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Show 5 Page B6 THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HartTheHerald.com), t , Provo, Utah, Friday, December 27, 2002 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NFL STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST Miami WJets New England Buffalo W L T PCT 9 8 8 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 .600 .533 .533 .467 7 7 W 354 317 354 352 M AWAT HOME 274 319 322 388 AFC DIV HFC 4 66-- 0 4 AP Sports Writer - SOUTH Indianapolis Jacksonville Houston W L T PCT 10 5 6 9 9 6 4 11 0 0 0 0 .667 .600 .400 .267 W L T PCT 9 8 5 PF "I don't drink I smoke. I go home at By JOSEPH WHITE -0 PA HOME AWAY 354 321 329 300 315 295 210 343 AFC Dar-re- ll ASHBURN, Va. Green is leaving. Don't try to catch him. "I don't think anybody could run me down," the Washington Redskins' said Thursday. "There may be somebody in the world I don't know that could beat me, but I don't think anybody could run me down the way I used to run other players down." It was a rare moment of pride from the Green, who reminisced about a career that comes to an end Sunday when the Redskins host the Dallas Cowboys. ' The conversation included the usual references to his kids, the Bible and role models, and some fleeting glances of the emotions to PUT NFC 3 0 4 I frit S i cor-nerba- ck NORTH n 1 .633 0 .533 7 8 0 .467 2 13 0 .133 Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore Cincinnati 7 PF PA 356 320 285 270 314 304 320 429 AWAT HOME DIV NFC AFC 4 4 WEST Oakland Denver Kansas City San Diego x W L T PCT PF PA 10 5 8 8 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 .667 .533 .533 .533 426 355 467 305 304 337 375 336 8 AWAY HOME AFC DIY NFC 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 34-- 4 0 : ld 4 4 4 20-ye- ar NATIONAL - EAST " L W Giants Washington Dallas T PCT PF PA 0 9 6 0 6 9 0 5 10 0 .800 .600 .400 408 310 287 203 231 272 351 309 W L T PCT 4 5 0 .733 1 .633 0 .600 0 .400 PF 331 PA 11 12 N.Y. CONFERENCE 3 333 AWAY HOME 114-- DIV NFC AFC 54-- 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SOUTH Atlanta New Orleans Carolina 9 9 6 6 9 AWAY HOME 196 386 290 426 378 248 296 NFC AFC corn "I haven't had butterflies D!V 4 24-- 1 0 4-- NORTH Green Bay Minnesota x Chicago Detroit WIT0 12 3 5 10 4 11 3 12 PF PCT .800 0 .333 0 .267 0 .200 AWAY HOME PA 286 352 406, 281 364 270 413 DIV NFC AFC 381 34-- 4 4 0 4 0 3-- -- W Seattle PF PA 347 285 324 255 320 349 341 380 PCT 0 .667 0.400 0 .400 5 10 0 .333 6 9 Arizona x T L Francisco 10 5 St. Louis 6 9 AFC AWAY HOME DIV NFC 0 4 3 5 4 He never tried to shop himself in free agency. He preached humility, once apologizing for a very mild touchdown celebration. He embraced the notion that players should be role models and used his celebrity to establish a series of inner-cit- y learning centers. 5 clinched division SATURDAY'S SUNDAY'S Beuerlein: Don't give up on Griese Atlanta at Cleveland, 11 a.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 2:05 p.m. Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, 2:15 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 2:15 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 2:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. GAMES Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 11:30a.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 3 p.m. GAMES Minnesota at Detroit, 11 a.m. Dallas at Washington, 11 a.m. Tennessee at Houston, 11 a.m. Miami at New England, 11 a.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh. 11a.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, 11 a.m. MONDAY'S - tie; OR Cleveland loss or tie and Denver win; OR two Pittsburgh losses and KC loss or tie. Note: There are other scenanos in which Indianapolis can Omen a playoff berth if it is determined that after this week's games they win own the strength of victory tiebreaker over the teams they are bed with. EAST can clinch the division with a win or tie. can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win. Oakland loss, fennessee Joss. Pittsburgh loss and Miami wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Oakland and fennessee. Note: "Strength of victory" is the winning percentage of all the opponents a team has defeated. MIAMI can clinch a first round-bywith a win, Pittsburgh loss and Oakland loss; OR a win, PittsOR a loss Tennessee and loss; win, bufgh loss. Oakland loss and Miami wins strength ol victory tiebreaker over Oakland and Tennessee. MIAMI can clinch a pkiyoft berth with a N.Y. Jets toss or tjf and Denver win; OR H.t Jets toss or Ue and Kansas City loss or U. Note: There are other scenarios in which Miami can cinch a playoff berth if it is determined that after tins week's fmes they will own the strength of tKbreaker over the teams they are tied with. NEW ENGLAND can clinch the division with a win and a N Jets loss or tie. NEW ENGLAND can clinch a playoff berth with a win, Cleveland loss or be. Denver toss or tie and Kansas City win; OR a win. Cleveland loss or tie, Denver loss or tie and San Diego loss 01 tie; OR a tie. N.Y. Jets loss. Cleveland loss, Denver loss. San Dieflo loss and Kansas City loss or tie. N.Y. iETS can clinch the division with a win and a Miami loss. N.Y. YORK JETS can clinch a playoff spot with a win, Cleveland loss or tie and Denver win; OR a win. Cleve land loss or tie and Kansas City loss or tie; OR a be, New England loss or tie. Cleveland toss. Denver toss or tie, Kansas City loss and San Diego loss or tie. MIAMI MIAMI WEST has clinched the division title. can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win; OR a tie and Tennessee loss or be; OR a Pittsburgh loss, Tennessee loss and Miami loss; OR a Pittsburgh toss, Tennessee loss and Oakland wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Miami and fennessee. OAKLAND can clinch a first round bye with a tie; OR a Miami toss or tie and a Pittsburgh loss; OR a Miami loss or tie and Tennessee toss; OR Tennessee loss and Oakland wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Miami and Tennessee. DENVER can clinch a playoff berth with a win, Cleveland loss or tie. New England loss or tie, N.Y. Jets loss or tie; OR a win, Cleveland loss or tie, Miami loss. N.Y. Jets win; OR a tie. New England loss or be, N.Y. Jets loss, Cleveland toss. Kansas City loss or tie and San Diego loss or tie. KANSAS CITY can clinch a playoff berth wilh a win, Denver loss or tie and New England toss or tie; OR a win, Denver loss or be, Indianapolis win or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or ix OR a win. Denver toss or tie. Indianapolis toss, N.Y. Jets win, Cleveland win; OR a tie, New England toss, N.Y. Jets toss or tie, Cleveland toss or tie. Denver toss and San Diego toss or tie. Note: There are other scenarios in which Kansas City can clinch a playoff berth this week if it is determined that after this week's games they wilt own the strength of victory tiebreaker over the teams they are tied with. SAN DIEGO can clinch a playoff berth with a win, Denver toss or tie, Kansas City toss or be. New Eng-- . land loss or tie. N.Y. Jets toss or be and Cleveland toss or tie; OR win. Denver loss or be, Kansas City loss or Ue, Miami loss, N.Y. Jets win and Cleveland loss or be; OR a be, Denver loss, Kansas City loss, New England, N.Y Jets loss and Cleveland toss. OAKLAND OAKLAND C NORTH has dinctted the division title. can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win and losses by Tennessee and Oakland. PITTSBURGH can clinch a first round bye with a win and fennessee loss; OR a win and Oakland toss. CLEVELAND can clinch a playoff spot with a win. Denver win and N.Y Jets win; OR a win, Kansas City toss or lie and N Jets win: OR a win. Denver win and Miamt win or tie; OR a win, Kansas City loss or lie and Miami win or tie: OR a tie. N Jets toss or tie, New England loss or be, Denver loss or tie, San Diego loss or tie and Kansas City loss; OR a loss, N.Y. Jets toss. Baltimore loss or be, Denver toss, San Diego toss, and Kansas City toss. Note: There are other scenanos in which Cleveland can clinch a play off berth rf it is determined that after this week's games they will own the strength of victory tiebreaker over the teams they are bed with BALTIMORE can clinch a playoff berth wtth a win. New England toss, N.Y, Jets loss, Cleveland loss. Denver loss, San Diego toss and Kansas City loss. PfTTSBURGH PITTSBURGH REID Continued from B 1 ankle in a Nov. 17 game against the Arizona Cardi- nals, and Reid's Eagles haven't lost since. Detmer won his first and only start in San Francisco but went down in that game with a dislocated left elbow. A.J. d Feeley, an unheard-o- f pick in 2001 who barely made the roster this year, has won the last four, extending the Eagles' winning streak to six games. The book on Feeley: 217. Big arm. Fiery temperament. Started as a junior at Oregon before losing his job to Joey Harrington. Feeley likely will be starting his last game when the Eagles visit the Giants. McNabb slowly is working his way back into game shape and is expected to be ready for the playoffs. But regardless of who's playing quarterback, the Eagles are confident fifth-roun- EAST a has clinched the division title and bye. PHILADELPHIA can clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with win; OR a tie and Green Bay loss or tie. N.Y. GIANTS can clinch a playoff berth with a win: OR a tie and a New Orleans toss or He; OR a New Orleans loss. - NORTH GREEN BAY has clinched division title. BAY can clinch homelield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win and Philadelphia loss or tie: OR a ue and Philadelphia loss. GREEN BAY can clinch a first round bye with a win or oe OK Philadelphia loss or tie. GREEN SOUTH has clinched the division title. TENNESSEE can clinch homefield advantage through out the playoffs with a win and Oakland loss or be; OR a tie and Oakland loss; OR a Pittsburgh loss, Miami win, Oakland loss, Tennessee wins on strength of victory tiebreaker over Miami and Oakland. TENNESSEE can clinch a first round bye with a win or be; OR a Miami toss, a Pittsburgh toss. OR an Oakland loss, Miami win; and fennessee wms strength of victory bebmaker over Miami and Oakland. INDIANAPOLIS can clinch a playoff spot with a win or tie; OR a New England loss or tie; OR N Jets win, OR Cleveland loss or tie and KC loss or TENNESSEE SOUTH TAMPA BAY has clinched division title. TAMPA .BAY can clinch a bye with a win Green and Bay loss. ATLANTA can clinch a with a win or be; OR N.Y. Giants loss or tie: OR New Orleans loss or be. NEW ORLEANS can dutch a playoff berth with a win and N.Y. Giants loss or be; a win and Atlanta loss; OR a win and N.Y. Giants loss. WEST SAN FRANCISCO has clinched title. division RAIDER CORNER BACK: Oakland cornerback James will be back in the starting lineup for the Pro Bowl corner-bac-k Raiders this week. With four-tim- e Tory NOTEBOOK TAMPA STARTER PROBABLY WONT PLAY: about their chances. It certainly helps to have one of the best defenses in the game. "This game is not about individuals, it's about team," said linebacker Shawn Barber, who returned an interception for a touchdown in last Saturday's 27-- 3 rout of the Dallas Cowboys. "When you believe in yourselves as a team, you can do just about ' anything. But this isn't over for us. This is just the beginning. We want to get someplace special." That someplace special, of course, is Super Bowl XXXVIII in San Diego. The Eagles haven't been to a Super Bowl since the 1980 season, when Dick Vermeil's team was beaten by the Oakland Raiders. But there's a feeling among Reid's players that destiny is If he is unable to play against the Bears, Rob Johnson will make his second start of the season. Tampa Bay quarterback Brad Johnson said Thursday his sore back is improving, but it's unlikely he'll play Sunday night when the Buccaneers close the regular season against the Chicago Bears. Johnson missed last Monday night's 17-- 7 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers because of a severe lower back bruise suffered during the fourth quarter of the Bucs' three-poivictory over the Detroit Lions two weeks ago. ' NFC PHILADELPHIA left knee is healthy. Shanahan said he felt Beuerlein would give the Broncos the best chance to win after Griese had one of his worst games of the season against Oakland last week. DENVER Steve Beuerlein will be Denver's starting quarterback against Arizona on Sunday, but he doesn't believe that means everyone should give up on Brian Griese just yet. "A lot of great ones have been through the same scenario, the same situation," Beuerlein said. "John Elway, all of you will remember I'm sure, his first four years were not a picnic. People were all over him and talking about running him out of town. "So you know, it happens to everybody at some point in your career." Broncos coach Mike Shanahan announced Wednesday that Beuerlein will start against the Cardinals even GAME San Francisco at St Louis, 7 p.m. AFC if Griese's sprained The Associated Press NFL PLAYOFF SCENARIOS ' KfcNl E JACKSONl he Associated Press 4 54 0 2 5 0 4 l with one team and is the oldest player ever to play cornerback in the league. He went to seven Pro Bowls, including one at age 37. Not bad for a player taken as the final pick in the first round of the 1983 draft, Green has rejected the modern pro sports image. - ' WEST LAW -- ar 10 years," Green sajd. "I 4 it imagine Sunday I'm going to have butterflies. I anticipate it with a lot of joy." Green is the last holdover from the Super Bowl years, the Joe Gibbs era. He played his first game on Sept. 5, 1983 during Ronald Reaterm. He holds the first gan's NFL record for most seasons 4 4 aid's in my stomach in eight or 4 4 I'm very conscientious of that," Green said. "I don't think a lot of players are. When they chant my name TJarrell, Darrell,' I don't take the chant home with me. It's all about perspective." He confesses that he's departed from that mindset recently. He's taken special photographs with former rival players at every stadium this season and has let himself soak up the adulation of the home crowd. He's had more time to enjoy the crowd because he hasn't played much lately, his one big disappointment. He will be with the starters for at least one play Sunday e cerefollowing a mony, but he hasn't been a regular on defense since assistant coach Marvin Lewis gave Green's nickel-bac- k duties to rookie Rashad Bauman at Dallas on Thanksgiving Day. "For the first time in my career I did not touch the field on defense. It really hurt," Green said. "The thing that hurt the most was that I wasn't aware of it. He never really officially told me, even thought I asked him a couple of times, "Hey are we making the switch? Just tell me.' He never did. I . struggled with that a lot." pre-gam- ' Darrell Green of the Redskins, who is still playing cornerback career this week. at 42 years old, will end his 20-ye- 4 don't night theirs this year. "It's been an amazing season for this football team," said wide receiver Antonio Freeman, who won a Super Bowl and went to another with Green Bay. Charles Woodson out after undergoing surgery to repair a broken fibula in his right leg, the Raiders need every available body for their regular season finale Saturday against the Kansas City Chiefs, James started the first 13 games of the year but hasn't played since Dec. 12 when he had his own leg surgery. Like Woodson, James had a cracked right fibula and underwent a operation to have a stabilizing plate inserted into his leg. James practiced this week for the first time since having the procedure.and has been given the to play against the Chiefs. "He's ready to go and he's cleared to playr , Raiders coach Bill Callahan said. "He looked good. In terms of knowing if he's ready to go, does he appear like he's the same as he was (before the surgery)? tt appears that he is, yes." "The things we've overcome and the things we've achieved, it's like a storybook season. Now we've just got to finish off the regular part of it and everything else will play out its own way." Reid doesn't dare look too far ahead, though. He understands that the immediate future continues to be problematic, mostly because of his quarterback situation. He's counting on McNabb to be back for the playoffs, but it's not certain just how effective he can be after such a long layoff. And Detmer, who still is not fully healed from his elbow injury, also will be rusty if he plays in the postseason. "The way we looked at Donovan's injury was that a good football player got hurt and that somebody else will step up in that spot and do a good job," Reid said. "Don was always a big advocate of telling people he wasn't the whole show. He's as big a team player as anybody on our team. So all you can do is keep the guys very focused and not look ahead. Just get ready for the next one, and then when the next one comes, get ready for that one." A simple philosophy, to be sure. But Reid's patient hand and steely resolve in the face of adversity have paid off. 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