Mike Shanahan's squad plans to be aggressive in free agency to fill holes, sources told Jason La Canfora.

Ranking the interior defensive linemen in the NFL required me to break the players into four distinct groups just to do justice to the different assignments asked of them in various schemes around the league.

There are a few defensive tackles in the 2011 NFL Draft with the potential to make immediate contributions.

There must be something in the water at the offices of the New England Patriots, because their trio of 30-something running backs has seemingly discovered a fountain of youth. Fred Taylor, Sammy Morris and Kevin Faulk are defying conventional wisdom to anchor the Patriots' dynamic offense.

Of the teams widely presumed to be contenders before the season, seven already find themselves in a hole.