11.   Griese has toiled through an injury-plagued season when surgery on his throwing shoulder was required.

12.   Gooden still has weakness in his throwing shoulder and was scratched from his Sunday start in favor of RAMIRO MENDOZA.

13.   He experienced bursitis in his throwing shoulder last month.

14.   He sustained a pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder when he was sacked by Jets linebacker Mo Lewis.

15.   He said his right throwing shoulder, which underwent off-season surgery, is healed.

16.   His throwing shoulder had been wounded in Indianapolis, and the Packers perused that game film four times this week.

17.   It could also be difficult for him and his surgically repaired throwing shoulder.

18.   It was his left shoulder, not his throwing shoulder.

19.   It was the first time he had thrown off a mound since tearing the labrum in his throwing shoulder in April.

20.   Lankford will definitely miss the first two games after suffering a torn rotator cuff in his left throwing shoulder while making a diving catch Friday night.