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From the Sunday NFL studios

Highlights of the chatter from the NFL studio shows, as provided by the networks:

CBS' "insider" Charley Casserly on the Giants' Plaxico Burress: "Look for the suspension to be reduced to one week, which means he’ll miss the game next week against the Seattle Seahawks.  However, he has a bigger problem.  Two restraining orders were issued against him in the last three months.  Even though both were dismissed, he failed to report this to the league, which he has to do.  The league is now looking into possible discipline or   counseling for him for this failure in violation of the personal conduct policy."

ESPN's Cris Carter on Brett Favre's receivers with the Jets: Brett Favre. Playmakers. Laverneus Coles would be the third-best receiver on Green Bay.”  (Coles caught eight passes, including three for touchdowns, on Sunday.)

ESPN's Tom Jackson on the Broncos' Jay Cutler: “Cutler is going to be the best in the game. He brings something to the party that you don’t have. That’s the best arm and accuracy in the game. In the end he’s going to be a better passer than anybody in this league.”

Fox's Howie Long on his former teammate, Matt Millen: “The record is what the record is and the proof is in the pudding. I will never, never apologize for standing up for him.  Matt Millen has jumped into some fracases with me that he shouldn’t have jumped into and I appreciated it all of the time and I will never apologize for standing up for him.”

NBC's Cris Collinsworth on the Cowboys:  "The Cowboys have to understand who their best players are, and it's not their skill position players, it is that offensive line. And for Marion Barber to only get eight touches, Felix Jones to get zero carries in this game is just a huge mistake. But you just go right down the list of the star players: Jason Campbell outplayed Tony Romo; Clinton Portis outplayed Marion Barber; Santana Moss outplayed T.O.; and everyone outplayed Terrence Newman."

NBC's Dan Patrick on the Cardinals' defense:  "The guys in the Wrangler commercial play better defense."

About Ray Frager
Ray Frager joined The Baltimore Sun’s sports department in 1985 and has been an assistant sports editor for more than 15 years. This is his second stint writing a sports media column for The Baltimore Sun. Most sequels aren't as good as the original, but then, the original wasn't all that great either.

Frager, born in 1957, grew up in northern Delaware (graduating from a high school that since has shut down) and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. He worked as a reporter and copy editor at The Trenton Times and The Dallas Morning News before coming to Baltimore.

Surprisingly, if you look at his accompanying photo, Frager is married and has a son and daughter. He enjoys playing basketball and has organized pickup games among members of The Baltimore Sun staff for many years, which means they don't get too mad at him for shooting way too much.

He has a good beat and is easy to dance to. I'd give him an 85.
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