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Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson is expecting a lot more of himself and the Fighting Irish offense next season.

Smith lost his starting job to Colin Kaepernick after sustaining a concussion Nov. 11. Kaepernick played well, and coach Jim Harbaugh stuck with him even when Smith was healthy.
Alex Smith quietly stayed behind the scenes after losing his job and watched from the sideline as San Francisco returned to the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years. Yet the No. 1 overall draft pick from 2005 did make one thing known: The veteran quarterback still considers himself a starter.
The first call that Andy Reid received came from Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt.
Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs should be quite familiar by now.
The Kansas City Chiefs are doing more than looking for a new coach after firing Romeo Crennel on Monday. They're changing the entire structure of the organization.
The Colts were a nice little story six weeks ago.

The expectations placed upon Andrew Luck almost seemed unfair.
Jamaal Charles took the handoff on the first play of the game, skipped to his right and found a crease. He slipped through the hole, made a subtle cutback and then raced to the end zone.
Brady Quinn can't help but wonder whether he missed something in the final days of Jovan Belcher's life.
This should have been a big week for Brady Quinn.

As investigators search for a motive to help explain why Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself, a discordant picture of the couple has begun to emerge.
As investigators search for a motive to help explain why Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself, a discordant picture of the couple began to emerge.

Against the backdrop of an unthinkable tragedy, the Kansas City Chiefs gave themselves a reason to be proud Sunday — and perhaps the impetus to let the healing begin.
It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season, their general manager and coach at work early to put final touches on this weekend's gameplan. Then they got a call to hurry to the parking lot.
"This game was without a doubt, 100 percent on my shoulders," he said. "You can't play the way I played today and win a football game."
"I think it speaks to the character of him as a man, how he's able to have an optimistic perspective despite all the things he's been through right now," Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn said. "It really speaks to who he is as man."