J.J. Watt

Parcells, Sapp, Carter, Ogden and Allen named to NFL Hall of Fame

2013-02-02 19:37:00

Coach Bill Parcells, Warren Sapp, Cris Carter, Jonathan Ogden and Larry Allen were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. The class of 2013 also included a pair of senior selections, Curley Culp and Dave Robinson. The announcement was made...

Adrian Peterson, J.J. Watt are unanimous AP All-Pro selections

2013-01-12 19:24:00

It's unanimous, on both sides of the ball. Minnesota Vikings 2,000-yard man Adrian Peterson and Houston Texans pass-swatting end J.J. Watt were unanimous choices for the Associated Press All-Pro team announced Saturday. Peterson, who came within...

The Week in Sports | October 8 – 14, 2012

2012-10-15 10:53:40

NFL's top teams doing well despite less help from key players

2012-11-01 19:47:00

Plenty of NFL tight ends would be happy to switch places with San Francisco's Vernon Davis this season. The 49ers are 6-2 with a two-game lead in the NFC West and look to be in position to make another run deep into the playoffs or beyond. But this isn't...

Buffalo's off-season defensive moves have yet to pay off

2012-10-13 12:50:00

After all that buzz about Buffalo's rebuilt defense, all those millions spent in free agency, the Bills are ranked 31st on that side of the ball. In the last two games — losses to New England and San Francisco — the Bills have surrendered 1,...

Texans dispose of Bengals, 31-10, for first playoff win

2012-01-08 00:00:00

It looks like teams will be in a rush to draft pass rushers

2011-04-25 17:35:00

Marshall, Tillman earn first-team All-Pro honors

2013-01-12 14:16:00

Phil Emery rolled the dice when he traded for Brandon Marshall, and the controversial wide receiver made the Chicago Bears general manager look good with a performance that on Saturday earned Associated Press All-Pro recognition. Marshall set a single-...

Meet Maryland defensive line recruit Kingsley Opara

2013-01-29 06:23:00

Almost immediately after he pledged to Maryland last July, Kingsley Opara was listed by several recruiting services as a "soft commitment." It was a label Opara -- for several months, at least -- found to be accurate. "I knew I was going to have a big-...

Super Bowl showdowns: Can Bryant McKinnie and the Ravens handle 49ers pass rusher Aldon Smith?

2013-01-29 04:00:00

Each day this week, Baltimore Sun reporter and blogger Matt Vensel will break down a key matchup from Sunday’s Super Bowl. Today, he looks at the battle between the Ravens and 49ers pass rusher Aldon Smith. The Ravens offensive line was dented...

Pro Bowl: NFC pounds AFC 62-35

2013-01-27 21:00:00

HONOLULU -- The score wasn't close, but the action was competitive. That was the assessment of several players after the rain stayed away long enough for the NFC to put the hurt on its AFC counterparts in the Pro Bowl. Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle...

One more game before new season begins for the Ravens

2012-12-27 18:58:00

The Ravens' regular-season finale Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals is like the final preseason game — it's just one more test before the new season begins. So, you can yawn through that one like you do during actual preseason games, and...

J.J. Watt #99 of the Houston Texans displays a glove to remember the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut prior to the start of the game against the Indianapolis Colts at at Reliant Stadium on December 16, 2012 in Houston, Texas.

2012-12-16 00:00:00

Bears quarterback Jason Campbell throws against Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt in the fourth quarter Sunday.

2012-11-11 21:52:00

What happened: In a showdown between the only two leading teams in the AFC, the Texans overwhelmed the Ravens in every way. After an early Ravens field goal, the Texans rattled off 29 consecutive points to end the first half.

2012-10-21 00:00:00