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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...

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...

Reading the coverage ... Football Outsiders discussed Bengals-Texans and Colts-Ravens as they unfolded. Houston Texans The Patriots' rout of the Texans turned on five plays, says Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle. That regular-seaso...

The Colts' run defense didn't post run-defense numbers you'd expect to correlate with an 11-win team. The Colts gave up 104.4 rushing yards a game (29th in the NFL) and 5.1 yards a carry (31st). They lost a bunch of people on the defensive line. ...

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 Arian Foster and Ray Rich both pride themselves on being three-down running backs, writes Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle. "Rice and Foster are both top 10 in the league among non-quarterbacks sorted ...

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 ...

Dan in Indianapolis writes: Just as any Colts fan realist should, I'm already looking forward to the next off season with great anticipation. (Not to say I won't watch every game this season). I'm excited about the prospect of all the cap space India...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Colts of Chuck Pagano will gradually get bigger. He spoke respectfully of the success the small and nimble Colts of Bill Polian, Tony Dungy and Jim Caldwell had. But at the scouting combine he referred to an Al Davis mantra he ...

Samari Rolle's endorsement of Chuck Pagano was unequivocal. The former Titans and Ravens cornerback was with the Ravens in 2008-09, when Pagano coached Baltimore's defensive backs. Pagano just emailed Rolle last week, and Rolle was thrilled to ...

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. ...

Reputations last, and I don't think many people think of the defensive-minded Baltimore Ravens as a big-play offense. The Texans did their part to change that in the regular-season loss in Baltimore on Oct. 16 - Joe Flacco threw a 51-yard pass to ...

Three things to know about next Sunday's Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens divisional playoff game: 1. Complete effort required: When the Texans lost in Baltimore on Oct. 16, they had a 14-13 lead in the third quarter. Then they gave up 16 unanswere...

Mike Sando's final MVP Watch is out and you can peruse it here. If I had an MVP vote, I'd use it on Aaron Rodgers. If it was a three-deep ballot, mine would be Rodgers, Drew Brees and Tom Brady. Maurice Jones-Drew had a phenomenal season for th...

Barring a crazy development, Maurice Jones-Drew is going to win the NFL rushing title. It's an incredibly impressive feat considering the 4-11 Jaguars have spent a lot of time playing from behind and have the league's worst passing offense by a la...

Perfect sense: Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew and Texans running back Arian Foster are two of the AFC's running backs, although Baltimore's Ray Rice is the starter. MJD is on the verge of his first rushing title a season after Foster led the...