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Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain is inactive for the second straight game since his two-game team suspension concluded. Barring a major change of heart from the organization, expect the No. 8 pick in the 2010 draft to be inactive next week ...

UPDATE: The Chargers put Bigby on the injured reserve Tuesday. They re-signed linebacker Bront Bird. He just completed a four-game NFL suspension. U-T San Diego reports Chargers starting safety Atari Bigby will miss 3-5 weeks with a groin injury h...

ESPN's Adam Schefter reports misdemeanor assault charges against Oakland middle linebacker Rolando McClain have been dropped in Alabama. Thus, Schefter reports, McClain will not serve any jail time nor will he face an NFL suspension. The issue ste...

Suspended Denver linebacker D.J. Williams has been sentenced to 30 days of house arrest for a drinking and driving conviction. He will serve it after the season. Williams is starting a three-game suspension from the NFL because of the conviction, his...

Midweek mail call: Stephen Garner from Eldorado, Ark., wants to know if I think Denver could cut suspended linebacker D.J. Williams. Bill Williamson: It's an interesting question. Williams has four more games of his two-tiered suspension. I thi...

The news that linebacker D.J. Williams has been suspended an additional three games is not a shock to the Denver Broncos. It has been expected in NFL circles that Williams would get a three-game NFL suspension after his second conviction on an alc...

As expected, Denver linebacker Joe Mays will not play Sunday against visiting Oakland. Denver coach John Fox told reporters Thursday that Mays' suspension was upheld after his appeal. He was suspended a game and fined $50,000 for a helmet-to-helme...

More fallout from the Joe Mays suspension: Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton has some strong opinions on Mays, who was suspended one game for a nasty hit Sunday on Houston quarterback Matt Schaub. Tarkenton thinks Mays' suspension should be ...

The Denver Broncos are dealing with the one-game suspension of middle linebacker Joe Mays for a violent hit on Houston quarterback Matt Schaub. They're also facing the uncertainty of another starting linebacker with potential league discipline issues...

The Kansas City Chiefs' defense is in serious need of a boost. It will get one in a big way when star pass-rusher Tamba Hali makes his 2012 debut Sunday at Buffalo. Hali served a one-game NFL suspension in Week 1 for violating the league's substan...

It is very likely Denver linebacker D.J. Williams will serve a six-game NFL suspension to start the season now that a long-shot attempt to get the suspension dismissed has failed. On Thursday, a federal judge dismissed Williams' complaint filed ag...

While Ryan McBean's fight with the NFL is over, D.J. Williams is continuing his battle. The Denver Post reported that McBean has agreed to drop his lawsuit against the league and his NFL suspension has been dropped from six games to three. Denver ...

Not that they were worried about it, but the Denver Broncos can breathe easy -- Tracy Porter will not pay any price for the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal. The NFL suspended four players for their participation in the Saints' bounty program. P...

The NFLPA released a statement expressin its displeasure with the NFL giving suspensions to Denver linebacker D.J. Williams and Denver free agent defensive linemen Ryan McBean. Both were suspended for six games. The players have indicated they will f...

Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams issued a statement to ESPN.com in response to his six-game suspension from the NFL to start the 2012 season. Denver free-agent defensive lineman Ryan McBean was also suspended for six games. The players are ...

On the day the Denver Broncos try to convince Peyton Manning that they are ready to win now, the team is dealing with the news that three players have been suspended by the NFL. ESPN's Adam Schefter and John Clayton are reporting that the suspende...