Found January 23, 2013 on The Bay Cave: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Former Oakland and Tampa Bay receiver Tim Brown sounds as if he is still hurting from the Raiders Super Bowl XXXVII loss to the Bucs a decade ago. So hurt that he can’t remember if he said former head coach Bill Callahan sabotaged the game plan or not. Let’s take a trip down memory lane. Here is what Brown said Saturday on SiriusXM NFL Radio: “We all called it sabotage . . . because Callahan and Gruden were good friends.” Brown said that in reference to Bill Callahan changing the gameplan two nights before the Super Bowl. Former teammate Jerry Rice also agreed with Brown in an ESPN interview. Rice said Callahan may have decided to “let Jon Gruden go out and win this one.” Well, after several interviews since Saturday, including one Tuesday with 98.7 The Fan in Tampa, Brown said he will never back down from what he said. Brown is doing just that, backing down: “I have never said that he sabotaged the game. All I’m saying is, all I was saying after the game was, you know, the question...
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