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There was not one experienced backup offensive lineman on the roster when the injuries occurred and the results have been ugly. Even management pal Clinton Portis is speaking publicly about it:"We got to address and get some depth," Portis said. "We went into the season, and we didn't address that issue and it came back to haunt us."Meanwhile, wideouts Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly benched have continued to impress no one. And Jason Campbell still isn't a good fit for the west coast offense. Read it.Speaking of Portis, Charles Robinson at Yahoo Sports says it is time for him to go:The inevitable changes with the coaching staff could have plenty to do with Portis’ situation, but he clearly has never meshed all that well with the current regime. Moreover, he’s struggling behind an offensive line that isn’t opening holes, and he has been minimized on third downs, with Ladell Betts(note taking more of a role in the passing game The larger issue is starting to become Portis’ age.

He turns 29 before the start of next season, and isn’t an explosive, big-play running back at this stage of his career. Depending on what the next coaching staff wants, he still represents a solidly tradable commodity for other teams that may only be a piece or two away from a sustained playoff run. And with a large chunk of his $7.19 million salary guaranteed next season, Portis will be entering the bloated back end of a deal the team likely won’t want to pay starting in 2011. He knows that, which makes this offseason the last, best striking time for a trade and new contract that will provide him additional guaranteed money through his last few prime years.Read it all at Sterling hits 7- yr low vs dlr, euro marks six-week low Currencies Yen reverses gains after U.S. stock futures rise Remarks from ECB Trichet eyed for hints on rate move By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Sterling and the euro recoveredfrom earlier losses on Wednesday but concerns persisted overlosses in the U.K banking sector and a deepening recession inthe euro zone. The yen reversed gains against major currencies after Dowfutures DJc1 rose as risk aversion eased.

"The market has a notion that the ECB is behind other centralbanks in taking measures to handle the weak economy. This is onereason the euro is being weighed down," said Akira Takeuchi,manager at Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking. Traders said other factors that could have an impact oncurrencies include UK labour market data and the Bank ofEngland's minutes of its January 7-9 monetary policy committeemeeting Both are due later on Wednesday. Sterling fell in early trade to $1.3815, its lowest sincemid-2001. It later recovered to $1.3980 GBPD4, up 1.0percent from late U.S trade.

The British pound was at 126.00 yen GBPJPYR, up 0.3percent from late U.S trade It earlier sank to a record low of123.95 yen. The euro climbed 0.8 percent to $1.2986 EUR after earlierhitting a six-week low of $1.2845 on trading platform EBS. The euro rose 0.9 percent to 116.90 yen EURJPYR,rebounding from a three-month low of 115.30 yen The dollar was up 0.2 percent at 89.98 yen JPY. .N Obama pledged bold and swift action to bring new life to theU.S. economy but did not provide details on economic crisismeasures in his inauguration address "U.S. stock losses reflected a view that it will take timebefore effects from the new administration's economic stimuluspackage are felt So we need to see if U.S.