Trust his agent: Andy Reid is staying put

As for Heckert, even though he's a Michigan native, he apparently is not interested in joining the Lions and sharing personnel duties with Detroit general manager Martin Mayhew. It still seems possible that Heckert could end up with another team - possibly Kansas City - after the season. His cause could be helped by the fact that New England personnel director Scott Pioli may have narrowed his field to Cleveland or rejoining the Patriots, according to the Boston Herald.

Is it the economy, stupid?

Here we are a day before the Eagles' game with the Vikings, who have not been home for a playoff game since 2000, and they're still trying to fill the Metrodome. Disgraceful.

Even more disgraceful was that the Cardinals needed to twice extend television blackout deadlines before filling their home spaceship, a.k.a. University of Phoenix Stadium, for today's game against Atlanta.

The last time the Cardinals played a home playoff game was 1947, when they beat the Eagles, 28-21, at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Miami, meanwhile, is solidly behind its Dolphins after failing to sell out its last home playoff game in 2002, a 20-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The Dolphins are expecting a record crowd for their game tomorrow against the Ravens.

The picks

You'll have to wait for tomorrow's Talkin' segment on Page Two's SportsWit' to get my Eagles pick. But here's what I think will happen in the other games: Falcons 31, Cardinals 21; Colts 27, Chargers 24; Ravens 23, Dolphins 20.

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