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No contest Replay to pass easily at Wednesday owner's meeting
Posted: Wednesday March 29, 2000 01:12 AM
The only real news event of this week's annual NFL meetings comes about midday Wednesday, when the league's worst-kept secret is revealed -- instant replay will be back easily in 2000. Any doubt about replay was erased when one longtime no vote, the Jets, changed to a yes. Director of football operations Bill Parcells told me he now supports giving replay a second year. And my sources tell me there will be no organized opposition in Wednesday's general session.
World travelerSan Francisco quarterback Steve Young is on an around-the-world honeymoon. Friends say he's somewhere near the Fiji Islands this week. But he's never far from the thoughts of coach Steve Mariucci or general manager Bill Walsh. Mariucci says he honestly has no idea if the concussion-plagued Young will quit the sport. Walsh, though, has a gut feeling. "My guess is, it will be nice and warm outside, the athletes will be working out, he'll get out," Walsh said. "He's a great conditioner -- he's in beautiful shape physically all the time -- he'll get out there and start throwing the ball and say 'I want to play.' That's what I guess will happen." Young almost certainly will not know his fate until May.
Denver looking to deal upAt least three teams, including Denver, have approached the Ravens about dealing the fifth overall pick in April's draft. Denver coach Mike Shanahan is willing to deal his top two picks -- Nos. 10 and 40 overall -- to move into Baltimore's slot, perhaps to snag versatile linebacker/safety Brian Urlacher of New Mexico, or Marshall quarterback Chad Pennington. But Baltimore owner Art Modell tells me he's determined to hold the fifth pick, barring an incredible offer. Modell said he's learned one thing from Branch Rickey -- sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make. Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King covers the NFL and appears regularly on CNN/Sports Illustrated and CNN's NFL Preview.
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