21.   Another new starter on the line is freshman Nick Longshore, a left tackle from Canyon High.

22.   Armstrong is a left tackle.

23.   Art Shell remembers fondly lining up at left tackle for the Raiders, representing blue-collar Oakland against the snobs from San Francisco.

24.   As Thomas ran off left tackle he was met near the line of scrimmage by linebacker Bryan Cox.

25.   At left tackle, he stuck with Roman Oben, who before this season had played exactly one play from scrimmage in the NFL.

26.   At the past two Cowboys Super Bowls, left tackle Mark Tuinei was a relatively anonymous starter.

27.   Atkins, the starting left tackle the past two years, has struggled in his efforts to block defensive tackle Sam Adams.

28.   At this rate, the Raiders soon will run out of left tackles.

29.   Barnes, who started three games at left guard, is expected to start against Sacramento State at left tackle.

30.   Behind Louchiey, seventh-rounder Ephraim Salaam was Saturday, but he was much better the previous two weeks at left tackle.