Week Nine NFL News

This week's addition of Monday Night Football features the 6-1 Denver Broncos and the 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers in Invesco Field at Mile High.

The Steelers may not have gotten off to a great start in 2009, but the defending champs are now definitely playing at a championship level as they look to win their fifth straight against a Broncos team that will be trying to bounce back from their first defeat of the year.

NFL odds makers are calling Pittsburgh road favorites in what should prove to be an excellent AFC conference match-up. The Vegas line is sitting at...

Sunday afternoon in Foxboro, the red hot New England Patriots host the Miami Dolphins in an important AFC East divisional match-up. New England has outscored their last two opponents by a combined 94-7.

Tom Brady is officially back and playing as well as ever. Wes Welker and Randy Moss have combined for 33 catches and six TDs in their last two outings as Brady brought back memories of two years ago, when he threw for an NFL-record 50 touchdowns during a 16-0 regular season.

NFL odds makers love the Pats at home in this one as prognosticators are calling...

This weekend in Lucas Oil Stadium, Peyton Manning and the Colts play host to one of the league's hottest teams as Matt Schaub and his Houston Texans look to make it five straight wins when they head to Indianapolis.

However, the Colts have a little win streak of their own to protect. How about 16 straight regular season games spanning over two years? Not too shabby.

NFL odds makers are calling Indianapolis more than a touchdown home favorite in this AFC South match-up. The spread is...

One of the league's biggest surprises this season in the NFL has been the emergence of a very good 5-2 Cincinnati Bengals team.

Sunday in Paul Brown Stadium, division rival Baltimore comes into town with a record of 4-3 and the Ravens look to pull even with the surging Bengals in the conference's toughest division, the AFC North.

NFL odds makers like the Ravens in this one against a Bengals team that is coming off their bye week. The Vegas line is sitting at...

Monday night in prime time football, the 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers head to Washington to take on the 6-2 Redskins in the national spot-light. Odds makers call Washington a 2 1/2 point favorite at home with the total sitting at 37.

Pittsburgh is a perfect 5-0 against everyone they seen except the NFC East. The Steelers two losses to the Eagles and the Giants still leave them with the second best record in the AFC but they are still trying to figure out the NFC's toughest division.

Pittsburgh will hope for a better result in its third showdown with a member of the NFL's best division as they travel to the nation's capital for the first time in 20 years...

The New England Patriots will be heading to Lucas Stadium in Indianapolis to take on Peyton Manning and the Colts in prime time on Sunday night. Odds makers are calling the Colts a 7 point favorite at home, with the total sitting at 44.

It has been a long time since a game between the New England Patriots (5-2) and the Indianapolis Colts (3-4) has been just another game. The league has become accustom to this one being for AFC supremacy...

Sunday afternoon the Philadelphia Eagles head to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Seattle Seahawks at Qwest Field. With All-Pro Brian Westbrook back in the lineup and Donovan McNabb scrambling and making plays, odds maker are calling the Eagles a 6 ½ point favorite on the road in Seattle.

This Sunday Westbrook and McNabb will try to lead the Eagles to their third straight victory when they visit Seattle. Westbrook missed two of Philadelphia's past three games with...

The Dallas Cowboys head the Meadowlands to on their NFC East Division rival New York Giants. Odds makers call a Romo-less Cowboys a 9 point underdog on the road against New York with the total sitting at 41.

A pair of regular-season wins over the Giants turned out to mean nothing to the Cowboys a season ago as the Giants knocked them out of the playoffs during their improbable run to the Super Bowl.

Quarterback Eli Manning and the Giants are thriving, and they'll put the NFC's best record...

The New Jets head north to Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo to take on the AFC leading Bills. Actually, Buffalo has lost sole possession of first place in the East by losing two of its past three games to fall into a tie with New England. Odds makers are calling the Bills a 5 1/2 point favorite at home with the total sitting at 42.

With the Bills (5-2) sputtering as of late partly because of Trent Edwards' suddenly sloppy play. The Bills are coming off perhaps their most disheartening loss, melting down after a fourth quarter interception by Edwards to fall 25-16 at Miami last Sunday...

This Sunday afternoon the 4-3 Atlanta Falcons travel to Oakland to take on the 2-5 Raiders. Odds makers call the Falcons a 2 1/2 point favorite on the road with the total sitting at 41.

Quarterback Matt Ryan, the third overall pick in the 2008 draft, has exceeded expectations in his first season, passing for 1,441 yards and seven touchdowns thus far. However, the Atlanta Falcons recognize the importance of an effective running game.

Running back Michael Turner ranks third in the NFL with...