Daily Links – 01/15/2010
LT OK with reduced role, especially if it leads to Super Bowl for his Bolts
The 100-yard games have dried up, although he came close once. Those three-touchdown games seemingly are on the endangered species list. There is talk about this perhaps being the end of a remarkable career, or at least his time in San Diego, what with his declining output and advancing age. None of it matters to LaDainian Tomlinson. Perhaps in his last few weeks with pass-happy San Diego, L.T. is happy and healthy going into the Chargers’ playoff opener against the New York Jets on Sunday. It could be the final game at Qualcomm Stadium for one of the city’s most popular athletes ever.
Jets’ Rhodes again an important part of defense
Kerry Rhodes was frustrated and uncertain of what his future held with the New York Jets. The star safety had lost his starting job seven weeks ago, his commitment was being questioned and he was criticized for a lack of big plays and not being physical enough. “It was tough,” Rhodes said Thursday. “For me, I’ve been a guy who’s been an All-Pro type of player here. I’ve been a player who has made plays here. The uncertainty of not knowing my role, I don’t think anybody wants that. I think everybody wants to know what their role is and what they’re looked upon to do for their individual team.”
Patriots defensive coordinator Dean Pees says he won’t return next season
Dean Pees is leaving after four seasons as the New England Patriots’ defensive coordinator. Four days after the Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens 33-14 in the first round of the playoffs, Pees said he told team owner Robert Kraft and coach Bill Belichick that he would not seek a new contract after his current one expires at the end of January. “I enjoyed my time in New England, but feel this is the right time to pursue other opportunities,” Pees said in a statement issued by the club on Thursday. He gave no further details about his decision.
NFL’s second season full of seasoned QBs
Shortly before Drew Brees turned 30, he had a talk with retired San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young that made him feel a bit better about entering the fourth decade of his life. “He said, ‘Man, your prime as a QB is 30 to 35,”’ Brees recalled. “Now I would say Kurt Warner and Brett Favre are breaking that mold by going toward 40 and playing at such a high level. But that makes you feel good because it shows that your skills can still be very high at that age.” Brees turns 31 on Friday (the same day his only child, son Baylen, turns 1) and is the youngest of four quarterbacks in the over-30 club whose teams are still playing.
Players reminisce about Giants Stadium as company prepares to sell it off
Long before he became one of the best all-purpose players in the history of the New York Jets, Bruce Harper would drive from his nearby home past the spot where Giants Stadium was rising out of a New Jersey swamp and wonder if he had what it took to play at football’s highest level. Stephen Baker’s introduction to the stadium nearly ended his career, to hear him describe it. Their reminiscences were among many offered by former players Thursday at the announcement of a sale of memorabilia from Giants Stadium, a structure often ridiculed during its 34-year lifetime but the subject of fond memories as it nears demolition this year.
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