SUNDAY WEEK 2

Parcells said this week he is committed to Bledsoe as the starter and is backing the 14-year veteran, but his endorsement was less than emphatic. Though he said Bledsoe will start tonight in Dallas' home opener against the Redskins, he wouldn't commit beyond that.....

Charles Rogers' Dolphins workout was unimpressive. . . . Kelly Campbell's agent said the Dolphins indicated they would consider re-signing him, but his injury settlement prohibits that until five or six games remain.....

The rumor going around in SoCal is Al Davis has sold 15 percent of the team to an L.A. businessman, and the Raiders will return there. But who knows what to believe, other than that the Raiders are 0-1 with 15 games remaining.....


The Bergen Record is reporting that the New York Giants are replacing Joel Goldberg as the team’s director of counseling services after the current season. Goldberg became a draft legend because of the 400-question personality test he developed and which the Giants gave to all prospect in order to evaluate their personalities as pro prospects. The Giants will reportedly use another personality profiling service for the 2007 NFL Draft.




CFB NEWS AND NOTES

Stanford FB Nick Frank has a cervical spine condition that will force him to retire from football.....

Louisville junior QB Brian Brohm, another potential top 5 pick for this year’s draft if he were to opt to leave school early, strained ligaments in his throwing hand in the third quarter of the Cardinals' huge 31-78 win over Miami. Preliminary reports have Brohm, who is coming off an ACL injury suffered late last season, indicate that Brohm will be out 4 to 6 weeks.....


Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn, ostensibly the consensus #1 prospect for the 2007 draft, lost a few chinks in the armor on Saturday after a less than sterling performance as the Irish were trampled 47-21 by Michigan in South Bend. Quinn did throw for 232 yards and 3 scores, but completed only 24 of 48 passes and had three passes picked off, one of which was returned for a TD and a second returned inside the Notre Dame 5-yard line. Quinn also lost a fumble which was returned for a second score.....