Former Seattle and Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren is interested in working for the struggling Cleveland Browns.

Holmgren said on his weekly radio show on Seattle's KJR that he has not yet spoken to Browns owner Randy Lerner, who is looking for a "serious, credible leader" football authority to run his struggling team. However, Holmgren did indicate he would welcome the chance to take on a rebuilding project like the 1-8 Browns.

"It takes a tremendous amount of energy, but there is a certain appeal there," the 61-year-old Holmgren said. "There's something in my personality, too, that taking on those types of projects, that kind of gets me going. But there's a lot of work to do.

"The important thing, going into any organization is that all of the principles, all of the decision makers are pointed in the same direction, with the same motives, the same desires, and then you have a chance."

Holmgren was Seattle's GM and coach for four seasons. He stepped down as coach after last season to spend more time with his family.

Last week, Browns Hall of Famer Jim Brown said Lerner had met with "one of the great football minds in this country," and hinted that person may have been Holmgren.

Cleveland coach Eric Mangini, struggling in his first season with the Browns, refused to comment.

Tennessee owner Bud Adams is making a friendlier gesture to Buffalo one week after his obscene hand sign to fans of the team earned him a hefty fine. A full-page ad on the back of yesterday's Buffalo News says, "We wish the Bills and their fans good luck today and for the remainder of the season." Adams' name is printed below.

Quarterback Kurt Warner and the Rams' Marc Bulger both took blows to the head in Arizona's 21-13 victory. Warner was held out in the second half as a precaution after experiencing concussion-related symptoms. Bulger was injured on the team's final possession and will undergo evaluation today.

The NFL soon will have its teams work with independent neurologists on concussion issues. Commissioner Roger Goodell will implement the policy as soon as details can be worked out. The neurologists will work with the teams' medical staffs. Goodell and union director DeMaurice Smith testified before Congress at hearings on football head injuries.

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