"We don't make personnel plans during these replacement games," he said.

He promised that his 1.3 million members would boycott the replacement games.

Audiences for the replacement games were down at least 25 percent from a year earlier on all three networks.

The fans also sent a fairly positive message to the owners when asked if they would watch replacement games on television.

But the playoff structure would be different without the three replacement games.

In 1987 he suited for two of the Patriots replacement games, but did not play.

They will not ask their minor leaguers to play in replacement games yet.

Now he is a potential player in replacement games.

Taylor missed the first two replacement games, then played in the third.

"You earn their respect on the practice field, not in replacement games."