1.   Chuck Banker, pro personnel director of the Philadelphia Eagles, is tired of the team being criticized for losing defensive players.

2.   Also, the Jets have dispatched their highly regarded pro personnel director, Scott Pioli, to Jacksonville to scout the game between the Jaguars and Patriots.

3.   As Ambrose left the Atlanta airport in a car with Falcons pro personnel assistant Les Snead.

4.   Bobby Grier, a former Patriots assistant coach and scout, was made head of pro personnel and reports to Parcells.

5.   After all, the Patriots also have in-house former Jets pro personnel man Scott Pioli, who was handpicked by Belichick.

6.   He is among the owners who believe a head coach can simultaneously handle the duties of coaching and evaluating college and pro personnel.

7.   He has a background as an NFL scout and as the pro personnel director in the U.S. Football League and the Canadian Football League.

8.   He has brought over offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, secondary coach Eric Mangini, director of pro personnel Pioli, and personal assistant Berj Najarian.

9.   He previously was in the pro personnel department of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.