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Sunday in the NFL studios

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

NFL Network's Marshall Faulk on fired Rams coach Scott Linehan: “Scott  did a bad job. He didn’t relate to the veterans. He didn’t even get the young guys to play for him.”

NFL Network's Warren Sapp on trying to talk to Raiders owner Al Davis about a potential draft pick: “We call it the ‘Jedi mind trick,’ because if you like a player, you have to go the opposite way.”

Fox's Jimmy Johnson on Davis and the Raiders: “I have two problems with Al Davis. First of all, in today’s game with the salary cap and free agency, one person can’t make all of those decisions, even as dominant as he is. Especially at 79 years old. Secondly, he admitted that he made a mistake in hiring Lane Kiffin. He said, ‘I hired the wrong guy.’ Well, if you hired the wrong guy, fire him, pay him and move on. What is all this?”

Fox's Michael Strahan on Terrell Owens: “I understand that players have a need to complain. I did it. But you never let your complaining affect your quest for a championship. It’s never going to be a smooth ride to a championship, and there will be six or seven more times that the boat is going to get rocked this season. But T.O., please don’t tip it over. Help steady the boat. My advice to you is to go into the locker room and find Marion Barber. Just look at the guy. He only touched the ball eight times last week, but you never heard one word. He doesn’t have the stats, money, accolades or fame you have. But he has it exactly right, and that’s the type of attitude that will win you a ring. And I want you to have one.”

CBS' Dan Marino on last week's hit on the Cardinals' Anquan Boldin: "The rules say you can't launch your helmet, and in this case [the Jets' Eric Smith] did, so I have to agree with the fine.  Maybe the suspension is a little too much.  But when I look at this, it drives me crazy.  Kurt Warner, why is he throwing this?  He's got Anquan Boldin coming down the seam with 40 seconds left.  You have to dump it off.  Don't put your receivers in a situation where they can get hit like that at the end of the game." 

ESPN's Cris Carter on the Buffalo Bills: “At this point in the season, do we like what we see in Buffalo?  I’m somewhat skeptical.  They’ve mastered the art of beating bad football teams.”

 

Comments

Did Marino even watch the play!!??
What the heck was he talking about?
Didn't look deliberate where I was standing. Then to say he should't have thrown it there with 40 seconds left like now it's Warner's fault. No, the fault is the TV company for letting him talk. Great QB, dumb announcer

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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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