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In the ever so demanding world of a prima donna NFL wide receiver, there is yet another pass catcher that wants out of his current city.

ESPN.com is reporting that Raiders’ receiver Jerry Porter is demanding a trade out of Oakland. The San Francisco Chronicle broke the news of Porter’s demands in a recent story.

“Yes. Absolutely. I’ve told them that,” Porter told the newspaper. The 2000 second round pick has caught 239 passes in his six NFL seasons for 3,215 yards and has scored 24 touchdowns.

Porter told the newspaper that his agent told him that the Raiders have asked for two No. 1 picks in return for him in any deal. “Why … would you ask for a No. 1 for me, or ask for two No. 1s for me, when I wasn’t even a No. 1?,” he told the newspaper.

Apparently, Porter got into an argument with new/old Raiders head coach Art Shell and his position coach Fred Biletnikoff over where he could train this offseason.

Porter wanted to train in Florida, Shell and Biletnikoff, God forbid, wanted Porter to train with the rest of his teammates in Oakland.

My main concern if the Raiders do trade Porter is when does it end? First it’s T.O. who wants out of San Francisco, then Moss out of Minnesota (although the Vikings were just as willing to part ways) and just this past offseason Ashley Lelie wants out of Denver, and now Porter.

Will this situation with wide receivers escalade to them wanting a trade every single time they feel mistreated or misused? Shell is trying to rebuild what has become a morbid franchise with only three winning seasons since he was first let go in 1994.

Shell is trying not to, in his words, “let the inmates run the asylum” in Oakland anymore, so give it a rest and just play Porter.

ESPN.com is reporting that free agent cornerback Ty Law has agreed to a five year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. The deal reunites the 12-year veteran with head coach Herm Edwards, whom Law played for last season while a member of the New York Jets.

Law, the former long-time corner for the New England Patriots, was released from New England after injuries had sidelined him for most of the ‘04 NFL season. He bounced back in 2005 with the Jets, however, and led the league in interceptions with 10.

Law joins fellow veteran defensive backs Patrick Surtain and Sammy Knight on what should be a solid secondary for the Chiefs in ’06.

Law still has to take a physical on Monday for the deal to be officially complete.

St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk will have season-ending and possible career-ending knee surgery. Faulk will undergo reconstructive surgery and it looks like the end may be in sight for the back in ninth place on the NFL’s all-time rushing list.

“We were hoping for the best, but we’ve been planning for both scenarios,” said Linehan (Rams coach). “I think reality is setting in for sure that potentially his career is winding down.”

Steven Jackson will return as starter and Tony Fisher will most likely fill in as a third down back, but the team has inquired about Michael Bennett from New Orleans.

At 33, Faulk has had a terrific NFL career and although his career isn’t over yet, it’s getting close. He has endured numerous knee surgeries throughout his career and may not be able to come back from this one. His role has been diminished because of his age and with the emergence of the young Steven Jackson so it might be best for him to just hang up the cleats.

Let the McNabb-Owens’ fireworks start again, folks.

Around training camp time last year, Terrell Owens was doing calisthenics in his driveway for members of the media while serving a suspension from Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid.

It appears that this season, at least as training camp is reopened for the Eagles, the memory of T.O., who is now a Dallas Cowboy, is still fresh on everybody’s mind. And every question fired by the media about Owens is directed right at quarterback Donovan McNabb.

When McNabb was asked what he thought about Owens’ latest autobiography, T.O., McNabb referred to it as a ‘children’s book’ and that he hadn’t read it yet.

In T.O. , which came out earlier this month, Owens mostly offers his side of his tumultuous second season in Philadelphia. McNabb joked that he should have been a co-author because Owens mentioned the five-time Pro Bowl quarterback at length in the book.

“It won’t sell unless he’s talking about me,” McNabb said, adding that he didn’t read the book and is waiting to play himself in the movie.

Owens likens McNabb to a bully who spat in his mouth as a teenager while he innocently slept on a school bus. He traces the root of the friction to when McNabb didn’t throw him the ball on a play in a game during his first season with the Eagles.

McNabb scoffed at Owens’ version of events.

I like the fact that McNabb is speaking his mind out about Owens this year, since he was criticized for not doing it more last year. But how much more fuel does Owens need to play well against the Eagles this year?

The guy is a drama queen and a baby, but he always plays hard on the field and I’d assume that McNabb and the Eagles would rather just leave the T.O. mess behind them.

We all know that Owens will fire something back within the next few days…who isn’t ready for these two teams to meet twice in the regular season?