The Sports Monitor

Who's the best wide receiver in the NFL? Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Greg Jennings and Andre Johnson come to mind. Mike Wallace? He's not in that company yet. If a Sacramento Bee report is correct, Wallace wants to be paid more than Fitzgerald. We're talking more than the eight-year, $120 million deal Fitz signed last year. That's some serious cash. It good be good news for the Steelers keeping Wallace in 2012. It's bad news when he's an unrestricted free agent.

Entering Week 10 in the National Football League, it appeared that the Houston Texans might have been the best team in the AFC. The Texans tumbled from the top after news reports revealed quarterback Matt Schaub could be lost for the season. The Texans (7-3) have a great running game, an excellent defense and have one of the best wide receivers in the game in Andre Johnson. Now they won't have a quarterback to throw Johnson the ball when he returns after his bye week. Matt Leinart is Schaub's backup, which means the Texans don't have a quarterback. Leinart couldn't win the quarterback job in Arizona after Kurt Warner retired and Leinart's former coach, Pete Carroll, didn't work out a reunion. The Texans' woes is good news for the Steelers, who have a week off to get healthy. The Steelers close out the season with the Chiefs, Bengals, Browns, 49ers, Rams and Browns again. The only tough test will be the road game against the 8-1 49ers. The main comp...