Three rookie QBs took the helm on Sunday and were all impressive despite failing to lead their teams to victory.

Calling the Chicago Bears an offensive juggernaut might seem to defy logic, tradition and the lineage of gritty defenders from Butkus to Singletary to Urlacher. Believe it. Getting a huge boost from their trademark defense, the Bears scored the first five times they had the ball Sunday and ruined the homecoming of former coach Dick Jauron with a 40-7 drubbing of Jauron's Buffalo Bills to go 5-0 for...

Defensive end Adewale Ogunleye and defensive tackle Ian Scott were inactive for Chicago's game against Buffalo on Sunday, leaving the Bears without two starting linemen on the league's stingiest defense. Ogunleye, out with a hamstring injury, had missed practices during the week but was expected to play.

In the latest mailbag, readers insist that Albert Haynesworth's five-game suspension wasn't punishment enough.

Bernard Berrian has opened up the field for the Chicago Bears. With sure hands and a burst of speed, he's an added dimension to a suddenly wide-open offense that's helped churn out a 4-0 start. "I think there is still more to come," Berrian said Thursday. Berrian has 15 catches in four games, matching a career high set in his rookie season of 2004.

A former NFL lineman admits the Albert Haynesworth incident was bad, but suggests it might have been a common act of payback.

A number of Super Bowl contenders have already hurt their championship chances by giving in to temptation.

Bears DE Adewale Ogunleye spent an off day discussing his aching hamstring and TV show "Nip/Tuck."

Running back Clinton Portis' return has sparked a Redskins offense that got off to a slow start.

After dismantling the Seahawks on Sunday, the undefeated Bears are atop the rankings for the first time.

CHICAGO – With the offense at last playing on par with the defense, the Bears have emerged as a legitimate NFC power.

Lance Briggs couldn't hide his emotions. He smiled, he broke into a rap and even showed off his dance moves as he got dressed after the Chicago Bears showed how serious they are about contending for the NFC title. The Bears linebacker had reason to be giddy. Chicago just finished dominating the defending conference champion Seattle Seahawks.

Rex Grossman finally may give the Bears the steady QB play they need to make a championship run.

The Baltimore Ravens won all three of their games in September. Two of their players reaped the benefits.

Seattle's running game faces a major roadblock as RB Shaun Alexander is expected to miss at least two weeks.

Chicago Bears defensive back Ricky Manning Jr. didn't want to go to trial during the season or have a jury decide his fate. So he pleaded no contest Tuesday to a felony assault charge stemming from an altercation with a man in a Los Angeles restaurant, even though he said he didn't commit a crime. "I didn't do what he accused me of," Manning said Wednesday.

The surprising thrashing of the Falcons on Monday night has catapulted the Saints into the rankings' top 12.

Chicago Bears defensive back Ricky Manning Jr. pleaded no contest Tuesday to a felony assault charge stemming from an attack on a man in a restaurant. Manning was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to attend a year of anger management counseling, the district attorney's office said. He was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service with a municipality or public agency or...

Some major questions about the legitimacy of the Chicago Bears' offensive improvement were answered inside a...

Adewale Ogunleye saw the loose ball and made up his mind. Rather than run with it, he took the fall. While the Chicago Bears keep seizing opportunities, their defensive end passed on one. It made sense, though. "I didn't want to make a mistake so I just jumped on it," Ogunleye said. It took a late fumble recovery by Ogunleye and a touchdown pass from Rex Grossman to Rashied Davis for the Bears to beat...