San Francisco's next offensive coordinator will be the team's seventh in seven seasons. The 49ers offered the job to Scott Linehan last week, but the former Rams coach declined it Sunday.
McCloughan was a Packers scout during Jagodzinski's first stint on Green Bay's coaching staff.
Counting on Ward Hines Ward needs extensive work to rehabilitate his sprained right knee for the Super Bowl, but Steelers coach Mike Tomlin still expects the receiver to play.
"We're definitely not going to count him out," Tomlin said yesterday. "We're going to save a seat on the bus for 86."
Ward, the Steelers' career receiving leader, sprained a medial collateral ligament while making a catch in the first quarter of the AFC Championship game against Baltimore Sunday. If the Steelers played this week, he may not have been ready.
Yesterday was the players' scheduled day off, yet Tomlin observed Ward doing extensive rehabilitation work in the practice complex. The Steelers leave Monday for Tampa and the Feb. 1 game against Arizona, but only after they go through a regular week of practice.
Dolphins deal done New York real estate billionaire Stephen Ross became majority owner of the Dolphins, completing his purchase of 95 percent of the franchise for $1 billion, with Wayne Huizenga retaining a 5 percent interest.
Ross takes over with the franchise's fortunes on the upswing. When the first phase of his purchase was completed, the Dolphins were coming off a 1-15 season, worst in franchise history. Under the new Bill Parcells regime, they improved to 11-6 this season and made the playoffs for the first time since 2001.
The sale triggers a clause in Parcells's contract allowing him to leave and still receive the $9 million-$12 million remaining on his four-year contract. Scouting players at the Senior Bowl, Parcells was asked if he planned to remain.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" he said. "What do your eyes tell you?"
When asked why he wouldn't commit outright to staying, Parcells said experience taught him never to rule anything out. He said if something happened to change his mind, he'd "hate to be called a liar."
