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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (9040)	1/9/2005 8:00:12 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 87898

Had I been coach I'd have called a play especially for him. I'd have broken some bones after that move Call it wrong but I believe in immediate retribution

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (9040)	1/9/2005 11:25:42 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 87898

I didn't like the way Favre sounded in his press conference after the game. If he retires I'm going to be so down I don't even want to think about it.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (9040)	1/10/2005 1:13:15 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 87898

Me-pinions or what we learned this weekend CBS Clark Judge 1. The Chargers can't let Drew Brees go. They should, and probably will, protect him by making him their franchise player and taking a $9 million cap hit next year. I know what Brees said, that he wants a long-term deal and all that, but the club calls the shots here. It can sign him to a one-year tender, then work on a long-term contract next season while checking Brees' progress to make sure he's for real and not the next Scott Mitchell. If he looks as good as he did this year, their path is clear: Sign Brees and trade Philip Rivers; if not, they can trade Brees and play Rivers. The club has $21 million in cap room, so paying Brees for one season seems reasonable. But look for the club to relinquish one of its quarterbacks after 2005. It can't continue to sink megabucks into one position for more than next year. Advertisement 2. I don't know about you, but I don't like New England's chances of beating Indianapolis with Earthwind Moreland, Randall Gay or Asante Samuel as their cornerbacks. OK, so maybe they're not. Maybe Bill Belichick moves Eugene Wilson to cornerback and takes his chances there, but that means you gamble on rookie Dexter Reid, linebacker Don Davis or both at safety. You know Belichick will counter with a bold move; I just don't see how he checks Manning -- especially without a cornerback (Ty Law) who had three interceptions in last year's AFC Championship Game and with officials clamping down on illegal contact. Oh, yeah, and how do you like New England's chances without Richard Seymour? He's still recovering from a sprained knee. One more thing: The early forecast for next Sunday calls for partly sunny weather, with temperatures in the high 20s, and Indianapolis can't mind that. 3. You hear the rumors about Mike Holmgren returning to San Francisco, and they make sense until you consider what the guy has: a long-term contract, a division championship, control, an owner with deep pockets and a new stadium. Now why would he leave that for the money pit that's the San Francisco 49ers? And why would the 49ers, who need a roster facelift, pay a high draft pick to get a coach who hasn't won a playoff game in six years in Seattle and who has won one more game (50) than he lost (49) there? 4. For those keeping score, Holmgren is 0-3 in the playoffs without Brett Favre; Mike Shanahan is 0-3 in the playoffs without John Elway. 5. Looks as if the Mannings had the last word on San Diego's season after all. Nate Kaeding, the rookie who missed that 40-yard field goal that would have sent the Chargers to the next round of the playoffs, was a third-round pick ... acquired through the trade of Eli Manning to the New York Giants. 6. The next time Denver meets Indianapolis, someone gag the Broncos' defensive backs. They claimed the Colts' receivers are soft, but they must have been talking about their hands. In their last two playoff games with Denver, the Colts outscored the Broncos 66-6, outgained them in yards 764-240 and produced eight touchdowns passing -- and that was in the first half. Is it just me or is this what Champ Bailey and John Lynch were supposed to prevent from happening? Maybe the next time these two teams square off in the playoffs the NFL should consider imposing the mercy rule. 7. Replay gained a boost from the Jets-Chargers game; Ed Hochuli's crew did not. There were three replay reviews in the second quarter, and all wound up as reversals. To Hochuli's credit he made the call on Eric Barton's head blow to Brees, but he's also the guy who flagged the Jets for having 12 players in the huddle ... until he counted. Just a hunch, but I think he and his colleagues can make vacation plans for Super Bowl weekend. 8. Maybe you didn't notice it -- and it was hard considering the number of balls that ricocheted off Seattle wide receivers -- but Jerry Rice barely played in what should have been his last game, and he didn't have a reception. That's not the way it's supposed to end for football's greatest receiver, but it is supposed to end, Jerry. Make it now. Please. 9. Now that USC's Pete Carroll told us he has no interest in coaching San Francisco, what do you think he tells quarterback Matt Leinart about going pro? If Leinart leaves school and declares himself eligible for the draft, the 49ers are the first club with a crack at the guy. 10. After watching Randy Moss celebrate his second touchdown Sunday, I wish he left early.