Arizona Cardinals coach Buddy Ryan on Thursday attempted to quella rumor regarding the team's reported interest in Philadelphia Eaglesquarterback Randall Cunningham.
ESPN reported this week that the Cardinals have had "internaldiscussions" about Cunningham, who will become an unrestricted freeagent at the end of this season.
"To tell you the truth, Mr. B. (team owner Bill Bidwill) and Italked about a quarterback a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn'tRandall Cunningham," Ryan said.
"If anybody else in the organization is discussing quarterbacks,all they are doing is beating their gums because nobody else is goingto make any decisions except Mr. B. and me, and we haven't talkedabout Randall."
Cunningham played for Ryan on the Eagles from 1986 to 1990 andsent him a letter and a potted plant when Ryan got the Cardinals'coach-general manager job in February.
MONTANA RETIRING? Joe Montana, one of the greatest quarterbacksin NFL history, plans to retire at the end of the season, the NewYork Daily News reported today.
The report cited unidentified league sources, and there was noelaboration. A call to Kansas City Chiefs spokesman Bob Moore earlytoday was not immediately returned.
Montana, 38, is finishing his second season with the Chiefsafter spending 14 seasons and winning four Super Bowls with the SanFrancisco 49ers.
PENALTY UPDATE: Players guilty of flagrant late hits onquarterbacks could be forced to sit out 14 to 16 plays under aproposal sent to the Competition Committee by San Francisco 49ersvice president John McVay.
Steve Young, who has had to absorb his share of late hits asquarterback of the 49ers, said he hopes the league gives McVay'sproposal serious consideration. Coach George Seifert also endorsedthe notion of disqualifying offending players for a certain number ofplays.
Unlike hockey, which penalizes players by putting them in apenalty box and forcing the team to play shorthanded, McVay said hisproposal would allow a replacement to fill in.
"With so many concussions and so many quarterback injuries, it'ssomething that is worth the committee giving some consideration to,"McVay said.
THOMAS TIRADE: A Buffalo Bills fan accused running back ThurmanThomas of cursing his 10-year-old grandson and insulting the boy'smother when the child asked for an autograph earlier this season.
George Schmelzer, who lives across the street from Rich Stadiumin Orchard Park, N.Y., said the boy approached Thomas after theBills' loss Sept. 4 to the New York Jets. Schmelzer said Thomas usedan obscenity in telling the child that he does not give autographs.
Schmelzer said his grandson answered, "Well, I don't know if Iwant it anyway," which prompted Thomas to make a lewd remark aboutthe boy's mother.
Schmelzer said Bills director of media relations Scott Berchtoldwitnessed the incident and apologized on behalf of the team.
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