giroux laid it across. voracek shot. big scramble there. the whistle is blown. >> eddie: beautiful pass by claude giroux all the way across to jakub voracek. watch ryan mcdonagh come right into the crease. right into your vantage point right there. very close to ryan mcdonagh. put that hand over that puck in the crease. >> pierre: look at that scramble. >> eddie: the puck barely under the pads of henrik lundquist. have they called a penalty shot? >> mike e.: you had all the evidence you might need for one. >> eddie: when i could clearly see ryan mcdonagh put his hand

on that puck. you could slap it out. but you cannot closure hand on it. it is a penalty shot. i could not see from that vantage point that he put his hand on the puck in the crease. >> mike e.: danny briere on the ice at the time will take it. briere against lundquist. save, lundquist! with 19.6 to go. >> eddie: briere picked up this puck. lundquist out. trying to go between the legs and the reaction of henrik lundquist.

briere had it up the ice. >> pierre: time for the flyers, big faceoff here. >> mike e.: net empty. extra attacker for the flyers. carle is there. it's broken up. ripped across for voracek. fired wide at the gate. collision with giroux. covering up is carle. another try by voracek. that held high. the rangers have won it! what a finish. final minute penalty shot

awarded. stopped. more around the front of the net as the horn sounded. we see zeros on the clock. rangers gather around henrik lundquist to celebrate two points in the standings for the first place team in the eastern conference, new york rangers. >> eddie: three straight goals. distribution with guys like rupp, brandon prust, john mitchell and the game-winning goal by the big eight brad richards. >> mike e.: the winning goaltender henrik lundquist with

pierre. >> pierre: all the things you've done with in your career, especially the winning goal in 2006, where does this measure up? >> this is amazing. from the get-go, yesterday coming in practice great atmosphere. going into this game and finding a good balance. you want to be focused and do your job. same time you want to be able to enjoy it. that's a tough thing, but it was great. >> pierre: it was never easy for your team. especially when you were down 2-0. did you thing, i better not let in another goal? >> yeah. they came hard five, ten minutes. when they scored the second one, you could feel the next one is going to be huge. rupp scored big goals for us there. we came back at it. just a great game fours. i hope the fans enjoyed it. >> pierre: thanks for your time and enjoy tonight. >> thanks very much. >> pierre: doc? >> mike e.: 35 shots by the flyers. 33 stops by henrik lundquist in the victory. there was a combined total of 68 shots on goal today.

the nhl foundation is contributing $13,600 to ronald mcdonnell house charities. and the 2012 honda pilot valued at approximately $41,630 goes to the ronald mcdonald house in new york. for the nhl foundation and honda, the biggest assist happens off the ice. 60 eventful minutes, 3-2 rangers, bob costas. >> bob: all right, doc. a final aerial shot always such arresting images from the winter classic. rangers down 2-0 come back to win it 3-2. it's the fourth time in five winter classics that the road team has won it. only the bruins in 2010 managed to win at home at fenway park. that will do it for now from philadelphia. the nfl playoffs begin saturday with a wild card double-header on nbc. in game one, bengals take on the texans. in primetime, lions faceoff

against drew brees and the saints. "football night america" begins 4:00 eastern, 1:00 pacific. coming up immediately on the nbc sports network, the premiere of "cold war on ice." eight games featuring some of the great players and unforgettable characters. "cold war on ice" next on the nbc sports network. once again, the final score here in philadelphia, rangers win it over the flyers 3-2. so long, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

the iowa caucuses are less than 24 hours away now. the republican presidential candidates who have been campaigning for months, today, made their final push. friends remember two young people killed in a crash on their way home from a new year's

eve party. the redskins in the basement of the nfc east cleaning out their lockers. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. republicans in iowa will take part in the first official con it's to name their party's nominee. three different candidates say they can win. mitt rock knee, ron paul and the latest candidate to surge in iowa, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. steve handelsman is in des moines now with the latest. >> good evening from des moines. this is iowa caucus headquarters where they will post the results tomorrow night. rick santorum doesn't have a campaign bust. but his pick-up truck could be carrying the staunch conservative to a finish in iowa. could rick santorum win? >> we have raised more money in the last few days than the last

few months. he surged to 22% after christmas and climbing. more than any candidate in iowa, rick santorum came to small towns. this is poke city, a few thousand people and here he is today in the rising sun cafe and it's standing room only. the surge is grabbing voters. >> reporter: more saying they are for santorum makes you think you will join? >> possibly. >> reporter: he's appealing to conservatives. >> if you are looking for someone to trust, someone authentic, i'll put myself out there. >> the duggar family got on board. they are part of the santorum surge. >> that's right, yes. >> reporter: unless bachmann voters and perry voters flock to santorum, perry feels he can win tomorrow. >> vote, vote, vote.

>> reporter: ron paul has a shot to win iowa. >> tomorrow is a very important day. smaller numbers. >> reporter: newt gingrich vows he is not quitting. >> whatever i do is a victory. i'm still standing. >> next is new hampshire, romney country. santorum tells me, he's in. >> we don't have any intention of beating mitt romney but we think we can do well in the pack and do well and do very well. that's going to be a very good state for us. >> reporter: first, iowa, tomorrow, tells it tale. iowa republicans caucus at 8:00 d.c. time. soon after the first results come in here. live from des moines, i'm steve handelsman news 4. back to you. >> thank you, steve. president barack obama and his family are wrapping up a ten-day vacation in hawaii. after more than a week out of

the spotlight, the president plans to raise his campaign profile as soon as he returns. tomorrow night, he'll host a live web chat with supporters in iowa as voters attend the caucuses there. wednesday, the president will go to cleveland to talk about the economy. we are following the developing story in prince george's county where police are investigating a possible murder suicide attempt. it happened in the southern part of the county. one man is dead, another flown to an area hospital after being shot in the back. police believe the first man who took his own life after shooting the second man. a body of an adult man was found in the potomac river in the arena along the gorge washington parkway after 9:00. we talked to one of the fishermen who didn't want to be identified. >> we came in this morning to go fishing. we were up in the parking lot.

we were checking for obstructio obstructions. we thought we saw a rock in the water and looked closer and saw it looked like a jacket. we questioned ourselves. could that be a body. >> the medical examiner is trying to determine how he died. no obvious signs of trauma. time to get ready for the coldest weather we have seen since last winter. flurries. storm 4 meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. what do you have? >> cold air. 38 degrees outside right now. we are going to continue to see the numbers go down tonight. it's tomorrow we see the coldest of the air arriving. take a look at the numbers. we are sitting at 31 degrees for the windchill with winds out of the west at nine miles per hour. still gusting upwards of 20 to 25 miles per hour. windchills in the 20s across the region. 34 in gaithersburg. 36 in leesburg.

storm 4 doppler radar is showing a few flurries out there. most of them have end ed. a few snow showers earlier in the day. we could see that early tomorrow. going down tonight to a temperature of 29. 27 degrees inside the city. a very cold start to your day on tuesday. windchills tomorrow morning for everyone will start in the teens. i'll show you how cold i think it's going to get not only tomorrow, but tomorrow night. definitely the coldest air of the season. >> thanks. 5-11, again. one more time. this is getting really old, really tired. dan hellie is out at the park where the guys are packing up and going home. >> it is a wrap. 5-11 season, the worst season of mike shanahan's career. 21 losses in two years for the redskins. even more embarrassing is the

fourth straight season the redskins finished in last place in the nfc east. it was not a pretty sight in philadelphia. it was actually relatively close until 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter. the redskins killer, deshawn jackson hauled in a 62-yard touchdown pass. it opened the flood gates. the eagles scored 21 unanswered points turning the game into a blow out. defense regressed a bit allowing 30 points in the last four out of five games. this morning was locker clean out day in redskins park. going to be more new faces after the worst season of mike shanahan's coaching career. >> it always takes a toll on you. all the time you put in, you know, every time you have a loss, after the effort you put in. it's like somebody sticks a knife in you. thank god i have not been in a

season like this before. it drives you, motivates you. it look forward to doing it. putting a great football team together and doing it the right way. sometimes it takes a little bit longer. sometimes expected. the redskins will have the sixth pick in this years nfl draft. most expect them to take a quarterback or try to take a quarterback at some point in the draft. clearly, they need to upgrade that position. guys. >> thanks, dan. federal holiday or not. some schools opened for class today. alexandria, howard and st. marys were open. parents had mixed feelings. some are happy about the schedule because they had to work. others not so much. one school official points out the schedules are made during public meetings and nobody objected in may when it was

decided. coming up tonight, two people killed in a crash on new years. tonight, police say they found beer cans in the car. washington's first homicide in 2012 happened last year. i'm pat collins. the story of the murder in marvin gay park, coming up, news 4. police take a guy into custody after a dozen more fires were started overnight in were started overnight in hi. welcome to carmax. hi. i was on carmax dot com and i think i found the one. great car. and i think, it's right over there... (sighes)... finding your perfect car is easy at carmax because we carry only the highest quality used vehicles. and at carmax dot com, you can choose from nearly 30 thousand cars with most available for transfer to the store nearest you. so come find the one for you today... at carmax.

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lottery players are going to have to pay more to win big. the power ball price is going up. tickets will be $2 starting on the 15th. it's up from a dollar. they hope it will entice more people to play. the jackpots will be bigger. it will differentiate the megamillions that sell for $1 a ticket. it's played in maryland, virginia and 40 other states. >> i wonder what the odds -- how much they would improve from 1 in 187 trillion zillion to two in 187 trillion zillion. come on. >> i was thinking the exact same thing. i's not going to go up much.

the biggest is $300 million. >> it will start at $40 million instead of $20 million. >> i guess we better get to weather. hockey went over today. it was cold enough for hockey in philadelphia. for us, it's going to get colder. look at the next couple days. snow up toward michigan. kind of a nasty storm for them. they are getting lake-effect snows, upwards of a food. combine it with 30 to 40-mile-an-hour winds and that's the kind of day you get up there toward michigan. not good for us. a couple flurries today, but nothing like that. 38 degrees is the current temperature with winds out of the west at 9 miles per hour. the winds gusting upwards of 10 to 20 miles per hour. it's what we are going to see the rest of the night. 32 in gaithersburg. 34 in ma nas sas. hagerstown, temperatures 32 degrees. what are we going to see? the windchill is a factor.

34 in fredericksburg. 24 in martinsville. it's not too cold. tomorrow night will be colder. i don't expect them to go up during the day tomorrow. speaking of snow, nothing in our area. the allegheny front, a winter storm warning of six to 12 inches of snow. west virginia, around snow shoe, four to eight inches there. the ski resorts are finally getting good snow there. we are going to watch it for a couple days. a few flurries in the area. not amounting to much. a couple of those came in earlier. this is what i'm talking ability. the lake-effect snow is coming through cleveland and pittsburgh through philadelphia, baltimore. could see a repeat of that tomorrow as the flow is right off the lake. cold and very windy during the day tomorrow. winds gusting upwards of 30 to 35 miles per hour. it's going to keep the

windchills cold. wednesday, breezy. we're talking windchills in the 20s. let's look at the windchill. as we go through the night, down to 20 for a windchill in washington. 17 in manassas. this is early tomorrow morning. windchills in the teens for everybody. during the day tomorrow, look at this, 6:00 tomorrow night. 16 in washington. 7 in frederick. 14 in manassas. the windchill is really going to be a factor for you as you step outside on your tuesday. partly cloudy, breezy, windchills in the 20s. tomorrow morning, you are going to wake up on the cold side. not the coldest air yet. windchills expected in the teens as we move through the day tomorrow. mostly cloudy. a flurry, maybe a snow shower. once again, no big deal there. 31 to 35 degrees. the coldest air, tomorrow night with a low of 20s. some will get to the low teens.

a high of 36. 34 on thursday. 47 on friday. we warm back up, 55 degrees coming up on saturday. >> wow. what a swing. >> big time. thanks, doug. coming up next, the lap dchief says they have the right guy in a serial arson case. i'm julie carey in arlington, virginia. 2011 passes without a single 2011 passes without a single ho li s 2011 passes without a single ho id

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within a day after a national park service ranger was shot and killed, police think the body found might be that of the gunman. pierce county washington sheriff's department has not confirmed if that's the body of benjamin barnes. they believe he's responsible for shooting margaret anderson after speeding through a check point at mt. rainier national park. they found it from the air on a search. it's rough country and they haven't been able to get in there, yet. >> it's buried in the snow. there's a lot of possibilities if it could be him or not be him. we need to wait until they make contact with the body. it's going to take a lot of work to get to it to determine if it's him or not. >> barnes is suspected of firing

shots at a house near seattle on early new year's day. four people there were wounded. apparently, a party was going on at the time. authorities think he drove to mt. rainier national park to hide out. 55 suspicious fires including 12 last night. cops in los angeles have a man in custody. they are confident they say he is the arsonist. this break comes a day after police released surveillance video. >> reporter: for four days, los angeles area residents have been on edge after a string of arson fires swept across the city. >> this is scary, you know? wheri live seems to be the epicenter. >> reporter: there have been 53 fires in and around los angeles. in each of the blazes, the m.o. appears to be the same, cars near carports set on fire. sunday night, a dozen more fires were set.

early monday morning, a break in the case. >> shortly after 3:00 a.m., a los angeles county sheriff's deputy assigned to west hollywood station stopped the driver of a van near sunset boulevard and fairfax avenue in los angeles. >> reporter: the suspect will be charged with arson. police say he appears to be the same person seen in this surveillance video released sunday night. a man with a receding hairline leaving a popular tourist spot. >> we're hopeful this is the person. it's been horrible for everybody, terrible. all the sleepless nights. >> reporter: police impounded a minivan with canadian plates. it's caused $2 million in damage. >> it's damage to vehicles with the potential loss of life. that's the scary, you know, part

of this. clearly, a sociopath. >> reporter: police belief they have their man, they are urging the public to remain individual lent. >> we are not resting or stopping. we are going all day and throughout night. coming up next at 6:00, a local man is beaten and strangled, plus this. i'm darcy spencer in bethesda. police are gathering to remember two young people who lost their lives here on new year's morning. i'll have the latest on the investigation coming up on news 4 at 6:00. people staying at a hotel on new year's eve who got locked out of their rooms. coming up in sports, trevor price joins me at redskins park for another miserable redskins season. we'll hear from london fletcher, we'll hear from london fletcher, a free agent going

from the bedroom you could see the fire and that work me right up. and it was absolutely terrifying. we got out of there as quickly as we could. i'm watching the house burn up and i'm sitting there saying, there goes everything. these days you don't have to lose your house in a fire to know what it's like to be left on the edge in the cold. the shelter gave us a place to stay. and citizens energy helped the shelter with heat. i'm excited to finally have a place of my own. citizens energy is helping us with the oil. citizens energy was created to help the forgotten ones keep warm. we asked the big oil companies and oil producing nations to help. only citgo and the people of venezuela said yes.

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today, police in montgomery county identified two young people who lost their lives in a crash new year's morning. >> darcy spencer reports. they say they found beer in the suv but not saying if alcohol contributed to the accident. >> reporter: two people lost their lives in a single car

crash new year's morning. 20-year-old nick and 18-year-old caitlin gallagher. multiple friends told news 4 she was expecting a child. was she excited about it? >> yeah. she was looking at it like another turning point in her life. >> reporter: it was just before 3:00 a.m. when the driver of the trail blazer lost control. the suv jumped the sidewalk, smashed into a fence and a tree. gallagher helped many of them in times of trouble. >> the last memory i have of her is her telling me not to commit suicide and she's trying to take my pills away. the last memory i remember of her is telling me it's not time to die, yet. >> just to think that someone so young, never had a chance to fulfill anything she wanted. it's terrifying. if anything, i don't want to lose anyone else. >> reporter: police confirm the group had been at a new year's

eve party and beer was found in the suv. they are not saying if the driver had been drinking. >> at this scene, there were empty and full alcohol beverage containers in the car. >> beer or wine? >> i was told it was beer. >> reporter: this has been a lesson for their young circle of friends. >> when your parents say they will pick you up from any situation, you are going to be grounded, but alive. two teens survived. one showed up for the vigil and now uses a wheelchair. one was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. once the investigation is completed, montgomery county police will turn the information over to the state's attorney who will decide if charges are filed. in bethesda, darcy spencer, news 4. a man who lives in

woodbridge, virginia has been locked up. he cut the brake line on a woman's car. detectives in prince william county arrested him on friday. he cut the brake line on the car of a woman acquaintance. she started driving with her 2-year-old child in the car and her brakes didn't work. she managed to stop safely without anyone injured. riley has been charged with attempted malicious wounding and tampering. a man killed on december 31st has been ruled the first homicide of 2012 in the district. the victim was beaten and strangled. we have the report. >> reporter: the scene, marvin gay park in northeast. the time, saturday morning, new year's eve. somebody walking their dog spots the body of a man lying near the creek that cuts through the

park. that was saturday morning, new year's eve. it wasn't until new year's day that they determined this was indeed a case of murder. that man had been beaten and strangled and left in this park to die. the victim identified as leroy studman. he was 56 years old. this picture was taken when he was much younger. he was a vender at the eastern market. his family says he sold bottled water and newspapers there. his murder, a shocking beginning to the new year. >> i was sitting with me and my wife i said we're going to have a good new year's. that phone call stopped everything. >> reporter: that's the victim's brother. he believes money was the motive for the murder in marvin gay park. you think he got killed for his

money? >> yes. >> reporter: cash money? >> yes. >> reporter: he was a vendor so he made money. >> he make money. i still say take the money, why take their life? >> reporter: as for the safety of the park, people in the neighborhood had this to say. is it a safe park? >> it's relatively nice. it's not too bad. it has its moments. >> reporter: would you walk through it? >> i would walk through it. >> reporter: would you walk through it? >> not at night. during the day, it looks nice. >> reporter: police continue to investigate. no word of suspects or any arrest. i'm pat collins, news 4, washington. in arlington county, not a single murder in 2011. that's the first time that's happened in nearly 50 years. julie carey talks to county

officials and residents about why. >> reporter: arlington police officers arriving for role call hoping the trend continues in 2012 as 2011. they should average ten homicides a year. the past three years they have had one or fewer. four in 2008. board member who is held their first meeting were hesitant to take too much credit for the statistic. >> i think it's a combination of a bunch of factors, some we influence and some we don't. the work we did years ago in public safety and community policing had some benefit. >> reporter: chris zimmerman says the lowest in the region unemployment rate helps. another important factor is the good relationship between police and residents. >> the community trust the police. if they see a crime, it's reported. victims of a crime. we have a, i think, established

a culture where we tell folks we want to be a safe community. it's a team effort. >> reporter: long time residents aren't too surprised with the murder-free year. keeping crime low is a by product for what arlington is known for. >> it's the values of us. we look out for each other. there are a lot of active people in communities so people are always exchanging information about, you know, activities going on in the neighborhood. >> when something is going on that should not be happening in the community, we know how to pick up a phone. 911 works great in this county. >> reporter: not only have they been free through 2011. if they get through 2012, they will be homicide free for two years. arlington county was among

several jurisdictions with murder rates lower than the national average for its size. there's a chance chicken coops could be more. community guards and ordinances on livestock. the idea of relaxing rules on backyard chickens is on the agenda. >> we need to have a conversation if it happens how would it work. what changes do we need to make, if any? it's important to have the conversation. >> he says another idea worth studying is yard sharing. someone with a big backyard who doesn't garden might welcome a neighbor to help grow produce. london fletcher on this awful year. >> to misery. ♪

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good evening, everybody. welcome back. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer on storm center 4 watching the cold air make its way into the area. 38 degrees right now. windchill of 31. it's not too bad. it could be a lot worse. it's going to be worse tonight and tomorrow. we were picking up a few flurries. now, it's clear. most of the activity is winding down here, to the west and

western maryland and parts of pennsylvania. it will pick up again tomorrow. if you saw snow flurries or snow showers today, you might see them tomorrow. 21 in martinsburg, 23 in leesburg. in the district, 27 degrees. tomorrow, high temperatures on the cold side. ten degrees below average tomorrow with a high of 31 in frederick. excuse me, 33 in manassas, 32 in leesburg. when you add in the wind, windchills 20 degrees all day long. some areas may stay in the teens for windchills all day. it's going to be a cold day and by far the coldest day this winter. it's not saying a lot. this winter has been extremely mild so far. it's not going to stay that way for the next two days. >> thanks. manager at a denver marriott hotel have a mystery on their hands. they are trying to figure out

why room keys misfunctioned. the computerized key cards quit working. they were locked out for several hours. people fell asleep out in the hallway. we'll call it falling asleep. one tv station reported they were so frustrated fights broke out. police were called into the scene. nobody got hurt. there were no key card problems at other marriotts. they got their rooms comped. >> i hope so. dan is out at the park now. i guessed there were a number of guys out there that left today won't be coming back. >> you're right. the whole team is licking their wounds of a 5-11 season. one guy, we are all wondering if he'll be back is rex grossman. the quarterback situation has been in flux for a couple years now. we'll

so, dan, i'm curious to know if there's anything left to say? i know trevor has something to say. it's how he rolls. >> he always has something to say. we are talking trevor price, he played with mike shanahan and won super bowls with him. you love the two stories i'm about to tell. >> too good. >> offensive lineman tweeted after today's exit interviews or exit days, this is the worst last day i have ever experienced. no coaches. nobody said anything. we left the building. they had navy s.e.a.l.s come

speak to the team. shanahan said i never talk to my players. tell sean i'm sorry, he'll never have to worry about it again from me. >> nice having you. >> rocky mcintosh was inactive for the game against the eagles because according to espn he missed curfew and stuffed pillows in his bed to make it look like he was there. he's probably not going to be back. >> nice knowing you, rocky. >> it's the season it's been for the redskins. >> that wraps it up. >> 5-11. 33 losses in the last three years. this is the worst season, ever, for mike shanahan. what is going through his mind today, trevor? >> i need a vacation and this is going to be harder than i thought it was. everybody take a deep breath, take a step back. a lot of these players aren't

coming back. some of the coaches may not be coming back. you don't know what is going to happen with the staff of the team. they are in a rebuilding process more now than last year. >> it was get out of dodge. take a look at the video today. the guys leaving the facility. a lot of them appearing on camera for the first time in awhile. they were not looking forward to talking to the media today. they didn't. the rest of the players busy cleaning out their things. kinld of like the last day of school. this year's 53 will not be on next year's 53. as for the way the season ended in this game, this defense we have been talking about, how well they were playing did not play well. they give up 21 unanswered points. what happened to the defense? it allowed at least 30 points in four out of five games. >> when the team is not going to

playoffs, the season hasn't gone the way you want it to go and the coach is upset. the fans aren't happy with you. i think they piped it in. three quarters enough. they get to go home, get away from here. we have all been there. a lot of players have been there with the season tanked the way this did. the last 15 minutes. look at the clock and say run the ball, keep the ball. keep the clock running. i think they laid down. you don't want to say gives up. they saw the clock running. let him in the zone. >> definitely watching the clock. one guy, my best guess, not doing that is london fletcher. the leading tackler. he really is the heart and soul of this entire team. how important is it that he's a free agent? >> it's as important as having a head coach. a lot of what he does is brings stability to the team, not just

defense, but the team in general. he's the oldest player, but also the best player of the team. he's the most important person outside of mike shanahan and they don't have a choice. all the bargaining chips are here. he did have to pay the man. >> he's 36 years old. >> he's still playing, i'm not. i have no interest in that. i'm telling you, he has to make it work. >> london fletcher, this morning in the locker room, we caught up with him on being back with the redskins. >> i was telling you i was wanted in st. louis and buffalo. they want me, but my level of appreciation wasn't the same, so, we have to figure that part out. >> it's how we play. >> they come and put something on the table that you have to really look at and, you know, obviously, as i mentioned

before, my first preference is here in washington. i want to be part of something where i established something. call me crazy, but like i said, it's also up to them whether i'm here or not. >> mike shanahan makes the final decisions in this organization. he says bringing fletcher back is a priority. he hasn't said what is going to happen to his two quarterbacks. i know you believe you have to bring back at least one of the two, grossman or beck. they said they had no idea where they would be playing next year. >> wow. >> i don't know anything right now. but i do know that, you know, i'm going to work at it like i'm the starter somewhere and figure out a way to improve and when i do get an opportunity, make the best of it. >> things can always change.

i have had conversations in the past, not coaches of this team, but other teams. they have an idea of what is going to happen. the next day, things change. that's the nfl. the only thing i can control is the way i work, the way i prepare. it didn't shake it down. >> i know you think they have to bring one of them back. i asked mike and kyle shanahan, do you have a have a guy here that's been in your system and they said not necessarily. >> one has to teach r.j. the system. they have to teach whoever is going to play quarterback, have to help them in the locker room. coaches can't come in there. they have to lead them through the play book. that's where this thing has to be. >> robert griffin iii, a lot of people would like to see him in

a burgundy and gold uniform. you are caught between a rock and a hard place. vance? >> let's mortgage. let's park it. let's do what we need to do. it seems critical to me. >> we have to get a good quarterback. a franchise quarterback. >> thank you guys. >> you're welcome. coming up,

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