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The San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints expect to play each other in London this fall in the NFL's second regular-season game to be played outside of North America.

Both teams said the invitation should come from commissioner Roger Goodell during his Super Bowl address on Friday.

The Saints would lose a home game.

"We are very much aware that we are being considered for this unique and exciting opportunity to represent the league internationally and look forward to the decision of the commissioner this Friday," Saints spokesman Greg Bensel said Monday.

In a story posted on the Chargers' Web site, team president Dean Spanos said he was "cautiously optimistic" the Chargers will be picked. So optimistic, it seems, that the Chargers anticipate the London game will be played on Oct. 26, and that both teams would have byes the following week.

The New Orleans Saints promoted Greg McMahon to special teams coordinator and Dennis Allen to secondary coach, general manager Mickey Loomis announced on Monday.

Both McMahon and Allen joined the Saints with coach Sean Payton's original staff in 2006. McMahon was the assistant special teams coach. He replaces John Bonamego, who left to become special teams coordinator of the Miami Dolphins.

Allen enters his third season in New Orleans. He was an assistant defensive line coach for his first two years with the team and replaces Tom Hayes on the Saints' coaching staff. A spokesman for the Saints said he didn't know why Hayes left the organization.

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The question is both rhetorical and obvious. Who would have thought that the Manning playing for a conference championship game would be Eli and not Peyton? Such was the case with a pair of upsets in the Sunday NFL playoff games dominating the NFL weekend.

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A sports marketing agent claims he spoke with Reggie Bush about developing a Web site before the Southern California tailback played his final game for the Trojans and won the Heisman.

Ben Delanoy said he outlined plans in a phone call to Bush in early December of 2005.

"I said: `Listen, you're one of the biggest names out there. You could be making a lot of money through this thing. We'll get your jersey on sale there and autographed items, pretty much soup to nuts,'" Delanoy told Yahoo! Sports for a report published Thursday.

Delanoy contended that David Caravantes, an agent and officer of New Era Sports and Entertainment, took part in the three-way call.

Caravantes denied the conversation took place and said he had spoken with Bush only once.

"Whatever that guy (Delanoy) is saying is absolutely false," Caravantes told Yahoo! Sports.

Delanoy is now CEO of New Level Sports Marketing. A call by The Associated Press to Delanoy at the New Level offices in Plant City, Fla., wasn't immediately returned Friday.

The Connecticut post reports that former Saints defensive tackle Tony Elliott has passed away at age 48 from apparent natural causes.

The New Orleans Saints left Soldier Field with an empty and familiar feeling after their season was ended by a crushing loss.