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Tony Richardson is back paving the way for the New York Jets’ running game.

“This is my opinion: me not being there, I can promise you, had nothing to do with football. Not in my opinion,” wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh said of the Seahawks. “Nobody on that team beat me out.”

Denver coach Josh McDaniels told reporters Tuesday that he has not decided who his backup quarterback will be Sunday at Jacksonville.



McDaniels said that rookie Tim Tebow and veteran Brady Quinn will still compete this week for the job.



“We’re not going to name [the No. 2 QB] right now,” McDaniels said. “We got three that we like and … (Tebow and Quinn) are going to compete and we’ll try to make the decision that we feel is best on game day for our team, based on how we’re going to play the game … There’s a lot of factors that will go into that. How they practice and how things look during the week will probably play a large role in determining who we name as the No. 2.”



Tebow has to be the favorite to be the No. 2 in Denver on Sunday because he moved the ball better than Quinn in the preseason, the team has plans to use Tebow in packages this season and the team has more invested in Tebow than Quinn. Plus, Tebow replaced starter Kyle Orton in the past two preseason games.



Another major hint is that, at this point, the plan is to have just two quarterback active on the 45-man roster. With Tebow likely to get on the field in some packages, such as the Wildcat and in the red zone, he will likely be on the active roster.

Bill Parcells is turning over control of the Miami Dolphins to general manager Jeff Ireland but will retain a role as a daily consultant.

Amid rumors of a possible trade, QB Donovan McNabb says the Redskins can’t win without Albert Haynesworth.

Bill Parcells is turning over control of the Miami Dolphins to general manager Jeff Ireland but will retain a role as a daily consultant.

CFT: No decision has been made on whether Reggie Bush will be stripped of his 2005 Heisman Trophy, a spokesman said Tuesday.

The Miami Dolphins have announced Bill Parcells will have a diminished role with the organization moving forward, with general manager Jeff Ireland taking over football operations.



The Dolphins released a two-sentence statement Tuesday afternoon:

Effective immediately, Jeff Ireland will assume full control over all aspects and decisions in regard to the Miami Dolphin football team and support staff. This was the intent of the structure put in place in the past. Bill Parcells will remain with the club on a daily consultant basis.

Tuesday’s development might not impact the Dolphins much. Nobody really was sure how much influence Parcells had before, and there’s no reason to think he couldn’t have just as much in his new role. It depends on how much he wants his voice to be heard and how much Ireland will want to listen.



Parcells was named executive vice president of football operations in late 2007. He has since rebuilt the Dolphins with his philosophies, helping them rebound from 1-15 to AFC East champions a year later.



Parcells has been the Wizard of Oz, pulling strings from behind a curtain. He was rarely seen or heard from since he joined the Dolphins. He addressed the South Florida media twice, at his introductory news conference and again as a contractual sponsorship obligation to Gatorade.



He didn’t travel to road games, but he was present at workouts, watching from a golf cart when the Dolphins practiced outside or pulling up a chair when they were in their practice bubble.