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From: MCMASTER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Jim McMaster)
Subject: Re: Reeves to Houston!
Organization: StorageTek SW Engineering
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:44:22 GMT

In article <C0DD5A.JBM@csn.org>
pmichals@teal.csn.org (Paul Michals) writes:
 
>A very hot rumor in Denver is that Dan Reeves will be the head coach for the
>Houston Oilers next year.
>
>He may not win the Super Bowl with the Oilers but at least they'll get there.
>
>Seriously, can anyone in the Huston area confirm this rumor?
>
>pmichals
>
It was not in the news in Denver, where interest would be high.  The
papers did speculate that Wade Phillips would become the Oilers' new
defensive coordinator if he does not get the head coaching job with the
Broncos.
 
Jim McMaster
From: scst70@csc.liv.ac.uk (Mr. I.R. Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Jets or Phoenix pick 3rd ?
Date: 12 Jan 93 13:35:59 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University

Who is picking 3rd in the draft ? I calculated that the Cards did based on inferior conference record, but I saw earlier that somebody had the Jets picking 3rd.  Please mail any answers to me at the address below. Thanks in advance,

Ian Jones
scst70@uk.ac.liverpool.compsci
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From: twolf@cs.utah.edu (Tom Wolf)
Subject: Re: 49ers/Cowboys at Last!
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:05:16 MST
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

In article <C0qu5H.4zL@news.rich.bnr.ca> jeffh@crchh317.BNR.CA (Jeff Hammond) writes:
>	S.F. has experience, home field, and a team that really wants
>to prove this new generation (i.e Young, Watters, etc) can also win.
>Dallas has a fired up Charles Haley and defense, and the drive to
>prove detractors wrong.


Then again, the 49ers have a fired up Harris, who wants to prove the 49ers
did not make a mistake in getting rid of Haley and keeping him. I am curious
as to who will do better, Haley or Harris.

Still, I really regret the 49ers getting rid of Haley.

Tom Wolf
From: macole@wam.umd.edu (The Dude)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Cowboys KILL Eagles
Date: 13 Jan 93 00:34:42 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <schnitzi.726806916@eola.cs.ucf.edu> schnitzi@cs.ucf.edu (Mark Schnitzius) writes:
>skywalke@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Skywalker) writes:
>
>>For starters the first joke is mine, next if I were Ray, living in the 
>>Philly area where, you can't drive your car to the game if it has Cowboys
>>stickers on it our you get flat tires or broken windows, I would feel the
>>same way. Do you think the Eagles fans wouldn't have had a hoot at our
>>expense if they had won ? As for talking trash, he's right. The entire locker
>>room door was covered in Texas Stadium with enough Eagles trash to fill
>>a landfill. Many Cowboys fans do see the Eagles as "The Evil Empire"
>>and the Cowboys as the good guys. Many teams do dislike each other 
>>somewhat but the "Hate" betewwn these teams is real.
>
>Agreed; what I was objecting to was Ray's posting an article full of trash
>talking, then wrapping it up by acting like he's above it.  That makes him
>a hypocrite, and a discredit to Dallas fans who accepted the win
>graciously.
>
>>Although I give credit when due, the Eagles although they did talk a load 
>>of trash before the game they did handle the loss with the most class
>>I have ever seen from them.
>
>I'll have to admit that there was a lot of pregame trash-talking done by
>Eagles fans; however, to be fair, both sides are guilty, though the Eagles
>fans are probably more so.  The best way to prove you are above it is by
>example, which Ray failed to do.
>
>Congrats to the Cowboys.  We'll see you next year.
>
>--mark

I have learned to respect many Eagles players and Kotite for their comments 
after the game.  In fact, there was a camera on the coaches when they shook
hands after the game, and Kotite said "Win one for the East" (or something
like that...its a paraphrase) and Johnson responded with "Hell of a year"
(again...paraphrasing).  I think the the Philly/Dallas war is one of respect.
When (fill in the dudes name that score the TD for Philly...don't know if it was
Barnett or Williams) scored and spiked the ball...I thought a fight would break
out...but instead the Philly receiver shook hands with Kevin Smith and they 
parted on good terms...THAT'S FOOTBALL!!!!!!  Yes, he got a penalty...but I 
believe that it was unwarranted.  From my standpoint (coincidentally, it's
overlooking the Pentagon) the only trash talking is from the fans.  So if you
want a war...go to Kuwait.

Whoa...gotta stop these serious postings....getting too sentimental...hmmm..
let me see...ahhh...a box of Rice-a-roni....SMASH!!!!  So much for that treat!

Hey...there's no such thing as a neutral fan.


-- 
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From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Eagles Victory...
Date: 11 Jan 93 19:44:07 GMT
Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX

In article 25327@cbnewsm.cb.att.com, jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes) writes:
>In article <3267@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch) writes:
>> In article <1993Jan7.152113.8242@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes) writes:
>> Take away Cunningham,
>> put in any average quarterback, and they are in exactly the same place
>> they are now.  That says to me that he is just another one of those
>> average quarterbacks.
>
>You mean average like Troy Aikman?  After all, he was replaced by
>Steve Beurleine last season and the Cowboys finished exactly the
>same place as they would have with Aikman.  That says to me that he
>is just another one of those average second string quarterbacks.

Actually, it says that Beuerlein is one of the best backups in the league,
behind Joe of course :^), and maybe this Frank Reich guy (where did *he*
come from?).  And let's not forget MacMahon.  Beuerlein could start for
a lot of teams -- and probably will start for at least one of them next
year, when he becomes a free agent.  He could be the starter for, to
name a few, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Seattle, New England, New York -- oh,
let's see, Chicago, Tampa Bay, San Diego (maybe), the list goes on.  Wait
a minute, I forgot one -- Philadelphia. :^)

Of course, it's kind of mean of me to reply now, after Sunday, when all
the world saw who was the better quarterback, but I would have said the
same last week.

Daniel Welch
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: Adriene_Nazaretian@QM.cis.YALE.EDU (ALN - Go Giants!)
Subject: Bills - Toooo Legit to Quit
Organization: Yale University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 12:51:11 GMT

Unbelievable!  Congrats to Bills and faithful fans for sticking this out.

Now some comments on some of you bill bashers. (note I am not a fan)
Lots of folks were saying the "jills suck" and will lose it in the playoffs.

Well get your reality check in place!  They won this game WITHOUT their 
starting QB and one other essential player (who I cant name at the moment) 
and CAME Back from a RECORD number of points down.

Any team that can pull out a win under those conditions is a legit 
contender.  (well maybe not against an NFC East team ;-) joke for the 
humor impaired  )

They clearly took advantage of the fact that the Oilers CHOKE under these 
conditions.  (This makes the 5th choke for the oilers this year, no?)

Also, the FANS and noise were unbelievable, anyone who doesnt think that the 
crowd can be a factor needs their head examined.

ALN
From: boell@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Donald P Boell)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:06:09 GMT
Subject: Re: More Predictions
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro

All this talk about the SF D sucking compared to Dallas is a joke.  For the 
majority of the season SF had the #1 D against the run.  Other teams could
not run the ball.  SF often built a lead and then played a 'soft zone' against
the pass.  Given that the other team could not run, they threw the ball 
30 - 50 times per game.  Against a soft zone that will gain some yards.  The
end result?  SF's D against the pass looks lousy.  Don't be fooled.  I didn't
see Rypien jumping for joy on the sideline last week knowing that his team
got to play a lousy SF D.

As for Dallas stuffing Walker and Cunningham - nice accomplishment.  However,
Philly does not have a passing game like SFs.  As such the Dallas D could
afford to play the run and play for containment against Cunningham.  You
can't compare the Philly passing game to SF.

Its actually to SF's advantage if Dallas goes into this over confident.  I
hope all the Dallas players are licking their chops when they think about the
lousy SF team they are about to play.  They could be in for the shock of 
their lives. 

Don

Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: davewood@bruno.cs.colorado.edu (David Rex Wood)
Subject: POOL - Favorite Team MVPs
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:19:32 GMT


Here are the standings from the pool BY FAVORITE TEAM.  Each team is listed
with its MVP (Person with best record) and their rank.  (If you had more than
one favorite team, you were ignored -- nothing personal though :-)


      TEAM  PLUS MINUS  PRCNT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
                              rank ini name
===========================================================
    Chiefs  5869  2531 0.6987  55. dvs Don Van Slyke
   Broncos 33345 14855 0.6918   7. JSB Jeff Bokenko
  Chargers  5526  2474 0.6907 125. t_f Tommy Farahani 
  Seahawks 16817  7683 0.6864   1. jdv John Vikstrom
   Raiders 10181  5119 0.6654  89. srs Shailesh Sutarwala

      Jets  3664  1536 0.7046  32. hal Howard Lazoff
  Patriots 12702  5598 0.6941   6. rdb Ron Birnbaum
     Bills 12763  5737 0.6899  50. BRG Barry R. Guthrie
  Dolphins 18441  8459 0.6855  26. ddk Dan Kary
     Colts  3787  1913 0.6644  25. LJH Larry Huff

  Steelers 17340  7460 0.6992   9. dpd Dong-Ping Deng
    Oilers 17409  7891 0.6881  11. QTL Quang Le
   Bengals 12195  5605 0.6851  48. oxo Bret Hildebran
    Browns 23214 11486 0.6690   8. PAK Paul Kline


      Rams  9076  4024 0.6928   2. cue Charles Eckel
     49ers 40792 18308 0.6902  22. mpc Michael Meskes
   Falcons  3260  1540 0.6792  31. jww Bill Wagnon
    Saints 11235  5465 0.6728  44. rcr Bob Rhodes

   Packers 19334  8066 0.7056  10. Lgm Larry McGuire
   Vikings 21115  9385 0.6923  18. cae Mark Gresbach
     Bears 24995 11605 0.6829  42. xqg Xiaoqing Guo
     Lions 14916  6984 0.6811   5. pkw Parag Wakankar
Buccaneers  1688   912 0.6492 XXX. msb Michael S. Brown

 Cardinals  6515  2785 0.7005  59. huk Ralph Kennedy
   Cowboys 37366 17434 0.6819  17. asn Ali Notash
    Eagles 17719  8281 0.6815   2. MLO MaryLynn Orzechowski
  Redskins 33685 16015 0.6778  27. bdh Brian Hartman
    Giants 11543  5657 0.6711  46. src Subhasish Roy Choudhu


PLAYOFFS
========
Division Winners:
	Jets
	Steelers
	Chiefs
	Packers
	Cardinals
	Rams

Wild Cards:
	Patriots
	Broncos
	Chargers
	Vikings
	49ers
	Bears

Round 1
-------
Chiefs over Chargers
Patriots over Broncos
Rams over Bears
Vikings over 49ers

Round 2
-------
Jets over Patriots
Steelers over Chiefs
Packers over Vikings
Cardinals over Rams

Conference Championships
------------------------
Jets over Steelers
Packers over Cardinals

Super Bowl (battle of the greenies)
-----------------------------------
Packers over Jets

First 3 Draft Picks
-------------------
Tampa Bay
Indianapolis
LA Raiders
-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Rex Wood -- davewood@cs.colorado.edu -- University of Colorado at Boulder
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: twolf@cs.utah.edu (Tom Wolf)
Subject: Re: San Fancisco vs the NFC East
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:11:31 MST
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
Distribution: usa

In article <1993Jan4.220852.22225@ntmtv> jmartin@ntmtv.UUCP (Jeff Martin) writes:
>From article <1993Jan4.152508.12628@asl.dl.nec.com>, by nix@aslslc43.asl.dl.nec.com (David Nix):
>> After the dust settled from the wildcard games, the NFC is right where it
>> started three years ago:  San Francisco on top and a bevy of NFC East teams
>> vying to knock the 49ers off that pedestal.
>> 
>> The NFC playoffs come down to this:  The best team in the NFL vs. the best
>> division in the NFL, to the victor goes the spoils.
>> 
>> Nix
>
>Part of the reason that the 49er's are atop thier pedestal is that
>they are part of a weaker divison. That bevy of NFC east teams spent
>a good part of this season knocking each other off to the benefit of
>the 9ers. 
>
>The Cowboys/Eagles/Redskins interconference rivalies accounted for 2
>losses per team with each team splitting each series. If SF played
>in a stronger conference, like the NFC east their record probably
>would not have been 14-2. 
>
>Let me anticipate a few potential arguments in favor of the NFC West:
>
>> The 49ers swept their toughest rival New Orleans.
>
>  - Yes in two very close games. Those same Saints were dispatched 
>    by the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs.
>
>> The 49ers beat the Eagles this year.
>
>  - Yes, at home the 9ers beat the Eagles in a game that was so close
>    that the outcome arguably hinged on a single (mis?)spotting of a ball. 
>    Hardly a reason to assume dominence over an entire division.
>
>> Another NFC west team, the Rams, beat the divison winning Cowboys.
>
>  - ...And the NFC east last place team the Cardinals beat SF. 
>    It happens. Go figure.
>
>This is not to say that having earned home field advantage that
>the 9ers won't get to the Super Bowl. But don't live under any
>delusion that the 49er's are not the beneficerey of a weaker division
>than the Eagles/Cowboys/Redskins any of whom would have eagerly
>traded four games with each other for games with the Rams and
>Falcons.

I think you forgot one other arguement:

The NFC west combined achieved the highest win percentage against teams from
other divisons. The NFC East, the so-called toughest division, only placed
third. I think you are living in the past in thinking the NFC East is the
toughest divison. Maybe it will be next year.

Tom Wolf













Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (JOHN)
Subject: Re: 49ers/Cowboys at Last!
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:19:34 GMT

In article <29710143@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM> garyr@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Gary Rosen) writes:
>>dggok@pbhyg.PacBell.COM (4E150M) / 11:23 am  Jan 11, 1993 /
>
>>The 49ers COULD NOT run sweeps against the Redskins because of the
>>field.  Almost all of Waters' runs were straight up the gut.  The
>
>HUH?!?!?!?! This is almost the exact opposite of what happened!
>Waters (as well as anyone on the 'Skins) could not run in the middle of
>the field where conditions were the worst.  His best runs were to the
>outside, though it is true they weren't classic "sweeps".
>
>- Gary Rosen
>
Ehh, What's up Doc? Munch, Munch! :^) Watters ran both, up the
middle and left/right. He probably ran 60/40 run/left and middle
IMO, his BEST run occurred in the 2nd QTR,
right up the GUT! Action described below:

2nd QTR action:

1-10 HO to Watters gain of 2-3 yds. 2-7 Young, quick pass
left to Rice, 1st down. 1-10 Young HO to Watters, up the middle,
breaks tackles and barrels into Skins territory for 21 yds!
1-10 HO to Watters again, cuts right, short gain of 4.
2-6 ball at Skins 29, 


3rd QTR action:
1-10 reverse to Rice, pickup of 9 yds. 2-1 Young HO to Watters
up the middle, slips/falls, 1st down. HO to Watters, cuts, jukes,
for 1st down again. 


Some 4th QTR action:

12 yds, 1st down, 9+ minutes left in game.
1-10 Young HO to Watters, up the middle, spins for 6 yds.
2-4 Young audibles is sacked by Buck! 3-10 Young drops back, 
passes to Rice, caught for 1st down!! Critical pass/play!

1-10 Young drops back, passes left low to Rice, reception.
2-1 Young HO to Watters, up the middle, 5 yds. 1st down.
1-10 Young HO to Watters, cuts for 3 yds on pure power!

******* John PAUL Gloria ****** jpglori@sysengr.pacbell.com *******

-- 
"A cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man,
and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl,
vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for
vermin, and never seeing noble game."  Henry Ward Beecher
From: smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Petitebon In Line for Bears
Date: 6 Jan 1993 15:03:19 -0500
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

In article <1993Jan6.154945.10871@sequent.com> schalene@sequent.com (Schalene Dagutis) writes:
>In today's Washington Post, it was stated that the Bears organization is
>interested in Rich Petitebon, the Skins Assistant Head Coach/Defense, for
>the head job in Chicago.  For years I've heard announcers and other 
>coaches give Petitebon as much credit for the Skins success as Gibbs.  It
>is a truly fine coach who can win with only three "star" caliber players
>(Mann, Greene, and Marshall).  I wondered last year why he wasn't at

I dunno.  I've thought for a while that Fred Stokes, Kurt Gouveiea, and
Martin Mayhew were all star *caliber* players...

>least interviewed for one of the 9 or 10 jobs that opened up.  Petitebon

Pettibon has been looked at by many teams in the past few years, but they
all have ended up finding someone else before the Skins' get out of the
playoffs.  This is *not* necessarily a bad thing in my opinion....8-)

>says he hasn't heard from the Bears, but evidently they have to wait
>until the Skins are out of the playoffs.  This is tough news for Skins
>fans.  Obviously, I'd like him to stay, but I also want him to get the
>chance and recognition he deserves.  
>

Steve Mansfield                   Junior AlterNet Engineer 
smm@uunet.uu.net                  uunet!smm
From: schalene@sequent.com (Schalene Dagutis)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: A Super Bowl Fantasye
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:13:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1993Jan4.181305.19683
Distribution: na
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

What an exciting weekend for football!  After Saturday's games, I thought 
wouldn't it be neat if San Diego and Washington ended up in the Super Bowl.
The quarterback the Redskins practically gave away versus Rypien.  Don't 
mistake this for a prediction ;-)

schalene
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
From: wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor)
Subject: Playoffs
Organization: Department of Mathematics, University of Canterbury
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:24:50 GMT

Playoffs:
From: perez@seismo.CSS.GOV (Ricardo L. Perez)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: He is alone (Re: THE RETURN OF CRAP FOOTBALL)
Date: 8 Jan 93 21:32:14 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.112758.19610@spuddy.uucp>, markl@spuddy.uucp (Mark Liversedge) writes:
> American football is *very* popular here in Britain, we play and watch
> it, you would be suprised how knowledgable some of us Brits are...
> 
> This guy is alone, he probably posted this as a joke.
> 

I'm glad to hear that American football is popular over there.
And, you're probably right that the guy was just trying to get
under our skin.  Well, he was damn successful.  You gotta
understand that it's one thing for an American to cut down
football, but for a non-American to do it, (wheh), it's a good
thing that this on the net. Had the guy been in a bar and said
this, kiss his ass goodbye.

> One last thing, "real" men have nothing to prove.

You got that right!

> -- 
> 
>  * Meeeow ! Call Spuddy on (0203) 638780/638693 for FREE mail & Usenet access *

Rick P.
From: pele@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (David J. Duffield)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: CRAP FOOTBALL STIKES AGAIN!
Date: 7 Jan 1993 19:22:43 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu


>Tell you what,
>If the US wanted to field a soccer team we would do it like we did
>our olympic basketball team, then go around the world and crush your
>scottish (skirt wearing) Poodles....

Sorry to break it to ya, but we've tried and we can't.  We beat Mexico a year
back or so and the Mexican coach was so ashamed he quit the next day.       ]
We have not beat any other big team such as england or germany (and they
usually send their second team to play us).                       

Why don't we have a better team?  Players get suckered into playing A.Football
at HS and College level because of money.  If you ask any of these soccer and
football players you'll find out that soccer is a much more physically demanding
sport.  Time and time again i've seen players come off of football season to 
start playing soccer again and they hardly last through the first half.

--DJD
Bolt is Back!
From: Adriene_Nazaretian@QM.cis.YALE.EDU (ALN - Go Giants!)
Subject: Re: Another Mike for new Bears coach . . .
Organization: Yale University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:10:46 GMT

In article <C0I0Bz.Iwv@Novell.COM> dtokarew@tokafew.Doc.Provo.Novell.COM (Deb Tokarewich) writes:
>From: dtokarew@tokafew.Doc.Provo.Novell.COM (Deb Tokarewich)
>Subject: Re: Another Mike for new Bears coach . . .
>Date: 7 Jan 93 19:19:09 GMT
>In article <1993Jan7.101754.29843@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>  
>stailey@bugs.comm.mot.com (Mike Stailey) writes:
>> 
>> *Singletary! Wuddayathink?
>> 
>>  Sounds good... but he has no experience and has stated
>>  that he does not want to coach for now. The Bears had 
>>  already offered him a job as assistant linebackers coach
>>  and he turned it down.

[some stuff deleted]
>
>As for his not having had coaching experience...
[some stuff deleted]. Considering  
>the experience Singletary *has* had as a great player, his knowledge about  
>(and his passion for) the game, and his rapport with other players and  
>coaches, I think he'd be more than adequate at coaching.

Agree.
Singletary's intensity alone and the respect the players have for him is 
nearly enough to give him a good start. 

ALN
From: iqrh_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Imran Qureshi)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Bills injury status?
Keywords: Bills are great!
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:11:03 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1993Jan4.061837.9087@ultb.isc.rit.edu> trc6398@ultb.isc.rit.edu (T.R. Craver) writes:
lk
>In article <4JAN93.01193409@vax.clarku.edu> htilney@vax.clarku.edu writes:
>>Would someone post Buffalo's injury outlook for Saturday, mainly for Jim
>>Kelly and Cornelius Bennett. Thanks in advance...
>>

>Kelly is out at least for next week.  


>Bennett should be back in for next week against Pittsburgh.

>Thomas went out with a hip injury in the first half, but should be
>  okay for next week.

>>Bart

Kelly is definitely out for the next week and most probably the AFC Championsip
game.  According to Levy, Kelly has absolutely no lateral movement at all.
I think that if he is to play again, it may be in the superbowl at the earlies
t (If Frank Reich keeps playing like he usually does, see you in the probowl
Kelly).

Bennett is no gaurantee for Saturday.  His pre-game condition was that "He
could just feel his hamstring go if he tried to put any force on it."
However, he has no more pain.

Bruce Smith's sore ribs are improving providing he doesn't aggravate them in
practice.

Thomas situation:  He said he could have come back in the Houston game but he
opted not to when he saw how K. Davis was playing.  He didn't want to disrupt
the team's chemistry.  This was a class move by someone who could have joined
in on the fame of the greatest comeback in football history.  Give the guy
some credit, he is not as conceited as everyone hypes him up to be.

Darby's thigh contusion didn't prevent him from playing--he should be in much
better shape for Pittsburgh (not that he will really be needed!).

Imran Qureshi

>-thom
>-- 
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