PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Phillips Wants His Job Back

After saying he would sit out the season if the Chargers didn’t meet his terms, unsigned defensive tackle Joe Phillips, a starter since 1987, wants to play for San Diego after all. But overtures from his agent, John Adler, have been rejected by Charger General Manager Bobby Beathard. Phillips had rejected a one-year, $650,000 contract, but the Chargers reportedly would offer only $535,000 now. . . . Green Bay linebacker Brian Noble ended a 42-day holdout and signed a contract with the Packers. . . . Miami put wide receiver Mark Clayton on injured reserve and re-signed utility player Jim Jensen.