Week Ten NFL News

Sunday night in Lucas Oil Stadium, one of the NFL's most intense rivalries takes center stage as Tom Brady and the New England Patriots take on the Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.

With both of these teams looking like Super Bowl contenders again, this could be an AFC Championship game preview as the Pats try to snap a Colts regular season, 17-game winning streak that has spanned over two years.

NFL odds makers are calling the Colts slight home favorites in this one. The Vegas line is sitting at...

Sunday afternoon Tony Romo and the 6-2 Dallas Cowboys head to Lambeau Field in Green Bay to take on the Aaron Rodgers and the 4-4 Packers.

After a slow start, the Cowboys have rattled off four straight wins while the Packers rocked back and forth between winning and losing all season long.

NFL odds makers are calling Dallas a small road favorite as they head into an unseasonably mild weather game in Wisconsin. The spread in Vegas is sitting at...

The New York Jets host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in the Meadowlands in a pivotal conference match-up of 4-4 teams sitting on the outside of the AFC playoff picture looking in.

The Jets are coming out of their bye needing a strong second half of the season to contend for a post-season spot. The Jags are just looking to get better and better every week.

NFL odds makers are calling the Jets about a touchdown home favorite in this one. The Vegas line is at...

This Sunday in Nashville, the Tennessee Titans host the Buffalo Bills at LP Field in an AFC Conference showdown that pits two teams needing a serious turn around in the second half of the season if they want to contend.

The Titans are 2-6, but have won two straight since re-inserting Vince Young as the starting quarterback. The Bills are 3-5 and won 2 out of their last three before heading into the bye week last Sunday.

NFL odds makers like the Titans chance to make it three straight this week against Buffalo. The Vegas line is...

Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, the Carolina Panthers host the Atlanta Falcons in an NFC South match-up of two struggling teams looking to turn it around in the second half of the season.

In the South, everyone is looking up at the 8-0 New Orleans Saints and neither of these teams can afford to lose, but the Panthers are in desperation mode as their 3-5 record leaves them with a lot of work to do.

NFL odds makers are calling the Falcons as slight road favorites in this one. The Vegas line is sitting at...

Sunday afternoon in Heinz Field, the 6-2 Pittsburgh Steelers host the 6-2 Cincinnati Bengals in an AFC North showdown with first place in the division on the line.

The Bengals were able to come out of their first meeting in Cincinnati with a 23-20 victory that left the Steelers reeling after allowing 14 fourth quarter points including a Carson Palmer to Andre Caldwell touchdown pass with 14 seconds to play.

NFL odds makers like Pittsburgh's chances to even the season series as the Steelers are listed as the home favorite in this one. The spread in Vegas is sitting at...

The San Francisco 49ers got a much needed win last night after Bears quarterback Jay Cutler tossed five interceptions in the 10-6 Niners victory.

Cutler's five picks included two in the red-zone, bringing his total to nine interceptions inside the 20 yard line in the last two seasons. Cutler forgettable game helped the 49ers snap a a four-game losing streak and keep their slim NFC playoff hopes alive.

The Bears signal caller threw four or more interceptions for the second time this season and has an NFL-worst 17 in all. He became the first Bear since...

According to league sources, Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith has been hit with a $15,000 fine for his part in Sunday's sideline melee involving his players and members of the Washington Redskins.

In all, the league office handed out $30,000 in fines for the brawl second quarter of the Falcons' 31-17 victory.

Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth was fined $7,500 for coming to the aid of teammate DeAngelo Hall.

Hall was not fined for his...

As the Cincinnati Bengals get set to face-off with the Pittsburgh Steelers with first place in the AFC North on the line, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis has squashed Ochocinco's condiments plan.

The wide-out tweeted this week that he was going to send mustard to the Steelers before their game Sunday at Heinz Field as a way of creating some more interest in the division showdown.

However, Ochocinco was forced to back down by his...

In Week 10, Thursday night football returns to the NFL schedule with an NFC Conference match-up between the 4-4 Bears and the 3-5 49ers. After a short week, Chicago heads to Candlestick Park in San Francisco with both teams needing a win to keep slim playoff hopes alive.

It will be 49ers head coach Mike Singletary's first game against his former team, but he won't be concerned with that that. Singletary will most likely be more focused on helping to snap his team's four game losing streak.

NFL odds makers see this one...