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• 21JAN08 San Diego Tribune on Philip Rivers : Chargers QB Rivers confirmed he has a partially torn ACL in his right knee in addition to a sprained MCL. Rivers said he "probably" would need surgery.

• 21JAN08 San Diego Tribune on Ladainian Tomlinson : "It's obvious that I couldn't play. If I could have played, I would have been in there.'' Chargers RB Tomlinson, who suffered a hyperextended left knee in last week's win over Indy, got hit on the same knee on the first play of the AFC Championship Game and said he sprained the MCL. The Chargers announced he could have returned to the game, but Tomlinson said that wasn't the case. HC Turner confirmed that after the game. "It was just the impact of getting hit that first play, right on it," Tomlinson said. "I thought that would be the test, taking a hit on it. I don't know how I get direct hits on it... it's just been two bad weeks for me. I usually don't take shots like that. It just happened. "Tomlinson was in for a total of four plays - two carries, a reception and one play where he stayed into block. He did not play after the Chargers' second series. "LT tried to go and he just couldn't go," Turner said. "The pain in the knee, what he felt, he couldn't push off it and he couldn't go... The doctors and trainers said he couldn't go."

• 21JAN08 Chargers QB Philip Rivers was 19 of 37 for 211 yards (zero TDs) in their loss in the AFC Championship Game against the Patriots.

• 21JAN08 Packers QB Brett Favre was 19-for-35 for 236 yards and he also has 2 TDs in their loss in the NFC Championship Game against the Giants.

• 21JAN08 Giants WR Amani Toomer had 42 receiving yards (4-42) in last night's win against the Packers.

• 21JAN08 Giants WR Plaxico Burress had 154 receiving yards (11-154) in the win against the Packers.

• 21JAN08 Giants RB Ahmad Bradshaw gained 72 yards (63 rushing and 9 receiving) to go with his TD in last night's game.

• 21JAN08 Giants RB Brandon Jacobs scored a TD and also had 75 offensive yards.

• 21JAN08 Giants QB Eli Manning was 21 of 40 for 254 yards (zero TDs) in their win in the NFC Championship Game against the Packers.

• 21JAN08 Colts owner Jim Irsay went to bed Sunday night believing coach Tony Dungy "was leaning" toward coming back for the 2008 season, but he won't know for sure until Monday morning. "I'm hopeful, I think he's leaning our way, but he hasn't committed to anything," said Irsay, who spoke with his coach on Sunday. Irsay confirmed that he has signed assistant HC Jim Caldwell to a new contract with a firm commitment that Caldwell will succeed Dungy if and when Dungy retires. "Two things that are clear right now: One, if Tony comes back, he will come back full time and, two, Jim Caldwell will be the coach if Tony steps down," said Irsay. "I'm optimistic but I really don't know that Tony will [return]. I can see him coming back for one, maybe two years, but he has to find peace with that."

• 21JAN08 Patriots WR Randy Moss had 18 receiving yards (1-18) in yesterday's win against the Chargers.

• 21JAN08 Patriots WR Jabar Gaffney scored a TD and is 1-12 receiving.

• 21JAN08 Patriots WR Wesley Welker scored a TD and had 7-56 receiving.

• 21JAN08 Patriots RB Kevin Faulk rushed for 8 yards on 1 carries; 82 yards receiving; no rushing or receiving TDs against the Chargers.

• 21JAN08 Patriots RB Laurence Maroney was 131 yards and has scored a touchdown.

• 21JAN08 Patriots QB Tom Brady threw for 209 and has 2 passing TDs in their win in the AFC Championship Game against the Chargers.

• 19JAN08 Boston Globe : The Chargers released their Friday injury report: Doubtful - TE Antonio Gates (toe) QB Philip Rivers (knee). Questionable - DT Jamal Williams (ankle). Probable - LB Shawne Merriman (illness). Gates and Williams did not practice. Rivers and Merriman were limited in practice. Of note is that RB Ladainian Tomlinson (knee) is not listed on the report.

• 19JAN08 Baltimore Sun : John Harbaugh was hired by the Ravens today in a bold move that gives the longtime assistant coach his first head coaching opportunity. The Ravens will announce the hiring of the 45-year-old Eagles secondary coach, who comes from a football family, during a news conference at noon tomorrow. Harbaugh has never been in charge of an offense or a defense in the National Football League and made a name for himself as a special teams coach. Harbaugh, considered the dark-horse candidate when the Ravens' search began, impressed team officials with his intense coaching style and magnetic personality.

• 19JAN08 The Chiefs announced the retirement of assistant coach Darvin Wallis.

• 19JAN08 Packers WR Koren Robinson (Knee) is listed a probable on the injury report.

• 19JAN08 Packers TE Bubba Franks (Knee) is listed a probable on the injury report.

• 19JAN08 Green Bay Press Gazette : Coach Mike McCarthy didn't take the Packers into the cold for practice this week, but he tried to bring some of the cold to them by freezing the footballs they used in practice. McCarthy said he got the idea from the common NFL practice of preparing for rain games by dipping the ball in a bucket of water before each play in practice, something many NFL teams do occasionally during the season. Instead, McCarthy had the balls placed in a portable freezer at practice, and on each play during team drills, the equipment men grabbed a ball from freezer to try to simulate what it will be like throwing, catching and handing off the ball Sunday in the NFC championship game at an arctic-like Lambeau Field. "Didn't tell the players about it and just rolled them in there on Wednesday and did it throughout the week," McCarthy said. " The forecast Sunday calls for a high of 5 degrees, low of minus 8 and wind chill of between minus 20 and minus 30.

• 19JAN08 Milwaukee Journal 's Greg A. Bedard reports: There's really nothing new to report as the Packers do indeed appear to be the healthiest they've been all season: C Scott Wells (glute) appeared to practice fully for the first time all week; CB Will Blackmon (foot) continued to look better and better; LB Nick Barnett (hamstring) went with no problem; CB Charles Woodson (toe) didn't appear to be doing a whole lot, but we all know he'll be there on Sunday.

• 19JAN08 Green Bay Press Gazette : Packers Coach Mike McCarthy has agreed to a new five-year contract worth about $4 million per season but will wait until after this weekend to sign it, according to an NFL source familiar with the negotiations. The Packers had been working on the deal for several weeks and had the parameters set by last weekend. Negotiations concluded this week, but McCarthy didn't want the contract to become a distraction prior to Sunday's NFC championship game, so he will wait until next week to sign it. The Packers are tearing up McCarthy's original three-year contract that paid him $2 million per year and ran through the 2008 season. His new deal runs through the 2012 season and is the same length as General Manager Ted Thompson's new contract, which was announced Jan. 7. The average salary for NFL head coaches is approximately $3.4 million.

• 19JAN08 Giants WR Plaxico Burress (Ankle) is listed as questionable on the injury report.

• 19JAN08 The Dolphins named Mike Maser offensive line coach.

• 19JAN08 Boston Globe : The Patriots released their Friday injury report: Out - S Mel Mitchell (arm). Probable - QB Tom Brady (right shoulder) and S Rodney Harrison (thigh). Mitchell is a top special teams player, playing on most units. There are several candidates who could fill that role, with cornerback Antwain Spann and safety Ray Ventrone a few possibilities.

• 19JAN08 ESPN : Georgia Frontiere, the St. Louis native who became a hometown hero when she brought the NFL's Rams from Los Angeles in 1995, died Friday. She was 80. Frontiere had been hospitalized for breast cancer for several months, the Rams said in a statement posted on their Web site.

• 19JAN08 The Rams named Steve Loney offensive line coach and Art Valero running backs coach.