11.   Clark has nine career starts but never has played strongside linebacker.

12.   Coryatt, who was signed as a free agent during the off-season by the Cowboys to start at strongside linebacker, has yet to make a preseason appearance.

13.   Freshman Braden Johnson took his place at strongside linebacker.

14.   Hambrick, the starter the past two years at strongside linebacker before being demoted after missing two voluntary minicamps, is on track to regain his starting job.

15.   Hambrick, younger brother of Cowboys strongside linebacker Darren Hambrick, has shown just enough promise at fullback to merit a look at tailback.

16.   Hambrick was the starter at strongside linebacker the past two years and led the team in tackles last season.

17.   He is projected as a strongside linebacker because of his quickness.

18.   If signed, he immediately becomes the projected starter at strongside linebacker.

19.   In his eight years with the Giants, five of those years as a starter, Corey Miller became a solid strongside linebacker, especially against the run.

20.   Jones, a former safety, was a full-time starter at strongside linebacker this year and started about half the games the previous two seasons.