Mike Singletary became a Hall of Fame linebacker with the Chicago Bears during a 12-year career spent all with the same club, including the Super Bowl season of 1985.
With the Bears visit the San Francisco 49ers tonight (8:20 p.m., NFL Network) for a weeknight game, it will be no time for Singletary, now a coach, to turn nostalgic about his former team.
Singletary's 49ers (3-5) are desperate to get back on track, mired in a four-game losing streak that dropped them two games out of first place in the NFC West after they led the division only a month ago and were talking playoffs.
The Bears (4-4) are trying to find their way, too, after a 41-21 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Hold the mustard: Coach Marvin Lewis has put the kibosh on the condiments.
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco tweeted this week that he was going to send mustard to the Pittsburgh Steelers before their game Sunday at Heinz Field to whip up interest in the AFC North showdown.
On Wednesday, the receiver backed down. No mustard will be headed up the Ohio River.
Edwards will start: The Buffalo Bills are going back to Trent Edwards, who will start against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday after missing two games with a concussion.
Coach Dick Jauron said Edwards has "earned the right" to start after the offense continued to struggle under backup Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Bills (3-5) opened 1-4 under Edwards before he sustained his second concussion in a little over a year in a 16-13 overtime win at the New York Jets.
Quinn starts again: Benched by Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini 21/2 games and 69 pass attempts into the season, Brady Quinn will start Monday night's game against the Baltimore Ravens, the team he was facing on Sept. 27 when the former Notre Dame star was yanked at halftime.
Mangini's decision to switch back from Derek Anderson to Quinn wasn't met with overwhelming support in Cleveland's locker room. Several Browns players interviewed on Wednesday said they were unaware of Quinn's return to the top of the depth chart for the 1-7 Browns.
Boldin has "moved on": Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin says he has "moved on" after Sunday's criticisms of coach Ken Whisenhunt and his staff.
Boldin was held out of Sunday's 41-21 win over the Bears at Chicago and complained that "no one was man enough" to tell him he was inactive.
He says he felt good enough to play and found out he wasn't only when he returned to his locker after warmups and discovered his gear was gone.
Whisenhunt says he told Boldin he would not be playing shortly after the inactive list was submitted.
Eagles cornerback suspended: Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Joselio Hanson was suspended four games by the NFL on Wednesday for violating the league's drug policy.
Hanson's attorney, David Cornwell, said in a statement that Hanson did not use steroids but tested positive for a diuretic after last year's NFC title game against Arizona.
Another cornerback, Ellis Hobbs, is done for the season with a neck injury suffered in Sunday night's loss to Dallas. Hobbs, also a kick returner, was placed on injured reserve and will require surgery. As a replacement, the Eagles signed free agent Ramzee Robinson, who was among Detroit's final cuts in September.
Redskins' Portis doubtful: Still feeling the effects of a concussion, Washington Redskins back Clinton Portis probably will miss Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos.
Portis left in the first quarter of a 31-17 loss Sunday to the Atlanta Falcons after a helmet-to-helmet hit.
If Portis sits out, Ladell Betts would be expected to get his first start since the last game of the 2006 season. Betts, though, missed practice Wednesday with a sprained ankle.
