League owners are gathering in the Dallas area Wednesday. The agenda was set to focus in part on player safety through the addition of leg padding, but it's likely to change. A week before Brown's death, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend before driving to the team's stadium and shooting himself in front of his coach and general manager..With a lot of the national media types saying the Houston Texans and San Francisco 49ers make the most sense for Peyton Manning, if he wants the best Super Bowl opportunity, both Bum Phillips and Jimmy Johnson say signing Manning is not something the Texans should even explore. Bidding is going to be too high. They are better staying out of it, emailed Johnson.

The 49ers ended up losing in the Manning sweepstakes, and then it was up to them to do damage control with Smith. Harbaugh took him behind closed doors and basically kissed Smith's feet. That worked, but you can bet Smith was and still is on his