Warner not out to avenge loss to Brady

HONOLULU -- For the second straight week, Rams quarterback Kurt Warner will be on the opposite sideline from New England counterpart Tom Brady.

But there's no way that Warner, the NFL's regular-season MVP, will be able to make up for last week's Super Bowl loss during today's Pro Bowl.

"He's got what I want and I'm not going to get it through this game," Warner said of Brady, who won the Super Bowl and the MVP award. "This game is more to have fun and to try to enjoy it."

Brady led the Patriots' final Super Bowl drive that set up Adam Vinatieri's game-winning 48-yard field goal as time expired. Brady, 24, became the youngest quarterback to win the game.

Warner and Brady had to wait until Wednesday in Hawaii to finally have the chance to speak to each other.

"I didn't get to talk to him afterward because they were too busy celebrating," said Warner, who won the 2000 Super Bowl after his first MVP season.

"I congratulated him and asked him how he was doing with the whirlwind, since I went through it a couple years ago," Warner said. "He seemed to be doing pretty good, he looked a little tired. He looked like he wanted some rest."

Bucs end talks with Lewis

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Buccaneers' search for a new coach took another bizarre turn Friday when the team abandoned plans to hire Baltimore defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis.

Three weeks to the day after being rejected by Bill Parcells, the sons of Bucs owner Malcolm Glazer decided against hiring Lewis -- a stunning turnabout that again leaves the team scrambling for a backup plan.

Lewis was told early Thursday that he was the choice to succeed Tony Dungy, who was fired Jan. 14. But the Glazers never approved general manager Rich McKay's recommendation and squashed the plan after meeting with Lewis for five hours in the Washington, D.C., area on Thursday.

"They had a good meeting, had dinner and I think at the end of the day there was not a comfort level among the Glazers that would allow them to make Marvin our next head coach," Bucs director of communications Reggie Roberts said.

"The Glazers at no point signed off on it. ... And at the end of the day, it's the Glazers team. They decide who they want to lead that team."

McKay and team vice presidents Joel, Bryan and Ed Glazer were unavailable for comment.

-- From wire reports