51.   Parcells has hired former Giants linebacker Carl Banks to help younger players deal with the outside world as it pertains to a football player.

52.   Players they auditioned last week included Dwayne Gordon, a former Jets linebacker out of the University of New Hampshire.

53.   Ponciano spent part of Monday visiting former CSUN linebacker Marc Goodson.

54.   Ralph Baker, a former linebacker and assistant coach, did rejoin the team in a minor consulting capacity last season.

55.   Randy Garner, a former linebacker, was drafted as an end in the sixth round.

56.   Remember the former Giants linebacker Mike Croel?

57.   Ray Nitschke, the former Packers linebacker, says a few words almost every year.

58.   Ross conducted the Braves session with former Chicago Bears linebacker Mike Singletary.

59.   Simeon Rice has a message for the critic Eric Hill, the former Cardinals middle linebacker who has ripped Rice in several recent interviews.

60.   Siemon is the daughter of Jeff Siemon, the former star linebacker of the Minnesota Vikings.