Houston signs free-agent safety Ed Reed, and, yes, that's a big deal. Ed Reed is a decorated player who will be in the Hall of Fame some day. But the guy turns 35 this year and is a descending player. Moreover, it's not top-end safeties who take clubs to the next level. It's top-end quarterbacks, and Houston doesn't have one. ...more

The Houston Texans are 9-1/2 point underdogs to New England this weekend and given little or no chance of reversing a 42-14 beating they suffered last month. But tell that to the Jets' Rex Ryan. He went through a similar exercise in 2010 and pulled the improbable on this weekend. ...more

Everyone has something to prove in this month's playoffs, but no one has more to demonstrate than these four quarterbacks. ...more