Sunday Night Football: Colts at Saints

Another primetime game for Curtis Painter. It’s should be fun. Honestly, as much as has been made of the quarterback situation in Indianapolis, the cornerback play there is just as awful, and probably worse. Jacob Lacey and Jarraud Powers have been abused in recent weeks. I’m sure that Drew Brees is a little excited about the possibilities.
If Indianapolis is going to stay in this one, it’s going to be by making plays on offense against a Saints’ defense that has had difficulty generating a pass rush and has been vulnerable. Painter hasn’t been consistent, but will have a chance to make plays downfield to Pierre Garcon, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark. Indianapolis has been competitive in recent weeks, but has continually come up short at the end. If it gets to the end in this one, it will be a bonus.

Vikings CB Cook charged with felony domestic assault

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook was charged Tuesday with trying to strangle his girlfriend, leaving her with a bloody nose and lip in an alleged attack that jeopardizes his status with the team.
Cook, 24, was charged with felony domestic assault by strangulation, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Cook was arrested early Saturday and released from custody Tuesday on $40,000 bail. He is barred from contact with the alleged victim and cannot leave Minnesota, which would prevent him from traveling with the Vikings to Sunday's game at Carolina.
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» NFL Network scheduleCook has a court appearance set for Wednesday afternoon.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is reviewing the matter. Such charges often bring suspensions, per the NFL's personal-conduct policy.
Cook issued a public apology to the Vikings and his fans Tuesday afternoon on Twitter.
"My apologies to the fans! Vikings ownership, coaching staff, my teammates and friends and family!!" he wrote.
Cook also sent out the following tweet: "There's always two sides to a story!!"
According to the complaint, Cook became upset early Saturday when he found out his girlfriend of 10 months had spoken to an ex-boyfriend. The woman told police that Cook threw her on the bed at his Eden Prairie home, got on top of her and grabbed her neck with an open hand, constricting her ability to breathe.
The woman freed herself by grabbing Cook's hair, the complaint said. Cook then struck her in the ear, sending her crashing into a wall. As the woman ran to the living room, he grabbed her neck again and squeezed it.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said at a news conference that Cook answered the door to the house, and officers found the woman with a bloody nose and upper lip. She had marks on her neck and hemorrhaging in her eye, Freeman said, consistent with victims of strangulation. State guidelines call for a sentence of a year and a day, he said.
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Authorities haven't disclosed the girlfriend's identity,according to the Star Tribune, and Freeman said the alleged victim has been cooperating with the investigation.
Cook's attorney, David Valentini, told reporters his client was "of course" remorseful and "not happy" about the situation.
Cook is "upset he's sitting (in jail)," Valentini said Tuesday afternoon. "He's upset he missed the game (Sunday against the Green Bay Packers). He's upset with the whole incident." Freeman noted that case but said, "As far as we're concerned, there's no record."
Cook's most recent arrest is his second in the last eight months. He was found not guilty of brandishing a firearm earlier this year after allegedly pulling a gun on a neighbor in his home state of Virginia.
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier had a talk with Cook during the offseason to reiterate the importance of staying out of trouble off the field, and the second-year pro emerged as perhaps the most reliable cornerback on the field during the team's 1-5 start.

What's Harbaugh's deal? Ask Jim Schwartz

DETROIT -- It's too bad Pete Carroll wasn't here to provide commentary for Jim Harbaugh's postgame display.
Then things might really have gotten out of hand.
Carroll, famously miffed at Harbaugh when their teams met in the Pac-10 a few years back, was safely away on the Seattle Seahawks' bye week. That left Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz alone to take issue with Harbaugh's behavior during the customary handshake that followed the San Francisco 49ers' emotional victory at Ford Field.
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"I went to congratulate coach Harbaugh and got shoved out of the way," Schwartz said. "And then I didn't expect an obscenity at that point, so it was a surprise to me at the end of the game."
Harbaugh, for his part, admitted to being a little too exuberant, caught up in the moment. He grabbed Schwartz's hand in exaggerated fashion and forcefully slapped the Lions' coach on the back with his other hand.
"I was just really revved up and that is totally on me," Harbaugh said."I shook his hand too hard. I really went in and it was a strong, kind of a slap-grab handshake, kind of like the same as I had been doing with (special-teams player Blake) Costanzo and some of the other guys. That was on me. A little too hard of a handshake there."
Harbaugh ran away following the handshake. Schwartz tried to catch up with him. It appeared as though words could have been exchanged, but nothing was clear for sure. Harbaugh's players then shielded Schwartz.
"I don't know what he was saying," Harbaugh said.
Of course, Harbaugh had no reason to be upset. His team won.
"I was not agitated," Harbaugh said. "Very happy with the win. Thrill of winning. Great feeling of victory."
Harbaugh said he caught up with Schwartz in the tunnel and acknowledge the overly aggressive handshake, but there was no apology.

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