1.   Belichick, who put his team through a one-hour walk-through Sundaynight, heaped praise on his young linemen last week.

2.   Belichick takes great pride in bringing along young linemen, as does offensive coordinator Charlie Weis.

3.   But young linemen usually make mistakes, and they are expected to show up during the season.

4.   But when he came to the Patriots last season, he met a man every young defensive lineman should meet.

5.   Dave Campo said he feels very good about the way his young offensive linemen are progressing so far in camp.

6.   Grier knows the next two games will tell which of the young linemen can stick.

7.   He believes it takes two years to develop those young linemen and he has a program to do that.

8.   He came close to blaming young offensive linemen Adrian Klemm and Greg Robinson-Randall, who had trouble competing.

9.   If the young linemen have to play, Barndt believes that will be their best chance for success.

10.   Practice respites were plentiful last season as the young linemen struggled to grasp the system.