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McNair wants to be paid, traded or cut

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Steve McNair’s agent said Tuesday it’s time the Tennessee Titans do something with their quarterback.

“Keep him under the contract he has, trade him, cut him or start trying to get a new deal done with the starting point being what’s on the table from the Ravens,” agent Bus Cook said. “They don’t want to do any of those things. … You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.”

Titans general manager Floyd Reese declined to respond to Cook’s comments and has said the goal is to keep McNair in Tennessee.

The situation has been at a stalemate since April 3, when the Titans told the 2003 co-MVP he couldn’t work out on their property without a cheaper deal because they worried about the liability from a $23.46 million salary cap hit if he got hurt.

•The Tennessee Titans’ stadium, known as The Coliseum since 2002, will now be called LP Field.

The 10-year, $30 million naming rights deal was announced at the stadium by Titans owner Bud Adams and Rick Frost, CEO for Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Favre returns to practice

Brett Favre was back on the field, a day after being held out of a voluntary practice.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he planned to hold the quarterback out of Monday’s practice all along – despite comments last week that led most to believe Favre would take part in all four practices this week.

“I never said he would practice all four days. Him practicing all four days was never the intention, ever,” McCarthy said.

Saints acquire Euhus in trade

The New Orleans Saints traded linebacker Courtney Watson to the Buffalo Bills for tight end Tim Euhus.

It’s the second time this year that Watson has been traded. He was sent to Miami earlier this off-season but the deal was voided when Eddie Moore, the player the Saints had obtained, failed a physical.

The trade is pending league approval.