1.   Allen is the former agent for Dye and now is a senior assistant for football operations with the Raiders.

2.   And never mind that Lerner, Policy and Dwight Clark, the vice president for football operations, have never built an expansion team.

3.   As president, Parcells most likely would work with Johnson to select a new director of football operations.

4.   As previously reported, Hackett also hired Larry Petroff, the recruiting coordinator and director of football operations at Ohio State.

5.   Benson was counting on Polian to take over his football operation and hire the next coach.

6.   Bill Bidwill Jr., a vice president, has veto power on all football operations.

7.   Bill Tobin was brought in two years ago as director of football operations and has done a masterful job rebuilding the team into a contender.

8.   Bill Ford Jr., vice chairman of the team, wanted to hire television commentator Matt Millen to run football operations, even if it meant losing Ross.

9.   Benson and Kraft could help themselves by bringing Casserly in to run the football operation.

10.   Bill Parcells stepped down as head coach of the New England Patriots, possibly moving him closer to taking over the football operations of the New York Jets.