News and notes: January 6

• ESPN had an interesting ranking done position-by-position among the playoff teams and had the Chargers on top. What I thought was interesting was the OL ranked #1 (really, the best in the NFL?), and special teams #2 (based almost solely on their kickers). Makes for a nice read if you enjoy player analysis.
  
• LT picked up the Offensive MVP today, too. Shocking.
  
• Jason Taylor won the Defensive MVP, which he probably deserved. But politicking for it by stepping on Merriman wasn't the classiest thing someone's done.
• Art Shell was fired by Raiders, which seemed to get very little pub. It almost isn't enjoyable anymore watching the misery they've become. I guess Cam Cameron feels the same as he rejected their request to interview for the head coaching job. Now that was enjoyable.