1.   But his buddy had picked up the offensive slack.

2.   But they have taken up much of the offensive slack by the imaginative draft-day dealing that brought them wide receiver J.J. Stokes.

3.   Cleamons needs to give them the offensive slack to do whatever it is they still think they can do.

4.   Graves said he would not worry about picking up the offensive slack for a Team Canada that is missing the likes of Lemieux and Kariya.

5.   Rookie Jeff Cunningham, A League call-up Jimmy Glenn, midfielders Robert Warzycha and Jason Farrell, and defender Ansil Elcock will need to pick up the offensive slack.