Chicago Bears 12/17/2007 9:24 AMThe Chicago Sun-Times reports looks like Nathan Vasher's ''miracle'' will happen after all. That's not a big surprise, though, as the Bears cornerback duped many but not all last week when he said it was almost certain he would not play tonight against the Minnesota Vikings. Vasher practiced in limited form all week, and a source close to the player said Sunday night that it looked like he would play for the first time in nearly three months. Vasher is expected to be a game-time decision.Read more
Cincinnati Bengals 12/17/2007 9:22 AMThe Dayton Daily News reports guaranteed their first losing season since 2002 and eliminated from the playoffs for the 16th time in 17 years, the Bengals have been reduced to playing for pride. But they get a chance to wear the spoiler's robe next Sunday when they host the Cleveland Browns. The Browns (9-5) snow-stormed into a first-place AFC North Division tie with Pittsburgh thanks to their 8-0 victory over Buffalo and the Steelers' loss to the Jaguars. on Sunday. But Cleveland hasn't clinched anything yet because Tennessee (8-6) clobbered Kansas City 26-17. "We've got a chance to knock off our rivalry team," Bengals QB Carson Palmer said about the Browns. "Our fans will be fired up. Their fans will be fired up. So we get a chance to hopefully knock them out of the playoffs or make it tougher on them."Read more
Cleveland Browns 12/17/2007 9:18 AMThe Dayton Daily News reports at game time, sustained winds howled out of the northwest at 32 miles per hour. "And it's snowing," the Cleveland Browns' press box announcer felt the need to add. Blizzarding was more like it."It wasn't brutally cold, so that helped," Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel said after Sunday's important victory over the Buffalo Bills had been achieved by the unusual score of 8-0. Their sixth straight home win, ninth overall, kept the Browns on a playoff course with two games remaining. They did not clinch a postseason berth because Tennessee, their closest wild-card pursuer, beat Kansas City 26-17, but they virtually eliminated the Bills and pulled into a first-place tie with Pittsburgh in the AFC North when the Steelers lost 29-22 to Jacksonville. The win also guaranteed the Browns their first winning season since 2002, when they went 9-7 and last made the playoffs.Read more
Baltimore Ravens 12/14/2007 9:40 AMThe official website of the Senior Bowl reports Colorado LB Jordon Dizon, a consensus first-team All-American and finalist for the Butkus Award, will bring his talents to the 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl, bowl officials have announced. Dizon, named to the first-team Associated Press All-American squad which was announced on Tuesday, was also one of three finalists for the Butkus Award, presented annually to the best linebacker in college football.Read more
