1.   Defensive tackle Brandon Whiting, their best interior lineman, strained knee ligaments and is out several weeks.

2.   Everything from the running game to the pass falls on the interior linemen.

3.   Four of the five interior linemen had never started a game.

4.   Good interior defensive linemen are nearly impossible to find, but the Patriots found one off their practice squad in Eaton.

5.   He has to show he can take on interior linemen and make more tackles at the line of scrimmage.

6.   He is considered one of the top two interior defensive linemen in the state.

7.   If and when Henry Thomas comes to camp, interior defensive linemen like Mark Wheeler and Pio Sagapouletele may be looking over their shoulder.

8.   Last season, he won the Outland Trophy as the best interior lineman in the nation.

9.   Maybe I should have said no interior offensive lineman has ever won the Heisman.

10.   Most interior linemen have bellies that jut over their belt buckles and gyrate like spastic amoebas.