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Shaun Phillips Replaces James Harrison on AFC Pro Bowl Roster

The league's No. 1 defense will now have a representative at the Pro Bowl. San Diego Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips was named to the AFC Pro Bowl squad on Tuesday as the replacement for Super Bowl-bound Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison. Phillips will join two teammates at the Pro Bowl on Jan. 30 at Aloha...

Week 17 IDP Rankings: Linebackers

When the Patriots drafted Mayo tenth overall in the 2008 NFL Draft, this is the Jerod Mayo they envisioned -- a defensive leader who'd provide a strong tackling presence to complement NT Vince Wilfork in the middle of the 3-4 . Typically, the biggest weakness of the 3-4 is its vulnerability to gouging runs up the middle,...

Week 13 IDP Rankings: Linebackers

Just about all of the linebackers in Sunday night's Steelers-Ravens tilt get my vote of confidence this week. After all, this grudge match will feature several of the best in the league, and these combatants almost always step up in big contests. Neither team yields especially favorable numbers to opposing linebackers,...

Chargers Make Colts Fourth Straight Victim of Annual Second-Half Surge

INDIANAPOLIS -- The San Diego Chargers hit bottom on Oct. 24, when a hideous, penalty-plagued and turnover-infested loss to the Patriots dropped them to 2-5. Norv Turner was downright distraught when he addressed his team after that game. He was looking at a group that ranked first in the NFL in total offense and total...

Unless Peyton Manning's Perfect, Banged-Up Colts Can't Win

INDIANAPOLIS -- You can sit there and say you saw this coming. The Chargers own Peyton Manning, and everybody knows this. He's got a lower career quarterback rating against them than he has against any other team but one (the Cleveland Browns, for some reason). And after he threw four interceptions against them in a brutal...