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	Tedy Bruschi has been back on the practice field, now he hopes to be back in the lineup. AP

No secrets this week. The Cardinals announced Wednesday that Josh McCown will be their starting quarterback Sunday at Dallas. Last week coach Dennis Green said he thought keeping the starting quarterback a mystery gave his team an advantage. This week, Green apparently thinks McCown, over Kurt Warner, gives the Cardinals an edge.
-- Arizona Republic

Alex Smith, the 49ers' rookie quarterback, has a strained medial collateral ligament in his right knee and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay. Smith did not practice Wednesday, and coach Mike Nolan sounded like Ken Dorsey will get the call against the Buccaneers.
-- San Francisco Chronicle

Steve McNair's back is better. The Titans quarterback practiced for the first time since Oct. 13 yesterday. He didn't travel to Arizona for last Sunday's game against the Cardinals because of a sore back and had missed five of the past six practices. McNair said it was coach Jeff Fisher's decision to keep him in Nashville and start Billy Volek against the Cardinals.
-- The Tennessean

Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi, who suffered a stroke eight months ago, hopes to be removed from the physically unable to perform list prior to Sunday night's game against Buffalo.
-- Boston Globe

Terrell Owens has put his Moorestown mansion on the market, but his publicist insists that Bird watchers should not read anything sinister into it. "He's downsizing," says Kim Etheredge. "It's 15,000 square feet. That's a very large house for one person." True, though No. 81 is all but engaged to Ford model Felisha Terrell.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer

Donovan McNabb admitted Wednesday that he's no longer a running quarterback. Attempts to get McNabb to admit that he is reluctant to run these days because of his sports hernia are always met with denial. McNabb, however, at least acknowledged yesterday that he is not able to run the way he used to right now.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer

The NFL plans to return the Saints to New Orleans if the city demonstrates it can still support the team, sources familiar with the league's deliberations on the matter said. But they said the league is concerned that the area will not be able to fully bounce back and is thus open to the possibility of having the Saints play in San Antonio next season and then move permanently to Los Angeles.
-- Washington Post

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