11.   McKnight was brought in from Seattle to stretch defenses and take the weight off Irvin.

12.   Most teams attempt to stretch a defense down the field with speed, using sprinters to fray the edges of the secondary.

13.   Miller can stretch a defense.

14.   Only now is he ready to stretch the defense.

15.   Second, the Chargers must not let their defense get stretched to vulnerability in any one area -- something the Niners offense is engineered to do.

16.   Stretch the defense by knocking the ball around and probing, probing, probing for soft spots.

17.   Stretch a defense?

18.   Talk about stretching a defense.

19.   The Chiefs tried to keep it close, to not throw deep, to not stretch the defense, to play conservatively and smart.

20.   The Cougar scheme, refined for nearly two decades by Coach Mike Price, stretches defenses beyond their level of comfort and then exploits the new weak spots.