Wade Phillips has his defense in another Super Bowl

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

ATLANTA — His father, Bum Phillips, once said of another coach, probably Don Shula but possibly also Bear Bryant, “He can take his’n and beat your’n, and he can take your’n and beat his’n.”

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S.F. Examiner: Are Phillips, Broncos playing possum?

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

The current Raiders coach, Jack Del Rio, was the Broncos previous defensive coach. The current Broncos defensive coach, Wade Phillips, was out of work but hardly out of ideas. Or out of superlatives about the current player who concerns him most, Carolina quarterback Cam Newton.

“He makes plays nobody else makes,” Phillips said.

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RealClearSports: Tom Cable Unleashes Emerging Raiders

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

ALAMEDA, Calif. - As of the moment, Tom Cable is the coach of the Oakland Raiders and Wade Phillips is no longer the coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

Or exactly the opposite of what we believed a few weeks ago might be the situation.

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