Free agent defensive end Dwan Edwards has signed a four-year contract with the Buffalo Bills. The team announced the deal Wednesday. A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press early Wednesday morning that the contract potentially is worth $18 million
The first day of the NFL playoffs drew the best preliminary television ratings in a decade. The Cowboys' 34-14 win over the Eagles on NBC on Saturday night earned a 19.6 overnight rating and 32 share, the highest for a first-round game since the 1999 season. The Jets' 24-14 win over the Bengals drew a 16.9/31, the best for the early game in 10 years.
Three NFL players announced Monday they will donate their brains and spinal cord tissue to a Boston University medical school program that studies sports brain injuries. Even though dozens of former NFL players have agreed to donate their brains after death, Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu and Arizona Cardinals receiver Sean Morey are the first active…
Jeff Garcia, the NFL's version of Rocky Balboa, is back with the Philadelphia Eagles. The team has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Garcia, a 10-year veteran who played for Philadelphia in 2006 and went 6-2 in eight starts — including the playoffs — while McNabb was injured. The Eagles needed a backup quarterback in case McNabb, who suffered a broken rib in Philadelphia's 38-10 win..
The New York Jets have waived cornerback Marquice Cole to make room for the reinstatement of suspended defensive end Shaun Ellis. Ellis was suspended for the first game of the season and fined $100,000 by the NFL for violating the league's substance-abuse policy last season. Ellis was arrested last November and charged with possession of marijuana, speeding and driving without insurance after…
This might be the first time Troy Polamalu is happy to hear that an injury will keep him out from three to six weeks. Polamalu realizes his injury could be much worse. Maybe even Brian Urlacher-like worse.