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CLEVELAND -- The Super Bowl is set. Atlanta Braves Jersey . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. The quest to replace Rob Chudzinski enters its fourth week. Clevelands plans to interview Denver offensive co-ordinator Adam Gase have been further delayed after the Broncos advanced to the Super Bowl with a 26-16 win over New England in Sundays AFC championship game. The 35-year-old Gase is high on the Browns list of candidates to become the clubs seventh coach since 1999, and the team must now wait until after Denvers Feb. 2 matchup against Seattle before they can meet with him. Its possible the Browns will move on without Gase. He was the first candidate the Browns asked permission to speak with after firing Chudzinski in the hours following a Dec. 29 loss at Pittsburgh. Gase, though, declined Clevelands offer for an interview so he could focus on the Broncos playoff run and there have been reports hes content working with Peyton Manning and would like to spend at least one more season on Denvers staff. While the Browns decide what move to make with Gase, they can conduct a second interview with Seahawks defensive co-ordinator Dan Quinn. The 43-year-old was the first candidate interviewed by Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner, who have met with at least eight known candidates but not offered anyone the job. Quinn has directed the NFLs top defence this season and he reportedly impressed the Browns during his initial interview on Jan. 1. Per NFL rules, if the Browns want to meet again with Quinn, they must do so before Jan. 26 and Seattle would have to grant Cleveland permission. Also, league rules prohibit teams from finalizing deals with assistant coaches still in the post-season. So even if the Browns meet again with Quinn, the club cant discuss a contract until after the Super Bowl. The delays have further damaged the perception that the Browns didnt have a strong plan in place when they fired Chudzinski, who went 4-12 in his one season. Last week, Haslam wrote a letter to Cleveland fans explaining the reasons for the clubs "methodical" approach in finding a new coach. The Browns may also conduct a second interview with Buffalo defensive co-ordinator Mike Pettine. He met with Haslam and Banner on Thursday and the 47-year-old could be helped by the tie-ups with Gase and Quinn. Pettine is coming off his first season with the Bills after four seasons as defensive co-ordinator for the New York Jets. Dallas special teams coach Rich Bisaccia met with the Browns on Saturday. He interviewed with Washington before the Redskins hired Jay Gruden. Its possible other names could surface this week. And beyond a head coach, the Browns need to replace their co-ordinators after Ray Horton took the defensive job with Tennessee and Norv Turner went to Minnesota. The team is not commenting on the coaching search or confirming any interviews as it looks for a fourth coach in six years. Phil Niekro Braves Jersey . Doneil Henry, the man who scored Toronto FCs last-gasp game winner Saturday, knows that probably better than anyone. Evan Gattis Authentic Jersey . Not exactly bursting with sentimental feelings, Matthew Lombardi makes an odd return to the state of Tennessee on Thursday night.The first deal of deadline day saw the Panthers take a player that wasnt fitting in with Atlanta. Numbers Game look at the Niclas Berfors trade. The Panthers Get: RW Niclas Bergfors and C Patrick Rissmiller. Bergfors, who turns 24 in a week, has been in the doghouse for much of this season in Atlanta, scoring 29 points with a minus-11 rating in 52 games. Averaging just 14:09 of ice time per game, Bergfors has faded in February, scoring two points and going minus-8 while playing a season-low 12:30 per game in 11 games this month. Most recently playing in a depth role with Chris Thorburn and either Fredrik Modin or Patrick Rissmiller, its not like Bergfors was put in a position to produce offensively. There are naturally accusations that Bergfors is soft -- hes been credited with a grand total of eight hits in 79 games with the Thrashers since coming from New Jersey in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade last season -- so hes not going to be a power forward in Florida, by any stretch, but hes capable of skating and handling the puck and should get an opportunity to play in a scoring role for a Panthers team that is very thin on right wing. Long-term, its not unreasonable to think that Bergfors can produce 20 goals and 50 points per season for the Panthers (he had 19 goals, 46 points in 79 games with Thrashers). Bergfors, who is making $900,000 this year, will be a restricted free agent in the summer. Rissmiller is a 32-year-old grinder who has been mired in the AHL for the past couple of seasons, scoring 30 points with a minus-5 rating for Lake Erie in the AHL this season. Hank Aaron Authentic Jersey. . He can fill a spot on the Panthers roster if need be, but his $1-million cap hit balances out the finances of the deal and comes off the books at the end of the season. The Thrashers Get: RW Radek Dvorak and a fifth-round pick. Dvorak is a 33-year-old reliable veteran who plays a sound third-line checker role. Hes chipped in seven goals and 21 points with a plus-2 rating in 53 games this season, while playing on the Panthers first penalty-killing unit. With the Thrashers ranking 28th in the league with a 77.3% penalty killing success rate, Dvoraks shorthanded work will be his greatest benefit to his new team. Four points out of a playoff spot, the Thrashers need Dvorak in that capacity to help them get into the postseason. In the final year of his contract, Dvoraks cap hit is $1.7-million this season and hell be an unrestricted free agent. A fifth-round pick doesnt present huge value, but its a little sweetener since the Panthers are getting more future value in a younger player like Bergfors. Maybe Bergfors wont pan out, but for the Panthers to get him for a rental seems like a savvy acquisition by Panthers GM Dale Tallon as he gets a deal done with fellow former Blackhawks executive Rick Dudley. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@ctv.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. cheap jerseys cheap jerseys from china ' ' ' |
