11.   Thompson and his fellow linemen, criticized last year for shoddy play, will get a chance to see how things could be different this season.

12.   Williams and his fellow linemen maintain that getting solid run production is one of their chief goals early in the season.

13.   Williams saw this and was able to make several calls to his fellow linemen to help adjust the blocking schemes.

14.   He said fellow offensive lineman Lomas Brown drove him there.

15.   That leaves Hartings, fellow offensive linemen Tony Semple and Mike Compton and defensive lineman Tracy Scroggins heading into the open market.

16.   There were a few occasions this season when Whitfield expressed disappointment with what he described as a lack of effort from fellow linemen.