Chronicle. After three bad ...

Last week, the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers shredded the Houston Texans for 14.1 yards a completion and 8.4 yards per pass play. This week, Joe Flacco found none of the same success against the Texans throwing down field and the corresponding ...

HOUSTON -- The patch is small. Saturday night in front of his entire team, Texans coach Gary Kubiak put a big spotlight and magnifying lens over it. The guys with that small rectangular "C" on the right breast of their jerseys needed to elevate...

HOUSTON -- Thoughts on the Texans' 43-13 pounding of the Ravens at Reliant Stadium on Sunday: What it means: At 6-1, the Texans own the best record in the AFC, and with a win over the Ravens in their pocket, they are in an advantageous position to...

Johnathan Joseph has played two games below his standards in the past two weeks -- a win at the Jets and a loss to the Packers. He doesn't want to hang the performances on a groin injury, but it's clearly a factor. He didn't practice today, isn't ...

HOUSTON -- Take it as a symptom of larger problems if you must and join those who tuned into "Football Night in America" and wound up wondering what all the hullabaloo has been about. But after five solid wins, a 42-24 blowout at the hands of the Gre...

The Jacksonville Jaguars got shredded by the Baltimore Ravens Thursday night in Baltimore, 48-17. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco had a field day, connecting on 27 of 36 passes for 266 yards, two touchdowns, a pick and a 102.3 passer rating. Baltimo...

BALTIMORE -- The equipment truck just outside the Houston Texans' locker room sounded in need of a tuneup. It chugged loudly and unnecessarily in a tunnel at M&T Bank Stadium, doing its part to drown out the ugly end of a breakthrough season. ...

BALTIMORE -- Thoughts on the Texans' 20-13 loss to the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium: What it means: The Texans blew a gigantic opportunity to get to the AFC Championship Game. Although they outplayed the Ravens for much of the afternoon, they di...