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13-3.. DOWN THE DRAIN!
We didn't even need Jessica Simpson...

IRVING, Texas (AP)--Peyton Manning has a championship game to be at next weekend after all. He can go watch baby brother Eli guide the New York Giants.

A few hours after the reigning Super Bowl MVP lost his chance to get back to the big game, the less-heralded, often-criticized member of football's most famous family got the biggest victory of his career. Manning led the Giants past Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 on Sunday and into the NFC title game.

"I won't get tired of hearing that this week," Manning said. "No one's given us much credit and probably still won't. But that's OK. We like it that way."

Eli, the Manning who doesn't do many commercials, threw two touchdown passes to Amani Toomer and led another scoring drive early in the fourth quarter. While he wasn't great, he was good enough to lead New York to its ninth straight road win and into a 10th road game--at Green Bay, with the winner getting a spot in the Super Bowl. It's the furthest New York has advanced since the 2000 season.

"I was a little nervous," said Eli, who was 12-of-18 for 163 yards. "I know (Peyton) was watching and rooting for me."

Peyton and Romo can commiserate together at the Pro Bowl next month. That's the next game either will be playing.

The elder Manning and the Indianapolis Colts lost at home to the San Diego Chargers in the early game Sunday. Then Romo and the Cowboys blew their chance of advancing, a loss that's even more painful than their exit last January because of what a great regular-season they had.

"It hurts," said Romo, 18-of-36 for 201 yards with a touchdown and a sack on each of the final two drives. "It's tough right now."

Just 10 days ago, Eli Manning was 0-2 as a playoff quarterback and finishing a season that's had the kind of love-hate relationship with New York fans that Alex Rodriguez knows all too well. Now he's got two wins, the admiration of his teammates--and an unprecedented amount of public support.

"Everybody goes through their ups and downs and he's on the upswing right now," Toomer said. "We're going to ride him as far as we can go."

The Cowboys were thinking the same about their quarterback. Instead, their season ended with Romo throwing a fourth-down pass into the end zone and cornerback R.W. McQuarters stepping in front of Terry Glenn for the interception. It marked Romo's second straight disappointing finish to a playoff game, following his flubbed hold of a short field goal in Seattle a year ago.

This one is huge because "America's Team" seemed pointed toward a ninth trip to the Super Bowl, maybe even a sixth championship.

Dallas tied the most wins in team history with 13, but followed it by tying an NFL record with a sixth straight playoff loss. Romo fell to 0-2 and coach Wade Phillips finished his first year with the Cowboys by falling to 0-4 in his playoff career.

There are other dubious footnotes for Dallas, like being the first No. 1 seed in the NFC to lose in this round since the NFL went to the 12-team playoff format in 1990 and being the seventh team to lose a playoff game against a team they'd beaten twice in the regular season; the '98 Cowboys did it, too.

Romo came in looking to make up for last season's finish, to prove his sluggish December was no big deal and to quiet everyone who accused him of mixed-up priorities for joining girlfriend Jessica Simpson on the beach in Mexico last weekend.

He couldn't do it, but it wasn't all his fault.

The offense stopped drives with penalties, while the defense kept New York drives alive by drawing more flags. There also was sloppy tackling on defense and special teams, dropped passes and wasted timeouts.

Still, Romo is the marquee man and the most likely to be blamed, though not by Terrell Owens.

Owens, who made good on his vow to return from a high ankle sprain sustained three weeks ago, cried behind dark sunglasses with a quivering bottom lip while declaring, "You can point the finger at him, you can talk about the vacation, and if you do that, it's really unfair. That's my teammate. ... We lost as a team."

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday he would keep Phillips regardless of what happened in the playoffs, and said it again in the dreary locker room. There are bound to be changes, though, especially with highly valued assistant coaches Jason Garrett and Tony Sparano interviewing for jobs elsewhere.

Dallas scored 45 and 31 points in winning the first two meetings with New York by loading up on big plays, usually because Romo did a great job avoiding the blitzers who racked up an NFL-best 53 sacks.

This time, the Giants were content to give up short yardage and the Cowboys accepted the invitation, especially with Marion "The Barbarian" Barber joining the starting lineup for the first time.

A Pro Bowler as a backup, Barber racked up 101 yards by halftime but the game was tied at 14, thanks to a last-minute drive aided by a 15-yard facemask penalty and capped with Manning throwing a 4-yard touchdown pass to Toomer. The pair hooked up for a 52-yard touchdown on the game-opening drive, with Toomer taking a short pass, bouncing off two defenders and running from everyone else.

The Cowboys stuck to their slow-go game plan to open the second half, but the mistakes began biting them. A dropped pass in the end zone and false start forced Dallas to kick a field goal after a drive that burned the first 8:07 of the third quarter.

The Giants trailed only 17-14. After not getting anywhere on their next drive, a 25-yard punt return by McQuarters left Manning only 37 yards from the go-ahead touchdown. He needed only six plays to get it on a 1-yard run by Brandon Jacobs, who celebrated by throwing the ball into the play clock.

There was still 13:29 left, the 92nd between these division rivals but the first in the playoffs. While it got more interesting, the caliber of play didn't improve. Dallas made more sloppy mistakes and New York missed chances for clock-killing drives.

It finally came down to this: the Cowboys had 1:50 left to go 48 yards.

A Brett Favre-esque scrambling shovel pass to Jason Witten got the Cowboys to the 22 with 31 seconds left, then came more mistakes--another false start, a short pass that forced Dallas to use its final timeout and a pair of poor throws, a ball in the end zone that Patrick Crayton seemed to give up on before futilely speeding up and the final play, caught by McQuarters.

Owens had four catches for 49 yards. Glenn, who missed the first 15 games following two knee surgeries, caught two passes for 30 yards.

The Giants rushed for 90 yards, with Jacobs getting 54. Toomer had four catches for 80 yards.

"I'm so proud of our players," New York coach Tom Coughlin said. "They really rose up."

Notes

New York doesn't have a turnover in two playoff games. ... Dallas' three scoring drives took nine, 20 and 14 plays and took 23:32, with eight straight third-down conversions. ... Giants DB Aaron Ross left with a right shoulder injury. ... Toomer's first TD was his longest since a 77-yarder on Nov. 30, 2003. It also gave him the most postseason receptions in club history, passing Mark Bavaro.

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Brian Westbrook had a tough choice: score the easy touchdown to give the Philadelphia Eagles a big, late lead over the Dallas Cowboys, or stop just short and secure a 4-point win.

He gladly took the victory.

Westbrook's maneuver with a little more than two minutes left seemed bizarre, but was brilliant strategy. With Dallas out of timeouts, all Donovan McNabb had to do was take a knee three straight times to give the Eagles a 10-6 victory Sunday.

Westbrook gained 24 yards, then stopped inside the 1. He wasn't rubbing it in, just running out the clock.

"It was brilliant," Philadelphia coach Andy Reid said. "He used that Villanova education and transferred it to the football field."

Westbrook's play was a fitting finish for a bizarre game that didn't have the excuse of bad weather so many others had Sunday. Other oddities included the Eagles' lone touchdown coming from a guy who a few minutes earlier found himself stuck inside a giant Salvation Army red kettle, and the Cowboys' first scoring drive going minus-1 yard, set up by the recovery of a fumbled interception return that started 8 yards deep in the end zone.

The bottom line is that Philadelphia (6-8) ended a three-game losing streak, kept alive hopes of snagging a wild-card playoff berth and avenged a nationally televised blowout loss to Dallas six weeks ago. The Eagles also ended the Cowboys' seven-game winning streak and prevented them from tying the franchise record for wins in a season.

As bad as it sounds for Dallas (12-2), the Cowboys knew before kickoff they'd secured a first-round bye -- and that they couldn't lock up home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. So the stakes were pretty low. And they played like it.

Dallas had its fewest yards of the season (240) and didn't score a touchdown for the first time since November 2004. It was the Cowboys' second straight lousy outing and they came away with a bunch of injuries, starting with the thumb area on Romo's throwing hand.

X-rays showed no break, but it's at least bruised. Romo had it wrapped and iced during his postgame news conference and insisted, "I'll be fine."

Dallas center Andre Gurode and defense end Chris Canty went out with left knee injuries. Gurode is having an MRI Monday, but is expected to be OK. Canty should be fine. Backup safety Pat Watkins sprained his left ankle and tight end Anthony Fasano sustained a mild concussion.

Then there's Terrell Owens, whose ego has to be smarting after waiting until the fourth quarter for his first catch against his former team. He had only two after having only three last week. Worse yet, three passes Romo threw to him were caught by Philadelphia, including what turned out to be Dallas' final offensive snap. T.O. slipped on the play, ending the locals' hopes of seeing the kind of last-minute rally Romo pulled off in Detroit last week and Buffalo in October.

"We came out flat. We just couldn't get anything going offensively," Owens said. "Maybe this is good for us -- a gut-check."

McNabb was 23-of-41 for 208 yards and a touchdown, which he celebrated with the kind of spread-armed, arched-back gesture Owens used when he played for the Eagles. He also ran nine times for a season-high 53 yards, with a season-best 28-yarder. He was hardly dominant, getting sacked four times and failing to convert on several third-and-shorts. Then again, he also overcame the first-quarter loss of tight end Matt Schobel (concussion) and right guard Shawn Andrews (knee).

McNabb denied borrowing a page from T.O.'s celebration manual.

"I've been through a lot this season, so I was just giving thanks to the man upstairs," McNabb said.

Philadelphia's defense was out to save face after giving up 38 points and 434 yards last time against Dallas. The Eagles proved their point right away, preventing the Cowboys from getting a first down in the first quarter. Romo started 0-for-6 after having only five incompletions last time.

"This is special," Philadelphia defensive coordinator Jim Johnson said.

Romo finished 13-of-36 for 214 yards, with a career-low rating of 22.2. It came in front of his parents and his newest A-list girlfriend -- Jessica Simpson, who tugged the front of her pink No. 9 jersey, then mouthed the word "Romo!" when cameras spotted her. For what it's worth, Romo's previous worst rating came last December against Philadelphia when then-girlfriend Carrie Underwood was here.

"If we go on and win the Super Bowl, the loss is a good thing," Romo said. "If we lose first round of the playoffs, the loss is not a good thing."

Westbrook gained 81 yards on 18 rushes and 63 yards on nine receptions.

Witten, coming off a team-record 15 receptions, caught eight passes for 113 yards, including a 53-yarder that made him the first Dallas tight end to go over 1,000 yards receiving in a season.

Reggie Brown had Philadelphia's touchdown and the venture into the kettle after an incompletion.

"I was running too fast to slow down," he said. "I about bowled over a cheerleader. There was a big red bowl there. I was happy there wasn't any presents in there. I didn't want to squish anyone's presents."

Notes

This was the first game Romo's father attended since undergoing prostate cancer surgery. His parents accepted the Bob Lilly Award on his behalf at halftime. ... Eagles kicker David Akers missed a 47-yarder in the first quarter. He had been 12-of-12 in seven career games at Texas Stadium. His 21-yarder in the fourth quarter made him the franchise scoring leader with 884 points.

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Now the Dallas Cowboys know they're good enough to hang with the big boys in the AFC -- just not yet ready to beat them.

Especially not when Tom Brady plays like this.

Brady threw a career-high five touchdown passes, with Donte Stallworth taking the final one 69 yards to break open a tight game early in the fourth quarter, as the New England Patriots won 48-27 on Sunday in a rare battle of teams with 5-0 records.

"We wanted to be one of the elite teams," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. "Obviously we're not."

The Patriots (6-0) started strong and finished stronger, their sixth straight blowout win and their highest point total since scoring 50 against Indianapolis in 1984. Yet it wasn't as easy as the final score indicated.

New England gave up its most points of the season and trailed in the second half for the first time this year. Brady was sacked as many times (3) as he'd been all season.

Experience in big games had to be part of the difference. Consider what the Patriots did on their final five drives after the Cowboys went ahead 24-21 early in the third quarter: touchdown, field goal, touchdown, field goal, touchdown. The last one came with 19 seconds left, a 1-yard run by first-year running back Kyle Eckel that Brady celebrated with two huge fist pumps.

Brady went 31-of-46 for 388 yards and did much of his early damage on third downs. His five TDs tied a franchise record and gave him an NFL record with at least three in each of the first six games of the season -- he has an NFL-best 21 this year. The league record is 49 by Peyton Manning.

Having insisted all week this was just another regular season game for them, Bill Belichick's players can now start looking forward to facing Indianapolis, the only other unbeaten team, in three weeks.

Wes Welker caught 11 passes for a career-high 124 yards and two touchdowns, and Stallworth had 136 yards on seven catches. Moss turned six catches into 59 yards, his first a 6-yard touchdown. He also had a 43-yarder for a touchdown overturned on instant replay. Kyle Brady had the other TD grab.

The Cowboys (5-1) were off to their best start since 1983 and were eager to see how they stacked up against the league's elite. They allowed the most points since Philadelphia scored 49 on Nov. 15, 2004.

Tony Romo cleaned up the turnovers that nearly upended Dallas against Buffalo on Monday night, but was out of rallies. He was 18-of-29 for 199 yards and two touchdowns, with a late interception. The Cowboys were hurt by their continuing trend of slow starts and by racking up 12 penalties.

Terrell Owens caught six passes for 66 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown, but didn't live up to his vow to prove that he, not Moss, was the real No. 81.

Patrick Crayton had Dallas' go-ahead TD among his five catches for 46 yards. Marion Barber rushed for 47 yards, with several runs that helped bring alive the Cowboys in the second quarter. He also had a 2-yard gain in the third quarter that started at the Dallas 10 and nearly ended in a safety until he broke several tackles. He might have turned it into a touchdown if the last defender hadn't gotten him.

The Patriots led 14-0 before the Cowboys even had a first down. Brady already had thrown for 144 yards, with 114 of them -- and both touchdowns -- coming on third downs.

Dallas got back in it with a field goal and a 29-yard return of Brady's fumble for a touchdown by Jason Hatcher.

Welker's second TD extended New England's lead back to 21-10, then T.O. answered with a score just before halftime. After Dallas sacked Brady to snuff the Patriots' opening drive of the third quarter, Crayton gave the Cowboys the lead with his touchdown catch.

New England trailed for the first time since the second quarter of Week 3 and had two starting offensive players in the locker room with injuries. But the Patriots still had Brady.

Dallas' last, best chance to keep it a game came on the first play of the fourth quarter. Down by a touchdown, Phillips went for it on fourth-and-1 from the 47 and Barber converted -- only to have it wiped out by a penalty. The Cowboys punted, and never threatened again.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brooks Bollinger had to feel the heat.

Two days after his shaky performance in Seattle, the Minnesota Vikings traded for veteran Kelly Holcomb, putting Bollinger's status as backup quarterback in jeopardy.

In the Vikings' preseason finale against Dallas on Thursday night, Bollinger made his case for the job.

Bollinger threw for 109 yards and a touchdown in just under two quarters of Minnesota's 23-14 victory over the Cowboys.

"You know at that position you're going to have some ups and downs," Vikings coach Brad Childress said. "The biggest thing in this deal was how he was going to bounce back. You get measured more by that than getting knocked down. It's how you get up. So I was happy for him that he had some success."

Cowboys quarterback Matt Moore was also impressive after fumbling the exchange on his second snap of the game. He completed nine of his first 10 passes and finished with 94 yards and a touchdown in a performance that may have won him the No. 3 job.

"With the time that I had in there, I think I made some plays," Moore said. "I made some mistakes, but they're things I can learn from."

The rookie from Oregon State lost two fumbles, but showed impressive poise and an accurate arm throughout, completing 14 of 19 passes. He entered the game leading the race for the final quarterback spot against Richard Bartel, who completed his first six passes, but lost a fumble and threw an interception in the final nine minutes of the fourth quarter.

"He's done a lot of good things and learned a lot here in training camp," said veteran Brad Johnson, who started the game for Dallas. "He's made a lot of plays, and it's good for those guys to get a chance to play."

Bollinger's status was, and probably still is, much more tenuous.

Last week against Seattle, he threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown, and had a quarterback rating of 27.7.

"I really felt in control and pretty similar both weeks," said Bollinger, who had a rating of 104.6 against the Cowboys. "This week I was just able to protect the ball better and score some touchdowns."

The Vikings brought in Holcomb on Monday to give them another veteran behind young starter Tarvaris Jackson. Holcomb went 5-for-8 for 59 yards and one interception in one quarter.

"It's been a crazy week. I was in Philadelphia on Monday and I'm playing a ballgame in Minnesota on Thursday with the Vikings," Holcomb said. "So it's been a little tough. A little sleep deprived, but hey, that's the way the game goes."

After Jackson played the first series, Bollinger came in and finished the first half. He helped turn two Dallas fumbles into touchdowns, including a 4-yard scoring pass to Sidney Rice that gave the Vikings a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter.

Ryan Longwell kicked three field goals for the Vikings (2-2), who recovered four fumbles by the Cowboys (2-2) and finished with 14 takeaways in the preseason.

Moore's second pass of the game was nearly intercepted by safety Patrick Body. But Moore settled down and completed his next 12 passes, including a 6-yarder to Tony Curtis that tied the game late in the second quarter.

Jerheme Urban returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter for the Cowboys, who played very few starters, especially on offense in the final game before they open against the Giants on Sept. 9.

"You never want to be tackled by the punter," Urban said.

Romo, Terrell Owens, Marion Barber III, Terry Glenn and Julius Jones all sat out for Dallas, which committed five turnovers and looked sloppy for the second week in a row.

The Vikings played their starters sparingly, holding out defensive linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams, cornerback Antoine Winfield and linebacker E.J. Henderson. Running back Chester Taylor also sat this one out, while Jackson only played the first series.

Johnson returned to where he spent nine of his 15 seasons in the league. His second stint with the Vikings ended when he struggled last season and didn't see eye to eye with Childress.

Several Vikings fans wore purple No. 14 jerseys to the game, and Johnson was 5-of-7 for 44 yards before yielding to Moore.

"I spent nine years of my life here," Johnson said. "So it was great to come back and see a lot of people."

Notes

The Vikings deactivated WR Bobby Wade (ankle), S Mike Doss (calf), S Tank Williams and DE Darrion Scott (shoulder) all for precautionary purposes. ... Dallas K Martin Gramatica (hamstring) did not make the trip and is a candidate to be cut in favor of rookie Nick Folk.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Matt Schaub and the Houston Texans became the first team to score a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys' starters this preseason on Saturday night.

They didn't stop at just one.

Schaub connected with Andre Johnson early in the second quarter and found speedy rookie Jacoby Jones just before halftime to lead the Texans to a 28-16 win over the Cowboys.

"When you go out and execute the offense, what more can you ask for?" Johnson said. "We went out and did what we were supposed to do."

Schaub, in his first starting job after backing up Michael Vick for three seasons in Atlanta, looked sharp against a defense that flustered Denver last week.

"We're really comfortable in what we're doing and we're really comfortable in one another," he said. "Without a doubt, I think it was a great test for us."

Jones was the star of this one though, returning a punt 91 yards for a score early in the first quarter before leaping for the touchdown grab in the second quarter. It was the second week in a row that Jones, a third-round pick from Division II Lane College, returned a punt for a touchdown after returning one 80 yards last week.

On Saturday he busted through the pack and then outran his last defender and began holding out the ball in front of him at the 10-yard line before flipping into the end zone.

Jones said coach Gary Kubiak had a message for him about that when he got back to the sidelines: "He said 'Don't ever do that again,"' Jones said.

The Texans led 7-0 when Schaub delivered a nifty pass between two defenders to Johnson for a 6-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter. That play was set up by a 46-yard run by Ahman Green two plays earlier. Green finished with eight carries for 65 yards.

Johnson led the Texans with four receptions for 39 yards.

The second touchdown came when Jones, the former track star, got in front of his defender for the 19-yard reception which made it 21-6 at halftime.

Schaub was 12-of-16 for 109 yards in 2 1/2 quarters of play.

"They came out with a really quick game, and a lot of running and power, and they did that well," Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware said. "In trying to do what we've been working on this preseason, they really hurt us."

Tony Romo and the Cowboys offense were shaky at best. He threw two touchdown passes but also fumbled, threw an interception and bobbled a snap that it appeared he wasn't ready for.

"As a team I didn't see many good things on our part," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. "Offense, defense, we just didn't play well."

Phillips said he was worried about how his team would react in front of the Texans crowd.

"We've got a lot of work to do," he said. "It's the first time we've been in a hostile environment and we didn't react well."

On their second possession, the Cowboys had two straight offsides penalties, but dug out of it when Romo found Sam Hurd for 18-yard pass.

But Dallas was flagged for holding on the next play and three plays later Romo fumbled the snap and was drilled by 2006 No. 1 pick Mario Williams while chasing it down, forcing a punt.

After the hit, Williams jumped up and put a finger to his lips, as if to silence his many detractors who believe the Texans should have picked Vince Young or Reggie Bush instead of drafting him.

In the second quarter Romo engineered a 9-play, 74-yard drive that ended when Terrell Owens grabbed a short pass and wriggled away from three Texans defenders for a 35-yard touchdown. He sat the ball down just inside the end zone and jawed at Houston fans who responded with a loud chorus of boos. It was his only catch of the game.

He dropped a pass on third down on the next series, but it was negated by an offsides penalty on the Texans.

Martin Gramatica missed the extra point to bring the Cowboys within 14-6.

"We didn't come out and play like we wanted to in the first half," Owens said. "The offense still needs some work ... the chances were there, but the penalties really stopped us."

Romo's second touchdown pass was for 18 yards to Jason Witten and made it 21-13 in the third quarter.

Late in the third quarter against Houston's backups, Romo badly underthrew Owens and was picked off by rookie Fred Bennett. It was Romo's last play of the night and he finished 14-of-22 for 197 yards.

The Texans defensive line, led by Williams and featuring two other first-round picks, finally got the pass rush going. Houston sacked Romo twice and hurried him several other times.

"It looked like we did some better things," Kubiak said. "We were more disruptive making their quarterback move around a little bit."

Last year's Defensive Rookie of the Year, DeMeco Ryans, led the Texans with eight tackles and Williams, who entered the game with no tackles, had four and pressured Romo a couple of times.

"It was good, but we didn't do as much as we wanted to," Williams said. "There were some times that we -- that I -- missed some opportunities. But we will get better at it and keep going."

Williams said he did something different in this game, but wouldn't disclose what it was saying only it had to do with his approach. Whatever it was, he said it made him feel "a lot more comfortable."

Julius Jones and Marion Barber combined for 16 carries and 48 yards rushing for Dallas. Jones had a long run of 12 yards.

Nick Folk added a 23-yard field goal for Dallas in the fourth quarter. The Texans' last score came on a 17-yard pass from Sage Rosenfels to David Anderson with 2:57 to play.

Here is an Eagles fans view on the hiring of Wade Phillips. Seems to be completely accurate, too. Remember all the nice things said about everyone else that's been run out of town by the Cryboy fans the last few years. I'm sure you'll hear all the same stuff when they hire Phillips, too. Gotta laugh.

It looks like any day now the Cowboys will name Wade Phillips as their new head coach. Phillips is currently the Chargers defensive coordinator and will take his fourth shot at being a head coach in Dallas. You may remember Wade Phillips when he was in Philly under Buddy Ryan... With so many young, up and coming coaches getting jobs and being successful it's interesting that Dallas would look to someone off the old boys network like Phillips. Maybe the fourth times a charm?

On the positive side for them, Phillips knows the 3-4 defense well and therefore Dallas won't have to completely rebuild their personnel to run his system. The Dallas defense was pretty bad down the stretch last year and Wade's primary job is certainly to turn that around.

On the positive side for us... Wade Phillips has never won a playoff game in his three previous stops as a head coach. He is credited with one of the dumbest post season coaching decisions of all time when he inserted Rob Johnson as his playoff starter even though Doug Flutie had led the Bills to a 10-6 record and gotten them a playoff spot.

So the Cowboys have hired a retread defensive minded head coach(albiet a damn good defensive mind) and a very inexperienced offensive coordinator in Jason Garrett, who as the QB coach in Miami did nothing to show he can develop a young QB. Jerry Jones has certainly not put his beleaguered young QB Tony Romo in the greatest position to succeed...

Maybe the best news of this signing comes from former Eagles and Cowboys LB Gary Cobb who played under Wade Phillips when he was coaching the LBs on Buddy Ryan's staff. G says that TO "will run all over" Phillips.

I see major problems ahead when Phillips has to deal with Terrell Owens. I think Owens is going to run all over the former New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Bills head coach. Wade is terrible when it comes to being a disciplinarian because he's an aw shucks type who is soft spoken and likes to be close to his players. He's the classic players coach, who can also be labeled as an "old school coach" who likes mature players who know how to discipline themselves. I see major problems ahead for Wade.