Jaguars’ Rap Video Is Not So Super Now

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —  The Jacksonville Jaguars released a rap video recorded by five players just before their playoff opener.

Uh-oh, the “Jaguars’ Super Bowl Song,” it was called.

Then the Tennessee Titans saw the video.

Uh-oh, the Jaguars’ swan song, they said.

“That was a blatant slap in our face,” said Tennessee linebacker Barron Wortham. “Nobody since the [the Super Bowl-winning 1985 Chicago] Bears has done a video and they were men among boys. That’s trash. You don’t do that now.”

After Sunday, that video figures to be in the trash.

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Steve McNair made it clear Sunday night that he doesn’t want to get involved in a racial issue.

Just minutes after McNair led his team into the Super Bowl, he was hit for the first time with a question he figures to be asked over and over this week: How does it feel to be just the second black starting quarterback in the Super Bowl?

It was a question Doug Williams, the first, had to deal with constantly when he led the Washington Redskins into the Super Bowl in 1988.

“This is something we all dream of, white and black,” McNair said, “getting to the Super Bowl. I’m just glad to be a part of it.

“Organizations invest in people to get the job done, regardless of race.”

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McNair missed practice Friday because of a bruised toe, a lingering injury that he promised would not keep him out of Sunday’s game.

“He was hurting all week,” said tight end Frank Wycheck, McNair’s favorite target during the regular season with 69 catches.

“At one point during the week, he couldn’t even touch his toe without it killing him.

“And for him to go out there and have the day like he did, take a lot of shots after he threw the ball, he’s just a true warrior, an unbelievable leader. He leads by example and we follow him.”

Said McNair: “This [the chance to get to the Super Bowl] was something I worked hard for and I wasn’t going to let it slip away.”

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In his 17th season, Tennessee guard Bruce Matthews got to enjoy a new experience, holding up the trophy emblematic of the conference championship.

“I felt kind of out of place,” said Matthews, who is from Arcadia and USC and is the brother of longtime NFL linebacker Clay Matthews.