NFL REPORT / DAILY REPORT : Tasker Is Still Questionable

An assembly line of doctors and trainers greet Buffalo Bill all-everything receiver Steve Tasker each day but his status was still uncertain Wednesday for Saturday’s divisional playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Tasker, who did not dress for practice and was listed as questionable on the weekly injury report, suffered a strained tendon in his right leg in last week’s victory over the Miami Dolphins.

Tasker has done it all for Buffalo this season, including covering kicks, returning punts, catching passes, running reverses and holding for kicks.

Meanwhile, the Steelers will be in their stadium, but it may be the Bills who feel at home Saturday with the weather prediction straight out of Buffalo: temperatures in the high teens, stiff winds and a chance of snow showers.

Steelers Coach Bill Cowher is more concerned about the wind.

“We feel like we can play whatever style of game necessary,” Cowher said. “More than the cold, the wind is the biggest factor in the passing game.”

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The Cincinnati Bengals re-signed Gary Moeller as coach of tight ends, completing the team’s plans to bring back its entire coaching staff from the 1995 season. Moeller, the former Michigan coach, joined the Bengals this past season.

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Cunningham Leaves Eagles for Birth

Philadelphia Eagles officials were still waiting to hear from Randall Cunningham, who left the team’s practice facility in Vero Beach, Fla., in the morning to be with his wife, Felicity, for the birth of their first child.

Cunningham left the Dodgertown complex about 5 a.m. Wednesday for Las Vegas, where he and his wife live.

Cunningham apparently first heard from his wife late Tuesday evening.

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Declaring negotiations for a new Silverdome lease with the city of Pontiac at a stalemate, the Detroit Lions plan to begin negotiations to return to Detroit, according to published reports.

“We intend to fully pursue all our other options, including Detroit,” Lion chief operating officer Chuck Schmidt told The Oakland Press.

The team had set a Monday deadline to reach more favorable lease terms with the city-owned Silverdome, which was built for them in 1974. That did not happen, Schmidt said.

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Minnesota Vikings defensive end James Harris was charged in Minneapolis with breaking the nose and collarbone of a woman only described as J.C.H. that he recently married. He also is being investigated for bigamy.

Harris’ agent, Jeff Durand, said Harris married J.C.H. within the past 90 days. When asked if Harris has two wives, Durand said this morning, “Technically, yes.”

“It is important that it is understood he filed for divorce [from Bonnie] in March 1994 and in James’ mind, since the divorce was not contested and such a period of time went by . . . James believed he had won a default,” he said.