1.   For a man who is called a defensive genius so often, the coach is refreshingly humble.

2.   If he was fighting a defensive genius, Tyson might be in trouble.

3.   Lewis, despite being hailed as a defensive genius and coaching one of the top five defensive units in pro football history, was left with nothing.

4.   New England coach Bill Belichick, the so-called defensive genius, will try to work up a scheme to harness Culpepper and his purple band.

5.   Ryan has built a reputation as a defensive genius, and he did nothing last season to dispel that notion as the Cardinals finished third overall in yards allowed.

6.   The Giants were training in Wisconsin that year and Owen was a defensive genius.

7.   Their defensive coordinator, assistant head coach Fritz Shurmer, widely regarded throughout the NFL as a defensive genius, is seriously ill with cancer.

8.   Year after year, Florida Coach Steve Spurrier has designed a passing system that baffles those defensive geniuses at Kentucky and Georgia.

9.   The Bulls have shown themselves to be defensive geniuses in this series, frustrating the best shooting team in the league.