Former NFL Coach Brian Billick Thinks Jerry Jones Should Coach
Liar
Former Baltimore Ravens head coach and current NFL analyst Brian Billick was on FOX Sports Radio when he made the suggestion that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones should coach. Billick was talking about different NFL owners when the idea of Jones coaching the Cowboys came up.
“My one complaint or observation for Jerry is at some point that authority that the head coach represents has to manifest itself for the players. Just go down to the sidelines Jerry, be a head coach. Slot ‘HC’ on one of these slash titles you have.
The players need to know you’re right there with them and they know who’s in charge and that’s the structure you have and that’s been successful and he’s been very good at it. But you’re the head coach, stand there on the sidelines, put the headset on and be the head coach.
Players would respond to it. It’s set up that way the way it is right now. There’s a lot of different structures out there and I wouldn’t advocate that for a lot of owners but I think Jerry has that ability the way he involves himself, the way he conducts his team, you know, take the next step.
There’s no question who’s in charge of the organization and that’s the way it should be. But you need that presence, and I don’t mean just coming down on the sidelines in the fourth quarter, shake some hands and clap. To know you’re all in with regard to the day-to-day, gameday, ‘we’re in this thing together,’ what the heck, go coach them you know you want to. Just go ahead and coach them.”
Former NFL Player Tim Couch To Be Analyst For Fox Sports South
Bust
Tim Couch the one-time University of Kentucky star and former NFL quarterback bust is returning home to begin a weekly gig as an analyst on Fox Sports South’s SEC Gridiron Live, devoted to hitting the topics on Southeastern Conference football. Couch will also work this fall as color analyst for the SEC football games shown on beginning September 4 with Arkansas State at Auburn. Couch’s early view of the SEC is, the West is best and in the East, figures the path to the title runs through Florida.
In 1999 the Cleveland Browns made Couch the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft and now is working in the television industry after lasting only five years in the NFL.
I love how this Sports Illustrated features Couch and Akili Smith and asks if this is the best quarterback class since the infamous 1983 NFL draft class. So I thought I would list the quarterbacks drafted in order for you and ask you to judge for yourself where 1999 compares. Starting with the bust that is Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith, Daunte Culpepper, Cade McNown, Shaun King, Brock Huard, Joe Germaine, Aaron Brooks, Kevin Daft, Michael Bishop, Chris Greisen, and Scott Covington.
Big 12 ADs Meet With Learfield Sports To Discuss Cable Network
Est. 1996
Eight Athletic Directors from the Big 12 Conference met with Learfield Sports on Friday to discuss forming their own cable network, according to Dennis Dodd of CBSSPORTS.com. The ADs from Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech were part of the discussions about the net, which is not related to any conference shifting, but is seen as a new revenue stream.
Texas A&M AD Bill Byrne, who has “talked and tweeted about the meeting publicly,” said of the net, “It’s something I’m quite interested in. … It’s something that our fans are going to be demanding sooner rather than later.”
Dodd reported experts have indicated that the success of a college sports cable net is dependent on the number of football and men’s basketball games it can broadcast. FOX, ESPN and ABC own those Big 12 rights, but there could be some flexibility in new negotiations.
Dodd noted it wasn’t immediately clear what Colorado was doing at the meeting if it is soon leaving the league. Texas rights are not handled by Learfield, and the school has made it clear it wants to develop its own channel or network.
This also comes on the heels of a NCAA report shows that just 14 of the 120 Division 1-A schools made money from campus athletics in 2009, down from 25 the year before.
Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, Texas and Tennessee are among the select group that made money. So is Missouri, which reported generating $2 million in profits from campus athletics in 2009.
The largest reported amount of revenue generated by an athletics program was $138.5 million — nearly three times the median of $45.9 million. The top-spending program reported $127.6 million in annual expenses, with a similarly sized gap from the median. 68 schools reported turning a profit on football, with a median value of $8.8 million. The 52 schools that lost money on football reported median losses of $2.7 million.
In Iowa, the Board of Regents voted unanimously to order school presidents at Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa to come up with plans to scrap or dramatically decrease such sports subsidies.
MLB On FOX Could Shift To Primetime
Est. 1869
With FOX little more than a week away from airing regular season baseball in primetime for just the third time ever, a report has the network considering a more permanent change for next season.
Regular season baseball coverage on FOX “might largely migrate to prime time” next season, reports USA Today. A full-time shift to primetime could depend on the ratings for this year’s primetime telecasts on FOX, which will air May 22 and June 26.
According to USA Today, FOX Sports President Ed Goren “suggests that expanding regionalized coverage … to, say, seven simultaneously played games” could help increase lagging television ratings. Precedent would seem to back that up. During the 1994 and 1995 seasons, ABC and NBC aired significant regional coverage (as many as 14 games).
Those telecasts averaged ratings of 6.2 1994 and 5.8 1995 substantially higher than the 4.8 CBS averaged in 1993 and the 3.7 FOX averaged in 1996.
MLB To Begin Broadcasting 3D Games
Get Your Eyes Ready
Major League Baseball made its first steps into a new world Wednesday with the announcement that the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners will play games July 10 and 11 from Safeco Field in 3D. Viewers will have to have 3D televisions and HD links with their cable providers.
“This is a good opportunity to make sure that when the All-Star Game is broadcast in 3D there is at least some experience,” Eric Handler of YES Network said. “There isn’t a need to leapfrog the All-Star Game. It’s to make the game absolutely perfect.”
The All-Star Game is set for July 13 in Anaheim and will be telecast nationally by FOX. ESPN has already announced plans to start doing some major events in 3-D, including the June 11th opener of soccer’s World Cup from South Africa.
FedEx & Orange Bowl To Part Ways
BYE
After 21 years of partnership, FedEx and the Orange Bowl are going their separate ways. While the game itself was important to FedEx, the company was not interested in a larger college football platform. ESPN is reserving bowl game entitlements for companies that buy a lengthy and more expensive college football package starting in September.
The network, which will be carrying the BCS games for the first time next year and is selling all sponsorship and advertising inventory, is seeking around $20 million annually over four years for a new title deal that includes ad commitments.
The title sponsorships for all the BCS games ended earlier this year, as Fox completed its four-year run of broadcasting the games. Renewal talks are ongoing between ESPN and Tostitos for the Fiesta Bowl, Allstate for the Sugar Bowl and Citi for the Rose Bowl.
Over the past decade, FedEx consistently has been a top 50 spender in sports advertising. In 2009, it spent $51.6 million, placing it 48th among sports advertisers. It spent $45.1 million in 2008 and $51.3 million in 2007.
20 Inning Marathon Draws Big Numbers For FOX
Screw Tony La Russa
Regular season baseball managed to steal some of the spotlight from playoff games in the NBA and NHL over the weekend.
Regional Major League Baseball coverage, featuring the New York Mets 20-inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals, drew a 3.0 overnight rating on FOX Saturday afternoon and evening, up 11% from a 2.7 last year. The game last 6 hours and 53 minutes.
Mets/Cardinals, which aired in 61% of television markets, did not end until after 10 PM CST which preempted primetime and local news programming. According to Sports Business Daily, the 3.0 is the highest overnight for a non-New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox regular season game on FOX since August 2008.
Mets/Cardinals averaged a 6.5 in New York and had a peak of 11.1. In St.Louis it averaged an 18.3 in St. Louis with a peak of 29.3.
Atlanta Falcons To Be 1st To Use MMA Training
Rudy J Is Also A Beast In The Octagon
The Atlanta Falcons have become the NFL’s first franchise to begin a team-sponsored MMA program for its players. The sessions are run by MMAthletics, a company formed by FOX Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer and Ultimate Fighting Championship star Randy Couture.
A dozen Falcons players have volunteered for the innovative training done in conjunction with Atlanta’s traditional offseason workouts. Another four-to-eight players are expected to join.
“We’re always looking for new and progressive ideas as far as training and offering our team supplements to the athletic performance model we have in place here,” Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said. “This was something we were comfortable with as far as conditioning but even more importantly the idea of having MMA help the players with their leverage, hand quickness, and things that could help them within the trenches taking on blocks and battling inside.”
Glazer said that “fighter mentality” is what MMAthletics tries to instill in NFL participants like those of Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing, Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen,San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis, and Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart who have been apart of his program.
Falcons coach Mike Smith became sold on the idea in February when meeting with Glazer and Couture at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. But unlike their UFC counterpart there isn’t sparring during these hour-long workouts just the physical and mental stress it endures
The Falcons will train with MMAthletics into May and possibly beyond. Glazer said another NFL team he refused to name will begin workouts in May.
San Antonio Spurs Release Playoff Broadcast Schedule
Via Spurs Press Release
[Via Spurs Press Release]
The San Antonio Spurs today announced their local broadcast schedule for the first round in the best-of-seven NBA Playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks.
All Spurs vs. Mavericks games not broadcast nationally on ABC during the first round will broadcast locally on FOX Sports Southwest in high definition.
Play-by-play announcer Bill Land and analyst Sean Elliott will call the action, with Andrew Monaco delivering the sideline reports during the FOX Sports Southwest broadcasts. All Spurs playoff games on FOX Sports Southwest will include 30-minute Spurs Live pregame and postgame shows.
Spurs playoff games can be heard throughout the NBA Playoffs on WOAI 1200-AM with Bill Schoening and KCOR 1350-AM with Paul Castro.
TV Broadcast schedule for Round 1
Game 1 Sun. April 18 Spurs @ Mavericks 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest HD
Game 2 Wed. April 21 Spurs @ Mavericks 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest HD
Game 3 Fri. April 23 Spurs vs. Mavericks 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest HD
Game 4 Sun. April 25 Spurs vs. Mavericks 6:00 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest HD
Game 5 Tue. April 27 Spurs @ Mavericks* TBA Fox Sports Southwest HD
Game 6 Thur. April 29 Spurs vs. Mavericks* TBA Fox Sports Southwest HD
Game 7 Sat. May 1 Spurs @ Mavericks* TBA Fox Sports Southwest HD
*If necessary
Terry Bradshaw Lets Ben Roethlisberger & World Know How He Feels
Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw is not known for being a super smart guy. But when it comes to speaking the truth about the pitfalls and the dangers of being a quarterback in the NFL, he knows a thing or two.
Here he is on his old campus of Louisiana Tech University reviling to a group of reporters how he feels about Ben Roethlisberger and the situation he has put himself into. Before you criticize Bradshaw for speaking the truth just consider, if this was coming up during the NFL season it would behoove him not to speak on it, it’s just now he is doing it for free and not on FOX’s dime/time. When your actions are so stupid that you make Bradshaw look mature and wise, it’s time to repeatedly slam your head in a car door until you die from it or start smelling emotions.
Santonio Holmes Traded To New York Jets For 5th Round Pick
George Hill & Greg Oden's T-Mobile Fave 5
The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded troubled wide receiver Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets for a fifth-round pick in next week’s NFL draft.
Holmes is facing a civil lawsuit in Florida from a woman who claims he threw a glass at her, cutting her above the eye, in an Orlando nightclub. The police also have been investigating the woman’s claims. Holmes denies hurting the woman.
The player has run into trouble before this offseason. He was cited for marijuana possession, a misdemeanor, in Pennsylvania in 2008. The Steelers made Holmes inactive for the game following the incident and he subsequently apologized. In 2006, he was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Ohio.
As reported by FOX’s Jay Glazer the Steelers where not feerful of Holmes upcoming 4 game suspension but that it would happen again. In four seasons in Pittsburgh, the 26-year-old Holmes, the MVP of the 2009 Super Bowl, had 235 catches for 3,835 yards and 20 touchdowns.
In New York, Holmes gives quarterback Mark Sanchez another big-time target to throw to in an offense that already had Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery, promising tight end Dustin Keller and recently signed running back LaDainian Tomlinson.
MLB Network Adds Chris Rose To On-Air Talent Lineup
Eyyy Whatever
MLB Network announced that Chris Rose has joined its roster of on-air talent as a studio host. Rose will make his MLB Network debut on MLB Tonight Friday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m. CST and also be part of MLB Network’s 14 hours of live coverage starting at 11:00 a.m. CST on Opening Day, Monday, April 5. Rose joins hosts Bob Costas, Greg Amsinger, Matt Vasgersian and Matt Yallof at MLB Network.
“Chris’s knowledge of baseball from his recent work with FOX during the regular season and World Series will enhance our coverage of the game,” said Tony Petitti, President and CEO of MLB Network. “Chris has a variety of on-air hosting and reporting experience and we’re excited to welcome him to MLB Network as we begin our second season on the air.”
Rose joined FOX in 2000 and serves as the on-site pregame show host and calls play-by-play for select games for MLB on FOX. He also hosted FOX’s pregame and post-game coverage for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game and 2009 World Series. In addition to his baseball work, Rose calls play-by-play for FOX NFL Sunday and hosted FOX Sports’ Bowl Championship Series coverage for the last four years. Rose served as a studio host for FOX’s Best Damn Sports Show Period from 2001-2009.
MLB Tonight, the signature program of MLB Network during the regular season, airs live beginning at 5:00 p.m. CST until the final MLB game of the night ends each Monday through Friday, featuring live look-ins of games in progress, updates, highlights, reporting and analysis.
Joe Buck & Chris Berman To Remain With Their Networks
Sticking Around
Two of the biggest and most divisive names in sports broadcasting are staying with their respective networks.
FOX broadcaster Joe Buck told USA Today that he has signed a four-year extension to remain as the network’s lead NFL and MLB play-by-play voice through 2014. Buck’s previous deal with FOX expired in February.
In addition to his continued NFL and MLB duties, Buck says that he has talked to FOX Sports CEO David Hill about creating a talk show “similar to” the now-canceled Joe Buck Live, which would air on FOX or a sister cable network.
Elsewhere, ESPN anchor Chris Berman reached an agreement on a contract extension with the network within the week. Berman, whose contract was set to expire in May, had been rumored to be considering roles with NFL Network or DirecTV.
The deal will reportedly be completed within the next ten days.
WTF: Jay Glazer/Sean Payton
Does Everyone Get To Put Their Hands On Lombardi?
I really don’t know what to make of this photo but why does FOX’s Jay Glazer looks to be someone in Russel Crowe’s upcoming “Robin Hood” film and what is up with Sean Payton doing the metal devil horns sign, that’s not very saintly.
Tom Brady Decides Against MMA & Takes Up Boxing
Second Coming Of Jesus Joe Is A Fatass
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was spotted at a Beverly Hills gym changing up his training style. No he hasn’t enlisted the services of FOX’s Jay Glazer and decided to roll around together but wrapped his knuckles in some tape and got in some boxing workout.
Brady has already missed the first week of the Patriots off season workout program and looks to be in the right place and that is in the ring, to shed off that JaMarcus Russell weight.
Brady’s lifestyle has changed from those days of being a young quarterback looking to prove everyone wrong for passing on him in the NFL Draft to now a father of two and husband to a super model.
Question is can Brady ‘throw’?
Do You Want To Battle Bernard Pollard?
Final Four Will Be In 3D
Get Your Eyes Ready
CBS announced that it will produce 3D coverage of the Final Four of NCAA men’s college basketball tournament that will be carried in more than 100 theaters.
Sean McManus, who oversees the network’s sports and news divisions, says the 3D coverage will be a “separate production” from the regular TV coverage.
McManus says CBS first 3D coverage, which will be distributed to movie theaters by Cinedigm Digital Cinema, will be “more of an experiment than anything else” and is the “only” sports event that CBS now has definite plans to cover in 3D.
Fox has produced a 3D BCS game that was carried in theaters and plans to cover this season’s MLB All-Star Game in 3D in coverage that will be carried by DirecTV.
ESPN produced an Ohio State-USC game in 3D last season that was available to the public in a handful of theaters and plans to launch a 3D channel in June in time for the World Cup.
Brian Cushing Trains With Chuck Liddell
ALL-SGE-NFL
The NFL’s Rookie Defensive Player of The Year Houston Texans Brian Cushing is breaking up the monogamy of training by spending the off-season with Mixed Martial Arts fighter Chuck Liddell.
Cushing already ALL-SGE-NFL is driven to improve on a season in which he the NFL took notice of his talents has been a regular with Liddell and FOX’s Jay Glazer in the training sessions since the regular season ended. The training last for about 90 minutes and helping him get the most out of his talents like the grappling aspect of the sport.
No word though if Cushing likes to work out naked.
MLB Network Teams Up With Fox Business While Victor Rojas Leaves
All Day, Every Day
MLB Network announced a partnership with a cable competitor and on the same day the network lost one of its studio hosts.
MLB Network studio host Victor Rojas is leaving the network for a position as play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim after the untimely death of Rory Markas. Rojas a favorite of mine behind Matt Vasgersian and Joe Magrane, had been with MLB Network since its debut said in a statement that he is “extremely grateful to MLB Network for not only taking a chance on me, but also for allowing me to pursue this opportunity.” Rojas: “I feel like I’m leaving as a better person and broadcaster.”
MLB Network also announced that they have teamed up with Fox Business Network in a partnership which the two networks will share on-air updates.
The Fox Business morning show will feature previews of MLB Network’s 30 Clubs in 30 Days. Meanwhile, MLB Network will air an FBN Market Update during Spring Training telecasts and the MLB Tonight studio show.
The NFL Pro Bowl To Played Before Super Bowl Again
Est. 1920
The 2011 Pro Bowl will be played a week before Super Bowl XLV and return to Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, the NFL announced. The game will be televised live on Sunday, January 30 on FOX at 6 p.m. CST.
FOX will televise Super Bowl XLV a week later on Sunday, Febuary 6 from Cowboys Stadium in North Texas.
The decision to play the NFL’s All-Star Game the week before the Super Bowl for the second consecutive year follows an increase in viewership for the 2010 Pro Bowl which was watched by an average of 12.3 million viewers on ESPN, the most for a Pro Bowl since 2000.
The game at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida also attracted the largest Pro Bowl attendance (70,697) in 50 years but still decided to move it back to Hawaii. It will be played in Hawaii for the next two years.
Tiger Woods Statement Draws 1.7 & 2.1 Milli On ESPN & FOX
"For all that I have done, I am so sorry."
Tiger Woods’ public statement, his first since allegations of marital infidelity surfaced last year, drew 1.7 million viewers on ESPN Friday morning about 4 times the average viewership for the 10 AM SportsCenter during the previous week.
ESPN was not the only beneficiary. The Golf Channel attracted 745,000 viewers for its coverage from 10-10:20 AM, and 521,000 viewers for its complete 90-minute Special Report.
Friday’s Special Report gave The Golf Channel its second-highest rating of the year, and its best non-tournament rating since August of last year.
Elsewhere, Woods’ statement drew 2.1 million viewers on FOX News Channel and 833,000 on CNN. Numbers for MSNBC were not available.
Super Bowl XLIV Most Watched TV Event EVER With 106.5 Milli
Surpasses "Goodbye & Amen" Episode
For 27 years M*A*S*H finale was the most watched TV event until last nights Super Bowl XLVI dethroned it. The previous record was of 106.0 million for the finale in 1983.
The Saints 31-17 win over the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV drew a 45.0 national rating and 106.5 million viewers on CBS Sunday night, up 7% in ratings and 8% in viewership from Pittsburgh Steelers/Arizona Cardinals on NBC last year (42.0, 98.7 mil), and up 4% and 9%, respectively, from New York Giants/New England Patriots on FOX in ’08 (43.1, 97.4 mil).
Additionally, the 45.0 rating is the highest for any television program since Dallas Cowboys/Pittsburgh Steelers drew a 46.0 in 1996.
To put the numbers in perspective, the Super Bowl drew over 70 million more viewers than the top non-NFL sporting event of the past 12 months — the Texas/Alabama BCS National Championship Game (30.8 mil).
This is the third-straight year the Super Bowl has drawn record viewership, and the fifth-straight year that viewership for the game has increased. Just five years ago, Super Bowl XXXIX drew only 86.1 million viewers on FOX. From 1999-05, the Super Bowl drew less than 90 million viewers each year.
The record for the Super Bowl is the capper to a highly successful season for the NFL. The regular season was the most-viewed since 1990 (16.6 mil), the Wild Card round was the most-viewed since ’95 (29.9 mil), the Divisional Round was the most-viewed since ’94 (33.0 mil), and the Conference Championship games were the most-viewed since ’82 (52.9 mil).
Terrell Owens To Be A Cincinnati Bengal?
Jerry Rice Huh?
According to Chad Ochocinco who shared the information with FOX’s Jay Glazer down in Miami says that Terrell Owens will be lining up with him next year.
From Glazer’s Twitter page: “chad ochocinco just told me on The Jay Glazer Pre-Party on FSN that he thinks T.O. will be a Bengal next year. he said he’s sure of it”
Owens is an unrestricted free agent and after spending one aggravating year in Buffalo, the chances of him re-signing with the Bills are almost non existent.
Finding a replacement for Chris Henry after his tragic death this seems on paper a good fit but at 36 years old, Owens isn’t the play maker he once was. But how would Owens feel like working with Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer since obviously he’s no Joe Montana?
HUGE TV Numbers For AFC & NFC Championship Games
Est. 1920
The NFC Championship game on FOX was of blockbuster magnitude as the New Orleans Saints thrilling overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings drew a 33.3 overnight and approximately 57.9 million viewers, which would be the second best NFC Championship average viewership of all time, behind only 1982’s Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers (“The Catch”) matchup that produced a 68.7 million viewers.
The NFC Championship game on FOX Sunday night was well above last years Arizona Cardinals/Philadelphia Eagles game which only produced 38.4 million viewers and it 33 o.3 overnight is up 5% from New York Giants/Green Bay Packers on FOX in 2008 (31.7) and . Ratings peaked at a 39.4 from 10:00-10:30 PM.
The Vikings/Saints is the most-viewed television program of any kind, excluding Super Bowls, since the series finale of Seinfeld in 1998 which saw 76.3 million.
The game did not dominate in all markets though, in Buffalo the NFC Championship game was actually outdrawn head-to-head by Extreme Makeover Home Edition on ABC, with Extreme Makeover drawing a 35.8 and the game drawing a 32.1.
CBS on the other hand did not post as great as number compared to FOX however did draw the highest overnight rating for the AFC Championship game in 16 years and saw 46.9 million actual viewers.
The Indianapolis Colts come from behind win over the New York Jets drew a stellar 28.4 overnight rating on Sunday afternoon, up 4% from San Diego Chargers/New England Patriots on CBS in 2008 (27.4).
The 28.4 overnight is the highest for the AFC Championship Game since Buffalo Bills/Kansas City Chiefs in 1994 (29.5) on NBC. Additionally, the 28.4 is the highest overnight for any NFL telecast on CBS, excluding Super Bowls, since the network resumed airing NFL telecasts in 1998. Ratings peaked at a 32.0 from 5:30-6 PM.
Deuce McAllister Retires From National Football League
It Was Fun
It was fun while it lasted, you know all those FOX camera shots of New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister sitting on the bench in street clothes talking to quarterback Drew Brees after the 236 touchdowns they scored against the Arizona Cardinals, because he has decided to announce his retirement after 8 seasons in the NFL.
Robert Meachem was shaken up against the Cardinals, so the team is expected to sign a wide receiver and in need of a roster spot McAllister is expected to file the paper work. McAllister was released by the Saints last February the two reconstructive knee surgeries in 2007.
Though he only played 8 seasons, two of which were marred by injury, McAllister is the Saints all-time rushing and touchdown leader at 6,056 yards and his 55 total touchdowns and 49 rushing TDs also are club records.
The two-time Pro Bowler was named honorary captain for the Saints Divisional playoff game against the Cardinals last week, but has since been officially been added to the team’s reserve-retired list.
