ADVANTAGE ED! Back on December 24th, we wrote about the payback that ex-Redskins, current Chargers coach Marty Schotteinheimer extracted when his bête noire, Deion Sanders, publicly said he was wanted to play for the Raiders:

Schottenheimer has taken away the one thing Deion craves more than cash: the spotlight. Because the Chargers now own his rights, if he wants to play football again, it’ll have to be for Marty and the Chargers.

Sanders found his NFL rights suspended in his version of Dante's "Inferno.'' He wound up with the longest playoff shot: Schottenheimer's San Diego Chargers. He's free to negotiate with them -- fat chance -- while they can park him on their reserve/retired list for the duration of his Redskins contract.

Several league sources anticipate Sanders will tee off on Schottenheimer this Sunday on "The NFL Today.'' The man who ran Sanders out of football has kept him out. Sanders is still stuck on TV, and Davis is still backed into a corner.

Speaking of the Raiders, with 50 seconds left, it's Raiders 30, Jets 10. Is a Super Bowl featuring John Gruden versus his old Raiders in the offing? Tune into next week's AFC and NFC championships to see!