71.   Cash won a tight battle with Staudt for the starting job at strong safety.

72.   Coleman was the starting strong safety earlier in the year and got benched himself.

73.   Cornerback Aaron Roques, strong safety Larry Atkins and rover Eric Whitfield were first-time starters.

74.   Dallas strong safety James Washington will visit the team on Tuesday, after a stop in Washington on Monday.

75.   Darren Carrington, the strong safety, had planned in so many ways to making tackles on Rice and John Taylor.

76.   Dawson fumbled and the ball was recovered by Seahawks strong safety Robert Blackmon.

77.   Defensive end Matt LaBounty and strong safety Jay Bellamy each had a sack.

78.   Defensive tackle Warren Sapp, linebackers Derrick Brooks and Hardy Nickerson and strong safety John Lynch all were chosen on defense.

79.   Despite the offseason additions of linebacker Chad Brown, cornerback Willie Williams and strong safety Bennie Blades, the strength and focal point of the defense remains Kennedy.

80.   Dorsett will make his second pro career start, in the Super Bowl, as the strong safety of the Tennessee Titans.