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The NFL trade deadline will pass this afternoon with likely little more than a shrug and a yawn.

Dan Patrick discussed this topic on his morning radio show. Part of the problem is that the season is so young that most teams don’t know yet whether or not they are contenders. Sure, the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs know they aren’t going anywhere this year and you have heard the names Tony Gonzalez, Larry Johnson, Roy Williams and Jon Kitna mentioned in talks.

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During the Sunday night game tonight the San Diego Chargers got hosed out of an interception when referees rules that the interceptor went to the ground on his own rather than as a result of contact from a New England Patriot.

The call, clearly incorrect to anyone watching, apparently meant that the ground could in fact cause an incompletion as opposed to a tackle via contact when it can’t.

This particular mishap came at a point when the Chargers were dominating the game so it didn’t have an impact on the outcome, a 30-10 win. But forgive San Diego and coach Norv Turner for being sensitive to such situations. After all it was San Diego that lost a game after Ed Hochuli missed a call in week two in Denver when a clear fumble by Jay Cutler was ruled an incomplete pass.

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New York Jets coach Eric Mangini’s wife gave birth to their third son Friday.  Apparently fulfilling a promise made by Mangini to Brett Favre while convincing him to join the Jets earlier this year, the child was named Zack Brett, joining thousands of parents in Wisconsin that made a similar mistake.

Even more ironic–Friday was also Favre’s birthday.

But, we have to wonder what Mangini will think of having a son named Brett when Favre is throwing picks late in the season.  Or knocking the Jets out of the playoffs.

Or playing his “Yes I will, No I won’t” retirement game again this offseason.

The Seattle Seahawks traveled to New York in week four only to take home to Washington a 44-6 beating.
It was the Hawks’ second visit to the east coast in 2008 and the second time they went home licking their wounds.

The same day the Seahawks suffered their beating, San Diego traveled to Miami and lost an early game. While the Dolphins are improving under Tony Sparano and Bill Parcells few would argue that the Dolphins are currently a better team than the Chargers.

KFAN-AM Radio Monday in Minnesota Monday indicated that the NFL might be considering the idea of requiring late start times - 4 p.m. on the east, 1 p.m. on the west - for games played by west coast teams that travel across the country to play.

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David Tyree was one of the most visible heroes of the Super Bowl upset over New England in February. But the wide receiver has yet to see the field this season.

More vitally for the Giants, Michael Strahan retired and Osi Umenyiora tore up his knee before the season, leaving them to begin their championship defense short-handed.

Today Plaxico Burress served a one-game suspension for repeated transgressions. Yet despite these absences and others throughout the young season, the Giants annihalated Seattle today 44-6 to go to 4-0.

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