D Up! Pick up Harrison, Hawthorne now

Jim McCormick looks at defensive players you need to pick up now who can be a major help for your team.

Reading the coverage: MJD sleeps alone

...well ahead of Houston on the Titans' list of top rivals. Indianapolis Colts My column on Robert Mathis. Phillip B. Wilson looks at what the Colts are missing. When he was starting out, Jim...

Who plays beyond reputation?

In my column on Robert Mathis, I quoted Titans GM Mike Reinfeldt talking about players who get a reputation they can't...

Mathis hardly situational anymore

...6-foot-6, 295 pounds) might be the prototypical defensive end whom personnel men crave, Indianapolis' Robert Mathis (6-2, 245 pounds) qualifies as a self-made man who torments tackles and quarterbacks just...

...quarterback Seneca Wallace has the ball stripped out of his hands by Indianapolis Colts defensive end Robert Mathis during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Indianapolis...

AFC South in Pro Bowl voting

...Lilja, 53,435 Defensive end 1) Dwight Freeney, 200,568 2) Mario Williams, 117,086 3) Robert Mathis, 75,238 Strong Safety 1) Troy Polamalu, 192,289 3) Bob Sanders, 39,357 Free safety...

Patriots Mailbag: Fourth ... and long

Final thoughts on fourth-and-2, then moving on to pressing Pats issues.

Moss one of three stars

...to come, as will the burning of second-half timeouts. Nick Kaczur: Right tackle struggles against Robert Mathis, who generated the most consistent pressure on quarterback Tom Brady. Laurence Maroney: His fumble at the...

Vollmer doing well to keep Freeney quiet

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Colts got a big sack from Robert Mathis, but they've generally been unable to harass Tom Brady and that's been a big...

Colts: Belichick showed 'total disrespect'

...But we just stepped up to the challenge and made plays when we had to." DE Robert Mathis: "Wow. All you can say is wow. They were going to do it like that, so...

Belichick's 4th-down gamble fails; Manning leads Colts back from 17 points down

Bill Belichick's stunning gamble failed, and Peyton Manning took advantage by throwing a 1-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds left that rallied the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts over the New England Patriots 35-34 Sunday night.

Containing Freeney, Mathis one key

...1) Pass protection on the edges. With ferocious defensive ends Dwight Freeney (9.5 sacks) and Robert Mathis (6.5 sacks) rushing off the edge, pressure will be on Patriots offensive tackles. Help should...

Caldwell no newbie versus Belichick

    Getty Images   Jim Caldwell may be a first-year head coach, but he was an assistant in nine Colts-Patriots matchups, so has exp...

Matchups to watch in Pats-Colts clash

Breaking down some of the key matchups in Sunday's huge Patriots-Colts game.

Belichick: No limits to Colts offense

...much the same. A lot of familiar faces -- Reggie Wayne, [Peyton] Manning, [Dallas] Clark, [Dwight] Freeney, [Robert] Mathis. And then in many ways they look different. They have some new receivers, made some changes...